Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-19

~ ~ eal.Paddleford- Howells- Fawcett is out
fVh Of prison again but this time there will
be no more rubber" checks sNindling Of jew
elers dressmakers and hotels. also no more
rich husbands.
1t was Death who sprung the bars for
Gencvicve
In her 5s crowded years the gifted woman
had more than her share of the good things
~ life and also had the bad. She married
five ri&h husbands one of whom she claimed
left her 1000 900, when ne died in an auto
ruUbife accident
Besides the legitimate credit Genevieve en-
ioyed while married 10 these men Of wealth she
ran up huge bills in Europe posing as Mrs
Mccormick wife OF the president Of the Har-
vester Company, whom she had met only once
But this brilliant opportunist managed TO
pick up enough inside family matters of the
great man and TO initiate his voice and man
nerisms so convincingly that even foreign
bankers who had met him, accepted her as
the real thing
on the stage she was only chorus girl
but out OF the theatre IN real life, where she
could write her own little dramas and arrange
her own atmosphere she must have been
truly great actress TO have bamboozed, as she
did most anyone upon whom she went 70 work
Nevertheless. like many another brilliant
actor and opportunist, this woman who could
make a rich man believe she sweet
innocent thing fresh out Of convent. instead
of Just out Of Jail, strangely careless.
Finding it troublesome that the passports
for herself and an adopted daughter Dorothy
were in their real names. she went to the
proper authorities in London 10 get new ones
for them in the name OF Mccormick She had
a plausible line Of talk explaining that they
mad lost their originals m an automobile
smash in Spain and all would have been well
If she had told Dorothy how 20 spell the name
Unfortunately Mama wrote it Mccormick
but her daughter Mccormack
This ridiculously careless slip shook of
Genevievc's almost hypnotic influence, Scot
land Yard was called in and Mama spent
month in Holloway jail
Worst OF ALL the adventures made the ia
tai mistake of remaining in Vienna during
jewelers. convention. This, she must have
known meant that the city would be fun Of
her victims from all parts Of Europe and the
inevitable happened.
After few weeks in Jail Genevieve talked
and connived herself out but she had TO give
up the accumulated plunder Of six months.
Though Genevieve could not fool all Of her
husbands all Of the time she managed to
make her second one Ben Teal, the famous
theatrical producer, bankrupt himself trying
TO get her out Of prison
However, she was a genius al turning dis
aster 20 account. Convicted of subornation ~
perjury. In connection with the uproarious
Frank j. Gould divorce suit and counter suit,
she had TO serve nine months Of years sem
tence on Blackwells Island ~ Y
This would have made most women glad
TO hide their heads forever but Genevieve man
aged to come out Of prison, a martyr with
nine persons out Of ten believing her an inno-
cent victim of money and persecution and bet
ter able than ever to catch another rich hus-
band.
Even in the State Penitentiary, at Walla
Walla, Washington, she tried 10 vamp the
warden by getting another prisoner Mary
Smith, 10 confess a murder and then handing
the confession to the warden, with her deep
affection"
The warden thought her too deep and
failed 10 respond.
Born Genevieve Mckinney tho lady some
times credited Cleveland sometimes 81. Paul.
with being her birthplace though both cities
have denied the honor Whatever may have
gone before, she was pretty young chorus
girl on Broadway under the theatrical alias
Of Margaret Busby, when she met William Z.