Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-04-22
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the money on them in other cities
The description of the operator
is interesting:
ga woman of medium size, dark
complexion, hair and Git is
thoOght) eyes, of doubtful age
anywhere from 80 to As, accord
ing to makeup. She is well
equipped with names and dresses.
She committed forgery in Selma,
Ala, and is wanted by the mar
shall of that village.-Memphis
Ledger.
What is the matter with the
strong minded temlnines? If we
may credit the statements of the
New York Times, no less than
three confidence women" have
been very successfully manipula-
ting the public in that city recent
ly. They have been obtaining
money, clothing, jeweIry and SO
on, of all whom they could impose
upon by their artless manners,
good looking faces, plausible nara
tlves. One of these women, a
Mrs Jones, died IN Williamsbureh
the other day; the two others
both denominate themselves Pat
terson-one them occasionally in
dulging in the alias of Smith, etc,
and the other in the alias of War
rem. All of these women conf, SIS
ed to having worn matrimonial
honors in their operations. They
protested to have, or be about to
have, immense wealth. From
brown stone dwellings in town,
down to costly country seats, lux
urious furniture and sumptuous
ralment, u woman never, by any
mischance, forgets that,) all were
among the "little weaknesses"
of these ladies' in the shape of
contemplated purchases. OF
course nobody could refuse to lend
"small change" to widows of such
fabulous opulence, and as the wild
oHs never hesitated to avail them
selves literally of the confidence
they inspired, the fair BoLemians
revelled in dainties until exposed,
and then incontinently disappear
ed.
"ConGdence" spectators are com.
mon enough among the male sex,
and we are prepared to meet them
at all times and all.places, Femi-
nine swindlers Of the same kind are
not novelties either. They may Of
tepbe encountered; but they rarely
carry out their schemes so adroit-
ly, and seldom erect those schemes
upon scale of magnitude so com
prehensive, if the newspaper &C
counts of these Bohemians have
not been tinted with too much of
the imaginative. What we set out
to indicate, though, as especially
worth notice ia the instances un-
der consideration, is the fact that
SO many of the same sex were
"taken in and dohe for by these
clever imposters. Even a circum-
spect businessman mag be de-
ceived by a lady with a winning
face, prepossessing address, an
eloquent tongue, a voice of sulfi-
cient pathos and an INSCRIPTIONS
nature; but women naturally re-
gard each other with less tender.
ness, and are not so apt to be de-
ceived by the glamour of affection. |
ate nonsense which so often over
comes men of sympathetic charac
ter in dealing with the opposite
sex. Hence the success of the |
BOhem'ennes in cajoling the la
dies surprises US; and had they
failed, after such q success in hum
bugging any number of gentlemen,
it would have surprised us still
more.
One woman as general rule,
,omprehends another woman intu-
lively. All the little articles
hat "pull the wool" over mems
eyes amount to nothing practical
", when employed to deceive the
gaze feminine. 1t is only when a
nan attempts the game of decep-
ion that woman frequently loses