The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-07-20
An Accomplished Confidence Woman.

| The latest exploit OF one OF this class
was the talk of the town yesterday, and
we might say almost every body were
comparing notes to learn the extent of
| her trickery.
Something over a year since, there
came to Omaha young lady Of good
! address, calling herself Carrie A.
Coates, claiming to have been school
teacher in Chicago, and giving as her
reasons for coming here that teachers
were paid higher W, ges than sic had
! heretofore received. She secured po-
sition in the South Omaha School, and
became prominent member of our So
cial circles. She joined the Eighteenth
Street NJ. E. Church, in the course of
time,as teacher in the Sunday-school,
and by her enthusiasm and apparent
attention TO her duties, she became a
general favorite with all with whom she
came into contact. In all the pastimes
and entertainments of the young pee
pie she was one of the foremost leaders,
and she soon obtained the 'open
sesame" of the best society. That she
improved the opportunities thus offered
will be shown hereafter.
Soon after she gained the entree of
every household, petty thefts began to
appear, and although she was suspect
ed, she always managed to cov-
er up her tracks SO skillfully as to
prevent any charges being sustained
against her.. Prominent among her
victims have been Mrs. K. D. Hills, and
several ladies and gentlemen who live
there. Mrs. II. has frequently missed
small sums of money, and whenever
she mentioned the fact to Miss Coates,
the latter almost generally found some
one to whom she could direct suspicion.
Among the young people she was init
mate with, it is known she committed
sad havoc and preyed upon their purses
and other things to a great extent, but
just how much will probably remain
untold, owing to the modification felt
at being duped by her.
At the close of the last term of school,
she announced her intention of soon
going to California, and began prepar-
ations for that step. The first move was
to get her trunks and goods to Council
Bluffs, where she was to ''visit friend"
for a few days This she accomplished
on Friday of last week, and in one of
the trunks she placed velvet cloak,
valued at S15, that she had stolen from
the family of Sheriff Burley, where she
had resided. This led to the denoue-
ment. Sheriff Burley went across the
river on Monday and found the cloak
where it had been packed. Her excuse
was that it must have got there by mis-
take. She would have then been ar
rested but for the hard pleading of her.
self and others, and as it was certain
she was about to leave the city, she was
let 90 unpunished, the full extent of her
confidence game not being then known.
And so she went.
Yesterday the thing came out, and
with it her history previous to her COM
ing to Omaha. She was known to u
few officers of the law for a long time,
and they state she was a confidence
woman of the worst kind, but that they
had allowed her to remain unexposed |
in the hope that she was trying 20 lead
a better life. Among other things was
that she had been visited by an officer
from Milwaukee short time after COM
ing here and compelled to refund to
parties she had victimized there, which !
she did with bad grace. Those who
have known her say her history would !
be one of the "richest' things that
could be published.
She ran up large bills for dry goods, !
ETC., in many of our stores, and even
obtained money on some silverware she |
claimed to have in COEncil Bluffs, and !
which she was to send over as soon as |
she arrived there. The silverware, of |
course, was a myth.
Yesterday she was telegraphed for
all over the country, but no tidings of |
herself or baggage could be obtained.
1t is likely, however, that she has gone |
to California, where she will continue |
her nefarious games Omaha Herald. |
Red Tape by the FurlOng.
A traveller on a Pullman car, who had |
his place all engaged for a long trip |
and his ticket in his pocket, found when |
the train started that, as has happened |
in other localities before, the same |
place that belonged to him had been
sold to another party. As there was
only room for one any way the two |
could not compromise by joint occupa-
ton, and it was not far West enough |
for duel, so the conductor at last con-
sented to change one of the travellers to !
a less comfortable berth and allow him
one dollar for the discomforts of the |
broken bargain. He did not, however,
pay over the money, but gave his GER
titicate for a refunded fare" of one
dollar. That certificate the conductor
had to fill out (his time was worth some
thing). 1t had to be sent to the Chi
cago Office postage three cents). At
that Office the voucher was made out
and examined. 1t gives the whole
history of the dollar transactiOn-the
car, the berth, the date, the route, and
the cause of refunding. Then the
General Ticket Agent" examined and
found it correct, signed it, and put the
official p. p. G. stamp on it. Then the
General Superintendent" looked it
over and also signed it. Thence it
passed to the Secretary" who stamp
ed it and signed it in initial, and then
the ''Cashier" stamped it and signed it
in full. Then the voucher was enclosed
in letter signed by the Secretary and
written by clerk, and with the voucher
NdS oCuC tuo COIi bdu1 CutCh vi
Drexel, Morgan & Co., for the dollar,
signed by two of the company's officers.
This check of course had a two-cent
revenue stamp, and there was also a
request to return the voucher (at a cost
of three cents more) .-HGrJ0rd
COlETnsst. 81 s..~t-- --t
Sentenced to 124 Years. Imprisonment.
The Supreme Court has Just passed
an original sentenced. Two employees
of the Post-office, in the money order
department, Manuel Carvallo and Jsse
E. Guzman, robbed the Office of S24,-
1880. At an early stage of the case
Guzman escaped, but was subsequently
discovered in an obscure part of the
town in a state of semi-intoxication,
and was imprisoned for two months.
Carvallo was not so fortunate, and the
sentence of the Supreme Court on him,
Just delivered, amounts to the trifle OF
124 years! This surprising result is
due to the fact that the robbery was ef-
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