Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1926 — Page 9

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ARRESTREVEALS VARIED CAREER , OFMRS.PEARSE Was Once Friend of Oscar Wilde and Widow of Burmese Prince. Bn United Press \ LONDON, Feb. 3 9.—The shadow of Oscar Wilde crept into Bow St. roolice court here when Mrs. Mabel JWodehouse Pearse, widow of an American Red Cross war victim and a picturesque figure of London streets, was sentenced to six months In prison for theft of bank notes, worth $1,200. This ignomihy was the latest phase of a remarkable career in which have figured riches, vivid romance, adventure, poverty and drabbiness. On % ce friend of Wilde, she stirred the literary world recently by selling a play called “For Love of a King” which she claimed was

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