Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-17
KEEPERS COLUMN.
&c CulIurist in Warm Quarters.

ence to the arres OF Mrs. Ellen S. Tup-
per from the Carol county Mirror of
Illinois, which will be read with in
terest by all bee keepers:
MONTICELLO, Iowa, 1876.
Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper, long resi-
dent of Des Moines, Iowa, has recent
ly been arrested for the alleged crime
of forgery. Heretofore she has borne
an unblemished character. She with
her husband came to this State about
twenty years ago with $1,000, with
which they went into business, and
finally failed, when from that time to
the present they have been carrying
on an extensive bee trade. Her hus-
band being, during most of the time,
unable to secure any labor; threw up
on her the burden of providing for the
family, which she did with wonderful
success. She is a woman of high cul-
ture and refinement, and is known
all over the States as the "head GEN.
teri of this business. Her articles
have been scattered abroad and are
the standard authority. The Chicago
Bee Journal has been edited by her
number of years; she is comparatively
well off; and it is difficult to conceive
what her motives were in committing
such crime as this. During the
Farmers Institute two weeks ago,
she interested her large audience with
the subject of her life work, and
though she attracted mu ch attention,
yet she won the esteem of all present.
The facts are about as follows:
On the 18th of last month, Mrs. Tup-
per, on her way to Delaware County,
stopped over one night in Monticello.
The following morning she negotiated
notes at the Monticello Bank to the
amount of $500. Some four or five
days later she returned, and before
leaving she negotiated other notes at
the same bank, bearing the like en-
dorsement of Platt Smith and John
Hodgdon, capitalists of Dubuque. To-
tai amount of notes negotiated, ,774;
for which the bank paid $1,000. On
Friday last it was discovered that the
notes were forgeries, and steps were
Immediately taken for her arrest.
Sheriff Babcock with Cyrus Langwor-
thy, cashier of the bank here, started
for State Center, where they found the
lady in the hands of the officers there.
Immediately after her arrest, she went
into violent spasms, becoming rigid
and helpless. DIR. Dixon, her family
physician, was Immediately TELEGRAPH
ed for, but being unable to leave home
sent his partner, DIR. Stone. Sheriff
Babcock having strong suspicious of
the genuineness of the woman's
spasms, determined to return with her
on Saturday morning to Monticello, if
possible; summoning council of ply
sicians, who decided that the lady
could be removed without risk of her
health. Every possible attention was
shown the unfortunate woman, her
own physician was allowed to accom-
pany ner, and on Monday morning she
arrived here. But before leaving
State Centre, she placed in the hands
of her daughter, Miss Kate Tupper
letter, which at the close she adds:
Enclosed you will find two notes.
The circumstances under which I OBJ
tanned them | must keep secret even
from you. l promise not to use them
unless driven to it by dire necessity,
and I desire you also not to use them
unless absolute necessity to save your
mothers good name."
DEs MONIES, Dec. 1st, 1875.
Thirty days after date promise to
pay Mrs. Ellen S. Tupper or bearer,
the sum of One Thousand Dollars, with
interest at ten per cent. per annum.
his
JESUS x CHRIST.
mark
The other note was $500 at 60 days,
and signed as above. This, indeed, is
strange circumstance. Since her ar
rival here we have learned of num-
Der of notes she has forged, among
which are the names of Hon. James
Harlan and Mr.. Burroughs, of Des
Moines to the amount of $4,000. These
she confessed, and as she paid the en-
tire amount no criminal proceeding
was commenced against her. Two
weeks ago she obtained from the Far
mer's Loan and Trust Co., at Vinton,
$1,000 on note bearing the forged
signature of Messrs. Hodgdon and
Smith, of Dubuque, depositing, as
collaterals two notes of $S56, and
signed by her three brothers. 1t is
not known whether these are forgeries
VI llOts 6LOthOl w Woo oCPOo-
tied at the same time, signed by Mr..
Rockman of Vinton, and Mrs. Cald-
we'll of Council Bluffs. The note of
$1,000 was send to the National Bank of
Des Moines for collection, but failed to
ever reach Des Moines, having mys-
teriously disappeared from the mail
between Vinton and Des Moines, and
the note of 1854 has since come to
light in Washington county. She
has not had any examination yet, so
many sympathiz!ng friends have sue
ceeded so far in keeping the stern arm
of the law from her. 1t is claimed by
many that she is insane, and yet we
think it strange freak of insanity.
What her defense will be we have not
yet learned. Milo P. Smith and Mon
roe & Herrick are employed as coun-
sci by the State; J. @. Wing for the
defendant. Where the money has
gone is yet mystery, and forms a
bad feature in the case. We would
regret, even, to see the guilty punish
ed, if they are not responsible, being
baraff IF raocnn