The Cairo bulletin., 1908-02-29
|GlACIA CAL[A ]. :
is A MYSTERY
ACTRESS WHO SWEARS Hen
LAST HUSBAND MURDERED
HER BRoTHER.
HAD CHECKERED CAREER
Count Followed Her From Paris
Naval Officer Dueled Over Her
Russian Nobleman Shot
at Her Husband.

New York, Feb 2S,--Glacia Gala,
the wife Ct Paul T. Roy OF Paris
reached Portsmouth, N. H., today and
signed affidavits substantiating the
sensational charges she made here
that her husband had murdered her
brother in their New Hampshire
!home. At the time she signed the AMI
llavits, she again expressed her deter
Imination to bring the death penalty
to her husband for the Staying of her
brother.
In this remarkable case the woman
has become the central figure. From
Europe and from different cities OF
this country today came fragmentary
lpages from her wonderful life history.
She Is now only n years old, but has
been a citizen of the world since she
was married at the age of II.
The woman is mystery of con.
trasts and contradictions. No two
phases OF her existence In the large
cities of this country and the capitals
# Europe seem to be the same.
AS it suited her she changed her
name as easily as she did her posi-
ton In life or her avocation, and this
fact, In connection with the history
of her life makes ii difficult to be-
lieve that one woman could In a life
time play so many sensational roles.
Husband Had Many Aliases.
Everyone with whom Giacia Gala
has been associated in her life, Is
touched with the same color of mya.
terry that has been the scheme of her
life. 1t Is even alleged that George
Carkins, whom she declares was kill.
ed by Roy on the night of January q
was not her brother. but an admireF,
If not former husband. Roy was
not married to the woman under his
own name. Her first husband was n
man Of many aliases and no one can
say how many times she has been
married.
In her campaign to get into society,
which was In part successful In En-
rope, Glacia Gala had as associate
the Baroness Won 0rendorf. widow,
who has been something of mystery
to the diplomatic corps and society In
Washington since she went there to
live. There has always existed some
doubt about the title of the baron
ess." Today she could not be found In
her Washington home by those who
sought information about her erst.
while ward in society.
Her Career.
1t was from her old home near |
Portsmouth, N. H., where Lillian Car.
kins was born In 1880, to afterwards |
dazzle the world as Glacia Gala. tina. |
the story of the wonderful career OF |
this woman In contrast to her known
history as rich beauty, came today. |
The lines of her life We're unfortunate
ly cast almost In infancy through the |
lives led by her mother and an aunt |
The girl was a quick pupil. and her
name was socn connected with motor. |
ious blackmail, badger, and conf, |
dence games. At one time, when stillj
quite young and very beautiful, she
was arrested on charge OF black.
mail
Ambition to shine as an operate
star then possessed the young wo-
man and she was supplied with funds
to go to Paris and place herself under
the great Marchesi for cultivation of |
her voice. There she charmed an ar. |
fist and her portrait as The AmerI |
can Beauty" in the salon of 1900, was
the sensation of the hour.
Followed BY Count.
She became engaged to Count de
Beynac. scion of an ancient French
family, and he followed her to this
In some way the devotions
Of the count came to a sudden end,
and he returned to France.
All Of the time Glacia Gala seem
ed to be plentifully supplied with
gowns and jewels. She lived
IN regal style wherever she went and |
supported several members of her
family. She then met and married.
Roy, the only son of the wealthy |
horse dealer OF Paris, and new she
seeks to send him to the gallows Tor
The murder of her brother. |
AT the height Of her career. when |
many famous men were Offering her
heir hands and fortunes. the beauti |
ful woman who was the talk of the
European capitals did net know I
the man she married when /
but a child was living or dead. and
i is asserted that there is no record |
Tor a divorce. 1t is probable that she
never even knew the real name Of
her first husband. for he Is remenL