, 1869-01-20
CONTEMPLATING. :
Alrsst OF a " oman with $4,000 bogus
Money In hsr FonAasaloN.

, kIu1u ne E9fEIpVsb kl0HAb 2ALttLe. an. 10.
On last Wednesday afternoon m Important
arrest was made at the Third Street House,
which haa been q kepl dark y for the purpose
OF .swaiting further Developments. But -
the "gamo Il Ill up" publication Of the fhcss
is proper.
nothing more nor less than the s.boodlc car
ter" Of q gang Of counte1leliers-. She c2me
to Davenport last November for the purpose
Of meeting her pals, for whom she was to
"shove the queer" then srrestcd leather
sack Fn w4a found tn her room, which con-
divided into si1 compartments, III each one Of
which from 500 to s500 IN counterfeit Ma
t!nua1 Bank Notes, were scwed: $3,0CU, ot, 81
denomtp alton, on the Ct. Nichols Bank {Na-
tlonAD and 81 600 In KS on the Union Nation
d Bank-both of New York city,
On Tuesday hst,, the woman purchased
few tr1nkEts 1t Streets Razaat, presenting q
$40 notE,- for which she received change.
After she had kctt, the character OF the note
Was discovered. "A description Of the woman
vas given Detective Center, Who " worked "
thc Gaze until he saw the WOMAN enle1 the
Third Street House. He, With uGlcer Pur.
cell, watched the house to sec Whist partners
she had In her business. at last they saw the
proper man enter, IS they thought, md In
mediAtely followed him. Tho woman was
clerks as the person who passed the note. or
the man, more anon. In the wonan's pocket
wallet, containing two or three genuine
notes, and several counterfeit ones, Wa5 found.
Her room vas searched and the satchel iound.
The parties were then taken 10 Justice
Doud's oflace, when the bslt'was ripped open
and Its contents revealed. She WAS taken to
all, where the nov. Ia awaiting formal &
animation before e. 8. Commissioner Brown,
The woman appears to be rather simple.
| minded creature, and Is evidently greco in The
business. She talks too much to be IN ex-
| rAA f1l,3 IA Ar~xa Ghn u.
| Is Julia Britain md that she came to Dayeu-
port from RchlAnd County, Wisconsin, for
the purpose Of meeting her husband, ons. Ben.
Newell. who Was hero in company With MAJ
called Thos. Alsop. She sought employment
nt first this vas in Norembezl and obtained
street: She LEFT these before many days, aud
went to the Third Street House. Tnen her
husband and Alsop went sway, and Left the
eatchel In her care, she neyer knoHinx what
its contents were. This Is hez- story, And
although she /. not very sharp she undes-
stands good deal OF cohnttte1t=rs' lingo.
She has beautiful eyes. black as they can be
She confts.es that she Is traTeller,o aud
stops but little while IN place-a rule Of her
Life which Is being sadly {ntczfcted WITH. She
also says that Newell Is not her husbands
P right n3me-whAt' tt Is she don't know, a.
though she Is bis wife and her name Is Brit
| t&ni
The man who was arrested with her had
been taken iu By her on the river. Last No.
vglnnes she got upon steamer at NcGreeol
and baa T OF money enough to pay her fare to
Davenport. She told the clerk 4 pltifal
story, promising to pay her fare vhen she ar
rived here, as shc knew money package
wns awaiting her al this point. Tia clerk
waA ohdurnte, and this gent kindly advanced
The money for her- Hc never met alter she
arrived In the city, until be AAKher enter the
Thlrd Street House on Wednesday. He fol.
lowed her In, demanded his money, and she
paid him In good notes. ThIle she vas do,
!ng 20, the officers entered and uabbed her.
| The gentleman had hea<icE z before tha Com
missioner, aud vas released
The woman Is evidently the agent Of com
pany OF counterieIters. Sha uas here for the
purpose Of both "shoElng The queer" aud
selling II. But the stuff, willis 1t was well
e1ecused-the Lathe work being particular,
geod-had rot been kept IN cotIee loug
enough 10 give 1t age, and bide ils defects,
She Z" bloWtd y her eonfederates, but with
Want truth there Is 10 knowing.