Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1902 — Figured in a Great Scandal. [ARTICLE]

Figured in a Great Scandal.

Maria Halpin, who was a central figure in the Blnine-Clevcland campaign of 1884 and whose charges preferred against the man whe twice became President of the United States created a profound sensation and a burning scandal. Is dead at New Rochelle. Ida Rogers, a Kansas City negress, used a new plan for getting revenge upon E. IL Dale, who bad jilted her. She threw boiling water over him and scalded his face and breast terribly.