Bella Wallace

In the short story The Golden Ball, Bella Wallace is the wife of film actor Rube Wallace. The wealthy socialite Mary Montresor hired her husband to conduct tests for her to help her find prospective husbands.

These tests involved Rube Wallace acting as a member of a criminal gang and holding a person up with a gun and seeing how he would react. Bella assisted Rube in the tests by posing as fellow gang member.