The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-10-17

MRS. R0MADkA IN
ANOTHER ROBBERY
TOUR, IS BELIEF
millionaire Husband Seeks il
Vain for Wife Who Jumped
$4,000 Bail.
ESCAPES IN CHICAGO
ESCAPES IN CHICAGO
SHE STOLE JUST
BECAUSE SHE HAD
A LIKING FOR 1T.

milwaukee, Oct. 16.-A local =
raper got this statement from
Mrs. Romadka before she disap-
peared:
II stole because I am bad.
enjoyed the work. n that Is my
only excuse. Yes, I am a tnleI:
1 don't know just why, as.l had
everything l wanted. Evan after
I left home I a $50 q week that
my husband sent to me. sun Z
stole Z
Chicago. Oct. 16.-That Mrs. Evelyn
.Caine Romadka, wife Of Millionaire
Charles ]. Romadka. Of Milwaukee,
who has confessed to robbing many
wealthy residences, with the aid of
Charles Jones. negro confederate. not
only intends 70 remain missing, now
that she has jumped her $9,40O pond,
but intends to keep even her husband
in ignorance of her whereabouts, and
also that she is starting on another ex-
tensive expedition of robbery is the be-
lief of Mr.. Romadka, who is in quest
of his erring spouse.
Information of the woman's escape,
when she was whirled away from court
in a hack after bail had been furnished
was first given Detective S~ergeants
Howe and Conroy. Of the detective
bureau by Mrs. w. l.. Mover. 29es
Michigan avenue, at whose home the
woman burglar lived from July l to
August l..
Played the Races.
"She came to my home to live, and
declared that she might either be called
Miss Florence Whitney or Mrs. Romad.
ka," asserted Mrs. Meyer. She exA
planned by telling me she was about to
Sonk a 1ivnrna from ahar husband and
preferred to be called by her maiden
name. While here she frequently played
the races, but appeared to be a novice
at it. for it was necessary for someone
in the house to explain to her her win.
nings.
"A few days after she left my home
] received a visit from her husband
I want my wife and child he said,
excitedly. l explained that his wife ha6
left and that 1 knew nothing of the
child. Well, she ran away, taking the
little one with her. he me.
I don't care if 1 find her. but I must
find my daughter
He left and I've heard from neither
one since. While Mrs. Romadka was
at the house, my place was visited one
evening by this negro, Jones, who told
me he wished to find rooms for his en-.
plOyer. ] ordered him from the place.
From the rooming house Of Mrs. M.
D. Mahaney, 1908 Prairie avenue. a
story of the peculiar conduct of Mrs.
Romadka was told Detective Sergeant.
Howe and Conroy. The woman first
gained access to the house by means O,
q sign advertising furnished rooms. TIL
room Shown was unsatisfactory and a
day later Mrs. Ronladka again called
at the rooming house to visit Mrs
Mahaney.
Il am having some dresses made ir
the neighborhood." she told the room.
ing keeper would you mind if 2
called up a MAJ to run an errand fol-
me?'
Jones as a Mexican.
Permission was given. and a few
minutes later Jones appeared.
He's a Mexican said Mrs. Romad,
ka, in response to the landlady's query
Several minutes were spent in CONVEX
sation, after which Jones left the house.
followed soon after by the woman.
This occurrence was repeated severa,
times, and upon the abandonment O..
these visits, the Mahaney home was en-
tered late one night, a small amount OF
jewelry was taken and Mrs. Mahaney
narrowly escaped assault at the hands
of the black intruder.
Search for the mysterious Ralph
Smith, whom it is said ~frequented ths
neighborhood, proved futile. That there
is a Ralph Smith or a man using
thai name, is a positive conclusion OF
the police. What his relation to Mrs,
Romadka was and the extent of his in.
terest in her thieving propensities a.
present battles the police.
POSSESSED OF DEVILS,
SUGGEST TWO DOCTORS
Chicago, Oct, 16.-That Mrs. Charles
J. Romadka, confessed burglar. is a
Jekyll and Hyde character. possessed
of devils as truly as We're the biblical
persons whom Jesus restored to moral
sanity, is the contention of two CHI
al physicians. One of these is DR..
hXa1 GnStafSDp who attanHa5 y NTre
Romadka. The other is DR.. Sheldon
Leavltt, a we'll known practitioner and
connected with numerous medical So
cieties and Chicago hospitals.
In outlining his startling beliefs the
latter frankly admits that the position
he is taking would be regarded as
mere nonsense by the orthodox path
ologist.'
But" he continued. at must be re-
me,nbered that he is welded to ma
terialism and has no definite faith in
q conscious existence beyond so-called
DEATH
Both physicians do not hesitate to
express the belief that the woman is
under the influence of "disemhcdied
spirits"
This woman when herself Wiz. all a
woman should be-" said DR.. Gustaf-
son. When another spirit overpow>
cred her personality she was what the
police declare her to be-"
Dr.. Leavitt. whom DR.. Gustafson con-
suited, said in his letter OF reply:
Il have found enough to justify your
belief and mine that it is another case
of obsession, as it is commonly called
possession as / am disposed to call
1t. BY the orthodox medical specialist
] suppose it would be regarded as y
case Of 'dementia.'"
GIRLS WHO WEAR
/. P0MPS, DISCHARGED
Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. 1s.-The mana
gers Of the Pittsburg stores have de-
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