The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-15
The Letters that were Found In the Possess
.iop Of a Cc nHdcncc w nmnn.


Mrs. Rcbccca {. Jones, the confidence woman,
whose exploits ard suddtn death in williamsburgh
d 'e been detailed IN TIN Sun, vas buried ye-tor
las % the TauYtss bur, I'M ground. Il., man VINO
''lnd at the Uutertakcr's on Thuradlv ard repre-
s"uiel himself TO bc h"r husband, has not since
cen forthcoming. lie then said that he ould call
again during the even. .ng ami woulJ be at tic it-
quest, but he has broken both promises. Waen
asked whether he Hoall suT,r his wic 30 be buried
Ike hegear, al tie puba'- expense, ho re-
facI: No; she has properly enough to pay all eK-
pc ses, and to settle all bills against lor" All
oCorl- ON the part Of the Coroner anl the sUS re-
par,cis Lave ai'cd TO discover the ", ercanou. or
tho m.-..ng lrsrlud. What his motives are for lb-
scntlrG himself cln only he conicctursi.
rHE INeuEsr
wos held by Coroner Whitohll YES .erday afterro n
Only testimony strictly relating to the cause Of
death was taLcn. Tlr jury found that " the woman
died Of rupture Of the loft auricle OF the heart"
Sixteen years ago Mrg. Jones made her appo7r.
an"c at the ohce OF Henry 5. Taylor, who did bus
ness rs lawyer and real estate agent at = Cedar
street. he procssed to be wealthy and desir us
purchasing real estate In the Southern States That
81 had some wealth is certain, as after con.iIera
able preliminary correspondence, sic bought ana
feid for, through Mr.. Taylor $4,000 worth OF
LAND IN KENTUCKY.
her Until about the 1t Of MAY, lsG1 when Sue reap
pearcl in New York. Where AID how sle spent
tie u erysl of thirteen years we DO not krow On
her airiy.! IN this city, IN the srrirs Of i>a Size
took a room in Stanton "tgtet, tui soon cur the
house, leaving On old Garnet bag anl an u7pad
board hil. while riding IN IN i'rhi1 venue c'r
one daT she net hr. James =, DtN,a. SIX dea.cr
II ~ pusne street, with v ON So huI done some
business on her frst yisit 10 New York, aud thir.
teen years before Ito dd Mt rcCoruize her. bat
I L.
ng IN Kentucky and other southern states, Gnd bad
also Teen to furorc; she h'd grown imucnsell
quantity Of superior whi-kev. Shc wa- on her way
to see Commodore Wander r,t, 10 rent TIE on, Of
the Hudson River Rahro1d dtlo Ia UndsCp street,
in which tJ store
TWENTY THOUSAND BARRELS or wHisEEY
She actually dill call the Commodore, hu' did
rot strike bargain WIN I'M; 4 leT !.y' "ter
bu mess, and repeated her visits At brief intervals,
On these occasions she INDUCED In her iNoiie pas
was the owner, size said of over s,A0 acte, o. land
in Kentucky, aud as much more III 'rslnil ani Al
ataEa.
SIR MORTON PEro
had orcrea her seven millions OF dollars for single
estate In K6utucky, sum which ste considered
f.r below ~, worth ofthe Vrouerty ami she htl re-
fused the orer. one II her creations w7s the PIE.
ten ed rurc a,a OF large warehouse in the lowor
Eoi. OF ihe ci,y in which size proposed 20 store
some q her prce9u. metal n waich her Sou bern
coil, a million tons Of which she had rrcs, llel tu
the sou lhorp Coniedergcy during the war.
NIt. J"pes seems - have had weakness beside
lying, which was a lihmg for good looking young
men In ihe store Of Mr. Davis was employed
young man toward whom she WAS myorah,y in.
clincd. Not only did She bestoW upon him hel
warm regords but enriched i'm with enormous
wealtl-m promises. He was 10 be the re,igen. OF
VAST SUNS oV MONEY,
30 so n as she coud realize from the sale Of lands.
Meanume sne persuaded him 10 A. up store In
expensive style, TO be stocked with goods which
she herself Was 20 pay for. The promises were
rcnte from Mr Davis who IL the loser OF
81 OOD through Mrs. JOness operations. Neither
lie nor The young man suspected that she was not
woman oil wealth, aud the latter gave up all other
busnefs and devoted Ms whole time 10 lding
up his store and selecting goods TO stock ii.
MOulLs passed away anl yet no money di he
get from Mrs. Jones. She was repeatedly disap-
pointed financially, eHpectel remlttanc6s did
not come TO hand, etc. Meantime she.
BORROWED MONEY REPEATEDLY
from Ter Young prot6ge, until her Indebtedness to
ti!n reached 900 Tie loss OF that amount Of
money added 10 his loss Of tine, IMPOVERISHED him
At last both re and Mr. Davis lost confidence In Mrs
Jones snd she cut their acquaintance aud retired to
Wnidmsbuish.
That Mrs. Jones really did odT and cell whis.
key to small extent u true. Eer le'
climate dea.inss IN this line were through
j. ~ Haywsrd 4 Co., dlsIllers, OF Chrystie and
Delaney streets Her custom was to take out sam.
ples and sell to small dealers. But her largest
transactions In whisksy we're purely imaginative
on one occasion she called on James Fisk, Jr and
opened negotiations looking 10 tue exchange OF
1900 barrels OF whiskey FOR
ERIE RAILROAD STOCK.
Mrs. J0nas " furnish 80 large an auo"nt VI whis