Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-19
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MRS. MAE DURzerTE. or SIOUX
CITY, 70 GIVEN TITLE.
Beautiful Woman Held by Police
Easily Leads Dsnixsns Of Under.
world - Beauty Attracts Attention
Of Thess Who Pass Her on Strssts-
Supposed to Belong 70 Prominent
Family Of Minnsapoiis.
Special to Times Republican.

Sioux City, Dec. 19.--"The Bandit
Queen of Iowa" is what Mrs. Mao Bur-
zette, OF this city. Is now being called
by police and other authorities. She Ii
strikingiy beautiful and many times
more daring than she II beautiful"
the police say. She Is regarded as tho
brains" Of two gangs Of sunmen who
have terrorized the people of the city
during the last year, both OF which
gangs are now broken up.
Mrs. Burzette dropped" into Sioux
City q number Of years ago. some say
from Milwaukee and some from Min
neapolis. but the best dope has II she
came from Minneapolis. where mem.
bers of her family are socially promi-
nent and financially able. She attract
ed attention on the street, not because
she dressed gautuly or because she
was brazen. but because OF her beauty.
She has Jet black hair, large dark eyes
and good features; but tho she is prob
ably not more than 20 years old now,
the life she has led Is beginning to
tell and there Is that demeanor and
expression Of face evident SO often In
denizens Of the underworld. regardless
of how we'll they care for themselves
Just who she IL and where she came
from no one here appears - know, or
those who do know refuse to tell.
Wsds "Rsd" Durzstts.
"A year or two ago this queen OF the
underworld tiled up" with Red" Bur-
zette, the handsome gangster who had
drifted here from Clear Lake. Iowa.
Some say they were actually married.
Be that as 1t may they deported them
selves as husband and wife. and ap-
,peared much attached to each other,
according to those who had the plea
sure Of their acquaintance.
But Mrs. Burzette first came into
prominence last July. when her hus-
band was killed in a pistol dual at the
time Detective James Britton was also
killed, and two other gangsters (Jim
Davis and TEX" Maynard) were Sc
riously wounded. After the death Of
her husband she accompanied the body
to Clear Lake. the home Of his parents.
and when she returned to Sioux City
she brought suit against the Sioux
City police department to recover 4
large sum Of money she claimed Bur-
zette carried at the time he was killed.
The police claim no money was found
on his person. that is no large sum.
Nurses Pile Back to Health.
For some time after this the public
knew nothing of Mrs. Burzette. Late
in the fall, however, she was arrested
two or three times when raids were
made on alleged disorderiy houses ana
gambling joints. About this time the
police learned of q shooting affair in
an east side den, but they were unable
to trace the shooters or the person
shot. Now it is learned the person
shot was Joe Pile. Mrs. Burzette's
companion. Tho he sustained three
wounds she got him out Of the joint
and out to the west side place, where
they had been living together since
shortly after Burzette's death. There
she nursed him back to health and in
the last few weeks he and his brother,
Richard along with James Bruno, who
also lived at the same place. have been
sending terror to the hearts Of any one
unfortunate enough to be out after
dark and known to carry money.
A week ago this quartet was arrest
ed. the men being charged with the
robbery Of widow in her home few
nights before. The arrest Of the mon
and a search Of them brought to light
a revolver with a piece splintered from
the butt. This connected them with the
Christianson taxi murder mystery Of