The Washington herald., 1908-07-24

When the case Of Miss Frances A
charged with extensive swindles. il
called before the grand jury. the defense
VIII De a plea Of insanity. This action
was decided upon after a lengthy con
sultauon between William f. Ambrose,
attorney for the defense. and Dr. Charles
Caspari, brother OF the accused woman.
yesterday.
Miss Caspari refused 10 tel even her
attorney anything Of her story. and would
not indicate what line OF defense she
would make She asked that nothing be
done until she should give permission.
Her brother has about decided that his
sister is mentally irresponsible, however.
and viii .zSe the defense into his own
hands
OF the many theories advanced for the
wouan's actions. the one obtaining most
credence is that the prisoner IS suffering
from some mental trouble. charging her
powers OF Imagination. and while duIImg
her moral perceptions. stimulating her
10 action IN carrying out the fantasies Of
her disordered mind
Police Deem Her Insane.
Even the police. inclined at all times 70
see criminal motives in every action OF a
prisoner, confess that The insanity theory
IS the most plausible OF any They viii
continue 10 Work on the theory that there
is q man connected with the case. how
eve, and Detective Frank Baur viii leave
for New York within a few days IN an
effort 10 locate the person who wrote the
letter which first gave the police their
cIew iu this direction
Il Is understood thai. letters Hers found
81 the trunk Of Mss CasparL opened al
police Eeaaguarters yesterday, which fu--
ther strengthe1 the theory that there Is
a man connected with the case What
these letters contain the police refuse &c
say They have been locked in the big
safe, and the newspaper men have been
refused access TO them Capt. Boardmar
yesterday gave out a list OF the names
OF the correspondents. but the name al
tached 70 the letters supposed 70 be from
the nan who IS alleged 10 figure In The
case was not Included
VIII Examine Correspondents.
Detective Baur also VIII interview z
number OF the persons in New York City
Rochester. Albion. Syracuse. and othe1
cities n New York and New Jersey whs
arr said 10 have had business relation,
with Mss Caspari- Letters have beer
sent 10 those correspondents living IN III,
South and 20 one or two living in the
Middle West
The detective visited Miss Caspari a,
the jail yesterday afternoon and spen-
nearly Two hours questioning her At The
end Of thar time he knew little more thar
when he left police headquarters Ms.
Cazpan answered ell his questions Re
Earding herself and her case in an eva.
sive manner. and when pressed on any
point refused point-biank 70 say anything
She denied positively that any man va.
connected with the case. and became In
dlguaut when questioned closely On thi
point
In the course OF the interview. MIS-.
Czspa1 criticised the police department
and the press for the publicity that hal
been given the case She stated that rnuci
that has been written in the newspaper
IS without foundation. and that mucl
given out by the police department ha
been OF such a nature that II was easil,
misconstrued. possibly willfuuy miscon
strUed, both by The police and BY the pub
lie
Criticises Use OF Letters.
Miss Caspar1 was particularly bite
over the publicity given her private core
spondence-
I think the police had very little 10 d
70 60 searching through ny correspond
ence and delvlng into my private affairs.
she said They have nothing 10 co wit
this case. have no possible bearing o.
the case They made Il far worse by civ
ing the information contained in nv let
-ers 10 the press and while recognize
the motive Of the newspaper men, thinl
It was entirely unCaIled Tor 10 print Ger
tain letters found in my effects and ex
tracts from others"
In closing the interview. Miss Caspar
smiled slightly ar the detective and said
There is no use in questioning me re
garding my case. for I Will say nothing
There is a great deal that Is not know
"a repetition Of her first statement TO III
public. and that probably viii never b
known I know my own business. and (
the time comes will make everythinl
KNOWN i an SOEry. plL can say moth
ing"
At the door OF the cell Detective Franl
Baur turned and made a last effort {
wiring the wOmau's secret from her. Sh
only replied. sadly: ~Ah- Il they ha
only waited a few days, All this wouI
have been avoided. and they would hav
their money!
Gives Attorney No Information.
Attorney Ambrose also visited tn
woman IN her cell, but she would sa,
absolutely nothing concerning her case
She advised him that she would manag
20 pay him his fees in the course OF time
and asked him not 70 question her ab0u
herself or her case. She said that whel
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