Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-14
FLOWER Anglers WIFE
Mrs. C0rtIandt" Says He
CoWardIy Deserted Her.
SHE BETRAYS HIS SCHEMES
Confesses He Was With Her, But
Left Her in Time of Need.
MRS. HAGAMAN, ILL, GUARDED
Wealthy Woman Believed to Have
Financed Swindler-Must
Face Charges.
SHE BETRAYS HIS SCHEMES
MRS. HAGAMAN. ILL, GUARDED

RICHMOND, Va. September 1.-THE
woman known as Mrs. Horace r. Cort-
Iandt confessed wife of Dr. r. c. Flower,
wanted in many cities and states. disap-
peared quietly yesterday following her re-
lease from custody. never having disclosed
her maiden name TO the detectives.
She was not watched after her release
No idea of her destination was left with
the detectives at work on the case.
Before leaving the city Mrs. Flower
cleared her skirts of any connection with
the doctors schemes in A confession TO
the detectives in which she openly ac-
knowledged that DR.. Flower came TO
Richmond TO swindle unsuspeCting citi-
zens Through fraudulent mining schemes.
in selling stock of the Appalachian Min
ing and Smelling Company. corporation
chartered under the laws of Virginia and
of which local business men were the
head.
Flower Deserted Her.
Mrs. Flower stated to the detectives
that though she had not informed on the
doctor in his practices. she wars cowardly
deserted by him the minute she was ar
rested and carried to Jail.
She traces the cause of her arrest di-
reCtIy to the hdnOS OF the she
said she did not know Flower at the time
of Hagamans death. and had never met
Mrs Hagaman Delabarre prior to coming
to Richmond.
Asked about her connection with Mrs.
Observation-Disclosures after coming to this
city. Mrs. Flower said that she only COM
municated with the woman as bearer of
notes from DR.. Flower. and that she be-
lieved that the woman was nothing less
than one of his wealthy victims.
DIR. Flower represented to me that he
had never been married prior to the time
he met me-, said Mrs. COrtlandt, and
his smooth tongue. even though | knew
something of his mining projects, led me
into the union"
Il feel that / have been greatly wrong
cd in being sent to Jail and tried IS sus
picious character" she continued, but l
can't say that / blame anybody except
the man who deceived me into becoming
his wife. | was in bad company"
Mrs. Hagaman Under Guard.
Mrs Theodore F. Hagaman of New
York was dismissed this afternoon of the
charge of swindling boarding BILL but
she is detained to answer a suit brought
by New York merchants to recover a
$4,000 millinery bill.
Deserted by those for whom she had
confessedly given up half her S1,OOOOOO
fortune, Mrs. Hagaman-Dela barre is still
under guard in her apartments. in the
Colonial Mrs. Hagamans physical con-
dtion has gone from bad to worse since
the strain of the recent inquiry. and she
was visited twice yesterday by physi-
clans.
When the warrant charging the default
of a board bill was sworn out Saturday
night Mrs. Hagaman gave her age as
thirty-five'y years though her hair is white,
and her residence she stated as in Phila-
delphia-
Charles f. Cortlandt. held as one of
Flowers accomplices. who was released
Saturday, is still in the city. He stated
yesterday afternoon that he would leave
the city tomorrow. He refused to talk of
his case. simply saying that If Flower,
who represented himself as Cortlandt,
was crook. he had been duped along
with the rest. as his salary was still un-
paid.