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The Biggest Little Confidence Queen in Texas (and New York, Montana, and San Francisco): Bertha Heyman

Ridiculous Crime

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The Scandal of Bertha Stanley

Bertha Stanley was engaged to Grun, a traveling salesman. She ended the engagement in part because he was so clingy. The article exposes rumors of Mrs. Stanley's phony fortune and bad checks. Some people in the community are offended; others laugh at those who were duped.

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