Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-05

dollars, We are informed.
\ large commission house on one oi our
wharycS exchanged checks with her long
time since, oil the strength OF her references
and apparent standng--n prime mode ut
operation, which has been repeatedly success
lul-and they finally had one Of her notes for
5000 returned unpaid. HIS honor Mayor
Ota of Roxhury has Il claim ni several hun
drel dollars lar rent which he believe, utter
y yalurlr--. Another gentleman IN this city
the agent ot very large business, being al
81 touched slightly, wrote Ia friend III Troy
to ascertain what he could regarding her,
aud received AN answer, from which We
make extracts, and by special request, omit
several names of men standing very high
among the business men of Troy.
"rnoY, July -, 1859
t, esl.-Dear Sir: Yours Of the 18th
il Mt hand, aud | hardly know who To apply
To- Tor complete history of Miss t'oddnrdS
inaurial operations, as they are understood
t. have extended over some considerable
surface Ul country III this Immediate vicinity.
but some of them are Ut such common talk
that | can give them only IT. here-ay. With
out >nli"hing for their entire truth. Many
persons have been victmizrd by her who
have quietly submitted to the swindle aud
said nothing. lest they might he ridirued by
those who had escaped without loss.
81 heard this morning that the sum she
received from the Shakers ut Niskuyuua WAS
5000, instead Of one thousand, ~ had al
ways understood until this morning. My
information in this matter WAS from young
lady who was boarding with her ut the time
the transaction took place.
Robert g. Fox. Il file cutter ut Marshalls
factories, was completely ruined by her
She got his checks, signed with his name,
ISgurd III blank, and she filled them out at
her convenience and used them at her will.
He was an industrious mechanic, bat was
Obliged Ia assign 10 protect his creditors.
and many Of these checks are stll! in the
hands ol people along the streets to what
amount is not known, and was told by ---
B Yesterday, that -- deceased now
had endorsed her notes and checks to the
amount Of 5000, and that suits had been
commenced against his estate. and the c"nse-
uucnce Of such suits was n mortgage ~ that
amount.
Il was also informed this morning, that
she succeeded in obtaining -. 600 from tw"
Quaker ladies Of Lowell, stating that unless
she could raise that sum, her seminary
would pass into the hand, Of the Roman
Catholics rs they were very anxious to pur-
chase it. The same argument WAS used
with the Shakers, | understand IN order
t. crack them.
''One si the Bank Presidents stated last
evening that the sum of SIT, 900 would not
IL. a I ,.,.ll fI.,f h.,I
come t" his knowledge.
4 hear holds some securities for
sums advanced aud endorsements made by
ham, to what amount de- not know, but not
far from II 900.
"Sne got ID. Appleton ~ Co, to publish a
book tor her called 'Gleanings, some wheat,
some chaff,'~ They published loo copies,
believe, and got only II part of their pay,
and | think they have IL Judgment against
her for part Of the amount Of their bill. 49,
lount has sold the school property to Faith
er llayermans, and 1t is now used by the
Sisters of Charity as day school for chill
dren.
A man by the name of Wetmore was
told that she wished him to endorse her note
for $50, which he did without looking al II,
and 1t was protested and it read l,jOO IN
stead of $50. understand that F-was
also uu that note F--told me this morn
ing that he is out between 5000 and 81,
OOu, but he has been compromising with
parties, So that he will not lose II very large
amount. lie stated Ia me that she had So
UuO Of the Shaker money III the shape OF
check on 4 Savings Bank in Albany: and
also that she had received ; 4ou from II mar
den lady in one of the county towns, leaving
her almost penuiirss, and her brother M
tends H. 20 before the Grand Jury, and
hopes t. hay. her indicted for false pretem-
res Yours, &c.,
The gentleman who wrote the above letter
is IA man of experience and kecnIe-s, VII"
Tor IA quarter ii IA century az more has been
one Oi the first business men III Troy, aud
this lay ranks among the first citilens.-
The Lowell ladies referred to, We learn hy
means OF a gentleman from Lowell, lost
II 600, but by determined effort got back
portion OF their money.
From City Marshal Merriam, of the Rox-
bury Police force, We learn that tw" Shaker
LADIES near Lowell were victilnzed by Miss
Goddard, who induced them to believe that
she was greatly pleased with the Shaker lll",
and convinced Of its superiority, and her
wish IL have experience, By which means
she gained their confidence.
\ merchant oi Lowell states that there are
other cases there IN which Mis- Goddard has
acted her part She was formerly. 1t seems,
connected with ii church in Lowell, over
which Rev Mr.. Blanchard is pastor: and If
teen or sixteen years ago was the superinten-
dent Of the infant department vi its Sab
bath School, and much liked by all who
knew her She was employed i'll one Of the
factories.
The following letter, received day before
yesterday, by officer Hawlcy Folsom, Of the
RosLury police, will conclude al! the re
mniscences and details of operation which
We haze 10 give to-day, though there are
others held in resergH.
Wa>nlN"ToS, u. C., July %, lSj9.-Sir;
| see by the Euston Herald that woman by
the name Of Abby 4. Goddard Las been arres-
ted by you for obtaining money under false
pretences. ! write to let you know that Miss
Goddard, little more than year ago, was in
this city, and succeeded in swipdling sever.
al persons and me among the number out of
sums varying from SIS to 800 let her have
$40 as she came to me with tears in her eyes
-: $3.50 '.:-s" -, 49,. ...s-