The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-08-03
CAprrRr on 1 coNy1pENcE OuAKERRss,-

CAPTURE OF A CONFIDENCE QUAKEREss,-
A female attired asa Quakeress, who for
someMeeks has been dashing at Barnnm's
Hotel. Baltimore (as We have heretofore
published in the Tri5uRe) and who, a few
days since took French leave of that estab-
lishment bringing off with her an elegant
gold watch and chain belonging to one of
the boarders and a magnificent and muniti-
cent wardrobe which she got on credit
from the Baltimore shop-keepers, was on
Thursday last found by Lieut.. Goodenow
of the Thirl Ward Police, at the Mer-
chants Hotel, Courtlaudt street, where
she had taken up quarters. The officer
Immediately telsgrapbed to the proprietor
of Barnum's Hotel Of his discovery, and a
return dispatch feqdested that she might
be arrested and detained until further or
ders. She was accordingly taken from the
hotel on Thursday evening and provided
with quarters a. Che Station-bouse. In her
possession the gold watch and chain were
found, and she admitted that it belonged
to- Baltimore lady.
Her operations while in Baltimore are
rather interesting. She arrived in carriage
some weeks since at Barnum's Hotel, and
after engaging rooms handed the b~ar-keep-
er a package, which she stated contained
$4,000 in bank bills, with a request that
he would deposit in the safe. She was
dressed as a Quakeress and gave her name
as Elizabeth Bushnell, She represented
that she had escaped from the settlement
at New Lebanons D. Y, with the inten-
ton of being..us in matrimony to a
youthful Quaker Who Intended, as soon as
he could elvde the Argus-eyed vigilance Of
the sober devotees Of ceaibacy, to follow her
footsteps. This story in connection with
the $40, 600 package, obtained for her conr
siderable desirable notoriety and sha found
no difficulty in purchasing on credit, all the
iewelry and wardrobe her heart could de-
sire, and was evenso liberal as to present
one of the ladies of the house with an ell
egant gold watch and chain; but she took
care before she left to repossess herself OF
this article, anditis the one she is charged
with stealing.
After gettingal she could from the Bal
timorcans, she suddenly d~ecamped and
came to this, City, leaving bel ind her the
$40, 900 package proved to contain nothing
of value. She is somewhat fair and rep
resents herself as being a native Of Eng
+ land, 10 years Of age. What the Baltimore
dupes intend to do in the matter, remains
10 be seen.
. Since writing tho above, the proprietor o.
; Barnum's Hotel, Baltimore, has telegraph.
!. ed to Capt. Leonard, of the Second Ware
: Police, to the effect hat he does not wish tt
: prosecute the lady, and therefore to dis
: charge her. The dispatch reads; 'Let heI
1 90 and sin no more" We learn that OF
7 the strength of the $4,000 deposit, sh,
1. obtained a cash loan TO the amount of $15t
. from the hotel proprietor, and moneys from
a other parties. After leaving Baltimore sh'
! went to Massachusetts,, and there deposited
about $500; after which she came to thi
d City with q view of creating a similar ant
; profitable sensation among the New York
n ers. She was discharged from custody
". Y. Tribune.