Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

which have made her life n success F
sion Of Incidents we'll calculated 90 /
weave themselves into a score OF mclo- |
dramas if she would only relate Thorn.
Miss Russell Is still in her twcntios |
but during the six years she has beeu
a detective; she has been all around
The world and has adopted many die
iercut DISCUSSES. she never works
through her own personality. bar adopts
the various DISCUSSES as the occasion
warrants. Further than this she has
the remarkable record OF never having
known failure OF the hundreds OF
cases on which she has worked she has
obtained the results for which she
started and to-day her record is one
Of continual successes.
Has Figured in Famous Cases.
II one were given n thousand chances
90 name Miss EusseIs profession. that
OF detective would never figure on Che
/ list One might take her for singer
probably for an actress. maybe for a
newspaper woman. but never class heI
as a clever slcuth who has figured in
some of the most famous cases ia this
country and Europe.
During the Paris Exposition Miss
Russell worked on several forgery
eases which had their locale in Paris
Ia order 90 gain knowledge 90 be used
as evidence In these eases Miss Rus
sell. who is a talented musician and
plays the harp sl1ilfuuy. dressed as @
street musician. again as newsboy
and suu again as a hotel waitress.
One OF the most celebrated divorce
cases this country has ever known was
brought TO a climax through evidence
secured by Miss Russell. The husband
was the offender and went To- Mexico
Miss Russell followed him there. hired
herself as a maid and travelled with
the people all over EurOpe. She was
gone eiEht months and when the case
finally came to trial and the man found
thaC be had been paving the expenses
OF a detective for nearly, a year be at
tempted 20 kin Miss Russell. Her
ready use OF a small pistol which she
always carried saved her life. Miss
Russell admits that for Ones her hear
, was in her mouth, although ths frighr
was Gniy mOmentary.
DiNgulsed IS a aewsboy.
In New York Miss Russell has sole
T dozens OF newspapers among the crow,
E OF ~newsies" about Wall street
5 She Acknowledges that IN nearly al
; the divorce cases which san 20 he
o share her sympathy Is With the wife
e Recently she had such q case TO follow
!. up and having located her people Il
the outskirts OF a certain la~ga cit
2 Mss RaIsseN visited the house neart
every daEs but always IN a dllfeTsn
h. disguise First she went as a mar
= wearing a little light mustzehe; asai
= she went as a little old German wom8
Z selling herbs. Her accent was >
y broken that she could hardly be an
I. derstOod and she put up such 5ter
y OF hard luck that she was invited Z
y come again, which OF course. size dis
. The lady has a particularly charm
ing personality. Her voice Is soft an
cultivated, but can De made 20 chang
almost instantly. she Is handsome an
n has a most stirling individuality. 81
et speaks a half dozen languages fuenti,
* is a gifted musician. and mas a kee
OF sense OF a clue which would do hong
ly 20 the best men detectives In the bus
IN ness.
&: On one occasion when she was G
ut the scent OF forger IN New York. 81
be was obliged TO follow him from n
n house In which they were both st0l
n, ping % 3 railroad station. He toe
the trzin fog RnladslphiA and q