The Detroit times., 1910-05-05
VAMPIRE MEETS
DEATH IN FLAMES
Anna Milan, Who Has Lured Many
Men To Ruin and Disgrace, Vic.
tim of Horrible Fate.

Amid squalid surroundings, In a
dingy, ill.kept room, Anna Milan, the
Vampire. as the police knew her. once
"a member of respected east-side
family. met death In one OF It's most
terrifying forms. early Thursday
morning.
Her body. unmourued and unclaim-
] ed, lies in the county morgue. the
flesh literally cooked from the bones.
The face, with the marks of the ais
sipation that had wrecked her moral
IL and physically. was not marred, so
identification was easy
Anna Milan, after a prolonged alb.
sence. turned up In Detroit about &
week ago. and had been living with a
man SAID to be named John Wyman,
at No. 2i2 ConSress-st east. Wednes-
day afternoon. "A curtain in the base
ment room caught fire. In some way,
tho woman's dress caught fire, too.
This is the version Of the affair given
by Mis-. Christina Revait who lives
In the house.
The Milan woman ran screaming
from the house. WymIn paid no at
tention To her. but continued beating
the burning curtain with his hands.
Mrs Reyait says that Anna Milan
stood in the doorway leading to the
backyard, screaming in agony, while
her dress was burned from her body.
Then she ran into q rear shed. Mrs.
Revait ran after her and threw a
blanket over her She was too far
Anna Milan died in St Marys hos
ptal at o'clock Thursday morning.
Il suppose the man did not know
she was burning" said Mrs Revait.
He probably thought she was just
excited He had his back 10 her and
vas beating ont the flames.
Anna Milans fate is a sad com
mentary on the life Of a hayward wo-
man, who1had had every opportunity
to lead a decent life amid the best
surrounding. She was adopted from a
convent when a child by woman
who lives in an east-side home. She
married very young and is the mother
of four children. all of them said to
be living in Detroit.
She fell from grace however. and
sank as low as Is possible for any
woman 10 sink. For time she was
an inmate of the notorious House OF
All Nations. and later lived in Sui
eide Row" Both of these places
have since been torn down bY order
OF the board of health.
II was while she lived in Suicide
Row that She lured a man named
Milan TO the place. He was farmer
from near Grand Rapids. He had
sold his land and had something like
$3.50 She lived with him for a time
and one day he was found dead In
bed. What money was left Of his roll
was gone. She was arrested and held
on suspicion of having had something
To do with his death. She managed
to clear herself of the charge, how
ever. and was allowed to go. after
being ordered out Of town
Other men she lured to one form
or another Of disgrace and destruc-
ton and 1t was through this that she
gained the name The Vampire.
Wyman appeared In police head.
quarters Thursday afternoon and gave
his version of the tragedy. He SAYS
the Milan woman, hair drunk. was
smoking a cigarette and set fire To the
curtain. the flames spreading 10 her
dress. He says that he attempted to
rescue her but that the flimsy material
of which her dress was composed
burned so quickly that she was beyond
help before he could reach her.
The body will be claimed by tho
woman who adopted Anna Milan from
the convent. The police decline 10
give her name.