To remove her husband, a poor bank clerk, who is anguished by her perfidy, she connives to cast suspicion of theft upon him, sending him to a felon's cell, and securing a divorce, marries the guilty cashier. Removal from humble ...See moreTo remove her husband, a poor bank clerk, who is anguished by her perfidy, she connives to cast suspicion of theft upon him, sending him to a felon's cell, and securing a divorce, marries the guilty cashier. Removal from humble surroundings to a palatial residence fans to a glowing heat her burning desire for costly raiment and glittering gems. and her husband is forced to greater and greater defalcations. Still not content, she accepts presents of jewels from an admirer, and when bitterly reproved she taunts the cashier to a frenzy of madness in which he takes her life. Then follows the arrest-the examination of the books-the confession and conviction, and the bowed, manacled entrance into the penitentiary, where a dramatic meeting takes place with the clerk, his innocence established, is about to be relieved of his prison garb. Written by
The Billboard - December 3, 1910
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