Arizona republican., 1906-12-23

become more regular, presenting even
traces OF beauty.
Though the photograph which
was found day before yester-
day. was easily recognizable. it
was discovered that it was not
faithful photograph. but had been
submitted to the process of retouchipg
in which the heavy joining of the eye
brows had disappeared.
There were TO local developments
yesterday. More people were found
who could relate some incident in con-
nection with De Raglan. but they told
nothing of what all wanted to know.
who she really was. and why she had
preferred to be a man.
A sensational story was sent out
from Chicago yesterday, that 1t had
been discovered that she was a Rus
sian spy. 1t was based entirely on the
statement of Jewish reyolutionist,
and most of the attending circumstan-
ces of the story are at variance with
what is already known.
Charles Tanner. who probably knew
De Raglan as intimately as any one
outside of her wife" and the Russian
consul. said yesterday when he read
the Associated Press dispatch that h.
had no opinion. But last night he said
that he had given the matter consider
alton and believed that the part of the
story about De Raglan having peen
Identified as 4 member of a Chicago
revolutionary society which he had en-
, tered as a spy. was the pure invention
of a yellow journalist De Raglan had
been connected with the Russian con-
sulate for ten years and for ten years
she had been engaged in business, as
head of the Russian American bureaG
which must have brought her into con-
tact with nearly every Russian Jew in
Chicago. Scores of anarchists and
nihilists. among them must have
known her by sight IL would have
been impossible for her TO have enter
ed one of these societies and have be
come secretary of it without detection
and death.
De Raglan might, said Mr.. Tanne",
have been sent to this country as an
agent of the government. but he
thought that was also unlikely he
met her when she was working in
publishing house for s. a week; still,
though improbable, il is possible that
she might have been an agent, but she
never would have put herself into the
hands of a bund.
Another story from Chicago stated
that IL was the belief of the Russians
there that the boy, Harry De Raglan.
whom De Raglan claimed as his son,
was actually "her'' son. The doctors
who performed the autopsy here know
better than that. De Raglan never had
a child.
DIR. w. c. Rowe who accompanied
De Raglan to Phoenix. left last night
for Los Angeles. and will return 10
Phoenix in about a week. Before his
departure he sent the following letter
TO Baron Schlippenbach, the Russian
consul at Chicago: '-s
Phoenix, Arizona. Dec. %, 1906.
Baron Schlippenbach.
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Baron: | have been delayed In
getting the report you desired because
the Jury had not completed its wtr.1
and lust as soon as it was handed me.
l sent the telegram.
ntdEu lie oPNNh ~ 49,
about you in such complimentary IAN
guage that | feel to be quite well ac-
ouainted with the Honorable Russian
Baron. the Consul.
81 considered De Raglan very hon
est. upright. noble. gentleman, and
shall forever cherish the memory of
him. can hardly bring myself around
TO say her for / only knew her 90 4
mana noble hearted man And there
is a noble thing revealed in the aa-
topsy-we physicians were all salts
fled that she vas a perfectly virtuous
woman. virgin.
"Why she hid under the disguise of
q man. is more than can tell, but that
she wanted to keep up the disguise
even i'm death is evident. because she
told me on one occasion Il don't care
to have my wife come here to be with
me. for she would be no help Ia me.
but IL am To die. she must come. for
we have agreed C'promised together)
that il die first, she must wash and
dress my body and if she dies first,
must wash and dress her"
There will be photographs of her
corpse and probably one will be sent
you.
Il am going TO Los Angeles from