Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-22
CASH GIFT Of
$4,000 REWARD
FOR KINDNESS
Washington, D. c., Woman Is
Beneficiary Of Friend Who
viii End Days in a
Convent

WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Certificates
OF deposit amounting to $50. 900, dla-
mond ring worth at least 81 900. and
other gifts worth several hundred
dollars have been placed in the hands
OF Mrs. John Kamb. us 18th street
southeast. by the woman OF mystery
whose friendship Mrs Kamb gained
by acts OF kindliness. and who a short
time ago promised richly to reward
Mrs. Kamb before leaving for Europe
to enter a convent.
The woman Of mystery left for New
York. according to the story told by
Mrs. Kamb. and has sailed for France,
where she will take up the life of
clustered nun.
The name Of the benefactress Il
given by Mrs. Kamb as Nine. Luzanne
Frochard. and the story OF her life
as Mrs. Kamb says she told 1t to her
reads like the widest romance. Born
in Touion, Nine. Frochard was
brought up In convent school, from
which she returned to her home ~
the age OF about seventeen years.
Kidnapped by Sultan's Agent
Within a year she had been kid
mapped by agents OF the then Sultan
OF Morocco, and for several years was
held prisoner in his harem. An at
tempt at escape was foiled, and on
being recaptured both of Nine. Fro
chard's ankels were broken. From
this injury she never fully recovered.
On the death OF the sultan she was
released from the harem. with many
others, and round that the sultan had
directed that q number Of costly jew
ell and sum Of money should Be
given to her. With the money thos
ACQUIRED, she returned to France just
in time to bid farewell to her father
before he died. BY his death she was
made the heiress to one-third OF
large fortune.
Afterward she travelled to South
America, living at Buenos Aires for
several years, and later residing In
Bogota and in the City OF Mexico.
While in Mexico she invested in gold
mining properties which later proved
to be of great value.
Band OF Friendship Welded.
About three years ago Nine. Fro
chard came to Washington, living In
obscurity and seclusion near Mrs.
Kamb's little home. 1t was while liv-
ing there that Nine Frochard was at
tracted to Mrs. Kamb, and a lasting
friendship sprang up between the
women, cemented by acts OF kindness
and a display Of neighborly feeling
on the part Of Mrs. Kamb toward the
lonely woman.
A short time ago Nine. Frochard
determined to return to her native
land and end her days in convent.
Before doing so she made trip to
the southwest, where she disposed OF
her mining properties, returning to
Washington March Is last. With her
property all in the form of cash she
set about rewarding persons who had
shown her kindness while she was,
to all appearances, merely an unf0r-
tunate, lonely, friendless and crippled
woman A number OF her neighborg
benefited by her generosity, though
Mrs. Kamb, her closest friend, has
received the Lions share Of the gifts.
Mrs. Kamb. dazed with the magni-
ture of the gifts, has made no plans
as to how the money shall be used,
beyond expressing the determination
to make a long-deferred visit to her
relatives in County Kerry, Ireland.
whence she came to the United States
eight wears ago.