The evening world., 1905-07-29
Fanny Hayden, Police Chief
Says, "Has the Devil
in Her."
TELLS QUEER STORIES.
Girl Admits She Was Not Sand.
bagged - Foster Mo'.er
StoutIy Defends Her.

Is Fannie Hayden. Of Elisabeth. N. j.,
the most ~persecuted little girl In the
UnirAd Stat>s. or does the soul OF
Baron M~unchausen r~eincarnate look
from her small. shiftless gray eyes7
lrannie is sixteen yenrs old. and II hor
story Is to be believed she has In the
last four months been s~andbasged and
left senseless In q vacant lot. received
hundreds of letters threatening to mar
her life. and OF Wednesday last was
branded by IN unseen enemy WITH sui
phuric acid in a long. dark-brown limo
scared into the white flesh Of her
chubby chsak. And all she thinks, b.
cause she transferred her allegiance
from the Methodist to the Baptist
church.
Fol!ce Captain O'Leary. OF the Second
Precinct of Ellzab ethpcrt, snys that
Fannic's wound was undoubtedly self-
inflicted. and there 10 much to bear him
out In ths belief-notably her confes-
sion after the alleged sandbasging in
ctient had made her the most talked
Of young woman IN J~ersey-that It was
all a fake. which she perpetrated. In her
WI words to Capt. O'I.eary. because
she had the devil in her"
Fannie lives at No. 424 Marshall
street, El.zabethport, with her foster
mother and the latter's son. Ike wise
adopted. who was. Capt. O'Leary de-
clares. at one time an inmate OF an
asylum
"Not for Us to Say Who Did It."
The old lady has beer an invalid for
seven years and never stirs from her
easy chair by the window of her little
yesterday. her face swathed in ban
dages, but radiating an air Of serene
Importance.
Fannie hasn't a word to say, not a
word" said the old lady ENORMOUSLY.
Her face is burned with acid and its
not for us to say who did 1t. Let the
police find that OUT. But they can't.
That's why they pretend she did it
herself. As II any girl would mar her
self that way. She was none too pretty
before It happened. And look at her
nowI'
Fannie raised one hand and pushed
aside the bandage from the burn,
which runs in a furrow from the let
temple TO the corner OF the eye ani
thence in a straight line down her
| check. as If she had shed one slow,
| s%ulphuric tear. The burn suggests that
a bottle of acid might have been tilted
and it's contents allowed 10 trickle down
the cheek. At one spot there are DINER
burns extending to the ear. but they
are not such as would have beer made
hsd the acid been thrown.
Fanny Tells Of Acid-Throwing.
"I was coming along Second street
wednesday night at about 5 o'clock. "
said Fannie. urged TO tell her story.
"and Just as I got 10 the, picket fence
| dashed in my face. I didn't see any
body, but heard some one moving be-
mreh at f bn IdR amd ! tried to Wipe 1t on
by the time l had reached home 1t
was hurting me dreadfully.. and
rushed in and showed 1t 20 mother. She
sent me around 10 DR.. Bunting and h,
said / had been burned with sulphur,
acid and h a II looked Us II it Ia,
been squirted from a syringe. The doc
tor notified the police and they caIr'
SuestIons' But, Of course. they Ididn'
believe. me because | had told then
wa not true. II was true. though, -.
o'LeaTS Sp said I TwseG Would 'Y have "s' to ca 70 +,
prison for Aye years Il didn't,
been thrown at me" she continued
"Maybe it wasn't meant for m
Who burned Fannie Hayden? p, eai,
Chief O'Leary. al the sIal.vn hous
Just around the corner from the Hal
den house. II strongly suspect tina
Fannie did it herself. Anyhow,
] have talked with the grocer, Jacol
Levenson. here on the corner of Sec
ond street, where Fanny bought som
fish just before she claims the aci
was thrown at her. Levenson ha
opened the store to sell Fanny III
fish and started home on his bicycl
Just behind her. He says he is pos
tive nothing was thrown at her. 10
he watched her till she turned tn
corner.
"Had the Devil In Her."
."Neighbors on Marshall street Sd
before she went into her own hous.
So she must have been burned insid
the house. What did she do 1t for
That's beyond me. Maybe for III
!, reason she told me she vowed she wa
s~andbasged, because she had tn
Inquiry OF Jacob Levenson. the gre
j Ger. and of half a dozen neighbor
/ confirmed Capt. o'Leary's statement.
, Why should a young girl of fair az
: %pearance. at. the threshold OF III,
brand herself with q hideous. pei
! perhaps Nordau or Iombroso coul
) answer that question; but ! can't.
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