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Adventuress in Prison for Life “Lady Evelyn” Most Fantas tic Character in Cali fornia History. San Francisco.—Mrs. Evelyn Rosen crantz, woman of three husbands, four penitentiary terms, half a dozen crimes, a dozen or more aliases and a hundred and one adventures, is “back home.” She is safely domiciled in San Quentin penitentiary.. “Bud,” her son, is home too, occupy ing quarters Just across the prison yard from his mother, whom he ap pears to have succeeded in imitating not wisely but too well. “Lady Evelyn” may remain in the old stone house for the rest of hei natural life. An Oakland Superior Judge, shutting his eyes and crossing his fingers .*as be did so, informed Mrs. Rosencrantz that under provi sions of the statute that California law-makers patterned from New York’s Baumes law she will • be com pelled to do so as an “habitual crimi nal,” so far as is known the first woman to be so sentenced. And as a consequence, Mrs. Rosen crantz’ imprisonment in San Quentin has become a state-wide issue. For Mrs. Rosencrantz, who has lived at San Quentin much too frequently for her own peace of mind, the question has become her “life battle.” She doesn't like the old stone prison, nor the projectory on which it sits over looking San Francisco bay. Nor the public servants, headed by Warden James B. Holohan, who Attend her every move. Judge Denounces Law. Mrs. Kosencrantz, one of the most fantastic characters California author ities ever have dealt with, declares that it Is all “a terrible mistake.’’ The habitual criminal law, recently enacted by California, under which a person convicted four times of a fel ony automatically is sentenced to life Imprisonment without possibility of parole, she feels is a “terrible mis take.” In fact, there Is nothing about her or the sporadic record of crime against her name (or names) that is not a “terrible mistake.” On this basis .the woman whose son Is a fellow convict with her in San Quentin plans to carry her tight against the habitual criminal law to the highest court, attacking its con stitutionality. That she will have much public backing is assured. The very Judge who sent her back to San Quentin, Superior Judge Fred V. Wood of Oak land, assailed the law in passing judg men upon Mrs. Rosencrantz, saying: “It is manifestly unfair and unjust. Here is a woman who, in all, has dis honestly obtained perhaps $400. and yet under the law she must go to prison for life with no hope of parole, while a fiend like Antoine, who bru tally murders his innocent wife, like wise goes to prison under a life sen tence, but will be eligible to parole in ten years. i “It might be well for the people of California to inquire a little more closely Into the working of this hab itual criminal law. It is certainly not equal and exact justice to punish this woman, guilty though she may be of everything charged against her, more severely than we punish criminals of the type of Antoine.” • Arthur Antoine, referred to, had Just previously been sentenced for cutting to pieces the body of his wife so that he might marry a younger woman. It is against the background of this question of public policy in dealing with crime that Mrs. Rosencrantz stands In bold rellet bet life story forming ODe of the most singular chapters In the history of California crime. Much Married, Many Names. Almost constantly »n the tolls of the law since 1915, Mrs. Rosencrantz has figured as a writer, a motion picture actress, an aviatrlz with a Los Ange les-to-Rom,. flight as her prospective goal, a financial wizard and a “love cult" devotee. She has been married three times and has been the central figure lu a $500,000 suit for breach of promise against William E. Riker, head of the so-called Holy City “love cult." a mar ried man with whom she became en amored. She has been known as Ella, Lizzie and Evelyn Barton; as Edwina, Eve lyn and Patricia Reid; .as Mrs. E. P Reed; as Evelyn Winifred van Doh len, Evelyn Rosencrantz and Mrs. W. E. Riker. She has been so difficult to handle in the women’s prison that at one time she was sent to the Stockton State asylum after being adjudged insane— only to be returned a month later as “perfectly normal.” Mrs. Rosencrantz lays her troubles to a father’s curse, given her as an in fant. Here is her story; Patricia Reid (her true name) was born in London in 1887. Her mother died when she was born, and her father, she contends, blamed her for this. She was shunted Into the care ot governesses and convents, her father being wealthy. Early in life the girl was brought by her father to Canada, where he subsequently died. There, at the age of eighteen, she was first mar ried to Waiter Barton. Strange quirks of fate carried the young woman into Indio and Russia, then back to Seattle, where her son was born—the son who now occupies a cell near his mother. Divorce ended the first marriage. The woman’s second husband was Baron van Dohlen, whom she met In Berlin, wooed and won in a whirlwind romance that failed to take into con sideration the fact that the baron_ already had a legal wife. The two spent several years, Mrs. Rosencrantz relates, in dodging the true wife. “I knew he was married,” she says "but I loved him. Love is more im portant than laws.” Joins Mountain Love Cult Later th. couple figured in the fa mous William Von Brincken trial, dur ing the World war, and it was here that MrS. Rosencrantz first met Jim Holohan, then United States marshal, now warden at San Quentin. Then came her “first crime.” “I pleaded guilty to passing a bad check. All I did was overdraw my ac count But my lawyer said if 1 fought the case I would only draw attention to Van Dohlen. 1 was framed by Van Dohlen’s wife—given probation pro vided 1 never saw him again. I was found with him later, of course, and sent to San Quentin.” After San Quentin—liberty and a new marriage. There being no lawful marriage to Van Dohlen there was no divorce. She married Rosencrantz. ‘‘And the less said of him the bet ter—he was of no great consequence. We divorced.” Then San Quentin again—in May, 1919, when she was sent from San Diego for. passing fictitious checks. Release came in 1920, when a court order granted her a new trial. Periodical tilts with the law fql lowed. On January 9, 1923, Mrs. Ro sencrantz went back to San Qnentln, again. 8be was “at borne" this time for four year*—for. the passing of a apurions check for $4.11. Hereafter followed perhaps the most spectacular period of Mrs. Ito sencrantz’ very vivid career. On the tip of San Quentin cellmates she turned to the strange cult at Holy City, In the heart of the Santa Cruz mountains, fifty-five miles south of here, as a haven of refuge. A few months later Mrs. Itosencrantz was announced as secretary to William E. RIker, "king” of the strange cult which had become known for Its “free love” sponsorship. Planned to Fly to Rome. Then Januury, 1928. The scene nan shifted to Hollywood, where Mrs. Rosencrantz'had gone to take up avia tton and to prepare herself for a rote In which she was to be starred In a motion picture by Riker as “The Per fect Woman." This Him was to ex pound the Holy City religious philoso phy. it seemed that fate was more kindly to this lady of troubles—but then: A suit for $500,000 damages, charg ing breach of promise, was filed in the Los Angeles Superior court by Mrs. Rosencrantz against Riker. The suit was sensational in the ex treme. It told of a "love cottage’ and of the strange rites by which Riker had Inducted her Into the Holy City cult. It charged that Riker, disavowing his love for his wife, “Mother Lucille" of the cult, had promised to marry her. . It charged that- she and Riker lived as man and wife at Holy City, that It was there he promulgated plans for her proposed flight to Rome In a plane patterned after Lindbergh's “Spirit of St. Louis.” All the ramlfl cations of the Holy City cult were delved into and laid bare, the suit having. Its climax in the assertion that Riker’s love later grew cold and that he left Mrs. Rosencrantz, “fleeing to the refuge of Holy City.” This $500,000 suit is still pending. Events leading up to Mrs. Rosen crantz's present predicament came In rapid sequence, a trail of bad checks leading from San Jose to Oakland and thence to Fresno, where on February 5, she was arrested with O. A. Ander son, young Oakland youth with whom she had fled after passing a fictitious check on his father, a garage owner of Oakland. Son Shot by Police. Charges standing against Mrs. Ro sencrantz in San Jose were tempo rarily upheld and she was returned to Oakland, where she was tried by « jury and convicted on the charge of passing the spurious check against the elder Anderson. Judge Wood's ' arbitrary sentence under the habitual criminal act followed. Mrs. Rosencrantz laid her difficul ties in the last Instance to Riker, whom she charged with having failed to place money to her credit in a Long Beach bank after promising to do so The jury did not believe her. It was while Mrs. Rosencrantz was awaiting trial in Oakland that her son Clarence, eighteen, was shot down by police and captured in the same city. He had been sought by federal au thorities and police officials on spu rious check charges and endeavored to escape when ambushed in an Oak land residence. Young Rosencrantz was convicted shortly after his mother, and followed her across the bay to San Quentin. Now the mother is spending much time upon her knees in her prison cell, guards say. She has become extreme ly confident that she will be freed. “I have faith," she says. “My faith convinces me that 1 shall not die in prison.” And in the meantime her attorneys, with financial backing from some where, are proceeding with their legal fight for her freedom. City Hall of Reims Completely Restored Ml The city halt of Belma, France, aa It now appear*, fully restored from the devastation It suffered during the Grade or Quality of Prod uct Is of More Impor tance Than Kind. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Prejudice against certain kinds of hay-on the claim of inferior feeding value is often due to a difference In quality rather than to the kind of hay, according ~to E. C. Parker, hay stand ardization specialist, bureau of agri cultural economics, United States De partment of Agriculture. Many horse, mule and cattle feed ers, Mr. Parker says, are of thp opin ion that hay made from either prairie grass or other grasses is of ‘Inferior value to either timothy or Johnson hay. This prejudice is usually Justi fied where bluestem, bluegress, red top, or other kind of grass hay is overripe, bleached and fibrous when harvested, because all kinds of prairie or other “grass hjys,” when overripe, are comparatively low in feed value and palatabllity. Feed Value of Timothy. The same Is true, however, of over ripe timothy or Johnson hay. Analyses of timothy cut at various stages of maturity’ show that timothy cut not later than full bloom has a higher feed value than timothy cut at the ripe seed stage. Variations In feed value of all hay are caused hy time of cutting, weather damage, and fer mentation. The United States stand ards for timothy, Johnson, prairie, and grass hay reflect approximately these variations, so that usually the grade or quality of any of these hays is of more importance than the kind as a guide to feed value. Hay, to meet the requirements of the United States No. 1 grade, must be cut early, cured with little or no dam age from rain or sweating, and must not contain over 10 per cent of foreign material. Hay which meets the re quirements of the United States No. 2 grade consists, usually, of either (a) early cut hay which received an ap preciable though not severe degree of weather damage, or (b) late cut, though not fully ripe, hay which was cured with little or no weather dam age, and in either case the hay must not contain over 15 per cent foreign material. No. 3 Grade Requirements. Hay which meets the requirements of the United States No. 3 grade con sists, usually, of either (a) early cut hay which was severely weather dam aged, or (b) distinctly overripe hay, and in either case the hay must not contain over 20 per cent foreign ma terial. United States sample grade is either (a) hay that is unsound be cause of wetness, rust, or mold, (b) hay which contains over 20 per cent foreign material, or (c) badly over ripe hay. These brief descriptions of the va rious United States grades of prairie hay, grass hay, timothy hay, and John son hay, Mr. Parker says, show that the hay of each grade ^as a somewhat different quality or feed value. There is no material difference, however, in the feed value of timothy and upland prairie hay if the two kinds of hay are of • the same grade. Concrete Approaches to 1 * Stables Not Expensive On most barns there is a little ramp or Incline leading to the.door. When this is made of wood it rots out quickly and goes to pieces and is for ever giving trouble. The way to avoid this is to build the approach of con crete. It can be very easily done and at very little expense. Remove all the old wood sills and supports; then excavate a little so that when the concrete is finished it will be about six inches thick. Use planks at the sides for forms, hold ing them in place with stakes, driven in on the outside. Use a fairly rich mixture of con crete, say one part of cement, one and one-half part of sand and three parts of broken stone or well assorted grav el. Mix it up thoroughly to a medi ium consistency, put it in place, strike it off with a straight edge and then smooth it down somewhat with a wood float. Do not use a steel float ns that will put a polish on the con crete and make it very slippery. In deed It is better to leave it fairly rough as the horses can get a much better footing on it. If possible, do not allow heavy weights to come upon it until it has cured for a week or ten days. Proper Time to Harvest Com Crop for Silage Com for silage should be harvest ed when the kernels are well dented but while the plants are still green enough to pack well and to ferment normally In the soil. An air tight silo Is, of course, essential. Given these conditions the general- quality of the silage may be improved by the fol lowing practices: 1. Cut the com Into small pieces. If the pieces are from one-half to three-fourths of an Inch In length, the silage will pack well and will be eaten with minimum waste. 2. The heavy and the light parts of the corn should be evenly distributed so that the whole mass can be firmly and evenly packed in the silo. If the heavy parts—ears and stalks—are thrown largely in the center or one side, the silage will settle unevenly and considerable spoiling will result. If the com Is too ripe to pack well, water should be added as needed. A silo may be filled with dry shock com, which makes a satisfactory feed with the addition of sufficient water, but it Is not so palatable as silage cut at the proper stage and put Into the silo green. Water may be ran Into the top of the blower by means of holes. The water should be well dis tributed to facilitate packing. Apiary Practice and Honey Marketing Study Has Begun First Work Started in Inter mountain Regions. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Work on profitable practices In the operation and management of apiaries, as a preliminary step to the study of the economics of honey production, has been started by the United States Department of Agriculture. The prac tice study Is being undertaken by the division of bee culture of the bureau of entomology, and the division of farm management and costs of the bureau of agricultural economics. Oth er divisions of the bureau of agricul tural economics have under way studies of the important problem of honey marketing. The -first practice study has already been started In the lntermountaln re gion, where conditions seem favorable for Inaugurating U at this time. It Is felt that the work can be done In that region more easily, and therefore at less expense, than in some of the other beekeeping regions because of the presence, of the lntermountaln Field station, the large number of colOnles, and the relatively high percentage of commercial beekeepers. The limited amount of money now available.is be ing used for this part of the work. It Is planned to continue the investiga tion In two or more other honey-producing ougb study has been i and gystems of ried put successfully without the ac tive co-operation of the beekeepers, beekeepers’ organizations and the bee press. Beekeepers or organizations particularly interested are invited to write to the division of bee culture or the division of farm management and costs, as it is desired to make as many personal contacts as possible in the course of. the work. Bookkeeping systems showing the results of profit able practices are especially 'desired at this time, particularly from beekeep ers in the Intermountain region. | Agricultural Notes! | • Did you ever happen to think that fait in the garden really *" the summer? . ■ ^ . . * V */ Hay is worth spore.- tor*. ...... duction if It Is cut early thin if It is. fully matured. Now Is the time for the poultry raiser to save expense by starting to cull out the low producers among his dock. ■ ' ' • Loafing hens in the apt up the , profits th« busy moke.. Good .ponHrymen sot flock
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