Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-24
A Beguiling Widow.

A Beguiling Widow.
The Alton (lll.) correspondent Of the st.
Louis Republican writes as follows concerning
the operators Of bewitching widow in that
civ:
We have had considerable excitemen in
Alton-the cause gay widow of thirty-iye,
tnt a1I fair, and OF very genteel appearance
who vas very vulgarly dragged before o
just, upon low charge of forgery, knavery,
ohea.- =, and humbuggiIg divers good people
Il Alton out Of about IS, 200 within few
month"; past.
Let me introduce our fair heroine as Mrs.
Margaret Agnes kenney. (Sbe always spelled
out her maiden name.) Mrs. Margaret
Agnes Is an Irish lady She came TO Alton
wi only knows, az all She represented her.
self as an Irish lady Of education and refine
ment- She had letters stating that she was
an heiress of f10, 600, left her by her grand
father in Ireland. She had an uncle, also,
who had very kindly dropped off and left her
a ieE thousand "Puns Consequently Mrs
months or more. She bought houses. rented
houses, and fourished in unpaid for dry goods,
bought boxes Of soap, star candles, and No.
Malaga raisins, by the box, for her family
use; sold particular friend a lot, to which
another original owner was not aware that he
had parted with his fee simple; and to grease
H-AA NCCOs eno the Justice
Signature TO the acknowledgment
OF one citizen she borrowed 500, Of another
1870, Of another $3.50, of another S50-and
goodness knows how much More will turn up
w one dry goods merchant she buys 81 500
worth Of goods, and she obligingly patronizes
aJeTeiler to the tune Of S270. During this
time, furthermore, the illustriOus Mrs Marga-
iet agnes takes view of her latter end; and
In anticipation thereof proceeds to make her
Win, wherein she gives to this dear friend in
Alton 81 500, 70 another $500, and to bogus
relations IN Cincinnati and New York several
hundred each, thus divesting herself of some
ven or fifteen thousand dollars of her grand
1atners estate on one sheet Of paper The
Will ts now before me, and Is a rich specimen
Oh what keen, shrewd woman can 10 with q
blind, bat eyed man.
BESIDES this, Madame Margaret Agnes had
plenty OF beaux, who were tremendous fond
OF the rich enchantress, and she borrowed
,nelr earnings, scrapings and hoardings to the
last dime. She also endeavored to become
tae Lady Beautiful in small way, by
making delightful presents Of dress patterns
a1d jevelry TO dear friends, and she a.Iopted
one pretty young lady, clothed her, and made
certain arrangements to send her to school at
Fioirsant, st. Louis County, Missouri. The
Iatshai part OK the arrangement, however,
the fCrking over of the rhino, was not oonsum-
mated oy her ladyship, Mrs. Margaret
hPCi diOIS On wei creased
axle and all went well, except that Mrs. Mar
eerets legacy did not come. Her friends be-
gan 10 spur her up, when suddenly she ro-
ceived theslonG-loOked-for announcement that
ner money had arrived and in store at the
metropolitan Bank, New York. So the lady
starts TOR that place last Saturday morning
accompanied by two unsuspecting friends.
Two Of her creditors CHANGED TO meet on the
day # her departure, and after comparing
notes, concluded there must be something
rotten IN Denmark" They take a certain
deed and other papers before . young LAWYER
or Alton; ne pronounced that a forgery and
sTindle has been committed (; teIegraDhs to
personal friends ct Chicago. over his own
name, and at very respectable hour for early
riser: o. the next (Sabtath) morning, the fair
Margaret was routed from her sleeping apart-
ment In the Sherman House, and transferred
70 one tribe less commodious in that yery
popular hotel in Chicago, yclept the "tombs. y
MY paper s exhausted-my romance must
tail on short Mrs Kenny was brought to AL
ton, had hearing before Justice Packard.
tThose name she forged;) the toughest kind of
testimony in the shape Of swindifng, gouyipp
snd keen hnancieripg. came I'D against her:
$1,000 Of Indebtedness for goods sold ard mo-
ney borrowed was presented at an hours no.
tlce, against her; she was sent to EdwarisviJIe
Jail, ard for immediate trial at this term of
Court; the witnesses were served with n
special come quick" 70 20 over TO that an
ctent burg 70 testify against her; and the prog-
Pect Is that Mrs.. Margaret Agnes viii con6ne
her pEl!anthropic exeTtions TO picking oakum
or sewing upon eonvicts' fine wooyen shirts. in
the penitentiary, where she will no doubt con-
unue 70 keep.