The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-28
GLACIA GALA
IN LIHELIGHT
Career of the Woman Who
Charges Her Husband
With Murder.
CUT WIDE SWATH AT TIMES
LIEUTENANT IN NAVY ONE OF
HER EARLY VICTIMS.

New York, Feb. 27.-Investigations
which followed the startling charge OF
Mrs. Paul Roy, or, as she is better
known, Glacia Gala, singer, that her
brother George A. Carkins. who was
supposed TO have committed suicide at
Newington, n. H., was in reality muir
dered by Roy, has brought TO light the
young woman's eventful history. Her
career. which began at Portsmouth, n
H.. included a series of adventures in
New York and New England, and
reached its height in Paris, where she
lived for. several years. 1t was IN 1889
that she started from Portsmouth, an
nouncing~ that she intended to make
name for herself on the stage. Nothing
more was heard from her in her home
city until three years later.
Ruined an officer.
She had developed into a strikingly
beautiful woman during her absence,
and her beauty and manner of dressing
created a sensation when she returned
TO Portsmouth. Among her admirers
was a young lieutenant at the Ports
mouth navy yard. For some reason the
attention of the navy department was
called to the attachment, and inquiry
tenant left the service. Immediately
after the young lady took the stage
name of Gladys HOdgdOn and appeared
i'm numerous productions as dancer
with Loie Fuller. While playing IN
Worcester. Mass, she became acquaint-
ed with VIM. Murray, Boston millln-
cry salesman, and little later they
were married at Newburyport, Mass.
For a while they lived at Boston
nd Ire EsarlN
in 1894 they established themselves in
Waterfowl After a few months resi-
dence in WATERFOWL, Mr.. and Mrs
Southern departed. and the young wom-
an, in 1884 resumed her position as the
occupant of a home in Portsmouth.
Young Women Came to Live With
Her.
II the two years prior to the advent
~ Beaver Hill of Gladys Hodgdon, two
iEkmen, Winnie Lewis and Miss Norton,
ABDUCTED a profitable cigar store. Up-
on Gladys Hodgdons appearance they
sold the cigar business to one George
a. Barnes of Boston" and became part
of Gladys HodgdOn's household. IN
Octcoer. 1894, VIM. c. Southern brought
suit against George A. Barnes Tor
alternating the affections of his vile, and
Deputy Sheriff Raymond attached the
cigar store for $4,000.
There was no trial. While the case
was on the supreme court docket IN
Essex county, "Mr. Barnes instituted
criminal proceedings against Gladys
HodgdOn The name of the complainant
was James A. Williams" otherwise
George A. Barnes" of Boston. and the
defendant was described as Miss Glad
VS. L. Southern, alias HOdgdOn, alias
Murray. alias Carkins.
The ofense alleged was blackmail.
She pleaded not guilty and the hearing
was deferred until Dec 9.
The marriage with Murray is said to
have been annulled in 1885, after which
the young woman resumed her life on
the stage. returning from time to time
10 her old home in Portsmouth.
Scene Shifted to Europe.
Then for the first time in her career
the scene changed TO Europe. She first
appeared in the Latin quarter of Paris
and took UP the study of vocal music
under Madame Marchesi Her home for
the first few months was a cheap room,
but later she removed 10 a modest
boarding house.
Her luck appeared to have changed at
this time. Her tOilettes. which in the
past had been the most simple kind, be-
came exquisite and she exhibited many
diamonds NncTG III lfit past Slt lltiu
gone on foot to receive her music les
sons, she now rode in a fine carriage.
But the music lessons did not con-
tinue beyond that point. They were dis
continued by Madame Marchesi. In the
following year Paris saw little of the
beautiful American, but at the end OF
that time she appeared at an exclusive
function patronized largely by Ameri-
cans She was chaperoned by Mrs.
Barrett, an authoress, who wrote under
the name ''Sappho."
Protege of Baroness.
During that whole season the young
woman remained with Mrs. Barrett and
accompanied her to many smart recep- |
lions given by the Americans. In the
year following her relations with Mrs.
Barrett were severed and she came out
as q protege of a woman known as the
Ba,roness Won Orendorff. the widow of
E%man diplomat. With the baroness !
she vented q house in Rue Hamelin, and |
Miss Gala became known as a young |
woman of unlimited wealth. The house |
was gorgeously furnished and the scene |
of many brilliant functions, in which |
many wealthy and socially prominent
Americans took part.
1t was at a dinner at the Rue Hame- |
lin house that her social career in the |
French capital came to sudden close. |
All the best known Americans in Paris /
and also many distinguished Parisians
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