The Washington herald., 1908-07-24
IS PLEA
FOR MISS CASPARI
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the time came she would tell him what
was necessary for him 10 know 10 pre-
sent her case IN court as she wished II
presented. Until that time, she said. she
had nothing TO say.
Miss Caspari IS fairly comfortable al
the Jail. her brother. Dr. Caspari. having
visited her at the institution and made
regulations would allow he saw 20 i,
that she had books and papers, and made
arrangements with the authorities al
the jail 10 provide her with many small.
delicacies not given other prisoners. The
woman took all these details as a mat
ter Of course. showing emotion only once
when her brother sent a large bouque;
Of roses 70 add a little color 10 the other
wise rather diugy apartment She thanked
him with a slight trembling Of the lips,
and. laying her hand on his arm. said
You are too good. 7 co not want you
20 spend penny of your money on me
or my defense"
Not Afraid in Her Cell.
The prisoner spent nearly all CT yester-
day evening reading some volumes pro
vided by her brother. She ate hearty
dinner. and then read uatu time for Z,
lights 20 be put out She bade the ma
tr-a goodnight ia a CHEEKY voice. and
seemed 70 have no fear of passing the
night alone in the barred cell Unlike
most women prisoners, the night seems
TO hold no terrors for Miss Caspari and
the prospect OF spending endless days
and nights in a dark cell affects her 10
more than II she were spending a Guie,
vacation with friends
Not since being arrested has she broken
down Not once has she expressed SOY
row or contritI1u. or. IN fact emotion Of
any kind She neither pleads her limo
cence nor confesses her guilt No one
has been able 20 break through her
stoical reserve
The investigation 20 learn the exact ex-
tent OF Miss CaSparTs operations IS be
ing continued with vigo-- Those known
70 have had dealings with the woman
have been closely questioned. and hav,
given all the information they possess
regarding the woman Of mystery
Others wiz be communicated with. and
the police and the officials OF the Dis
trict attorneys Office feel sure that II.
net which they are drawing about tht
unfortunate woman VIII continue q
tighten until the real i1wardEess 0f ths
case viii develop.
List of Her Correspondents.
Every one Of the persons whose name.
have been found connected with the cor
respondence OF Miss CaspsrI has beer
communicated with. The list. as glver
out by the chief Of detectives. is as FOL
lows.
Rocaszer. y Ms Bshoo-s William Johns
> J. DireuEe-- = Clinton a=e-ue sls-ta- Mrs II
L. stuart. q Wa5sr---r zr-eec- Jean smith Aul.
Y Nagle. Sc-z1'ou. Ws-uc-e & 90. = state street
Mss Emily NouEh1uss. & Easc avsnus- A II c
Lo5SF.
BaI;in1-e- Nl-Erelyr C. sina. Annie C voelck
Lsli Bolton ssrrr1. Ed.ta Z Clasett ~ s. Pau
NeF York Ciry-HaI & Locke Company. So Eas
r7-e-fvzst street JOAN C. stevens q Union square
Y1uHg Folks Edacatio1a- Leasse, incorporated. ,
East Twsuty-frst street. Tec1las Neiscn q SOS. !
Itaaoz. y. Y--sa-ah z Reess. SO East BuEal
street
washi1s,a-l-Arelia Hansu. General Land OHee
AIrs c F Fzsha- Natio1a- Alumni e6 Cc-cural
R,si,dir-. Al-s. Man Robins -6-7 Iassac5usert
avenue southeast. Miss Ezaoeth Geumil. 90 C7T
conan street. Ms ~ E. Ja-es. Us Forr-eeut'
stree
/ Ossiuiug. y. Y.-lliss LOIS Orchard
I Huuss1fIIc AIa-AI-s. Anna Stewart Chass-
Albion, y E--Alrs- r. 7. Coan-
The police do not believe that all thes
persons have given Miss Caspart money
but that some Of them have assisted he
materially IS shown by some OF the let
ters found IN her trunk
Z Miss GemmiN from whom II IS allege'
I the woman obtained S950. and Mrs
/ Thomas A Robbins. who is alleged u
/ have parted Irom nearly S250o, and Mrs
( James, who lost 500. held a consultation
I yesterday and compared the woman
I alleged methods iu dealing with each o
them II was found that the method wa
/ almost identical in all the cases.
May Question Women To-day.
The three women and Mrs. Edith E
CIagett viii DE-. questioned by members o
the dlstric5 toruey's Office, probably 70
day The - men were at the Office yes
/ terday. bu- -othing was done Beside
quizz:ng these four women. Ass.stan
[ District Attorney Given VIII assist IN
/ police department in getting affidavit
and other evidence from the out-of- tow
/ correspondents
/ While the net Of evidence seems 70 b
/ closing about Miss Caspari. this woma
/ Of wonderful cleverness. ind0nitabIe re
! solve. and iron nerve sits in her cell
1 hiding her thoughts and emotions benin
a mask Of iEscruta5leness that defes tn
ruthless probing OF the police. the sym
/ pathetic and loving advances OF he
! brother. and the solicitations OF her at
torney. Her face betrays nothing. an
her lips less. She is now, as always
/ the woman OF mystery