The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-10

IN Newark and at the Hotel Virginia in thi
city. a. we'll as in n fat in West Sixtyfourtl
street. Powell. it Is said, left her and wen
to Chicago.
At one time she was at he Grand Union
this time as Mrs Masterson. Mast ersoI
was afterward taken away by his relatives
"a the lnVes, gators say. AT the time Of
her marriag to Duke the woman sale
she had not been married before.
Mrs. Duke. II was learned Yesterday
after being deprived of her last husband
vent back 20 the Winton with the Des-
PLANES woman They regist cred there or
Saturday night as M G.. Golden and sister.
They left there Yesterday and last night
we're supposed 70 be staying in a fiat with
q Mrs Walker at EOS West Fifty-fourtf
street Detectives we're watching the
premises.
iirs. Duke Was under subpoena to appear
before Assistant District Attorney Lord
yesterday morning, but she did not appear
Instead Mr.. Lord received a certificate from
Or. Maurice Sturn who attended Duke
when he wac at the Raines law hotel that
she was TOO III 10 come down town. The
DeSplainee woman came down, howeS or.
and spent over an hour with MIR. Lord.
She admitted to the reporters Tint she
had been a witness before the IeNow com
rnittee, but denied that she had ever been
connected with the House Of All Nations.
She said she had owned a Raines law hotel
that vas raided and had been questioned
about that
The Despaines woman was ordered 10
come back on Jan ~ along with Mrs. Duke
When Or Sturm was asked Yesterday Why
Mrs. Duke hadn't appeared he said
Because she is not able TO | won't tel
anybody whore she IL | have her secluded
and even the detectives cant get at her
DR. Stuun seemed TO he perfectly willing
70 tell what De- knew of the experiences
ut the Harlem hotel. but his story differed
in some respect from that told by others
-1.ea Tltslya stit hn fsra
According to the doctor, he treated Duke
for nothing but bad cold and pleurisy.
Mr. Duke wasn't drunk. said the doc
tor. "and ! never gave him any medicine
for alcoholism. I spent so much time
attending Duke that ] lost nearly all my
practice Why, they even wanted mo 20
help them raise some money oil notes and
went to a lot Of brokers Offices with them
Once some ono addressed Mrs. Duke as
Mrs Powell called up the Holman
House once and told Mr.. Dukes brother
about his condition, but they refused to
have anything 10 do with me. Then |
sided with Mrs. Duke and said would help
her
George A. ochsen Of AZ East 18th street,
who was called in rs q nurse on Dec Fl
by the doctor and who remained until
the 27th. sleeping IN an adjoining room to
Mr. and Mrs. Duke, says the doctor sum
n1oned him TO take care OF a bad case OF
delirium tremcns. Ochsen went over
The two women were continually order
ing drinks. and they kept plying Duke
with booze.
Il was supposed to see that he didn't
get too bad. said Ochsen. They had a
good many visitors, both men and women,
for a man and had him massage them.
On Dec. q. Duke said ne had a business
enga cement downtown. and went out with
his wife They came back drunk. The next
day Duke went out and didn't come back.
Mrs. Duke said b" had gone 70 hls homo
at Durham | took care az the two women
after that until the 27th. when left, DR..
SturTn came every day and treated them,
too. Ochsen said that when he wanted
his money he was told to collect it at the
bar. He got his money from the bartender.
who charged II to Dukes account.
CHICAGO Jan. O. Alice H. " ebD, es she
is known in business way. ~as and isyet
aseociated with Charles Taylor in bust
ness in room 5l4, Continental Bank Building,
us La Sale street The firm is known
as TAYLOR, Webb & Co The Texas Cuba
Tobacco Company Of Nacogdoches. Tex.
Of which Alice l. Webb is the president and
Taylor il the secretary and treasurer have
Offices there. The partnership was formed
for the. expressed purpose Of forming
promoting and assisting financially or other
wise companies, synaicates, partnerships
and associations OF all kinds commercially
undertaken by contractors, capitalists,
finAnciers, &c
Miss Webb lived at AZ Forty-seventh
street with her maid She passed as the
wealthy divorced wife Of L. II. Powell,
former Pittsburg hotel proprietor. Her
partner Taylor said to-day:
Mrs. Duke is really the daughter Of the
late William II. Webb. corporation lawyer
Of New York When her father died ten
years ago he left hor 10000 and she en-
gagged in business. She proved TO be a
very shrewd business woman. She told
me that her first husband. Powell had
squandered her fortune. Since forming
the partnership 1 have been asso ciated
with Miss Webb in many business ventures
She is still the Junior member Of the firm.
POSED Az TOBACCO QUEEN IL TEXAS.
NAoodDoCHEs, Tex, Jan. s.--Mrs. Duke
does not own any large areas OF valuable
tobacco land in Nacogdoohes county. She
came here and made great play as TO
baoco Queen especially in interviews in
out of town papers. but she had no kingdom
20 play on.
There are numerous acoounts against
the Taylor Webb combination that are
vet unsat Nfied. and the aggregate amount
Is large. The creditors are not al all san
glline that they will get their money. The
small tobacco crop that was raised was
seized for debt.