The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-01
.ao the PHGnlx BANK CASE.
Confession Of a Pretty Waiter
aa,.J 4y.1a e Girl.

as \. 4. -. -. 4 y Girl.
The New York papers Of Saturday con-
tain further reports of evidence in the
Phoenix bank defalcation case, but there is
little of interest, save the statement of
6enevieve Lyons, and the man Brown,
which we give below: -
M s7otrsT - THE HEROINE. #i3F
b Examined by Judge Ledwith. 81
@. What is your name? A. Genevieve
Lynes. z3Ules4ro ~
%. Your age? A. Nineteen. s. a
M @. Where were you bosn2 A. In Mas
sachusetts. 49,, ~. SO ~, s 4
@. Where do you residea A. In. the
city of New York, at No. 159 Bleecker
street. 9aiL e. Il 3t,9s{ n g9h Il
Q. What is your occupation A. ii
have been a..saleswoman in a store and
waitress in . saloon. 4
Mr.. Stuart, in reply to this question,
read the following statement in her own
language, which he wrote at her dictation.
during their interview at an earlier stare
OF the proceedings :: -a11+4 es9H ,aao3 2
- a. y "A SKETCH or LIFE. yS"S9a r.
~ WhenI first came to this city obtained
ettuauon as sales girl inta hat and trimming
sferep where i remained At dowa wages till the
iplopEietor stepped business II could get no
other place; and no money, or friends to give
me any saw the advertisement in a news.
paper for walter girl in q saloon, ana / got
the place a:a great deal more NageS thar /
ever bad before, be4ides premium fnr wine
which then sold 1hadc been there but . few
evenings when Nj. Jenkins came there With
four friends ; be had 3 god aeN Of wine and
called!me the proprietor told inc thati Jen-
ikins was worth more than an the wine drink
ers that came % his house; that / must not
wait on any other, and that-h wanted her
terms that be would give fine money eyery|
night he came; that he went 10 other sal0ens,
and gave money1to the girls whom Ne liked
there; aferward he came there every week,
a sSda so%et, I every night and bogsht wine;
and he treated every body; be had great loads
0fmonsE and he gapeme 49, and sometimes
1910 |; oneeshe gsveme go to buy watch |; 1
sent i topag my little brothers schooling ;'all
the other girls were jealous of me because he
nked me more than the rest; after little
= girihe evsr saws shat he would takelme out
ofthe saloQns ss itdwassno place for me 3 he
said be Would have me sent 70 school and edu-
Gated; he fsafd he was very rich, and had oil
regions, and be had more money than he
could spend3t he said he was d brokef, and had
done busineass ii Wall sfreet exchangs, that he
! had shares in good nanY raiAosds and told
me, all such things aa these, but he never told
me and never knew that he was Ii any bank;
j never knew where he lived nor never asked
him, for didnot thinkhe wanted met know,
he was good to me; zone night he eoldcme to
look for some rooms, and that he Would rent
them for me and bay me some furniture; did
so, and got the rooms in Bleker street, where
was arrested; he gave me $500 at one time
to buy furniture, and i did buy it.; lived In
these rooms, Mr.. Jenkins supporting me and
visiting me every Week, sofnetimee almost every
= night until j was arrested, and Z never
threstened M. Jenkins with. anything; I
once met him In the street, and that was'nore
than year and . bali ago; was never ii any
bad house in my LIE: have not gone into
the streets BY night, and very seldom ain the.
day, and then only for some necessary pur-
pose, whatever my relations with Jenkins may
have been-and confess he has supported me
as bis wife and mistress : had no connection
With any other person my acquaintance with
Charles Brewer is one Of friendship; jenkins
never saw Brewer at my house and in this way
I have been wrong to him ]; but never sus.
pected that Brewer ever had money from Mr.. Z
Jenkins all the money ! ever received did
not amount to more than q, 900 or &2,500. !
spent that to support the house and for furni-
ture he gave me money to pay two doctors
bills-Dr. Bfunsted and Dr. Wallace; he was
very kind to me when was sick have not
been out Of New York but once, and that was
for TIVE weeks; with the exception of 900 for
city !; all Of It was spent here for his conven-
fence and my support and comfort; never
gave one dollor of his money to any human
being-never; have nothing now but the
clothes have and the furniture he bought me-;
this is all the truth, and will give it whether
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