Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-08-13
VISITS
HAWTHORNE


Western Nevada Miner las the fol
lowing to say about the only woman
who is known TO have confessed her
self in love with Billy Maxwell, Irene
Duff, dope fiend and dip, who was
entertained at the Ferrell establish
ment in Reno, managed at that time
not less than 80 days.
During this period she to.G Max
she would give him at least $1,000
just to see him hike half around the
world and never come back.
Buck must have seen her coming
He went up in the air like a chicken
hawk in the following language,
about the best ad Irene ever got, for
now want TO pit his savvy against
Irene's. If he does he'll get stun2
like the policeman in Reno. whom
she robbed while he was booking her
in the station.
Buck says:
Charming. bright-aye quick-fin-
gered Irene Duff, once a temporary
resident of Nina for a short time in
its palmy young days, and who, it
will be remembered, was taken off
the north bound passenger train at
this point after having arttully 'frisk
ed" a twenty dollar "Wyllum' out OF
the vest pocket of the Pullman con-
ductor while he was kindly engaged
in fastening the button in her waist,
which she had not had time to do in
Blair, and the tact that tney were
located in the back and she could
not reach them nor perform the task
unaided. Bud Carberry, who was an
officer at Milers at the time, was on
the train and took her in tow. Evi
IDENTITY The picking in this section
must be good. as the petite Irene IL
back and stopping at Hawthorne.
Lucky Boy and other seaside resorts
in that vicinity.
Irene is not at all u bad locker.
In fact she knows hoN to wear the
glad rags, of which she has Il lib
ing little piece of calico. and when
she throws the goo COOS with hel
soulful eyes, poor weak, susceptible
man has nothing to do but tall tol
them. So deft are her fingers and
swift her movements that she gives
the police force of Reno and Sal
Francisco a severe attack OF seasick
ness whenever they See her.
On coming on the train from Sal.
Francisco, TO which place she went
from the Reno Jail with a Salvation
Army escort to begin Il life of refS;
nation, she "glOmmed onto" a good
looking Italian who could scarcely
spike da lnglise," but VINO pOss aSsed
Il roll and "A diamond pin, or did
when he met her IN the Pullman.
Irene just dO,es on the good things
of life. and especially the wine that
sparkles and makes IA noise like go
ing some, and after a swell feed III
the diner, at the expense of Italy'S
favored son, both parties returned
to the Pullman. The Italian shorll!
after went to the Pullman conductor
with Il view of placing his roll in
the protective hands of that lndivid
ual, but when he reached for it, il
had vanished, gone like d boyhOou
dream. He could not imagine where
he had lost it. 1t happened that
the same Pullman conductor who
met the fair Irene year before al
this point, was in charge. He suS
gested to the man that his fair com
panion might have formed a strong
attachment for his bunch of the
real goods Acting on this theory
after two hauls he got his coin,
amounting to 500, minus the $l4
feed and $40 which he didn't seem
anxious to insist upon. This occur
red as the train wended its way up
the Sierra mountains between Col
fax and Blue Canyon. From thence
on to Reno they met as strangers.
Irene came through Wednesday
last and dropped off at Thorne ell
route for Hawthorne. We would ad-
wise the ladies of Hawthorne to chain
up their frisky husbands at nign
during her stay in the sylvan glade,
through the leaves of the black loc-
usts which line her streets sometimes
cause men to loose their equilibrium
likewise their cash, in which case
you may cry aloud for the price OF