Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-26
IN ROLE OF CHARITY
 OBJECTS
Woman and Child Worked Va- rious BiSbee People for Food and Money by Telling Story of Poverty and Hunger,

A woman and a little girl who fig ured conspicuously as objects of sym pathy in Bisbee for a couple of days this week. have apparently turned out to be decidedly unappreciative, if not absolute frauds.
 The pair arrived in Bisbee Tuesday night, presumably from Cananea, and going to the Theatre Royal, the wo- man told a hard luck story to Mana ger Tupper to the effect that she was a member of stranded troupe who was trying to make her way east. Mir. Tupper gave her $500 and she took her departure from the the atre. An hour or so later the woman and child were at the depot, the wo- man sObbing as if in great distress. Officer O'Laughlin made some in- Quiries concerning her trouble and to him she poured out a tale of pow erty and woe so pathetic that the of ficer took her to Rev. Harvey Shields, who immediately volunteered to care for her and the little girl. He took the pair to the Victoria rooming house where the woman registered as Mabel Gray" and the kind hearted minister paid for a room for the night.
 After partaking of a hearty break fast donated by the landlady on the following morning. the woman and the child accompanied My. Shields to the station. where he bought tick cts for them to Douglas and assist. ed them onto the train which was then nearly ready to start. This done MT. Shields took his departure. and from that time until yesterday he supposed the objects of his generOs- ity had gone on the train. But in- stead of leaving, the woman and child got off the train after MT. Shields had left and went to Captain Carpenter of the Salvation Army. to whom the pair told amid sobs that they were destitute and friendless.
 MT Shields. they told him, had prom ised to assist them. but had failed
 to keep his engagement to meet them and that they had eaten no breakfast. The captain provided them with a substantial meal which they ate. and on Wednesday evening he accompanied them as far as Douglas where he gave them some money and tickets to Fl Paso.
 Like MT. Shields, Captain Carpen- ter was sure Ee had performed &.char- itable deed for worthy objects. until i on his return from Douglas yesterday
 he and MT. shields were talking about
 the case when the duplicity of the pair
 was developed. Manager Tupper was ! then seen and after a short cOnsulta-
 tion between the three the conclusion was arrived at that all had been vic timized by undescrving people who played their roles as if they were 1 professionals in the business. The girl, it is said, performed her part in | a manner that would have done credit l to an actor, and this appears to have been about the only corrOboration of 1 their story that they were theatrical
 people.
 1 To Mir. shields the woman said that when she applied for work to Man.
 ager Tupper, he did not only not give | her employment. but he would not give her money to buy their suppers. | This was on a par with the tale she told Captain Carpenter that MT. 1 Shields had not given her assistance.
 It developed yesterday afternoon | that some Bisbee citizens knew the woman in Cananea, and while here
 she went to these people and asked them to mot give her away" as she expected to work Bisbee. They
 say she is an accomplished musician, though places at which she played in Cananea. were not noted for moral | ity. .. Discussing the matter last night,
 Mr. Shields expressed great regret that the facts were not known here
 in time to have had the child taken
 away from such a life and placed lH
 a good home. It is a pretty little
 thing, MT. Shields says, and acted us
 part perfectly, sobbing while the Wo' man recited her tales of suffering 1 Captain Carpenter gave the woman letters of introduction to the Sal
 vation Army workers in Fl Paso who
 were asked to care for the pair there
 but upon learning the trde situation
 he telegraphed the facts to the EI
 Pasu Army people. so the pair are not likely to be so successful in work ing the Pass City people as they were in imposing on the charitable citizen:
 of Bisbee.
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