Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
FEDERAL OFFICERS TO PRY INTO
REcEssEs OF PRIVATE
REALMS FOR EVIDENCE.
WANT TO SEE LETTERS TO
GIRL OF GOLDEN WEST
Believed "Her Modern Alexander's'
Epstles May Throw Some Light on
Sensational Case Started in Chicago
"How Old Is Jessie?" Asked in Los
Angeles.


al tiie instance oi Miss ~"pe asai''s'
Col. Charles Alexander. miilionaire
n,hr,ess,e sroeer.and ,nanu.ac,irer OF
+,c, hv
'o' .'-'s-'> y ~ =
the Los Angeles llnes q Dec :
copy OF which reached the Times Re
n,,hIiran today.
LIZ, aT. l. - - ,rra,as
end OF the case n when he' No'i
ern Alexander" IS said 10 have made
1--we 70 his Girl Of the Golden Vest
~. :. >,.... 1880 go, :. - An
A'''>'''-s y
geles th&I VII! prove interesting ~ ''e'
friends OF girlhood days N this city are
told in the Times story as fellows:
..-rn 80, --,,,ps ,.l,,g;,,r 70
MISS Jessie cope 'he country sif- -."ii'
Iowa who became Col. Charles Alex
anders ideal Girl Of the Golden West
lie strapped. bo..et; and sealed in the
hasenlen, Of the Hilln.an apartment
house on Ingrana-n street. awaiting the
search If the federal officers To them
the chase for evidence has turned. for
n chem are known TO be q great COL
lection Of letters. supposed 10 have
been penne.si By the gallant colonel
himself. Also there are documents
ma; are believed 20 hare smportna,
bearing 1po-, The DEVELOPMENT of the
startling cas-
The trunks. With miscellaneous
LOT 81 minor properties. were left al The
apartment house when Miss Cope Went
70 Chicago during the summer. The
a. ~ demand. WITH everything in
readiness. a small sre IL -he CRATE such
IS she a1wavs ordered ,be cur.-ins al
the MARI. she. had selected - other
Intimate details prepared for her. for
she had arranged TO return 10 the
APARTMENT or Dec. i and ordered it
preoa-ed for her a, ina, date.
a. her request -he trunks were
taken 10 the basement. II is there
thai thew ara ha,i in readiness for the
! federal agents when the expected word
cores from Chicago 10 search the lug
gage q the Iowa girl who became an
esyer-,u-ess when mos, women are
Z pr4par1ae for quiet u,i+;6ie age
How Old Is Jessie7
FOR those in Los Angeles vho know
1 Miss Jessie Cone best yfisne- +, easily
b,l, firmly thai she .s.,, ~ wears old
nor IS wears old. Indeed tho II is mn
seenl!y that an adventures should com
1na,,c such an extended history Miss
Jessie Cope has passed under ,he in
sysac-:ou OF NAM. wise wa-,e, ~ INC
4 ci,y and they are one in .ectding thar
she : maybe - and ,,,S. ross;r,lx.
for there IS that ra-he- s1ar,,inq nIe,-
tl-u6e OF silver hairs IL might he that
she Is IS Years old. OF course. Colonel
Alexander is much older
IN her social affairs in Los A,eaIe.
Miss Cope was known a. ono ~ rho
most proper women in he civ n
not slave of proprierv ar -eas- sha
was q most obedier- pnDil ~ conven-
ton. With her mother she accounted
expensive s,,ftes WHARF ,be-a ,-as
pie room for the entertainment O,
guests, but no male guest was ever
known to enter her apartrnent Nef.be,
did she ever accompany anv man FROM
the apartment house unless she vas
|! accompanied by her mother. and the
devotion between the mother and
daughter was theme for a sermon or
the attitudes Of mother and child
"A tall and striking looking woman
is Miss Cope, with a fun body thai
lends itself effectively to the tailor,
| drape. Her clothes were of the fines
materials, her jewelry extremely rich
and transformations. And her friend:
| were very exclusive indeed in their So.
cial activities. She has no close friend
except her mother. She had no hobby
took no athletic exercise, and i'm
: pressed those most deeply in her &C.
quaintance as a very shrewd a Yer,
assured and very smart woman.
I she has cards to two importan
| CLUBS In the city To an extent. sh,
busted herself with activities pertineu
l TO those clubs. Many of the club mem
bers called on her. No woman coult
| nave had more fattering complement
OF callers. entirely formal, than die
Miss Jessie Cope.
Hat-loving Brunette.
In classifying her Miss Cope woul
| be called brunette but her skin wa
! very fair and the contrast with he
| dark hair and eyes very beautiful He
particular extravaganza was in hats
| which she had in great variety and |;
surprising quality.
ITO all that she met. when affairs y
| money were under discussion Mis-
Cope told that she received an In
come from her orange groves in Riv