Evening journal., 1913-05-15
KIND TO "POOR
GIRL" WILL
GET WEALTH

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 15-Kind
hearts are more than coronets and
quite as valuable. when the recipient
Of the attention Of one Of the afore-
said kind hearts turns out to be
worth S2,OoO,OO0 and seeks escape
from a horrible past that began in
French convent, led through Moroc-
can Sultan's harem and over the rack
in his torture chamber
1t you don't believe it ask Mrs. John
Kamb of 7l5 Fifteenth street south
east. AS a result of her attentions to
an apparently poor French woman,
Mile Suzanne Trochard, Mrs. Kamb
expects to receive an indefinite
amount of iowelry and $4,000 or sl2,-
O00-thc money, she says. being as
good as in my hands now"
81 guess Il was my blarney that
attracted her first" said Mrs. Kamb
81 know | though she was beautiful,
II she was lame when l met her last
September. She had two rooms near
here.
"lIer name was Mile Susanne Fro
chard. She was a beautiful French
girl. and lived in Toulon. She grew
tired of society. and at last entered a
convent when she was is years old.
know the story is true because she
told il to me herself. -Four years
later she became a nun. IL was two
years after that. when she was walk
ing in the convent garden one day,
that a band of kidnappers seized her
aud carried her away to be favorite
IN the harem Of the Sultan of Mo-
rocco
What Sultan Was ltl
What Sultan was that?" the re-
porter asked.
you can figure II out" said Mr.
kemb, who is employed in the navy
yard; this is her birthday She was
% years old today. She was born on
April %, 1862
you said she was lame,' the re-
porter suggested.
"Ycs," said Mrs. Kamb taking up
the tale. "She escaped from the
harom, but was recaptured and
brought back, and both of her ankles
were broken on the rack. AT last the
Sultan died. and his successor allow
cd her to go and to keep the income
of some property in Morocco. She
returned to France to find that her
mother was dead and her father was
dying lie left her all his wealth.
She did not care to stay there, and
hes been on the 20 ever since"
"Shc seemed TO be afraid of spies
all the time" said John Kamh. THAT
was why she was living here. She
wanted to keep out of sight
1T was last September met her.
said Mrs. Kamb. ~ thought she
didn't have a dollar ] offered to pay
10 cents a week Insurance for her,
so that she would have something TO
bury her When she began TO talk
money to me I thought she was-well,
Just a little of But when she showed
me the inside of her two trunks at her
room in tho hotel | began TO take
stock in what she said Sure,
wouldn't be seen on the streets M
those dresses-too little waist and too
much train for me. One Of them be.
longed 10 some Queen.
mile Suzanne it seemed, had ar.
ranged 20 go 10 Europe last January
but received mysterious cable mes
seGes. which warned her not to 30.
Was Shot BY a Spy.
She was going on the White Star
Line first, but she finally went on
the French Line" continued Mrs.
Kamb. But her wait did not do her
much good. for when the ship was
near the coast OF France she was shot
ia the face and In the breast by a
spy"
When they arrested him." inter-
iocted Mr.. Kamb. they found he had
pictures o. Mile. Frochard in several
different poses. guess they wanted
TO get her out OF the way so they
could get her lands in Morocco. She
was always. trying to hide from
them"
About money matters, Mrs. Kamb
"ny advice Of counsel" is reluctant Ia
be definite. She is sure. though. that
Mile. Frochard brought s2,S00000 OF
So 100000 back from Mexico with her
as the proceeds of the sale OF some
mines there. and now has placed all
Of It in trust withffour priests of the
Catholic Church here, who are TO builC
hospital free TO all poor persons
with girls to have the preference.
John Kamb thought it was a sig
nifcant fact that Mile. Suzanne Fro
chard went to Canada at the time th,
Duke and Duchess of Conaught were
there He is sure she met them. Th'
mysterious Mile Suzanne. according
TO Mrs Kamb. went TO South Americ'
yesterday to enter a convent.