The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-15
STATE PROMISES
PROBE OF CASE
Weird Allegations Read Like an
o. Henry Story.
Daughter Kept in Ignorance OF
Mothers Identity.
OVER RICH MINING PROPERTY
Say Kansans Plotted to Get
Possession of Wealth.
Woman Abducted to Winfield by
Mrs. Alexander, Charge.
SGAARS FIGURE m CASE
Marks of Nobility Found on
Mother and Daughter.
Woman Declared Sane-State
Officials Deny This.
Woman Abducted to Winfield b.
q Mrs. Alexander, Charge.
Scars FIGURE N CASE
Marks of Nobility Found on
Mother and Daughter.
Woman Declared Sane-State
Officials Deny This.

One of the most sensational
stories of intrigue and conspiracy
over rccited to state officials came
to Governor Allen today when
charges were made that Madame
Rubyc de Nay, of French nobility,
is an inmate of the state hospital
for the insane at Topeka under
plan to dcfFaud the woman and her
daughter of an immense fortune.
Madame dc May is declared to have
been abducted so years ago and held
a prisoner in private homes in this
state. Her daughter was reared to
yvornanhood in ignorance of her
1,srcntaee, according to letter to
Governor Allen from Arthur B.
Stevens, an eastern attorney who
has become interested in the case
Stevens is now in Kansas City on a
vacation.
Under the name of Mrs Mary E.
De May. the French woman is now
declared to be an inmate OF Cottage
ID. Nurses in the hospital are said TO
have asserted the woman is sane
stevens stated that marks placed on
the limbs of the mother ana her
daughter at birth-a custom among
French nobi1ity-WHi positively estab-
Iish their identity. The daughter, Mrs
Lillian AIcott, now lives in Kansas Clly
and is said to be without funds WIN
which to fight the case or to reclaim
apv portion of her mothers fortune
Claims She Was Abducted.
It is declared that Madame De May
came into possession of valuable MIN
ing properties near Deming, \. M
p
e-vear-old daughter more thah
tf7ir+y years ago. She is said to have
been abducted by a Mrs. Alexander
now dead-and taken to WlnIleld'
Kan, and later to a farm near Lin
ont of the alleged abduction and ef-
forts TO conceal identity of the French
woman and her daughter is said to
have grown a murder for which one
of the conspirators served a term IN
the Kansas penitentary-
letter Creates Sensation.
stevens's letter has created a sensa-
ton in the state house. Governor Al
len today transmitted the letter TO
Harvey Penny, a member of the state
heard of administration, and thoro
investigation will be conducted 1mme-
fliatelv. Malcolm Gray, secretary OF
the state board, heard portions OF the
De May story some months ago ana
has conducted a partial investigation.
He stated today that he had verified
some of the reports
Crav stated positively this after
noon. however, that In his opinion the
woman was insane. He denied nurses
in the hospital had expressed the be
lief that the woman was sane
Scar story Is Verified.
In one essential detail, tho, era,
bears out stevens claims. He sayi
nurses in the hospital have found tn
a1Iaged scars on Mrs. De Mays body
while nhvsicians have also found simi
lar scars on the body of the daughter
Tbev are said to resemble a Lily of tn
Valley. on the mothe the mark IS OF
the breast. on the daughter on tn
lower limbs.
Practically all of the persons al
Ieeed to be connected with the abduc
ton and the conspiracy to deIrau,
the woman of her money now i've Il
KANSAS. After being held as prisone
in the home of quarter breed Indla
for a number of years, Madame ID
Nav is said to have been sent TO
saDitarirrn. Later she was conmitte
to the Osawatomie state hospital upo
con1Dlafnt of two of her alleged ab
ductors. They signed her papers a
near friends" Later the woman wa
sent to the Topeka hospital
Daughter Learned of Mother.
Only recently. il is declared, di
the daughter learn her mother wa
"the insane woman" Then the bit
of Madame Rubye De May We're piece
together The story which Steven
tells in his letter to Governor Ale
reads like some bit Of strange fic4ioI
Yet Stevens gives names, dates, pace