The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-01-05
Al PRETTY PAIR OF sWINDLERs.
How n Clergyman at Poughkeepsie
was Duped-Extensive Operations Of
n GentlemanIy Youug Wan and His
Fair Travelling Companion.
IT
(From the New York Times.)
PoUGHKEEPsIE, December 80, '69.

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PoUGHKEEPsIE, December 80, '69.
A lady, who gave her name as Flor
ence n. Kelly, was brought to this city
city at two O'Clock this morning from
Cooperstown, Otsego county, where she
was arrested by Officer Shields, Of
Poughkeepsie, charged with swindling
an Episcopal clergyman, also of Pough-
keepsie, out of S25. 1t is fair to pre-.
sumo, from the facts given below, that
this lady has been carrying on a system
Of like swindling for some time, and
has been aided materially by a
male companion. She and her
friend came here some time
ago, and going to the Epis'
copal clergyman in question,
represented themselves to be chill
dren of the Bishop Of Newfoundland.
Their story, as related by them, was a
very plausible one, and they were in
vited into tho family circle, where a
really pleasant evening was spent in
conversation about Quebec, Newfound
land, Bishop Kelly, Bishop Potter, and
the guests of the reverend gentleman
retired. The next morning after break
fast, through alleged false misrepressn
tations, the guests managed to obtain
S25 from their host, promising to pay it
by check from the Newfoundland Blsh-
op; they then departed. A day or two
after the reverend gentleman read the
following in the New York Church Jour
nal:
MEssRs. EDITORS: Will you kindly
allow me to trespass on your columns SO
far as to warn my brethren in the Uni
ted States against two impositors, who
represent themselves as the son and
daughter, at one time, of the Bishop of
Newfoundland, at another, OF myself. l
fear, from personal observation that has
reached ne from Canada, as well as
from the United States, that they have
found their swindling career sufficiently
profitable to be encouraging. Any one
to whom they may apply will do the
Bishop of Newfoundland and myself
kindness, as well as put stop to q
course of imposition, if he will at once
hand them over to the police.
The following description has been
given to me by q clergyman to whose
sympathy they appealed, happily with
out success: The young man is tall, of
light hair and complexion, and very
gentlemanly in his manners. The yeung
woman is of medium size, black eyes, of
dark complexion, and very agreeable in
conversation. They both have the ao-
cent of Britons. With many apologies
for venturing to ask for the insertion
of this letter, which may be the means
of putting the unwary on their guard,
am sirs, your obedient servant,
j. B. Kelly,
Coadjutor Bishop of Newfoundland.
ST. JoHN's, n. F., December 6, 1869.
This letter led to the arrest as stated.
Officer Shields would have also succeed
ed in arresting the man had not conni-
wing constable of Cooperstown inter.
fered. The woman was taken before
Recorder Taylor this morning, showing
great agitation and weakness. She
stated that she had neither counsel nor
money, and was sent back to Jail for
further action. Supposing she was ill,
the Jail physician was summoned, who
pronounced her to be laboring under
an attack of hysteria. She. fully -an-
swers the description in Bishop Kelly's
letter, and is rather 'prepossessing in
appearance. In the Court room she
was attired in plain al paca dress,
black velvet cloak, and jockey, and had
her face concealed bya blue vail. A
further hearing in her case is expected