The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-20


Mrs. Wayne is rated at from a
quarter to a half million dollars.
AS is usual in these instances,
the figure is exaggerated. She is
worth exactly 100000 which, by
the strange fluctuations of ex.
change in these hectic days of die
tators and dollar-diveS, is almost
kexactly the sum she brought with
her when she appeared in the Mid
west city now her permanent resi-.
dence exactly five years ago on
April 10.
Her life, she explains, is her
boy. His future is all that matters
to her.
There is some mystery about
Mrs. Wayne. To her acquaint-
ances in her new home she is as
one who suddenly appeared out of
the Nowhere.
In brief, that is that she grew
up to womanhood in another, an
Eastern city. In time she mar
ried, and two years later she bore
her son, Jean. When Jean was
2 years old her husband died
Mrs. Wayne has one habit that
is invariable. On the 18th of
April of every year she gives the
whole day to religious worship.
She leaves at sunset and, after
seeing that Jean has been put to
bed, she picks UP her Bible and
reads the Psalms.
And when she is ready for bed
herself, she kneelS down and asks
God to give forgiveness and repose
to the soul Of q certain man. The
man, when he was upon this
earth, was not her husband.
FRIEND DIED BY GUN
He was not her husband but he
was the closest and most trusted
friend her husband ever had. He
died violently at 1O:46 p. m. of
April II five years ago, the night
before she arrived in the city
which is now her home. He died
by the gun.
He was found dead about two
hours after he had been killed by
an unknown assassin and when
found he was clad in silken pa
jamas Of violent maroon hue and
a dressing robe Of the same color
and substance.
The murderer who killed him
took along the sum Of 100000.
This Is known for a fact because
on the night he was killed the
victim showed several friends the
sum of $125.00O and then locked
1t in a strong box and put it away
in a wall safe in his apartment.
With his body was found,
exactly $23, 900 and a note which
read, "the sum Of 100000 has
been taken by me because it was
legitimately mine"
The dead mans name was Aaron
Blaze. Aaron Blaze was lawyer,
adviser and close personal friend
Of Lefty Cow, post-prohibition
racketeer who climbed by the gun
from the position of trusted
torpedo for Rabbit Schwartz to a
car of the underworld whose
daily take" was $4,000.
George Lefty Cow married Irene
Wayne, a hat-check girl in the
Silver Slipper night club. just as
he was reaching his czardom. She
was then tall, slender, extremely
pretty, voluptuously formed and
thoughtful.
MUTUAL LOVE
It was a case Of mutual love at
first sight. AS soon as he came
in and respectfully handed her his
hat and coat she knew he was the
man for her. He started to walk
away, turned back and talked to
her.
The result of that conversation
was that he took her home to her
tiny apartment as dawn was streak
ing the sky. He saw her to the
vestibule and waited while she let
herself in with her key. Then he
left her.
He did that same thing for a
month and, strange as it may
seem, she never learned who he
was.
One morning, as he was turn.
ing away after leaving her at her
apartment, she invited him in.
When she had taken his coat and
hat, she hustled about her tiny
kitchenette preparing sandwiches
and cocoa. When they had fin
ished eating them, they sat look
ing at each other for what may
have been a minute or 10 years.
Whichever it was, the end of it
found them in each others arms.
It was then Lefty told her who
he really was; but after the first
second of revulsion, for his repu-
tation was wide and sinister and
well-deserved, she knew that it
didn't make any difference. They
were married the next day.
There followed two deliriously
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