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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81895, 28 November 1906, Page 4

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F WFDNESDAY, NOVEMPER 28. J*' Foe Auckland and nou... per Ra ,mm || y am. 't. '. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. k. For Wellington and pe\ ( at 10.30 a.m. I" 1 Fw United States of Ame..ca, West I Coast of South America, Japan, ' United Kingdom and Continent of ' 1 Europe, via San Francisco; also Samoa and Hawaan Islands ; at 7 p.m. Money orders at 4 p.m. and registered letters at 5 p.m. Letter box cleared . for iate letters at 7.30 p.m. Mail Am London December 29. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30For Auckland and North, per Rarawa, at 7 P ">- For Austraian States at 6.13. a.m. Doe Sydney December 5. For Ceybn India, CUina, Strait? > Settlements, alio Continent of Kutops and United K-asdam, via Suez, ■I 6.1} a-nt- Due (-ndon January ®*For South Africa, per Medic, from Melbourne,'at 6.15 a.m. Du- Durban ■boot December 31. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1. For Auckland and North, per l a kapuna, at 7 p.m. For Australian States, at ; p.m. ■ Doe Sydney December 7. Fo* Cey on, India, China, Straits Settlements, also Continent of Europe and United Kingd" m. via Suez, at 7 p.m. Mail du3 London January 13. ■*• The ne*| parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe will cose ai We lington, per Athenic, oa December 6. Mails for Chatham Islands, per Ripley, c'oie at Lyttelton on December 1, at 8 p.m. : F.-D. HOLDSWORTH. "* ' Chief Po*m»aster.

LADY DETECTIVE AND THIEF. ELOPES WITH CASHIER. J AN £Ho,ooo FRAUD. ' The lady detective is not likely to | become moie popu ar wna cmph y-1 t* l s on the waicu for dis.ione.st crn-l idoyces as a result of the escapade m which figures Miss Elvira Hewitt. Miss H-Vitt has tied with Mr James Bird, cashier of a company iu Wnite Plains, XV,v York. i'ue lady wiiu has disgraced herself with a married man, is described as a pretty girl. Sad cvmbintd the functions <ct a typist with that ot a detec.ive. Her companion is said to have made away wit h j£60,000. Miss Hewitt, a member i.f a Vveil known Xcw Yoik family, was employed as a private ncretary to Mr Cyius R. Peik.iis, tire millionaire invditor and pr piiet-oi the Perkins factery. Mr Perk.ni, who began life as a bootblack, rloaud a weighiug machine ampaiiy ten yeatb ago, and is repor ed to have made an immense foituue. S< m= months ago the receipts, ct the cwnpany dwindled considerab y, and Mr Perkins became convinced that lie was being systematically lobbed by one of his employees. He empioyut effectives flu' several bu. wnuout avail, for the lo.scs /ncrea-ed steadily. Fiaa'ly, M r-s Hewitt volunteered tu lake charge oj ihe case, and she kept watch on several person! iu the cashiei a d.|far;ineiu. Suspicion unally cenucd on Mr bud, tlie cashier, wi'u comes tr- m Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. Miss lieuiu 1 was given employment in t < eas.iiers depaitmeni, and she made daily reports to Mr Perkins regarding tat cashier. Tlie case against Bird was believed to be compete, and a warrant for his arrest was to be executed •>a October 6. Bird did Inot come tu the ofnee, and Mr Perkins leceived a note from Miss Hewitt —who was ! also missing—confessing that she lovled Bird, and couid not bring herseli to denounce him. Investigation; showed that the couple had left W liii< plains for New Yak, en routje t< Mexico. They sailed on a Ware

Line s.eamer after an exciting cnase, in which Mrs Bud two t-ivaie detectives employed bv Mr Perkins and naif a djzen of the best detectives in New York participated. Bird and his companion, sa\s til' 1 "Express correspondent, were easily traced from White Plains to the Giand On tral Station at New \ork. I len* ihey separated, Miss He'.vitt driving across the city in a motor cab tD a Ninth Avenue boarding house, and Bird hurrying to an East Side lodging house, where he shaved off lu» moustache and put on a clergyman's colar and frock coat. '1 ii'ii he booked pasenges fci the "Rev. Daniel Smitht and wife" to Vera Cruz by a steamer sailing the :next day, and also secured draughts on a Mexican bank for ,£23,000. Mrs Bird- who is a half-bred Indian, joined in the chase. She followed Mr Perkins 1 detectives to New York fjr the avowed purpcre of killing Miss Hewitt. Tbe White Plains authorities made no effort to detain her, j'nd public sympathy was largely in her favor. Mrs Bird was unsuccessful in her search for the fugitives in New Y'ork however. She visited every W e|-t Side hotel, and many jf - the boarding houses, and throughout one night sat in the Grind Central Station watching every express for the West. Next morning she drove to the American and Cunard piers and scrutinised ev«rv passenger leaving for Southampton and Liverpool. When she learned that the fugitives bad sailed for Vera Cruz she announced her intention of proceeding to Mexico overland. Mr Perkins is sending two dejectives to the Mexican capital to anest th e fugitives. A guarantee company, which indemnifies employers against (ffih-r.-lemc'nt, and which had given Mr Pet kins a £2OOO bond in guarantee ''f Bird's honesty, is also sending detective to join in the chase. It is announced that Miss Hewitt's brother lei- left for Mexico to bring lirr hoir.e ;>rtl o prevent her being I.' : Mt-s Bird. The latter |eav . r . ' hildren, who are being carrd ,\r i.y sympathetic relatives.

CIRCUS CIRL'S ROMANCE. LO\tU lil CZ.AK A.SLI Wll L Or Gt.Ne.KAL. There 1- no smarter motor car to be »cia ui S l ' i'*-"-'ist>uig tnan thai ol tuuu.t.'tt Lruu b.aCKcibexg, In ttitiuv. o; l-e tain us geueia . rifiei me pjjee «a> eonciudod at I'ur.sU1..U..1, c.S-A., lire czar p-i.onalv 11:1,11 a 0 t.ie air LuUiiUv 01 tue iaci, and, wuii in ais c)'S, Ki—ec. Iki Dauit,. A. me Mii_. ivi-cu Geiie-ui Cuuiii S.acl.elfoi.g suttei-'d cktcai alter annuel alio his uite v. a a.luu:t crusneu lj> .Hows, it tile Czar \u;o eun ...led tut' aud to o her tuat tae A nng.i'y Vvould oe sti! be wiln tlie genuial ami send aim victories. But wno, 'AaiuU Fair," is this Counters Dora S'-ackel-bt.rg, and why u« many ladies pass her oy with a sniff, at,d whipcr to one a;t j, l |Jer "Ciniceili:' in| if>;; the manager of ti.e Ciicus Ciuise l )! opened a season at St. l'eteisburg, and to-* two chief attractions were uie beautiful hordes presented by King Victor Emanue. of lialy to ttie beautilul Dora Cmiseili, and secondly, Dora Ciniselii, the proprietor's daugnter. Everyone rusried to see her. Am jng those who tried to win the good graces of Dora was old Prince Gortschakoff, and though a l his overtures were repulsed, he became more and more pressing. Ultimately he threatened to have the father, Ciniselii, sent to Siberia unles his daughter yjoldcd to him, and he actua 1 y had him arrested. Ttie girl, however. asked tj have an interview wit 11 Alexander 11., and ttiis was accotde'. She told His Majesty everything, and the next morning was released. The Czar said to Gort>cnakoff: —"My dear Prince, you are too ho'.-headed for a poitician. You will at once giv.J an order tj have Ciniselii released, and to-night you wi accompany me to the circus.' From that day forward the Emperor Alexander became the circus gir.'s devoted admirer, and saw her daily till his death. For a long time Dora would accept neither money nor presents from her Imperial loyer, and refused to giv* up her career. When the Czar sent her a ,'arge sum in a bonbonnier: l she distributed it in hiname among the poor. Later his Majesty bojght her a chateau in Livadia, and drove out 10 -ee her twice a day. It was 011 hi- way tj Dora Ciniselii tint Alexander 11. met hi; fate. After Alexander 11.'s death Dora Ciniselii was bani-lied from Ku-sia. S-'e left without having saved any money, and she tvoi\l<! have been penni.ess but for Count Stackelberg. who had long loved her, and now mad? her his wife. He. too, was banished, but the present Czar recalled them.