Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-16
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On Tuesday last, . woman entered
Streets Bazaar ard purchased . few
articles of one of the young lady
clerks. After she had left, il was discev
cred that the monsy-ssme $l2-was eeun-
tsrfsit. Detective Center vas informed of
she fact, ,aod Immediately proceeded to work
up the case. Oa the following day, the
wsoan passsd the store, and the girl whs
had ssld her the goods fslIswsd her and saw
her 60 into tho Third Street House.
Detective Center visited the house.
learned her name, ssnt an officer after .
warrant. and soon had the woman under
arrest. lie asked to see her pocket book
She said she had none, it was down stairs /;
she went after it, and. while gong down.
followed By Mr.. Center. she attempted to
tear up something. Mr.. Center, en- the
watch for such tricks, made q spring and
caught woman, pockst>book and money,
all in one embrace. She gave it up and
went back to her room, where, after some
searching, . satchel was found, containing
somewhere in the vicinity Of $4,000 in
"Quesr" Of lo's on National Banks, and
2's On st. Nicholas Bank, N. Y, and few
on the Lindsl Bank. The. los have since
been pronounced. by Mr.. Giisrd, cashier Of
the Firt National Bank. as rery dangerous.
and likely to deceive any enc but an expert.
The 2's were not a. we'll executed these on
the Lindsl Bank being bogus. Is there is no
such bank. In the satchsl there IVES also
found feur different solsrsd dies. with
plates, etc., which showed csnclusively
that shs 10 connected with the manuiactur-
ere Of the currency.
The above facts appeared in the
preliminary examination before the U. 8.
Commissioner. 8. E Brswn. Esq, where
spsn she Vas taken to Jail 70 await the
arrival efU. s. Attorney, Brewing, whe
sslsgrsphs that he will Be here on Monday,
when further examination will be bad.
Letters and papers found in her posses
sion showed that she was connected with
others 10 the busiosss-twe men, who are
operating alsng the river. The letters were
dated ~ Burlington, and stated that they
would bs Ia Keekuk about this time, after
which they would be here, and fellow the
river up, stepping a: all the principal
cities.
Az soon % this bscaue known, il WAS
desired that the matter should be kept
quiet until they could be arrested. She
"blowed' on them. and gave the detective
a written description and the photographs
Of each Of them. Mr.. Street made on effort
among our merchants 10 raise money enough
only about t40--to pay the expenses Of .
visit to Ksokuk and have them arrssted, but
failed. Tho banks refused to furnish the
money. Ard 30 the matter 10 left,
and tho weight of the law mus,
rest upon the woman. while tie
more guilty principals. 90 free, 10
continue their nefarieus business Of
feeding the county with eountsrfsits Of the
most dangerous kind. And this is called
justice
The Gazette ofthis morning says, the
woman is"grssn in the business-talks Ice
much" vet. ii. is the opinion Of the officers.
that she is . sharp one and it is matter
Of surprise to them that the records Of the
name Of the parties connected
With her, should bs Published, before they
are arrested, and without any authority
whatever The woman has been in the
city slncc November, and says the men
we're here, and left the satchel with her.
She gives hsr name as Julia, with several
aliases, says she is from Wisconsin-when
coming to this city she told the Clerk Of
the boat . very sad story, mo money 1t
ddn't take the Clerk in any to speak Of,
bat it did gentleman on board. 1t seems
he didn't see her again until the day Of her
arrest, when he called ct the Third Street
House to get his money back and was there
when the officers came, which subjected
him to an arrest as we'll. An examination
however, gave him an honorable discharge,
and he went his way . wiser man for enc
Of his 70 ars. Being an innocent victim Of
. sharp woman, We withhold his name at
the request Of the firm with which he 10
connected. She has employed good coun
eel for her examination on Monday. When
il Was ascsrtainsd tha. $40 could not be
raised to pay for going after the men, .
three cent stamp was borrowed, and the
woman wrote to the men, that "zimss had
ehsngsd, she was sick, and they must
come 70 Davenport"
Az she is so very ''simpls minded end
green in the business" thsre:nay be those
wise enough 10 expect that they will come
right along, Of course they will-evsry body
will expses them on the next beat sure
SYcAxoaE DAN The Rcck Island Uaion
Of this moraiug informs % that work in
the Sycamore Chain Golfer dam 10 progrss.
sing rapidly, the weather enabling the
msnsgsrs to "push things" 70 the utmoat
Il had originally been intended to place
eight hundred men at work, but il was
found that 90 many could not labor TO ad-
vantage. The force new consists sf nearly
Eve hundred picked men, ef when any are
engaged in drilling for blasting. The
rock taken out averages three hsndrsd
yards per day, and it 10 estimated that by
the first Of February from eight to ten
thousand yards ,,sf rock will have been
removed. Should the weather continue
favorable she work will bs completed, with
the exception Of taking up the dam, By
February Goth, and oil that will then remain
to be done will be = small apet just bslsw
the pump, which will bs removed By tie
ehisel beats.
MEsrIRo OF fHs AGRICULTURAL SoolsrY
DIsscre as.-Ths directors sf etc Scott
County Agricultural Society met this fore
a.