The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-09-11
PEACOCK ALLEY
GIRL A VAMPIRE,
WIDOW WRITES

NEW YORK, Sept. IA woman
with vampire qualities" was the way
Mrs. Frances Hanan Brand was char
acterized in a letter written 10 her by
Mrs Margaret A. Adams, widow OF
Lou Adams, who had been mayor OF
an Ohio town and had held several
Federal offices during the Cleveland
administrations.
Mrs. Brand, who Is known a.
'The Peacock Alley Girl" Is being
sued by James H. Brand, a munition
and cotton broker, for annulment on
the ground that she had hid her past.
Max d. Steuer, counsel for Mr.. Brand,
has been delving into that past by
means OF a supreme court examina-
ton.
Mr.. Brand introduced the vampire
letter in the course OF the examIna-
lions.
Wishes to Know Secrets.
The letter read in part: you re-
quested me in a letter / received from
you to be sure and let you know how
Mr.. Adams was getting along-you
had such a fatherly love for him. II
seems marvellous, but he has passed
away a second time-once in Denver,
at which time your heart was torn
with grief-and now for another time,
this one final. Your heart must be
pretty we'll demolished by this time.
1T may also interest you to know
that with your vampire qualities you
relieved him of all he had and left
his children penniless. Would you
mind letting me into the secret OF
your ability to separate men from
their coin in such a successful man.
ner? It may be useful to me in the
future.
81 don't know your address. so / am
sending this letter to your fiance with
the request that he read II to you, as
presume he must be aware OF your
As It is discourteous to
seal a letter / will ask him to seal II
for me, and also request him to pass
censure on II. The $50 you had from
Mr. Adams in Denver while he lay
sick in the hospital and you hung
around draining his last cent would
come in very useful at the present.
A Wonder nj Twenty-Five.
81 believe you also wanted him to
rent an apartment in Cincinnati,
where you could come and take care
Of him, according to a letter I have
from you to Mr.. Adams. / must say,
Miss Hanan. for a girl OF twenty-five
you are a wonder. / take of my hat
10 you. Mr.. whitney does not know
your money making qualities, else he
would not lose one minute in making
you his for life. He would never
want for anything in future should
MS fortune leave him.
And while think OF II, could you
send Frances, Louis little daughter,
he interest on the $4,000 you were
20 leave her when you secured Mr.. |
and his fortune7 How about |
FOUR trip with Mr.. Adams from Chi |
ago to Denver, also from New York? |
You were his travelling companion on |
many a mile over the country. What |
/ pity you didn't avail yourself OF |
he Mann law, Some more graft II |
'ou had. MARGARET A. ADAMS"
Admits Letter to Adams.
The Whitney referred to in the let |
er was ]. Parker Whitney, son OF a |
Wealthy California family, against /
whom Mrs. Brand once testified in |
,rand Jury proceedings in connection
With the Mann law. He was also re-
erred to in a letter addressed to
Mr.. Louis Adams, Camp Denison,
ohio" which Mrs. Brand at first de-
lied writing. After comforting with
Ter lawyer, H. J. Goldsmith, however,
he admitted penning It. 1t said in
art:
81 think maybe I will marry Parker
Whitney, in the spring. We are
.oing to spend New Years together.
have been paying my debts and will
DON be on my feet. Parker and l
.ad a terrible split-up. and il nearly
rove me mad, but IL was on account
Z money. He is some tight. But
elieve me, Lou. IL ! really marry him
Will soon cure him. Their estate
7ill be settled next month and am
andling him with kid gloves, be-
eve ma"