East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-03
Woman Awaiting Trial is Ac-
CuSed of Forging Name of
Late Col. Theodore Roosevelt
(Written by Margery Rex for Interna.
tional News Service.)

(Written by Margery Rex for Internal
tional News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Following
in the furtive footsteps OF one whom
she called Goddess" and whom she
served as personal maid. Mrs Emma
Richardson Burkett, OF Indiana, is in
the Tombs awaiting trial on the charge
OF forgery
Forging the name of the late Coli
onel Theodore Roosevelt on a note for
$69, SOC is the charge against this wom-
an, who once waited upon that spook
priestess and adventures whom it Is
alleged she has since emulated, Ann
Odela Diss De Bar
Her former mistress's startling ca
reer is recalled to mind by the arrest
Of Mrs. Burkett, who has been posi-
lively identified as her maid. But the
prisoner, although charged once before
with a similar offcnse, does not handle
her alleged crimes with the same
broad sweep of Imagination that char
acterized Diss De Bar.
Divorced wife of General Diss De
Bar the notorious woman swindler
married Theodore Jackson in Chicago.
and with him perpetrated many and
various types of crime. including a re-
\ ligious cult.
Il DE Bars Biggest Dupc
Il Diss De Bars most notorious ven
ture was the deluding of an old man OF
wealth and artistic taste. Luther
i If a Of NIB e,I, n
| frauded by means Of "spook pictures"
/ The canyases, which were found to
have been painted by her husband, an
artist Of no small ability, were
smeared over with chalk, which she
4 rubbed off at seances, thus foolng the
I victim, who believed his ensaver's
hands were guided by the spirits of
/ dead artists
For this hoax the Goddess Of the
SHOWS, got a sentence of twelve years.
But later she and Jackson appeared in
London with their notorious cult
"theocratic unity the Vaccinations
Of which brought them to the attention
Of Scotland yard.
The practices of their demoniac cult
were barred to schocked public. A
London court sentenced Jackson to
fifteen years in jail and Diss De Bar
to seven. But the "Queen." Of her fol-
levers survived. and finally came back
to the United States to appear in vau-
deville
Not the least Of her remarkable
claims was Diss De Bars constant as
sertion that she was the daughter of
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one-time favorite of the poet-king
Ludwig /, of Bavaria, now long since
resting in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn under a slab which says
simply Mrs. Eliza Gilbert"
Career of Lola Montez
Lola Mentez's career was distin- /
euished ii not for financial swindling |
at least for the vicissitudes Of her love |
affairs An eloper-at seventeen |
with a young English officer, so as to
avoid an unwelcoTned match, she was |
soon deserted by her husband who /
found another lady more to his liking. I
Little did the young bridegroom real
ize that the young damsel he neglected /
would vet be the prize for whom Kings /
and princes would compete.
Irish and Spanish blood combined in I
the makeup Of the darling Lola who /
captiyated the city billed as Dolores
Montez n dancer She could not dance 1
any too well. but it Is said her beauty
made other qualification unnecessary
for snccess. Her eccentrieities became
fatGous end often led TO her b1nish
ment from various towns she visited.
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