Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-27
Love Syndicate Promoter on Trial


New York, Sept. 26.-Mrs. Bina
Verraull, the pretty "widow" who is
alleged to have been associated with
Mrs. Izella Brown and Robert Emmett
Keene, an actor, in the promotion Of
a r'love syndicate" by means Of
which many dupes were feeced to
the extent of 100000, will probably
be placed on trial today. 1t is ex-
pected that many Cf Mrs. Verrault's
former l1vers will appear in court to
testify against the fair charmer whose
seductive wiles caused them to part
with so much of their available cash.
Assistant District Attorney Carmody
.afIt-,e, himself as positive that the
woman will be given sentence of
not desS than tive years IN prison,
Mrs. Nerault is equally confident
that she will he acquitted Of the base
charges made against her by evil
minded men; aud says SO with an air
of injured innocence, which gives ad-
ded charm to her soft and sensuous
beauty. lmpulsive, gay and luvable,
the secret of this woman's sucreSs in
luring men to financial destruction is
not hard to find. She is the kind of
siren for whom any man might be
persuaded to 20 to Hell and consid-
er the trip but a pleasant outing,
The story of the "love syndicate"
has been often told. To their hand
somely furnished residence on West
Eighty-second street Mrs. Brown and
Mrs. Nerrault, posing as wealthy
widows, lured their dupes. Promises
of marriage. the sale of stock in bo-
runs mining companies, gambling,
| piritualistic seances and dozen
o.her devices were resOrted to by the
women in their quest for wealth A
census Of the victims would include
nearly hundred men, ranging from
respectable green grocers to Wall
| Street brokers and milionaireS. For
three years the house of love flourish
ed before exposure put an end to
the cunning deceptions Of its prOmot-
ers and threatens to land them be-
hind prison bars,
Mrs. Verrault is % years of age
and was born in lronton, Wis. A.
cordmg to reports received from that
place, her parents were drunken de-
bauches, the father having been kill
ed in a saloon fight and the mother
dying as the result of a prolonged
spree. If heredity and environment
shape the character of human beings,
Mrs Nerault certainly started in
ife with a small capital.
1t was in Chicago, where she went
as Girl, that Bina Forester first
met Mrs. lzella Brown Perceiving
the girls great beauty and evident
cunning the elder woman immediate
ly marked her for her own. Not
since that time, not even when she
married Verrault, has the drunkard's s
daughter been free Prom the sinister
influence exercised by the Brown wo-
man.
The marriage of Bina Forester
and Verrault took place about four
years ago in Philadelphia. The hon
eymoon was rudely shattered by the
arrest of the bride for shop lifting.
After her release from Jail she went
on drunken spree. Then Mrs. Brown
appeared on the scene and claimed
her own, leaving the young husband
broken-hearted.
Izella Brown, the leading spirit of
the matrimonial syndicate, is about
~ years of age. She is tall of fg-
ure and her shapely head is crowned
with a mass of peroxide hair. Al
though not strictly beautiful, there is
something about her personality that
is commanding and almost hypnotic
Possessing ready brain, quick wit
and heart of marble, she was well
fitted to be the chief bucaneer of
the piratical craft which has sailed
.n snccessfnllv for many yenrs