The Washington times., 1906-11-02
pemanas Second statement.

one member Of the family said;
Now that Mrs. Columbus Alexander
has issued a statement freeing Mrs.
Russell from all blame. she must issue
another statement absolving the re-
mainder OF as from suspicion It would
be rank injustice 10 drop the matter
now. II necessary. 1 viii call in the pO-
lice again and have the whole affair
gerreted out"
Mrs Alexander. when seen. contented
herself with the statement.
u have made nIy statement There -
no more To- say. / am done with the
whole affair
Reports that Mrs. Alexander is nearly
bed-Tiddcu and has 10 be cared Tor con-
sJantly are FAR from the truth. The sug-
gestiOu that size may be unde hypnotic
influence seems absurd.
She is "A well-presrVed Y. oman, sixty
nine years Old Her hair, which is only
slightly tiuged with gray. is a dark
brown. Her brown eyes are wide open
and fun OF eXpTezs-est, and SHE iuoAs
directly and constantly Al the person
with whom she CouVerses. Her hands.
which are thin with long, nervous fins-
ers are cool and firm, her handciasp
suggesting nothing OF weakness.
Believes She Knows Thief
She speaks clearly and iucisively, ex-
pressing herself as one accustomed 70
a type of determination and strength o.
character. She attends 10 her own bust
ness affairs. and is proud of the fact
that she manages things the way they
should he handled. Her smile is ready
and pleasant, and, even in her trouble
and worry. she is not at all nervous or
hysterieal.
poets. and even thinks sbe knows. the
person who committed the last theft
of $3.50. which WAS secured by some
one entering her bedroom in the middle
OF the night and tearing the money from
her dress skirt which lay upon chair
near her bed The money had been
sewed into tie skirt.
Mystery Who Notified Police.
According 10 enc OF the relatives. AIRS.
Alexander was awakened one night last
week by come one entering her room
and she lay IN bed white the intruder
crept around the room. keeping close TO
the walls. and anally tore the money
from the skirt near Tie bed. making an
exi; in the same stealthy manner in
which the entrance had been effected.
Monday last the police We're notified
10y mans voice over the telephone that
a robbery Of S2.GO0 had been committed
in the Alexander home The police ana
detectives went there. but were blocked
by Mrs. Alexander and one OF her grand
sons. who said they wanted no publicity
IN connection with the matter.
Here enters an element OF mystery.
Mrs Alexander processes absolute ig-
nOTance as 10 who called n the police.
1T IS pointed out by one on her side
that she would never have called in the
police as she wanted no arrests made
and no publicity caused.
Another member OF this much divided
family asserts that Mrs Alexander in
structed one OF her grandsons 10 call
in The police and. at the last moment
weakened on the proposition.
THESE thefts OF money in the house
have been COINS ou for the last six
weeks, and the claim is made today
that they have continued even longer.
But the aged woman, the owner OF the
money, restrained by the ties of blood
xinship and held back by dislike OF un-
pleasant nOtoriety does nothing. She
goes on supporting the person she sus-
poets. according 70 her statement 20
one of her grandchildren.
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