Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-15
SPECIAL WIRELESS
STORY EIGHT DAYS OLD
Wireless NeWs-With the Aid
of the Scissors and the
imagination

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imagination
On the first page Or the morning
/ paper, there Is today q 2-column photo
| graph OF Mrs Alice Brown" and q
heading Subtle Siren Steals his
| CGsh." 4
| Under this photograph, the morning
paper runs the following dispatch with
/ the heading Special to the Advertiser
By Poulsen Wireless"
SAN FRANCISCO. August IL
| Especial to The Advertiser by Poulsen
| Wireless)-Mrs. Alice Brown, accused
of having bilked her. adorer, David
Mapping, of something like 1900,
denies that she ever promised to mar
~ him In return for the money he Law
shed upon her during their courtshin
OF more than 3 year. -
why, could not have done that. I
jrst couldn't love farmer, not the
best of them" she declared Il should
never be content with one OF them.
am city bird" , =
Fascinated by her charm OF manner
and mentality, Mapping, who halls
from Illinois, told the police that he
had wooed Mrs. Brown for a year, hav-
ing met her that long ago In San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Brown was married to
sr insurance man. but she told Nap.
ping that she intended to secure a
divorce. Their acquaintanceshiD de-
vcloped into open courtship, and Mrs.
Brown, according to Mapping, finally
agreed to marry him when she manag-
ed to win her freedom in the divorce
court" -
On the first page of the San Fran
cisco Examiner of Wednesday. August
I. nearly ten days ago, there Is two
column photograph Of Mrs. Alice
Brown, and under 1t is the same story
that is given to Honolulu's reading
rublic today as Special wireless"
The difference is merely that OF an
original story and 'rehash. The
photograph is the same. And here is
the original story printed in the
Examiner:
A. year of ardent courtship on the
part of David Mapping. a wealthy re.
tired farmer OF Pennington. Illinois.
eliminated YESTERDAY morning In the
arrest OF Alice j. Brown, cloak
model. who was to have been his
bride, but whom he. now claims
wheedlea him out OF $4,000.
The woman was arrested In Port.
land. Oregon. With her, was. George
Montrose of San Francisco. who is.
also being held. Mapping has gone
tsek to his Illinois home, but he was
advised Of the woman's arrest yester
day by wire. .,". -.
netectiyAs John Nolan and James
Gallagher have been searching for the
woman for more than month. One
of them will go to Portland this morn
Ing to bring hef, back to this CITY.
where she win be charged with grand
larceny on warrant which Mapping
swore to before Police Judge shortan
or June %.
Complaint Of FaSmer. : s~.ss
In the complaint she is accused
specifically with sswindhng him out of
$500, an amount which he says she!
promised to invest in a hotel, but
which she Is alleged to have pocket
ed He says that at various times
during his courtship he gave her $14,.
600 besides. !. -
Mapping is past sixty years Of age.
The woman is twenty-six. She is six
feet in height and weighs ITS pounds.
She is described as being a remark
ably handsome woman.
" According to the story told by Nap
ping to the detectives, he met her
more than q year ago. At that time,
he says, she was separated from her
husband, but not divorced.
? Mapping fall In love with her. He
says she secured divorce and prom
ised to marry him when the proba. !
tionary period should have expired. mi
the meantime they travelled together
to several of the Pacific Coast cities. !
In Los Angeles, he says, he bought
s home for her. = She spent his money /
lavishly. |
!. From time to time Mapping says he !
gave her large amounts of money for
different purposes. In May they rel
turned to San Francisco. Mapping /
stopped at the. Grand Hotel. Mrs.
Brown stopped at the ST. Francis.
On June 20, he says, he gave her
the $500 which she promised to in
vest in a hotel The following day
she did not keep her appointment
Mapping began to make inquiries. He
learned that she had left the city. He
began to get suspicious and a few
days later reported the matter to the
police.
On Jure q he swore to ne COM
plant charging. her with grand lar
ceny. He remained in the city sew
pral days hoping that Detectives Cal
lsgher and Dolan might be able to
find her. Then he returned to his
home. promising to return and prose
cute the woman when she should be
found.
1t was learned that Mrs. Brown had
gone to Seattle. From there she was
y aced to. several other cities and
finally to Portland. where she was
arrested yesterday.
silly Old Man" She Says. I
PORTLAND, Ore, August G.
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