NEWS BY MAIL.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1921, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

FILM FACTORY FIRE. NEW YORK, Jan. 19 , Two men were killed and more bh 10 were injured in an explosion duri a lire at the premises of the Bello Film Company here to-day. The charred bodies of two brothe who had apparently been blown throu a window, were found beside some ra way lines near the factory. HJGHWAYWOMAN. I’ROUD OF LURING MEN TO Bl ROBBED. NEW YORK, Jan. 19. “It is so easy getting money fro the ‘chumps’ that I wonder why spent 20 years on a farm.” This is tl regret voiced by Mrs Cleopatra Hurt man, Chicago’s young and pretty liig waywoman, who, as described in despatch last month, had been exploi ing a scheme of luring unsuspectir citizens to empty flats on the prete? that she had lost her way, and thei abandoning them to the tender mercif of two men accomplices. She was arrested yesterday at house where, to cover her tracks, sh had taken a position as housekeepei Her husband and brother are also i the clutches of the law. The young woman confessed to ha\ ing lured more than 50 victims to var oils places, where the two men bourn and robbed them and then decamped But instead of expressing contrition she boldly declared : “Tt served then right.” v “All men are the same,” she said ii the cynical manner of the conventions kinenm adventuress. “They are al ready to take advantage of women Each was properly fooled. “Some promised me furs and jewels 1 laughed up my sleeve and led them t< the empty flat, where niv husband anc I he gang were waiting for us. “1 always kissed them once before leaving them tied up,” she added maliciously. Cleopatra told the police that she was “a simple country girl” till she came to Chicago to earn her living as a'waitress. 8M BIirnWBIin'IMMIWWhWMt'II.WJWW