The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-25
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splendid Career Of Brassy Impadence-
Wholesale Taking In Of Hotel Keepers,
Trades People, House Owners and Others
Her Tricks and Devices "a Revealed in u
Police Court.
The catalogue OF complaints soaring up like "Ossa
piled on Pelion'' preferred yesterday before Judge
Mansfield of the Essex Market Police Court against
Mrs. Annie c. Kley, If they do not quite justify her
being set down as the wickedest. woman in New
York, certainly establish her as the most recklessly
audacous as well as brilliantly successful OF
modern confidence women. woman of nne per-
sona presence and always stylishly dressed of most
refined manners, rare culture and marvellous
conversational powers, she has found it evidently
very easy to pursue her vocation of deception. The
trouble has been that her victims are so thoroughly
ashamed at being taken in by her insinuating wies
and deceptive speech and representations that
they have dcsisted from making any complaint, pre-
ferrng to suffer In silence their respective losses 10
publishing themselves to the world the dupes Of
sharp and fascinating woman. But there Is point
at which forbearance ceases to be virtue. This
point, 1t Seems, has ut length been reached In the
case OF Mrs. Kley
Mark Lannigan. a liquor dealer at No 81 James
peared yesterday before Judge Mansfield, to make
their various charges against Mrs. KEY. MIR.
His purse was always open TO lend her what money
she wanted. The best liquors in his establishment
were at her command. lie went further. lie be-
eved her stories OF the large fortune OF which she
was soon to come in possession. lie endorsed those
notes for her and became her security for $40
beside.
Mr.. Nash, proprietor Of the Arlington House, in
Fourteenth street. allowed her to board at his hotel.
She failed according to his statement, 10 pay her
board. But this was not all, she borrowed lewelry
of him under various pretences, and has never re-
turned them. But, of hotels and boarding houses
there seems to be no end to the list OF those where
she has boarded and whose preprietors she has
sWindled
Mr.. Bassford, the house furnishing dealer under
Cooper Institute, sold her large quantity of silver
ware for house she pretended to have just pur-
chased at FOrdham. She obtained the sverware
through reference to Mr. Holacher doing business at
| No. 10 North William street. She knew Mr. HOlla
cher, having swlnded mis- daughter out Of diamond
ring and other ewelry, but OF course had right to
give him as reference, and Mr.. Bassl0rd has very
| little show of ever getting mis- bill paid
| Another of her victims is Mr.. Pease, from whom
she hired q house In Fordham in May last. She
owes Mr.. Pease $50, having failed to pay any Of the
got beguiled into hiring a house to her in
New Jersey. The lesson has cost him several months
rent from Mr.. Mcdonald, the panoforte man, she
obtained $50 loaned money and piano, falling to
return the former pay for the latter. Victimzing
hotel proprletOrs and radesmen 1t seems, have not
comprised the extent OF her confidence operations
In addition to Miss Hoacher, who appeared court
as one OF the cOmplainants, Mrs. Baum, OF No. 81
Madison street, says that the accused borrowed q
diamond ring OF her under pretence Ofwishng to get
another mounted like 1t. and likewise, through the
same pretence, borrowed her gold watch and chain.
The Judge, on the above statements, issued war
rant for the arrest OF Mrs. key This person Ia said
to have been carrying on this confidence game for
several years. She pretends to know all the leading
men of the city, and not satisfied with local references
lifting occasions refers to leading congressman
and the highest dgnitares in the land Columns
might be filed giving recital CT her exploits in the
confidence way 1t IL probable that an est0ppe will
now be placed on her swndlIng career and that her
arrest will be speedily effected. The parties named
also who have offered to complain against her ex-
press determination to prosecute her with the ut
most rigOr OF the law.