Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-24
SUSPECT WOMAN
OF OTHER CRIMES
SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
May OCCUR.
Pasadena Millionaire Comes to Assist
ance of Confessed Forger and
Offers Her Attorney and
Good Home

Sensational developments are eX-
pected in the next few days in the case
of Grace Derivage, alias Eunice He'll
man, now held at the city jail on a
charge of forgery, and IL the state
ments of detectives interested in the
case are correct it is probable that
other charges will be preferred against
her.
Detective Coping of Pasadena told
a reporter for The Herald yesterday
that he was sure the girl had been i'm
plicated in other jobs in other towns
and that he believed there was much
more to the case than the IS Angeles
officials suspect.
A member of the local force had
many suspicious. He said that there
were several ladder jobs done in Pasa-
dena during the past winter and a
woman'S footprints were found on the
ground surrounding the places. While
he would make no definite statement
for publication he said the mystery sur
rounding the girl and the different
stories she has told were suspicious.
Yesterday another check said to have
been forged by Miss Derivage was
brought to light. 1t was for $5 payable
to Eva Smedley and bore the sigma
ture of w. P. James. James is a judge
of the superior court of this county
and SAYS he did not sign the check.
full in picking prominent men for her
purposes. In this connection she told
the reporter that the reason she select
ed the Broadway Bank and Trust COM
pany as the bank on which to draw the
checks bearing Hellman's name was
because Hellman owned no stock in
that bank.
PRODUCTION of Edward Fuller Robbins.
Mr. Robbins comes in as a phi
lanthropist who wishes to aid a dis
tressed woman. He is prominent So
ciety man and millionaire of Pasadena
and lives at 317 Markham street in the
bonton district of that city.
Robbins, accompanied by his wife,
presented his card at the Jail yester-
day and asked to see Miss Derivage.
He said he wanted to help her if she
needed it. He showed cards from many
of her friends in Pasadena who gave
her the highest kind of a recommends
tion and said he wanted to investigate
the case. Robbins talked with her for
five minutes before she was called TO
court and seemed to have decided to
help her even though he had never seen
her before. He told Prosecutor Flem-
ing that he would aid her by giving her
the services of his personal attorney,
and when the case came up before the
superior court he would tell the judge
that he would take the woman into his
own house in Pasadena and give her
congenial employment.
Speaking of Robbins interest in the
case Mr.. Fleming said: II think Mr..
Robbins is a man actuated by the high
est motives, He wants to help a poor
woman along. 1t would be better for
the world if we had more men like
him. He has looked up her record and
is satisfied that she is not bad woman
but one who deserves sympathy.
"When the case comes before Judge
Smith of the superior court he will
probably ask that the woman be put
on probation and will agree to look out
for her, | do not believe the woman Is
an habitual criminal. l would nave
to see proof of 1t before I would be-
lieve it,
Mr.. Robbins house in Pasadena was
entered April 8 and some valuable
Jewels taken.
Dave r. Smith, who is the attorney
for L. Brandenburg, the proprietor OF
the Hotel Marengo in Pasadena, where
most of the bad checks were passed,
conferred with the accused woman at
the Jail yesterday, but nothing could
be discovered concerning the interview.
Miss Derivage was brought before
Justice Frederickson late in the after
noon on a complaint sworn to by De-
tective Talamantes charging her with
passing a fictitious check. The specific
instance was the cashing of a forged
check at the Mather- Baker Dry Goods
company, Pasadena. The amount of the
check was $25 and the name forged was
that of Herman w Hellman.
Justice Frederickson set her prelim-
mary hearing for May 27 at IL a. m.
A$R--
Narrow Escape
@. W.-Cloyd, a merchant of PUNK
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