The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-13
TWO FEMALE FRAUDS.

Rutland-Their Discovery and Arrest-A
Quick Job.
Merchants row was thrown into quito an
excitement Wednesday morning by the
operations of two females engaged in pass-
ing counterfeit money. When the nature
of their business was discovered, the infor-
nation flew through the street, and there
was q rapid and genera! overhauling Of
money drawers for specimens of the queer.
-Four stores proved TO have been victimized,
and clerks and proprietors dashed forth
into the street searching for an officer and
the fraud who had taken them in. Their
search proved successful, and both women
were unprecedented.
The history of their visit TO Rutland Is
as follows On Tuesday evening two
women, one apparently about forty years
of age, plain and plainly dressed, tho other
dsshing brunette, sporting a good deal of
style, wearing black silk dress, fur
trimmed cloak, jockey hat and feather. and
profusion of long raven curls, toak the
train at Whitehall, came to Rutland, and
registered ut the Bardwell house as Mrs
and Miss Jackson. In the morning they
paid their bill, in good money, and left the
hotel before breakfast. Going to the depot
restaurant they appcased their appetite on
substantial beefstesks, for which thcy also
paid legal currency, and then separated for
the business of the day.
THE BRILLIANT BRUNETTE.
The younger woman, No. 2 we shall
designate her for want Of a name, called at
the grocery of W. B. Mussoy t. Son, pur-
chased of the clerk, J. A. Edison, cake of
maple sugar, worth eighty cents, gave q
five dollar bill in payment, and received
four dollars and twenty cents in change.
She then went to Charles u. Ross dry
goods store, purchased some hose for
eighty-seven cents, gave another five dollar
bill, and received her change.
AS she passed Mr.. Mussey's. on her re-
turn, some remark was made about her ap-
pearance, when Mr.. Ed,on, suspecting
that the bill might be bad, opened the
money drawer to examine it. There it
was, five dollar bill ON the Merchants
national bank of New Bedford, and there,
lying in the drawer, was the description
of the new counterfeit five dollar bill on
that bank, cut from Tuesdays GLOBE.
Thinking that the woman might have
passed tho bill inuocenlly, Mr.. Edison
started to look for her in the stores of
Merchants row and Center street. Being
unsuccessful, he returned to the store and
told the story TO Mr.. G. W. Mussey, who
had just come in. The latter had seen the
woman trading at Ross's, and on inquiry it
was found that she had passed similar
bill there. Being satisfied that she was a
professional, Officer Crawford was set on
her track
HER COMPANIONS GAME.
Meantime No. had not been idle, but
had purchased some ruching at George II.
Palmer's, and some bingham at G. b.
Wallis, giving counterfeit five dollar bills
on the same bank, in each place. Mr..
Vail, finding his bill to be bad, had started
Deputy Sheriff Millington on track of his
victimizer.
ARREST OF no 9.
About half-past nine the two officers met
and found female No. in front of VIII
Fishers saloon, and arrested her. MIR.
Vail coming up told them there must be
another woman, rs this was not the one
who had traded with him. Thereupon
Mr.. Millington proceeded in search of the
other female, and Mr.. Crawford took
charge OF the prisoner. $3.50 in bills and
some acrip was found on her person, all
good money. A thorough search failed to
discover any counterfeit.
She was then examined in States Attor-
ney Martin G. Everts' office, before j. ].
r. Randall, justice OF the peace, on the
charge OF passing counterfeit money. The
prisoner was identified by w. b. Mussey,
j. A. Edison and c. T.. Ross the bills she
passed were sworn 10, and ere evidently
counterfeit. She appeared perfectly at
homo in the court, refused 10 give any
name, (whereupon the states attorney chris
tened her "Jennie Rogers in order to
make out papers for her commitment) and
said she wished her case continued. The
case was continued till Wednesday next,
at nine o'clock in the morning and in de-
fault OF $1,000 bail tho prisoner was COM
mitted to jail, to pass the week in CON-
pany with Mistress Toohey, who was con-
siderably clustered at receiving go stylish
fellow boarder, and, woman like, began
by apologising for not having on her Sun
day clothes in honor OF the occasion. ~
SEARCH FOR no. i,
Mr.. Millingtsn found that the other
stranger had taken the train to return to
Whitehall, probably having discovered her
danger. He telegraphed along the road to
have her stopped. Thomas Campbell, con-
stable of Fairbaven, searched the car, ar
rested the woman aud returned TO Rutland