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The Washington times., 1921-11-13


rounding towns. While she was
walking up and down the platform
a police sergeant from Birmingham
who happened to have como to that
town over another case caught sight
Of her.
Halo! I didn't know you were
herew he exclaimed. I've been
on the lookout for YOU"
What fort" asked Alice Grey.
though there was q hint of fear in
those grey eyes which usually
looked 20 innocently out on the
world.
You're wanted for perjury In
Birmingham" replied the police
sergeant.
"Oh. sir" pleaded Alice Grey.
let mo 60 this time. have got
q situation in London. and II I
don't 60 by this train shan't
ever have tho chance again."
I'm sorry. MISS" replied tho
adjutant sergeant. But q war
rant has been issued for your ar
rest. and / must take you In
charge"
BIRMINGHAM FALLS.
In Stafford the sergeant soon
learned that his pretty prisoner
was known as Alice Grey, whereas
ne had known her as Alice Chris
tie.
1t transpired that while Alice
Grey was waiting for the trial at
wolverhampton. she had made
several trips to Birmingham. where
she appeared as Alice Christie.
There she had gone into the
police station, and with tears In
her eyes had related how she had
been robbed Of her box containing
all her clothes and $50 in money,
all her worldly savings. She gave
a very accurate and close descrip-
ton Of the man who had robbed
her, and when the police acting on
her description arrested a man an
swering to 1t, she at once ide,.
titled him. and he was committed
before the Judge. ...
Luckily for him. however. he
was able to prove an. extremely
strong alibi, and the Judge ordered
his release.
I'VE feel" said the chairman
when ordering the discharge Of the
accused man, that Miss Christie
has made a mistake. Meanwhile I
direct that Miss Christie be given
$40 from the poor box to help her
to tide over her present difficult
tbs.
The Judge added SIS out Of his
own pocket. and other people In
the court who had heard her
pathetic story came forward. and
with the result that the poor
little orphan governess" Melted
over 500 and left Birmingham re-
joicing.
REVELATIONS.
But there was ono n3ro-neauoo
detective In Birmingham who &C
tually determined to verify the story
Alice Christie" had told. He
caused inquiries to be made at the
address in Liverpool from which she
said she had come. and to his amaze
ment the people there said they had
never heard of her, although they
agreed that the description Of Alice
Christie tailed with that Of a young
woman who had stayed there under
the name of Agnes Hemans.
After her arrest an amazing story
came to light. At first the Biz
mingham police had merely thought
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
Now We Shall Know.

T .ONDoN, Nov. 12.-After consider.
ing the subject for eight years,
the department committee on the
spontaneous combustion Of coal in
mines has issued its report. Coal"
the report states, lis "A highly com.
pick conglomerate OF the degradation
products of celluloss substance
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
Pretty Helene Jesmer,
Whose Beauty Was
Destroyed in Auto
Crash, Asks $780,
600 OF Heir to Plant
Fortune w as Ru-
mored Fiancee of
Gilded Youth.
NEW YORK, Nov. H.

NEW YORK, Nov. L..
ID EHIND the suit for $3.50 900
10 brought by pretty Miss Helene
Jesmer. formerly Of the
''0reenwich Village Follies." against
Philip N. Plant. nineteen-year heir
to the millions Of Morton r.
Plant. dead shipping masnate. II
believed to be . romance which in
the eyes Of the novelist violates
every rule Of the game.
On the evening Of November 4.
1890. Miss Jesmer was riding with
young Plant. in the latter's auto
mobile. from New Haven to New
York. when the car struck q tree
on Pelham Bay Parkway. In the
car also were four Of Plants
school chums. All were injured.
Miss Jesmer. however, was the
only one seriously hurt. Her skull
was fractured. something which
caused her physicians for many
days to hold out no promise OF
recovery. Her jaw was broken.
Her luxuriant hair was partly
scalped from her head. Many of
her teeth were shattered.
Philip Plant escaped with
broken leg. which soon healed.
SHE DENIES ROMANCE.
Several days after the accident
II was known that tho young
actress would live, but would never
regain the lovable beauty that had
made her, at nineteen. one Of the
most popular and promising Of the
younger stage women.
In social circles rumor spread
Of the forthcoming marriage of
miss Jesmer and Plant. 1t had
been known that the couple. friends
from childhood days in Seattle.
had been seen frequently together
at social functions in the preceding
months.
Whether the romance had pro-
Creased beyond tho budding stage
or not at the time Of the auto.
mobile catastrophe, what more fit
ting a. a closing chapter than
proposal Of marriage from the hero
who was the unintentional cause
Of the heroine's cruel injuriesr
But the closing chapter was not
shaped according to the rules of the
popular novelist. Sometimes
great many times hero in real
life has little in common with the
hero Of fiction.
At any rate. on the day she left
the New York hospital. in January
Of this year. Miss Jesmer denied
that she and young Plant were
engaged or had any intentions Of
so becoming.
This announcement caused much
gossip In view Of the fact that the
day previous had seen the sudden
departure for Europe of Philip
Plant. under the watchful eye of
his mother. Mrs. William Hayward,
wife Of the present United States
district attorney here.
Interviews with Miss Jesmer
quoted her as saying that she
would find her way back to the
stage at an early date. Just when
she became aware of the brutal
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WOMAN PERJURER'S SOBS SENT
II SCORES OF MEN TO PRISON

THIS Is the fourth of a series of articles on
"The Worlds Greatest Women Impos-
tors" by Nazarienne Daan Kannibelle,
famous crime investigator. The fifth article,
which will appear next Sunday, will tell of
1.-THE False Lady Temple" or the Widow
Who Hooked the British Medical Profession.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13

It was just q simple case Of perjury
In order to obtain money. but when
they heard Of the Wolverhampton
case and the sentencing Of the two
boys for robbing Alice Grey under
very similar circumstances, they be.
gan to think there was seat deal
more behind. Remand after remand
followed while the detectives made
their inquiries. and bit by bit they
traced Alice Grey's history during
the past seven years. since she e.
capped from . reformatory 1t Liver
pool.
From other parts Of the country
came exactly the same story. Alice
Grey. under various names. among
which were Anastasia Hazard.
Anastasia Mccarthy. Mary Anne
O'Brien. Constance Cliffvilie, and
Jane Turean. had appeared At the
police station. and told how she had
been robbed. Her method was very
cunning. Before proceeding to the
station she made q mental note Of
some inoffensive inhabitant of the
town. carefully noting his appear
ance and clothing he was wearing,
and when at the police station she
was asked what the man was like
who had robbed her she always had
his description ready.
When the sum total Of her crimes
due to perjury Of that kind came to
Light 1t was shown that In London
alone she had caused the arrest of
five perfectly innocent persons,
while at the time Of her arrest no
fewer than nine different people
were serving various terms Of i'm.
prisonment for robberies from hsr
which they had never committed.
ACQUITTED. BUT
How many men she accused will
never be known, but the police do.
fnitely traced Twenty-Five in tho
four years previous to her capture
at Birmingham. Needless to say,
all those whom Alice Grey had &C.
cused and who were suffering terms
Of imprisonment were Immediately
released and pardoned.
The amazing thing is that whom
she was put on her trial at Birming-
ham. her prettiness. her apparent
friendliness and helplessness caused
the public to subscribe toward her
defense. and she was defended by
tho best counsel money could pro-
cure. So we'll did he plead her
cause. SO fearful. pretty. and in
nocent did Alice Grey look In tho
dock. that a sympathetic Jury
promptly acquitted her.
But tho police of Birmingham
promptly had her arrested on an
other charge Of perjury. and this
time she was not to escape. Her
terrible career was at its end, and
she was sentenced to four years
penal servitude.
After her release Alice Grey seems
to have given up her attempts to
earn money by running her fellow
men by professional perjury. Her
pretty. innocent face she put to
good use by sitting as a model to
artists, and in several pictures ex-
hibited at the Royal Academy she
appeared, though few knew who
she really was.
She lived but a few years after
her release, and before she was
thirty she died in a workhouse in
Urinary in London in the greatest
poverty.
1t was a pitiful end to a wasted
life.
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
By NAZARIENNE DIAM KANNIBELLE
The Great Crime Investigator.

w. . BY
"A LICE GREY would have made fortune on the stage
"A If she had had to honest living for she
acknowledged by all who in contact with her to be
of the most remarkable actresses they had met
At time, indeed she received offers to go
behind the footlights but to them all she returned
decided mo-" for if there anything pretty Alice
Grey disked it work She preferred to gain live
nv 9TH
The Washington times., 1921-11-13
SHE TURNED ON TEARS
AND JUDGES WEPT FOR
BEAUTY i'm DISTRESS

Alice Grey Made Half the Police Courts of Eng
land Raise Subscriptions for Her After Un-
fortunate Strangers She Accused of Having
. Robbed Her Were SENT to Jail-EVen when
Appreciated the Jury Cried Themselves to
Sleep and Voted for Acquittal- detective
SergeantS Were Her Long Suit.
, 1921-07-29
WINS RACE WITH
AIRPLANE WHEN OIL MAN
DIES AT OHIO HOSPITAL

lacy raced eastward from Tulsa,
Okla, 10 his bedside.
Fifteen minutes after receiving q
message that the death of his
brother was imminent. Spellacy had
negaged an airplane and the race
began. Death came late yesterday
before the Tulsa man reached Lima.
Timothy Spellacy was a native OF
Conneaut. Pa. He located In St.
Marys. Ohio, when a young man.
and was a pioneer in the local oil
field and n of the original owner
OF the Ohio Oil company. In later
years he was identified with the de-
velopment of tho Texas and Mex
lean oil fields. He a widely
known in politics in California and
at n time was a candidate for
lieutenant governor of that state
He also served as chairman of the
Democratic state executive commit
tee of California.
The body will be taken to Los
Angeles Monday for burial.
, 1921-07-29

living here with another woman.
but because he proposed to give his
wife's saddle. n priced wild west
contest trophy. TO the other mn
at wouldn't have happened" the
wounded oma gaspcd as she was
being taken to a hospital. "if Ed.
hadn't tried to take my saddle"
On Wednesday Mrs. Wright COM
planned TO Sheriff Carroll that her
husband was here with Bonnie Gray
and intended TO give the Gray worn
an the compIainant's saddle. The
sheriff interviewed Wright but was
unable TO obtain any satisfaction
regarding the saddle.
Wright is a well known wild ives
performer. Four years ago a for
mel wife. who had just won the
woman's world championship
broncho busting contest at From
tier days. was killed when her horse
crashed into a fence while she was
making an exhibition ride in Den
yer.
, 1921-07-29

marked contrast to the attitude dis
played in the French note 10 which
it is a reply. Officials declared that
according to the news being received
in London there. is no danger threat
ening the French troops in Silesia
which renders the sending of rein
forcements urgently necessary, as the
French have claimed.
The tote calls attention 10 what is
described as the extraordinary action
on the part of France in endeavoring
to act independently OF the supreme
council in insisting upon the mmedi
ate dispatch of troops. IT points out
that this is ar impossible basis upon
which to pursue any future policy
together. and that no good purpose
would be served by further discussion
until there was n clear understand
Ing of Frances intentions.
PARIS, July 2s.-tBy The Associ.
ated Press.EGreat Britaih's reply to
h latest French note on the Upper
Silesian question, in which diverg.
ence still exist between the two ma
uons as TO the procedure to be adopt
ed in dealing with the problem. not
ably as to the sending of reinforce
ments to the area, was delivered at
the foreign office this morning.
1t was announced that the cabinet
would meet at $50 O'Clock 10 consid-
or the British reply.
1t was said semi-officinIly in Lon
don yesterday that Great Britain
hoped the French would not send
troops to Upper silesia until the SUI
preme council had considered the sit
uation. 1t was understood the note
was conciliatory in tone and that IL
urged adhesion By France to the prin-
ciple that whatever was done in ST.
lesia should be done Jointly by the
allies.
, 1921-07-29
.TWENTY-NINE FINED FOR
BETTING ON PRODUCTIONS
OF KANSAS OIL GUSHER

face Judge Gates in Mound City on
Monday.
Edward Erickson and r. s. Hill
Doe OF Minneapolis. were reported
10 AVE wagered $1,000 that the well
would not yield rs barrels the first
day. Twenty-seven men pooled a
similar mount and placed H. in the
hands OF j. II. I.eman, u bank
cashier. as stakeholder. The ref.
cree later held that the well had
produced the amount stipulated n
the stakeholder paid the money to
the Kansas e
The Minneapolis men protested
that winter had been mixed with the
oil and started court action 10 re-
cover the $4,000. which was de-
MED. Judge Gates called the coun-
IS attorney to the hearing of the
suit and the gambling charges re-
suited.
, 1921-07-29
TWO DROWN IN
BUELAH FLOOD

OMAHA. July 2e.-Flood waters in
Buelah. Wyo.. which followed n cloud
burst carly yesterday. claiming two
lives. had receded To-Day without do
Ing a great deal OF property damage.
according TO advices received by tele-
phone from Spearfish. S. ID.
K blacksmith shop was swept away
by h flood and part of the town in
undated. The two victims. Mrs. Win
Bower of Missouri Valley. Iowa. and
her little grandson, John Bower of
Chadron, Neb.. were drowned while
EN- route as tourists to Yellowstone
park.
Nc other persons We're killed or In
jured, the advices said.
, 1921-07-29

CHEYENNE. wyo.. July "a
Mrs. II. A. Gfoenwaid. of Los An
'geies, wife of a physician. Friday
morning Indignantly denied charges
OF improper association with Ed
Wright. wild west performer, which
were made by Mrs Wright Thurs
day before Mrs. Wright attempted
10 Kill herself by swallowing chioro-
form and sending a bullet from an
automatic pistol through her body.
Mrs. Greenwsid. whose profess
sional name is Bonnie Gray. said
she was a motion picture actress
and fancy trick rider and that h
came from Los Angeles to Chey-
enne with Wright purely as a bus
iness matter" intending as hid he
TO compete in the Frontier days
sports here.
Her husband. she said. knew
Wright. consented to the trip TO
Cheyenne with Wright, saw them
, 1921-07-29
ROAD REPORT

The district office OF the state
highway department furnishes the
following report on road conditions
today.
Grant Highway-Ncbraska line to
Shawnee good. then fair to Grin.
Yellowstone HighwRy-Good from
Platte county line TO Gienrock. then
fair to Casper. Good from Casper
TO Shoshonl and Bonneville. The
mountain o across Birdseye Pass
between Shoshoni and Thormopolis
can be mad without difficulty with
cars in good condition and not over
loaded.
Shoshoni-Lander Road-Shoshoni
to Rivertor is good. then fair to
Hudson and good to Lander.
Casper-Sheridan Road - Rough
from NJ OF pavement to Seventeen
Mile. then fair TO good to Sheridan.
, 1921-07-29
INTERSTATE RATES RAISED.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-Despite
the refusal of the Washington state
public service commission to act in
the matter, the interstate commerce
commission today ordered interstate
freight rates on grain and grain prod
ucts moving from Columbia river ba
sin points to Seattle. Tacoma and
other Pacific ports increased to the
level in effect on similar interstate
traffic.
, 1921-07-29
FATHER OF HAPPY
FELSCH DIES SUDDENLY.

CHICAGO. July 2e.zAffred Aus
TRAN, attorney for tho Chicago Amer
lean league baseball club. was the first
witness umnon in rebuttal today
by the state in the trial of former
White Sox players and alleged gamb-
lers indicted in connection with the
1919 worlds series scandal.
Happy Felsch. former Sox out
fielder and one u the defendants WIS
excused from the courtroom today by
Judge Friend, to GO , milwaukee,
, 1921-07-29
Many Children
Detective From
Neck Injuries

CLEVELAND. July ss.-Thousands
OF children become mental detectives
from injuries to the neck at birth,
DIR. Raymond w. Bailey of PhiladcI-
phia. declared In an address at the
25th annual convention of the Ameri-
can osteopathic association here to-
day.
All Of these cases can BE- cured by
osteopathic adjustment of the neck,
he said, adding that nothing else can
cure them.
Osteopathic clinics for the free
treatment of these cases are to be
established all over the country. DR..
Bailey announced.
, 1921-07-29
CONFESSION OF FELSCH Is
BARRED BY CHICAGO COURT

when it was learned his father had
died there.
The surprise action of the defense
which FOLLOWED testimony of White
Sox players thG. tended to refute the
of Bill Burns. star states
witness concerning the former Sox
players on trial for .conspiring to
throw the 1919 world series. left flu
tur action on both sides a mntter of
conjecture but seemed to assure
speedy ending of the trial with the
case probably going to the jury Satur-
day night or Mondsy.
, 1921-07-29
AUiatOrs
To Discontinue
Sky Acrobdtics

WASHINGTON. July zs.AArmy
aviators are forbidden to make spec
tacular flights or do "acrobatic fly
ing" over cities or other populous
districts in general orders announced
today.
Secretary Weeks said it was the
intention to eliminate danger from
low flying and directed hal both air
planes and lighter-than-air craft use
every precaution when passing over
cities and other crowded places.
, 1921-07-29

SAPULPA, Okla, July a9.-Deniai
that money had been offered Judge
I.ucien u. Wright TO influence his de-
cision in the Tommy Atkins oil It'll
CATION was given by the defense in
testimony through attorneys for the
Sally Atkins interests in Justice court
here yesterday at the preliminary
hearing of Judge Wright on a charge
OF having accepted a bride OF 10000
to decide the case against claimants
70 h oil properrcs headed by the
Charles Page interests OF sand
Springs. Okla.
The evidence OF the attorneys to-
gethcr with testimony by Charles
Page that he huc given w. S. Mc.taH.
a Tulsa oil ma s: 1880 TO o,aiin
n confession. not III ectly from, Judge
Wright but to clear up maf'v!s which
II was told nsndcl against Judge
Wright forusi thu outstanding
points OF tho de6vi-s's essc wl;e;.,
al the request % defcnss counso' She
hearing war udior-uct until toby.
Presentation n 'lufcfse evidence bo-
gan late in tho dag after S ~ FIRES
ling. attorney s,1rr,l q pklnhnm,
had announced that the stute i,s;ol-
, 1921-07-29
new CABLE TO
SPAN PACIFIC
IS ADv0cATED

WASHINGTON, July Coon
struction by the government of a
trans-Pacific cable. if private enter
prise should be unwilling. is recon-
meeaed by Secretary Hughes and APP
proved by President Harding in let
ters made public today by Senator
jones', Republican. Washington au-
thor of a cable bill.
ALLEGATION to the United States OF
the former German cable between the
island of Guam and zap was probable.
Secretary Hughes said, referring TO
proceedings OF the international com
munication conference.
, 1921-07-29
POLICE OFFICER
KILLS
CONVICTION

CHICAGO. July 29.-Angered be-
cause he had been -dispossessed of
some property and sentenced to
Jail for contempt OF court. Henry d.
Kellogg. a Chicago police sergeant.
today shot and killed Lemuel Ack-
ley. attorney, in a crowded court
oom and then seriously wounded
himself. Ackley died an hour after
the shooting. Surgeons then said
Kellogg would o The affair
occurred in n crowded courtroom.
and spectators said Kellogg shot
Ackiey In the back and without
warning.
, 1921-07-29

Secretary Hughes continued TO-DAY
his official silence both on the newer
phase OF h i-nterchanges between
the governments and as to sugges-
tions hat IA preliminary conference
be held Of all the unitci powers 1t
mas been made clear In an Informal
way. however,. that the United States
Is convinced that no real beentit can
come from such preconference discus
sions.
II "A suggestion FOR a rarlsy OF a
part OF the c~onferces had been or
should be made, 1t is known that the
United States would regard Il as a
discourtesy to those not invited to at
, 1921-07-29

FORT SCOTT. Kan. July 2s-Ar-
rests OF 20 men on charges OF gam
bling for betting on the probable
production Of a new oil well became
known today. Seven Of the men
were fined 500 each and sentenced
to Jail for 80 days and the sentences
then suspended, and the others will
, 1921-07-29
BOARDING HOUSE OPENED.

A new business institution under
the direction of Mrs. Pearl Williams
has been opened at ZIG North wolcott
street. Mrs. Williams. Il recent ar
rival here. seeing the need of a high
class boarding house for ladies and
gentlemen secured the location and
will open to the public Monday. h
plans to serve high class table board
at moderate prices.
, 1921-07-29
Auto Thief to Be
Returned for Trial

a member Of the sherin's force was
SEM TO Hutchinson. Kan, asst night
to take charge of C. E. Kissell. who is
held by the authorities of that place
on a charge of stealing a Ford car
belonging to c. H. Warnock. 1015 st.
John street
Warnock, who Is a construction
foreman at the Standard. believes that
KisseIl took this means OF getting
even with him after kissell had been
aid off at the plant.
, 1921-07-29
AGREEMENT REACHED ON
PACKER REGULATION.

WASHINGTON. July e9-Agresmcnt
has been reached by c~onferees on the
packer regulation bill. which was
passed by the mate several weeks
ego. and since has been in conferences
For compromise OF differences. The
senate conferees were said L have
receded from their amendment. to
compel uniform bookkeeping by the
hackers but other details OF the as.ee-
unent were not disclosed
, 1921-07-29

LONDON. July 29-(By The Associated Press)-Great
Britain.s note to France regarding the Silesian problem, dis
patched last night, refutes the allegation that Great Britain
bad set herself against the French and was thereby strength
ening the German attitude.
Officials describe the note as of a friendly character. in
, 1921-07-29
BRIDE CHARGE Is DISMISSED.
NO EVIDENCE AGAINST JUDGE
Prosecution of Judge Lucien Wright on
Charge of Being Influenced by $4,000
Bribe in Oil Suit Fizzles Out; Court Ter
inmates Action

SAPULPA, Okla, July 2s-The charges that Judge
Lucien B. Wright of the district court of Creek county,, ae-
cePted a bride of $10,000. in connection with his decision for
the Sally Atkins interests in the Tommy Atkins 81, OO0,o0
oil lands controversy was dismissed 20 minutes after Justice
court convened today for the third day of the hearing.
, 1921-07-29

The number of telephones in service
in the United Kingdom is $4,000. In
the United States the number approx.
mately in use is Is soc. 900. The ratio
OF telephones per population in the
two countries is i to AZ persons il the
United Kingdom and l to every 5 in
the United States.
, 1921-07-29

ish note drafted by Earl Curzon. the
foreign minister. endorsed by the
imperial cabinet, and handed the
French government In Paris this
morning being officially described
rs vigorously wordcd- document.
, 1921-07-29

its last witness. and that arguments
then would begin. Each side will be
allowed 10 hours OF oratory and with
only a half day session of court SEIZED
uled for tomorrow, the case may not
reach the jury until late Monday or
Tuesday.
, 1921-07-29

LIMA. Ohio. july e9.-Death won
in q cross continent airplane race
when Timothy Spellacy. 60. Los
Angeles oil man. died at a hospital
here as his brother. Michael Spell
, 1921-07-29

Justice A. =. Piltz. in announcing
his decision said this court dismisses
the charges against Judge Wright
because IT finds no evidence
whatever has bee introduced to sup
port the charges filed in the informa-
ton"