The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-18

| n CONFIDENCE WoMAN.-For some year.
past woman passing under different names.
those most used being Warren aud Patterson.
has operated in various towns and cities of
New England, in a line of dishonest opera
tions that have astonished the public, and es.
pecially those who have suffered from her
tricks. Last winter she created sensation
in Boston and Providence; but not content
with the bold and unscrupulous operations
that characterized her in New England, she
has, after few months OF comparatively re-
tired lie, emerged into notice again in New
York, and carried out her usual programme
with even greater assurance than before, and
with almost incredible success; and, as usual.
alter suspicion has been aroused, has myste-
riously disappeared, probably to turn up in
her old character in some other place. At
Gotham, her business was carried on, on
scale that throws her previous exploits into
the shade. From a New York paper we learn
that, having by some means made the DC
quaintance of Miss ThnrstOn, a relative of
hev. MIR. Pierce, president of Rutg.rs female
college. and herself teacher in t lat institute,
she visited with that lady the establishment
W 0haudur bcuiOVtSt, ANU SetCleu wearing
apparel 10 the amount OF over one thousand
dollars, which, by the way, she stool in heed
OF, DIS the clothes which she wore were bor-
rowed OF Miss Thurston tn replace a very
shabby set OF garments. She was constantly
expecting to receive trlflng sum OF a million
and halt OF dollars which had been left her
by some my thical individual. In her visits TO
Madame Demorests. she made the ac ,uain
tance of tn" tore woman, and not only obtain
hoard hnr h.,th hArrn uy,I
OF her and her fellow boarders. She negotia-
ted Tor the purchase OF tine house on ThiItys
| NTH street, as well as some valuable property
| on Staten Island.
She also obtained the confidence of Dr. Cobb.
Harlem Schoolmasi er. through her relations
| With the people at Rutgers female college, and
so successfully did she play her game with
| this over-confdne victim, that not only did
| she break up his school ard succeed in hor-
rowing money OF him, but she persuaded bim
that she bad bought the house in Thirty-fif.h
street Tor his occupancy. His establishment
at Harlem was altogether too modest for her
| mythical son, and she expected him to re-
move to this giander residence, which it was
her intention to convey TO him as a Tree gift
when he should have developed his ability to
manage the education of the yet TO be-prO-
duced youth. She also Obtained furniture,
which. as il has disappeared, it is supposed
she sold. A livery stable keeper was also vic
tlmlzed to large extent Suspicion being at
last awakened, she was watched one afler-
noon as she vent down town to 'obtain some
money from ber bankers" and was seen to
enter banking house in Wall street. After
waiting for her exit until he was tired, the
"spolter" ventured in, and found to his dis
| gust that she had left by side door, and her
anxiocs friends have as yet failed TO discover
her whereabouts. The sole property which
| she lett behind in her flight consisted OF an old
faded dress, an empty hair restorative bottle
and Worn-out wallet, empty, with the ex-
ception ofa diagram of the real estate on
Staten Island, the purchase OF which 1t is