The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14
dying STORY OF GYPSY QUEEN
our 1CIETY FOR 4 ETFE or
ROMtNY FREFDON
Became the KINGS Gonsert. hat Found
Man, iarsis,ips Dies In Cincinnati
Hospital After Isab,'s isirth Mother
Dted ~ Grief Father BrVke Down


BaLrIMoRg. Nov i3-News was 70.
oeived here TODAY OF the death AZ the
Seton Hospital in Cincinnati Of Mrs J.ss''
Habersham Michele. daughter Of we'll
known broker Of this city. who six years
ago ran away from a social career here
for IN. free life OF gypsy.
Miss Habersham became the wife Of
John Michele. n gypsy king. and herself
became the queen Of the band She dis.i
an Cincinnati after giving birth To IA girl
baby.
Miss Habersham was the great grand
Ciau ghter Of Francis Scott Key. tn. COM
poser II The Star SpanGl-d Banner
She had made her debut. but after on"
year in social life she felt rh. call 81
Romanv freedom'and quietly Disappeared
II was not until five years later that her
family learned that she had Joined the
gypsy band and become iis queen.
She wrote a number Of romantic letters
TO her father. but for several months no
information was received from her until
th. news came to-day Of her death
CINCINNArI. Nov i3 Jessie Haher-
sham Michele. daughter of II q. Haber-
sham OF Baltimore. died lato Yesterday
AT Seto n Hospital IA few hours after
giving birth TO a girl baby.
According To the girls statement she
was stolen from her home in Raltim"r"
five wears ago by a band of gypsi"S. sold
to- one of the tribe for 500 and then under
hypnotic influence compelled to b. the
slave and wife Of IN" king Of the gvpsicS
The search for five years in every
corner Of tn" nited States. II - said,
has ruined the girls fathers health.
The Sister Superior. who notified him IT
his daughter = death Ivy telegram. received
the Telegram saving thar he was too sick
To come To- Cincinnati The shock of
the girls disappearance. II - said. caused
her mother death
Miss HaherShAm was % years old She
said that sh.. had h-an "nticed away from
home 10y an odd gypsy woman who tie
long.d To a tribe that WAS camping near
, the Hat-rsham home She vas then
sold hy this woman 20 her nephew for
sem and WAS compelled by HIM ~ work
hard and 20 endure NOR. than tn. hard
ships ~ tho ordinary gypsi..S
According 10 the story told by the
Young woman shortly before her deaf h
some strange influence held her with tn.
gyJsI..s. and although sh. made several
attempts to escape oil were frufl.sS
II a. two years before she even had \
chanc. Ia write to her fat her. and then IN"
tribe heard Of her doing so and qui"riy
moved t"for. the police authorities
could reach her The father spent a
small forum" ia hiring DETECTIVES and IN
new spap.r advert sssrnsnts
Abou, five weeks ago the young woman
was carried To- a roornng house IN Fourth
street bv "A gypsy who gave the name ri
j. H. Michele and said that the woman was
his wife He asked II tn" woman might
be allowed 'o stay there until the child
was born. No objection was made Ia this
and DIR Meade WAS summoned. He with
thr help Of dlstri nurse cared for tn.
woman until she beca me So low that they
wer. compelled To remove her To- the Seton
Hospital The child. however. IL well and
heulthy and is being held at the hospital
The man who claims to be the husband
OF the dead woman called al the hospita
While dying. with her baby in her arms
the mother told Of her abduction and
hArdships During the storm Of last
Thursday morning. while talking with
Sister Superior Florentins. she said
Hear that wind and SEE that light
ming The sister nodded and tn. woina n
went on Ia tell 81 how she had often slept
under "A wagon in such "a storm. Sh" also
told how sh. was compelled To read 10 the.
men newspaper accounts Of her abduction
and OF IN" fruit less search that her father
was making for her.