The San Francisco call., 1913-09-25
.Ll)BVVOMAN
WEEP6 IN
DENIAL
Answers Charges That She
Wrote Anonymous Notes
to Ruin Homes

Charges that she Is responsible for
anonymous letters which have been
causing perturbation in the homes
OF some of San Franciscos socially
elect for the last two years have
brought fearful and heart brok en-
denials from Mrs. Elizabeth Prewitt,
24o1 Jackson street, who has played
terms with Mrs. Frederick Fenwick.
Mrs. Jessie Bowie- -Detrick, Mrs. Al
exander F. Douglas. Mrs James
Ixeeney, Mrs. Russell Lukens and
others who have received letters.
1T is all a lie, lie OF the very
worst type, and I can not see how
any one, particularly women with
whom I was on such friendly terms,
could accuse me~of such thing
Absence Of motive Is strong plea
on either side.
"BOLT FROM SKYo-MRS. PREWITT
1T all came as bolt from the blue
to me- said Mrs. Prewitt, when seen
at her apartment this morning. "A
week ago last Saturday / said to
Mrs. Detrick, who is one of my closest
friends. I think Mrs. Fenwick Is
rather cool to me: ! wonder what is
the matter with her. Mrs. Detrick
said: It's on account Of those anony-
nous letters
Il had never heard the first word
about 1t, and l asked what she meant
Then she told me that several per-
sons had been receiving these letters
and that l was accused of sending
them. You can imagine how 1 felt
at such an accusation. I rang Mrs
Fenwick up at once and asked her
about it. and she said she had the
letters and that she believed 1 had
sent them
MOORE DIVORCE MENTIONED
Il can't imagine why she should
say that. I believe there was one
letter to her and one to Mr.. Fenwick
I don't know what the contents were,
as / have not seen the letters, and
Mr.. Sweeney, my lawyer. did not
give me the full text of them.
believe one of them was in reference
to some matter connected with the
Moore divorce case.
Mrs. Detrick got a letter about
her assemblies. those little dances
she Is getting up for the young girls
She was obliged to cut down her list
very much this year, and 1 think
some one was annoyed at being left
out and wrote her some kind of a
letter.
SEES ETERNAL DISGRACE
Mrs. Prewitt, who has lived In San
Francisco for the last four years,
came here from Lexington. KY, her
home. Before coming here she had
spent several winters in Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles Mrs. Prewitt lived
in st. James park with her daughter,
now Mrs. II. F. Elliott. and was an
active member of the smart set. She
was an intimate friend of Count and
Countess Won Schmidt. Mrs. Dan Nc
Farland, Mrs. Stephen Dorsey and
other society folk. and belonged to
many fashionable bridge whist clubs.
During the time of Mrs. Prewitt's
residence in Los Angeles an anony-
nous letter scandal somewhat SINH
lar to the present local case occurred
there. Count Won Schmidt and II. f.
Elliott. Mrs. Prewitt's son in law,
eac hreceived such communications,
according to Mrs. Prewitt's own state
ment today. She said she did not re-
member what these letters contained,
but thought they made mention of
the suicide Of Miss Louise Kasterdine
of Pasadena.
1t Is declared by Mrs. Prewitt's at
tOrney that the story OF his client
having had anything to do with
anonymous letters written in Los An
geles during her residence there was
first promulgated among San Fran
ciscans about four weeks ago.
When Mrs. Prewitt heard that she
was charged with 1t she wrote to the
man in the southern city from whom
the Information was supposed to have
come from and has from him letter
0f denial that he made such a state
ment regarding her.