The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-06
A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
TIE CONFIDENCE OPERATIONS OK
MRS. NANCY Nc. GLEN
The Heroine Of n Six Years Murder Trial -
nj Her Old Tricks AHain-Another Trial .
that May Lead 20 important Results.

From me Cincinnati Enquirer.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov q, 1S76-A
special telegram related how Nancy Glenn was
again coming to the surface az defendant In q
civil sui, brought by parties who allege a con.
spiracy between her, her husband and Deioss
Root. for the purpose Of carving on a SYSTEM
attic game Of buuko or deadfall. The announce
ment will SOUND like the toling OF n familiar old
tell IN the ears OF mlny citizen 81 Indiana.
The principal figure IN this transaction was
the heroine Of murder trial which lasted six
years. ate no an enormous sum In IT'S proseCu-
ton. exhausted the energies Of the State, the
LAWYERS, the editor. the printer. and the Lord
only knows how many more. The ordinary rules
Of couri had 20 more effect over Nancy Clom
than water over chronic topper. Now she would
prove an alibi, and now she wouldn't. Now we
had the jury, and now we didn't. But on went
Nancy lust tho same. a hard. flnty schemeT Of
am zing grit and resources, apparently undis-
turDeh by the situation, never rel king the
nounced, and all the time Of her I'm
prisonment she kept or with her broker.
AGENTS. Hnd now invegling her legal sentinels
more Remarkable and bafne woman on q
ory Of this communitv Fear was a sens tion
she perhaps never felt In her life. Money she
could command ia unlimited quantities Nancy
was so1ourner Tor six wears behind the bars
here, in the southern penitentiary. and in thu
county jail OF Boone. As a last move, change
Boone, and there the prosecutor person
known to fame az VIM II. Wallis nolied the
suit, and Nancy was declared free.
She returned. and at once went into full fell
lowshlp with her husband, Frank, ana her son,
Albert, at the old corner grocery Massachu-
sets avenue. and there she did not exactly as.
sumo the brokerage BUSINESS she simply con-
tinucd 1t, lust az she did wnile ~ IAN, though
under rather more favorable circumstances,
For mont his nothing was heard Of her In public,
linen In April, 1876 the newspapers contained
down In Boone county, in which Mrs. Glenn
and her former beneiactor, walls, were
jointly implicated. Attempts we're made
to fathom the matter, hut without sue
cess, and tho pubic could only console
itself with the observation: AT her old troks
again" In some way the affair mad been hushed
up, but II may be rs well 10 saw In this conneo.
ton that her former good friend, Walls, the
prosecutor, was known to have been engaged
with her later In some Kind of compound inter.
est business. and that two indictments for per-
jury are now on the docket OF the Supreme
Court-Nos. 5,1ll and 5,1l2-against MIN. After
thus coming to the surface for "A few uns itistac-
tory moments. Nancy az ain retired to the shsues
OF private life
Ever since her release from jail she has beer
drawing victim after victim into her old bunko.
net. As well call Things by their proper names
and be done with them. The most unsorupu.
lous confidence operator In the land is no wo ~
than Mrs. Nancy F.. Glen. Her method Is sim.
rle, plausible, and so far has been suhstabtilIlJ
without reuress. She works indlscrim iDateIy on
nervous. keen, little women who have toileu foi
their hard earnings. and on big-buned. share men
OF business, whom ordinary traps would never
entice Just put her down marvel. Bad, bold,
unprincipled and vlndctive. but for that au
ndroit. dangerous, fearless creature. Her plan
is much the same in general outline. only varied
TO suit the needs and temper aud purse OF ths
victim. II Won have ten thousand she will
figure as near that as she can safely, and II your
pile Is ONLY half as big she accomm odates YOU,
Sne Is very accommodating that way. For in.
stance, she rented a part Of her up stairs OUR.
This good woman believed after due t,ns,
yldGal, and had suffered outrag. ousi,
for nothing. Mrs. Clem wss 40 thoughtful and
grateful. too. II Mrs. Barnes b id any money sue
wanted TO invest on short time, Nancy would
guarantee her 90 per cent, or sometimes 100. and
she WIS so prompt ia returning the principal
with the mammoth interest attached. Sddden-
IL there was a change In tactics. Nancy having
first cured the widows mite OF 1900, talked
VI how hard " was 10 get money now, and all
notes we're being renewed. sne would get 1t IN
time, though. never fear. And the time gde5
by, so the old soug goes, waie the widow Is in
distress.
Then there was Mr.. H. W. Cook, OF thu
world -atl rye, exten sive traveller, sharp man Of
affairs. familiar witn adventures lie suo-rented
of Mrs. Barnes. lie possessed $500. lie liked
the business OF getting $1,000 for one months
use Of $500, and lac kept on at 1t till he had to
scratch around for money enough to buy suit
Again. there is Miss Lena Miller, brisk. Ia.
deueudent woman. who came from Danyille.
about three YEATS ago. and pfosp, red SO famous.
~ az keenlng boalders thlt IN short time she
bad bank account $1,000 strong. Nancy gJt
eral thousand worse on than notninq~alI in
the space OF few months. Finally, tha, is, 80
nom south OF tuwn. with a nice story To tell.
lie never wonld loAu the glited Nancy
N'ut NiillbuA SUING eiuDI-tlltnl. One udS no
: ut hi sOn-in-law To thu tigrCss with IA lot OF
notes which Nancy wanted to * mime and set
tie, aud Nancy, al tho proper time reached for
tue notes and cleared them on ly rSmming
thcm IN her pocket and Kingston, ~ 10 Tins
time, took no action IN tho premises, for tho
sole reason that he mated to have his name ap-
pear in any public connection with hers, aud
Preferred To let the thelt and moneJ 20.
Nancy viii Law traps fJr each victim to cfim-
mat hiris II or herself uy taxi = some personal
part IN Getting IA, or Ter money h.ck, which
" III GIVE her sume kind OF hold ON the dupe 50
that sh' ny then charge WhO" II may hs
win BEN pat ana parcel OF the bus mess arm.
\ hls prosecution viii DC .tned. The ui i will
devel 10 Il most complicated and startling com.
mahd ot y icnl n Is aud einiss.Iies u carry her
schemes lutl NOT
II require due aud patience 10 work up the
plui sItrts- fIlh, lut IL has teen well done ~
tue pfusec utlon. Nance Is la the tolls. and VIII
J. ave ter hams lull TINS time To wrig1le ont
MAJ G'rdoa. her Old lawyer and Gen Ben
Iinrfis'n arc retained .gaiNst her, ana ID. W
NourneGs and li.nut ku,f r are Tor The de.
fence. ihe whole affair VIII he watched with
piea' HESS interest by a community which never
has Lost hope that fortune would In some man.
her SNOW way to reopen the criminal indiCt.
iutht against Nancy Ccm Tor the murder vi
ioOeft lOuu2 and his wife,
End Ola Family OF Brignnd. In Kansas.
ttoi. ne Boston Hf.liL