East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-17
YOUNG GIRL HAS
FOUR IDENTITIES
is BURGLAR, PREACHER.
POLITICIAN AND SELF
Surpasses DIR. JeIlyl and Mr.. Hyde
Scientists Are Baffled-E'eels Diff
ferent Moods Coming on and is
Powerless TO Prevent Them-A
Study for Psychologists.

New York.-Typical American girl,
buccaneer, preacher and politician
all of these are combined in the
strange personality of Miss Frances
Marie Utman Of Chicago, says dis
patch in the American.
One day she Is the normal, carefree,
sport-loving athletic girl of the pc
riod.
The next day strange over
whelming desire to turn burglar seizes
her.
Again she is possessed of the no.
tion that she must turn preacher and
join the Salvation Army or some
other evangelistic band.
Once more she is the exemplifica-
ton of the woman politician.
Normally she is the real Frances
Marie Utman.
Abnormally she is burglar, preach
er or politician, as the case may be.
A Study for Psychologists.
A profound study for the psycholo-
gist Is this young woman. She knows
her own nature better than any one
else. She has reasoned and studied
it all out. She fights against these
strange freaks that take possession
Of her, and it requires more than or
dlnary strength of mind to keep her.
self from becoming the incarnation
of the personalities that are a part
and a parcel of her strange nature.
Hereditary influence, handed down
through a long line from generation
to generation running back some hun
dreds of years, Miss Utman believes
to be responsible for the hallucina-
tions that are here.
81 can't explain It ALL" she said
yesterday with a pathetic little smile.
at is beyond me- I know what I
know. l feel what ! feel and l al
ways do not act as I would like to
act
"Now, isn't it perfectly awful to
contemplate that today I am Fran
ces Utman and tomorrow l may be
burglar. Understand, l am not a
burglar, and / hope l never will be,
but there is an undeniable something
that takes hold Of me that changes
my whole nature and makes me want
to get out and loot somebody or
somebody's house. Isn't that a pleas
ant thing for a young woman to con-
template?
Lives the Parts.
"And when the bucaneering mood
is upon me 1 live the part. When my
nature changes and I feel that must
become a Salvation Army lasse in
reality, I am, for the time. the Saliva
ton Army lassie. And again. when
I am possessed of my political spirit
l am the politician.
81 can't explain it. 1t is useless to
try. I only know that there is a
something within me that is differ
ent from most other folks. I have
studied myself and learned men have
studied me, and there has been no So
luton of the problem that Frances
Utman presents to science"
Miss Utman is in the early 20s. She
is bright, attractive, exceptionally well
read. a good conversationalist. She
has delved deep into Psychology.
She is the daughter of Simeon Ut
man, retired capitalist of Califor-
MIA. She has not been a resident of
Chicago for long; indeed her strange
nature makes it imperative that she
have a constant change of scene. The
Utman residence is at SS2 Edgecomb
place on the North Side.
"Let me try to make it clear, this
strange nature of mine, as well as I
may" continued the young woman.
81 can tell when the burglar mood
is coming on me. 1t is no good for
me to fight against it. I know when
it is with me and there is no help for
it as far as I have been able to learn.
1t takes all my strength Of mind to
keep myself from acting the part that
is my nature for the time being.
81 am seized with the predatory
idea. I want to 'burgle, All my
thoughts center on this one thing. I
read about burglaries. I read about
kits of tools I read the careers of
high pirates and men of bold, bad
deeds with avidity.
Normally l am a quiet girl.
dislike bright colors. I dress quiet
ly But when my buccaneering mood
is upon me then I seem to forget
all of these things, I deck myself
out in gaudy colors and can not seem
to help it. Why is it?
"I had a great grandfather on my
fathers side who was n man of deeds
He commanded a privateer way back
in 1912. I suppose it is his nature
that has been transmitted to me
somehow. l believe that at times I
am the reincarnation of this bold sail
orman of that stirring time"