The evening world., 1911-04-04
ECKERT WIDOW"
MUST co BEFORE
SURROGATE AGAIN
Disappears After Hearing and
May Be in Washington
for Papers"
LOOKS LIKE MRS. DORE.
Known at Home by That
Name, and Police Sus-
pcct Her Past.
LOOKS LIKE MRS. DORE.

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{" an Evening World reporter that II
the Ms. Davies. who posed 20 him az
Inc widow OF Gen. Thomas r. Eckert,
did not appear before him tomorrow.
as he dire 'tci. he would issue an at
t1chn"nt Tor her ana compel her at
tend ,nec.
u Intend 10 90 to the bottom OF This
entire matter" he said. "N'.ien women
conc Onward a the widows or veal
thy men their claims must ne looked
into. ! am making an investigation my
ser Of tho wond''s history. ~ we'll az
her sto"y. and | find siic hos mad. many
inlSstatements. These must he salts
iactorilv cleared away or SIZE viii find
herself in trouble"
Al the address gi;en bv Mrs. Davies
70 tle Surrogate, No. al East one Hum
dren ana Eighty-sccon1 street, she 4.
known az Mrs. bore. sac was not there
today. II may be she has gone TO
Washington, as ordered by the Surro-
gate. 20 procure the alleged marriage
certificate which would prove her the
Widow o. tho former Western Union
President. and also a deed 10 his town
mouse, which she said lac oncc gave T.,
her.
Lawyer Gave Her Ticket.
Wicn she old the Surrogate weston.
'ay that these papers were In Washing.
ton. she added that she had no money
To buy a railroad ticket. one of the
lawyers had a ticket 20 Washington and
"hcn ne presented it to tcr, she said
~" would go there last night. \
hcisaoor on the third floor or tho SIX
story building or East One Hundred
ana Eighty-second street. said she
heard some one leaving Mrs. Davies's
apartment late in tho night.
The mystery made by Mrs. Davies OF
herself has lead the police TO the belief
mat the woman is none other than A
Mrs. Dore who posed in the pas a. the
widow % wealthy mon.
TO tho surrogate she said she lived
with her sister. Mrs. Dore, and her
nephew In the apartment. At the
apartment abe lives with a young man
whom she has introduced a. her son,
ana no other woman resides with them.
This young man is as much a mystery
as the mi for while he says he Is
a city Inspector. his name does not
'ffN's w 'sF Va AAt' Wy IbllNs I
gocs out OF the house every morning
and does not reappear until nisht.
Mistake Says Young Man.
Mrs. Dore did not sec the surrogate
yesterday" said 10 an Evening World
reporter to-day. In fact. she has no;
been here in seyearl days. ! do not
know OF n Mrs. Davies, IN fact. neVe.
heard OF her. This Is = terrible mis-
take
re had scarcely gone when the mail
carrier deposited q letter addressed To
Ms. George Davies IN the bore box.
Tho ianitress, Mrs. Wolgast. said other
letters similarly addressed had beca
left IN that box.
"Shc has always acted TO me- as II
she were not mentally riaht," said Mrs,
Wo,gast. She is always lighting with
,he mall carriers Because they don
ring her moro letters
To Surrogate cohalau shc gave
cNa.lVe answers regarding her means
10" livelihood and how she manaeed to
maintain her BABY farm n H'auvelt
Rockland County. Sic finally said hei
husband. who had last his life in the
Battle Of the Wilderness, had left hei
some property from which sc hao
sufhclent income to Two on
Mrs. Doro's ONLY intimate I'm the
house is Mrs. George y, Fem and sh"
as well 20 others. had no difficulty ir
r.cognizing tho picture of Mrs. DaNie'
IN The Evening World as Mrs. Do"c
as thcy know her,
To Get $4,000 from Congress.
'Last month Mrs. Dorc came TO my
apartment and asked me To so q
q, - 1.,r. - aasl NTs.u Itapn
She sadi there was a bill In Congress
90 pay her $4,000 on account OF thu
death ~ her husband, ! did not 60 witt
Ter, but she was gone several days, an'
when she came back she said shc hat
been to Washington, hu: ala not tel
what success She had
Mrs. Dore told the janltres. and IN
landlord, q. q, Bertetsen, that she con
duc,ei n baby farm IN Nyack. To Judg'
Colia!an Mrs. Davies made the SAM
claim.
II have wondered how she could rui
the baby farm" Mrs. Wo,gast remerk
-, for she has lived here since las
october I, and all during that time sh
has not been away from home oNe
night moro than two or three times. an
seldom did she 90 away from the house
some times she said she was a dress
maker"
Told OF Detective WORK,
Another chain that connects this Mrs
bore or Davies with the woman o
police reputation, is her statement I
the landlord that SIZE often did deteo
live work. The Mrs, Dore OF the pas
fastened herself on her victims throus'
the medium Of posing as a detective.
Landlord Bertetsen said the action
% Mrs. Dore were decidedly peculiar
lie added that the rent OF SO q mont
was always paid by the mar she calle
her son. The latter IL about thlrt
wears Of age, wears glasses and ha
n dark mustache. He IA OF medlul
height and "a a pleasant appearing an
well spoken man.
II was most particular to ask TIL
woman n she had ever nsen any otne
name thar that OF Davies Surrogat
t'ohalan said. FOR In tho short tim
had 20 make my Investigation sh
a.slIned an air NJ mystery to me,
learned that there was a Mrs, bore re
.idirg where size said she lived. Ate
.,iIe rambling statements abe said he
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