The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
PRETTY WOMAN
STILL IN JAIL
Mrs. Dorothy McCade's Case
Puzzles the Police, but
She Declares Innocence
HER MOTHER is FOUND
Accused Woman Says She
Will Be Cleared of Charges
Brought Against Her

The ledger account of Mrs. Dorothy
McCade, whose penchant for Offering
checks on banks in which she had over
drawn her credit. is still puzzling the
police. Mrs. McCade, or McDade, as
she spells it on her trunks. has added
two additional debts to her column OF
"I. o. U.s." and the detectives are at a
loss to know whether the woman has
been acting in good faith or has run
the gamut of human weakness with
the idea of playing upon it.
The account at present stands:
/ Debtor-Several drafts on banks OF
| Southern California, few unpaid ho-
tel bills and deal of explanation due.
Credit-Some good clothes, a woman's
winning ways, somewhat pretty face
and a handbook on a San Bernardino
bank that shows a balance due Of
something over $500, but no punctured
slips to show what has been drawn
against it.
Technically Mrs. "McCade." as per
card, and Mrs. "McDade,' as per
trunks, is not criminal She has not
| done anything that makes her, answer
able to the law unless the charge be
that Of obtaining goods under false
pretenses. Her handbook is with the
Farmers Bank of San Bernardino and
that institution reports that the
woman's husband, or man represent
ing himself as such, had deposited an
amount against which she was sup
posed to draw. However, on a recent
date the sum was withdrawn by the
! man, and it is possible that the woman
did not know this.
Mrs. McCade, however, has led a
mysterious life. When she registered
at the st. Francis Hotel she did so at a
time when the Maxine Elliott Company
had signed its names to the register
This inspired the idea of becoming an
actress, and upon the theory that the
stage would afford her a remunerative
living 1t Is supposed that Mrs. McCade
acted.
When Mrs. McCade registered at the
st. Francis there was stopping at the
hotel one j. B. Rice, who is a promi-
nent travelling man and a representa-
tive Of an Eastern powder company.
Mr.. Rice and Mrs. McCade were good
friends and he would perhaps be able
to tell much Of the young woman's life
If he were here, but he has left town.
The police yesterday learned that
checks signed in the writing of Mrs.
McCade in favor of the firm Of Vein
stock & Lubin and the Emporium Com
pany had been cashed. They were given
in exchange for goods some days ago
and drawn on San Bernardino bank
When questioned. Mrs. McCade denied
1sa vii oI,
that payable to r. D. Davis & Co.
Yesterday she was visited several times
by young man named Farren, who
claims to be acting as her attorney
and who knew the woman in Southern
California.
Mrs. McCade was Miss Dorothy AL
bright. Her mother lives at Fenner,
Cal, and she has a sister-in-law, q
Mrs. Ida McCade, who has been living
at the Hotel Eugene on O'FarrelI street
in this city. A. L. sShinn, an attorney
of Los Angeles, is acquainted with Mrs.
McCade. The woman sent him a pres
ent Of pretty piece of silverware, but
for some reason best known to him
self the lawyer returned the gift. She
was also friend of Henry Overhaul of
Los Angeles and appears to have been
known widely among men of promi-
nence I'M Southern California.
Il will be cleared Of this said Mrs.
McCade yesterday afternoon. 81 am not
criminally liable for the checks 1 have
issued, as they were rendered in good
faith. All will be settled and will be
cleared Of these silly charges"
No charge has been entered against
Mrs. McCade and it is thought that she
will be released from custody to-day
unless some one shows a disposition to
prosecute. The check she offered the
st. Francis Hotel was not in payment
of her bill, but merely for collection.