The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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4 n NEW 70 R1S, August is .--M Ysteries Of
the upper w est Side love syndicate were
revealed II BY one who has been closely
Identified with it d "a 81
B 1t develops TINT not only has the galaxy
OF charming widows worked upon the
susceptibilities Of merchants such ms
James y. Mac CT ellan,f ind lovesick5 counts
such as 1gnnz zolinoff, but Into Its e2 !,
GtanElements were drawn millionaire wall
street men and railroad magnate ties, whose
names ore known the eco untry. over. Il
t 7was Mrs. 1zella Brown. the blonde
1 OF unpti waiting manner and deep h 'z q
\ ewes, VINO took care of the "blg game,
Y ns the Inilionaires were called, while ~
Mrs. George IT. Verrnult were left inc
&suitors OF the Mac lellnn stripe .l. y,
methods Of holding the attention OF these
n gamlt from plain love sitting to theb6
gambling table and spiritualistic seanc '9s'
Mrs. Brown Meets + Bina. S53
Mrs. Brown ran away from f Il III q;
about & twenty years ago With =. IA
Il Brown, d civil engineer f that pla cal'
VI They were married Tin Brooklyn brown
was twenty years his brides senior.
III They lived In New FORK until 5ts ABOUT
Y fifteen years ago Brown died. Then M rs
Brown went to Boston. So q ute II stories
( reached the police about her and Z N - p.
b Brown left town Before she departed
she made the! acquaintance Of l3inn Flnne-a
n ran. and from the moment of the meeting
q they became involved in rlous Fl tran -f
\ actions that attracted police attention
3Ihey e made Il "a sEcircultj6of the country
touching Chicago, Il Philadelphia and soth erf
cities. Then, after a separation. during
which Miss Finnegnn3 married ~ 5tq
&Gcorges II. yerrault, they met In New
York - III . Y, Y, "
n lars Of life insurance left by her, hus-
4 band, but when she arrived INN eW y rk
y she was without funds. Fl en- e. trayagant t
mode or living would have dissipated q
fortune s With no a money, she secured
& o. position rs n cloak model In an uptown
department store and maintained small
Iflatton Eighty-second Street. One day she
I saw an advertisement in n y newspaper
u calling for a IS tenograp her = % g g man Of
I wealth.. She answered 1T and u In few
4 days was on very rood terms With q Wall
street man who has a large family. VI
8liaa Mrs. Brown did not waste d her spare
Il moments but became acq TAINTED With a,
4 number Of other prominent men Of
I finance, The Wall Street man s. wife died
IS and he wanted Mrs. Brown to marry him.
Is but she preferred being fancy frec.tTo
~ win her heart her ndmrer sent herBto
Atlantic City for the summer and In
dulged her every whim, but he failed to
win her for a wife. # n S3 t-sSi
Stock Broker Was 5Bled.
Ii Returning from the seaside in II 1902
Mrs. brown Installed herself in the man
sion at No iii West SEVENTH bird Street
ia She worked the "personal'5 columns Of
newspapers to great advantage from the
very start. a Broad Street stock broker
was one OF the first to call He fell
/ Violently In love with Mrs Brown, and
4 wanted to elope with her. Shegot much
money&out of him, but did not run away,
4 because there were other, advertisements
being put in the papers and other candi-
Il dates were calling.
When@the love business got too heavy
for Mrs. Brown to handle alone, she went
for Mrs yerrault. and that accommodate
ing young woman promptly left her hus-
band, then$i in Baltimore, and went to the
Seventy third Street house. Then began
* a rush OF business for the personal
columns and steady procession OF love-
lorn men and fortnne-hunters, TO the
( brownst ono front ON Seventy-third Street
VI The answers to the advertisements were
read III cabinet conclnve. ut which Mrs
Brown presided. Mrs. Verrault would
& generally read them aloud and a critical
b discussion would follow. In. many In
stances photographs were enclosed In the