The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-08-19
From the Boston Trsveler.
---MiSs Goddard, the Opera
tor an Il school Teacher.

we are IN possession OF the following
additional facts in regard to the shrewd
Operations" of Miss Abby A. Goddard,
which we are induced to publish by the
| fact that We are daily in the receipt of let
ters from Boston, Roxbury, Troy, and else
where, showing her operations to have
been very extensive, and the number of
persons who have been made heavy losers
by her to be very great. We deem it to
be our duty to Put the public on their
guard against her, in compliance with the
requests which continually reach lis from
those who have been imposed upon by her.
In one very respectable family of Troy,
n. Y :, she was quite intimate, aud besides
assisting the lady, also disbursed money
for various things; and as the lady's hus-
band was at the time sick, her services
were very acceptable. The lady said that
If 1t ever was in her power she would re-
pay Miss Goddard for these acts of kind
| ness.
One day when the lady's husband vas
lying at the point of death, she alluded to
the fact that she had frequently said that
If 1t ever was in her power she would re-
pay her, at the same time representing
that she Miss Goddard was then in want
of money, and wished her to lend her some.
Miss Goddard said to her-You have an
insurance upon your husband for $1,000,
and can raise money upon it, or words 10
that effect. The lady said that she would
consult gentleman in relation to it, but
before she had chance to do so, Miss
Goddard came to her with paper which
she herself had drawn up, and wished the
lady to sign it, convincing her that it was
! all right. The lady signed the paper; the
| policy was made over to Miss Goddard,
and she succeeded in raising the money
upon it. The husband of the lady knew
nothing about the transaction. The LADY
frequently applied to Mis-, Goddard to HAYS
her return the money thus loaned her, but
all she ever got was about $500 worth of
domestic goods, &c., leaving 500 due hers
AT the time of taking the policy she rep
resented that she should want the mont7
only for short time.
From the wife Of one of the citizens Of
Troy, by representing chat she wished to
enlarge her school house, she got at one
time 5000 and at another $500.
At another time the minister of the
church which Miss Goddard attended was
about leaving the city, vhsn she visited
him, and after some conversation said she
would like his signature. He gave it to
her. Over this signature note was writ
ten by her or somebody else, for, we think,
the amount of $1,000. The clergyman,
hearing OF the transaction, followed her up;
and finally succeeded in getting the paper
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He was very indignant at the manner in
which she had treated him, and wished to
prosecute her, but at the earnest REQUEST of
the church concluded not to do SO
One old gentleman, seventy years of age,
residing in Troy, who, it is stated, had ns.
yer before endorsed note, was, by her
very fair promises, induced to sign two
notes for her of $500 each, but never re.
ceived any money in return. Tke old gem
tleman has since died
From another gentleman of Troy she
got at one time 1885, telling him a very
fair story, and afterwards borrowed differ
ent sums until the amount reached 5000,
which is the sum total of his loss by her.
About three or four years since, Miss
Goddard waited upon single lady resi-
ding in Lowell and after short time OBJ
tanned from the lad y 25 shares in Fire
Insurance Company, valued at 500 per
share, and which would probably bring
over that, if placed in the market. Miss
Goddard took these to Troy for the pur-
pose of raising money upon them, and was
to give the lady security. The lady's sus-
plcions were aroused, from what she had
heard, that all was not right, and she en-
ployed lawyer to proceed to Troy, and
get them back The lawyer went, and af-
ter some trouble got them into his posses-
sion, and brought them on to the riehtfll
owner. Before leaving Troy, Miss God
dard told the attorney that she would have
the shares all back again.
In day or two afterwards Miss Goddard
came on from Troy, and visited the LADY
at Lowell, and wished to get the shares
again, making her very many promises, if
kept; among others, she was to give the
lady deed of all the real estate that she
owned at the time of her death, she being
at the time twenty years Younger than the
lady. At last Miss Goddard got the shares
again, and once more visited Troy, and
this time sold them and got the money
Again the lady made the attempt to get
her shares back; and, at last, did so, losing
about 81, 100 in the transaction-sl, 900
of which she paid to regain the shares,
and the remainder of the amount was for
expenses. The shares We're worth about
$4,000, The gentleman who assisted Miss
Goddard in selling the shares also lost
about 81 ,O0O by the proceeding
There are many more cases in which Miss
Goddard has "operated," the facts of which
we are in possession of, but withhold them
for the present.
There are several suits pending in Troy
at the present time against Miss Goddard.
growing out of her numerous transactions
in that city.
Miss Goddard at one time kept an ex.
cellent school in Troy She commenced
with three or four small children, and the
number of her scholars increasing rapidly.
she bought place, and afterwards. with
borrowed money, enlarged it. The people
appeared to like her and her style Of teach
ing, and SO perfectly lady-ike was she in
her dealings with them that they sent their