Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-06
Chicago SaIOOnke eper
Picks Up Paper Signed
by Texas Woman
PAYABLE TO STEVENS
Drawn on EIkhart, Ind, Con-
Germ, but There 1t Is Said
Woman Has No Deposit.

Chicago, March "a small black
purse containing a check for SAL, 900
on the First State bank OF Elkhart,
Ind. payable to III. l.. Stevens" and
signed Mrs. Mabel Mills" was found
on the sidewalk on North Clark
street last night by William Dibos.
e saloonkeeper Inc check was turn
ed over to the police. It was dated
March l. 1913. the date on which
Mrs, Mills. now in Kansas City, claims
TO have lost. or 10 have been in some
manner deprived Of $4,000 in $1,000
bills.
GI Est Al STEVENS HOME.
Mrs Mills had taken dinner with
Mrs. Stevens. wife OF the man whose
name is the same as that on the check
found b. the saloon man. She is sup
posed to have lost the money that
evening. after leaving the Stevens
home In Evanston. several miles north
of the spot where the check was found.
Assistant Cashier Sage OF the First
State bank at Elkhar. :elephoned that
Mrs Mills has no account there.
In the purse also were a number
Of newspaper clippings recounting real
estate offers, some of which were
checked off. Mrs. Mills is in the
real estate business in San Antonio.
While tine find appeared on the face
90 be genuine the police could not dis
regard the theory Of hoax. The act
iur chief Of detectives pronounced the
nnd yalueless and sent the check back
10 D.bos.
The signature on the check was
pronounced spurious by the Union
Trust company bank. where Mrs. Mills
signature is on file.
NONSENSE. SAYS HUSBAND.
Kansas city. March 6.-"That is alb
sOlutc nonsense" said E. w. Mills hus-
band Of Mabel Mills, when informed
that a check for $41, 900 was found in
Chicago. Either 1t is false informa-
ton or the work Of joker" Mills ar
rived this morning TO met his wife
who is on her way to San Antonio. He
said Mrs Mills was In highly nery'
Gus condition. She is terribly nerv'
GUS" said Mills. "and can see no one
and last OF all a reporter. She has
been bounded almost to death by re
porters since the affair came up, and
fled from Chicago to escape them"
AT KANSAS CITY HOTEL.
Chicago. March 6.-Mrs. Mabel Mills
OF san Antonio, Tex, whose sudden
departure from Evanston on Monday
proved as much OF a sensation as the
story OF her loss OF $4,000. was found
in Kasas City yesterday. Mrs. Mills
efforts to elude inquirers proved futile
despite her phantouike flight from
the Evanston hospital, and long before
her arrival reporters were on hanC
AZ the Kansas City hotel to await her
The arrival Of two pieces Of bag
gage. trunk and suitcase, alonl
with a business letter with the letter
head H. L. stevens Il Co, 11O9 Kar
pen building. Chicago" was the frs
indication OF her intended visit.
For hours the baggage waited to b,
claimed. and it was not until late II
the afternoon that Mrs. +. /. Stout
appeared and asked that It be takel
up 10 her room. IL was Mrs Mills
No sooner WAS her identity learne
than she retired to her room and re
fused 10 see any one. She told tn
hotel management that her husband
= ". Mills. was on his way TO III
city and that he would arrive in
few hours. A misunderstanding csuI
cd the baggage to be checked in Mr:
Mills right name.
Mrs. II. /. stevens. with whom Mrt
Mills dined on the night Of the allege
robbery. yesterday said she knew notl
ing OF her guests whereabouts. Mr.,
Mills had telephoned her before lea
ing the hospital, and, according TO Mr.
stevens. It was understood that sh
would stop in Kansas City on her wa
south. Mrs. Stevens denied that sh
had heard from her friend since Mol
day
chief Of Police Shaffer OF Evansto
breathed a sigh a relief when told thi
the woman who had slipped out
his grasp and played hide and see
with his sleuths was located in KRnss
city. He had hoped for another i
tcryiew and was Of the opinion thi
She had nor gone farther than Ct
oago.
So confident was Chief Shaffer thi
he would again be able 70 questiC
Mrs Mills that he even carries Il
1880 left at the Stevens home. Sha
Z has made several trips TO Cdicag
IL The hope Of finding her.