Evening star., 1922-10-04
DUAL PERSONALITY
IN MYSTERY GIRL
Cultured One Moment and
Gangster's Sweetheart
the Next.
LIKELY FROM THIS CITY
Boston Authorities Bafled by
Strange Case-Unable to Learn
True Name.
LIKELY FROM THIS CITY
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BOSTON, Mass. October A girl
with strong dual character, refined,
educated society girl one minute
and a gangSter's sweetheart the next,
is today providing battling puzzle
for doctors at the City Hospital.
Her dual personality illustrates
every attempt to identify her The
girl is listed on the hospital records
as Bcrnicc Waldron. She is recover
ing from an overdose of cocaine,
after being found in an unconscious
condition at Magnolia and Dudley
streets. RoXbury. Her case is given
added mystery by the fact that last
week she was found unconscious in
Franklin street doorway. She was
suffering from drugs on that occasion
also, and was released from the Re
lief Hospital little more than twenty
four hours before she came to grief
in RoNbury.
Likely From Washington.
When found on Franklin street. in
the heart of the financial district, and
removed to the relief station. she
gave the name q: R"rnice Waldron
Livingston. During her rawlings she
spoke often of Washington. and later
admitted that her former home was
in that city. When interviewed at
that time she emphatically refused to
give any Information concerning her
parents. Beyond the admission that
she knew the capital city well and
had Hyed there. Her greatest fear
was that her people would learn of
her prediCament. They were proud.
she stated, and would be mortified
and shamcd by what people would
say"
At times. as she lies on her cot in
the hospital ward. she seems a girl
of refinement. The lines about her
eyes and mouth soften. and when she
speaks her voice is well modulated.
her diction polished and pleasing. and
her conversation reveals acqualnt-
ance with the cultured, aristocratic
side of life.
Turns to Profanity.
Then. without warning or apparent
cause. there comes 4 change. Little
lines appear in the corners of her
face. Her mouth takes Il cynical
droop. her smile. formerly wistful and
appealing. becomes hard and thought
less. She speaks in slang. uses pro-
family freely. and reveals an ac-
quaintincc with the underworld that
is startling.
When she is in the first phase she
t"arfully begs her nurses and attend
ants not to tell her parents what has
happened to her. and announces her
intention of going straight to her
home iii Fort Wayne. Ind, as soon
as she leaves the hospital.
Cries for "IIa-ry."
Then, when she has lapsed into the
other state. she jabbers of moving
picture actresses and of dope ped
dlers. She announces that she is Ber-
nice Waldror tells of experiences on
the stage. and calls often for Harry"
whose full name. she says, is Harry
Radcliffe, and who lives according to
her story, in South Boston.
Harry, come to me- she cries
oh for the love of heaven. don't
drag him into this. He's married and
has two children"
''Rernice" admitted being in the the
atrical world.
II have been on the stage three
years" she said. Il first appeared
at Proctors in New York, and have
toured the country"
Il won't tell you-ever. ever. ever
what my stage name is or who my
partner is
Well Acquainted Here.
From her conversation she is ap-
parently well acquainted with the
upper social circles of Washington,
q. c.
Because of an address in Fishkill,
y. V, which appears on hotel regis
ter, it is believed very probable that she
is Washington girl who disappeared
there some time ago. At other times
she claims to live in New York.
Once, when she was in the second
stage. she declared she had been on
the stage in song and dance act
with her sister. but that she had been
"outa luck" ever since her sister was
killed in an auto accident couple of
months ago. Then. from her conver-
SatiOn. it becomes apparent that her
two cOllapSeS in Boston came as a
result of her craving for drugs.
When the young woman was taken
to the hospital she was well dressed.
Queried as to where she got the
clothes. the young woman replied:
ITS no ones business where they
come from
Speaks OF College Days.
Less than an hour later she be-
woman. In detail she told of her
college days She told of a younger
sister, killed in an automobile acci-
dent, of some one that had used her
quite mean" and of her great de-
sire to go home. which, she added,
she could not do, because of her fam
ily'S social position.
Two inspectors have been assigned
to the case in an effort to learn the
young woman's identity. Informa-
tion secured from Fort Wayne indi-
Gates that the young woman is un-
known in that city.
When confronted with this fact she
denied having mentioned Fort Wayne
and insisted that she had never been
there in her life.
When told, during a partial third
degree, that her father was on his
way from Washington the girl fell
into a fit of trembling and cursed
her auestionerS