Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-23
An Adventures EXPOSED.

| One Of The most celebrated advcnturesses in
the Country, known as Mrs. Anna Wailingford.
alias Tiffany, alias Collier, vas exposed in Cam
| den, n. D.. last Tuesday, before Justice Casa
| iy. She had charged George L. Betkert,
prominent, wealthy and fashionable boot and
shoe dealer of Philadelphia with having stolen
81, 900 bill from her at Cape May Oh the li.i
| of the present month 1t seems that the woman
| made BalkerL's acquaintance last fall and since
about The first Of the year tie two have beeu
| living together, or rather boarding ct the same
house the man DESERVING his family Tor tie
purpose OF following her up. Since he has KEEP!
her company he has become ruined financially,
aud IT," female has 1ltentimes paid their Eota!
bills About 4 week ago, through the pcfsus
sion Of his brother and members Of his iamliy,
| Bcrkert attempted to lid himself Of MIS- Wa
| liogtord, and there was some trouble They
made up and proceeded 10 Cape May, stopping
at Congress Hail. Ga the afternoon OF the
l4th she alleges that Barkert abstractad
! 81 900 bill from her pocket-book, sud shc
| therefore caused his arrest. The woman was pu;
| upon the stand, and stood 4 three hours cross
examination, wherein sha showed most wop
| derful memory, forgetting where it was coGv..
nient and remembering at points which Ti;rs
atterWard turned against her. At the coz. ausi5n
Hon. Alden G. Sco7el. who reprt,entsd Ir
Berkert, made an address in favor Of his citeut
when We read extracts from all The pripcip.i
Western papers, whi3h showed the :yten. a
Ter operations in the West. The woman org;
nally'caale from Dalton, Georgia, and her mad
ca name is believed to have been Anaa Ular-
dine Whltemore. She figured extensively IL
Kansas, especially at A!chison and IIeavsr
,,J,o Fl, -
licr. 1t is believed tba: gle was aarriet! sacrs.
Iy to Lieut. Tiffany, 4 SON OF Rev. ID. Tit;.ur.
Of The METROPOLITAN Methodist Church, ot
Washington, d. e.. in st. Louis. She, W., D.,
married to Lieut. d. W. WaiIinel,rl, IL IT,.
regular army, who was dismissed l73nA the SCI
vice fer conduct unbccomiug ~ ctii Ger in III,
summing up, Mr.. Sc3rcl SAID there was scarcely
a ho:cl proprietor 10 The Yves: who iia,! %. .
good lat bill against her, W%:ch he kept - :,
remem 6rancc, anu On oLc cccasiou, shea si!r
pretended to have lost soln2 baggage aol lDa,i.,
claim against the PUt,burs. Cucina:ti AZ.
St. Louis Railway FIR damages Ia lha a,44! y:
So 900, hotel proprietor vas tGlegiap!rI L.
at Columbus to kaow il sI. had taxi hrr 3;l
gage from his place. H.. ;r!cgraphc,! back +.
TO the haggagcmas,c7 ''shc removed hGr bl..
gage. Don't psy her one cent. She Is . p:a
tesslonal dead beat aud tIaesmai,cr. ask "a
nave evidence enough 10 send her - ----.
Probably ono OF Mrs. Waliingf)rd'5 MOS. anu.
ing eEcapades WAS with tho late Democratic ceEd
date for the Presidency, Hon. Samuel j. Fildnm.
at Cape May, in 1917. Mrs. W.ling.o.A VA
there, and was spoken 81 Us GHsh:ag 49,
handsome young VI idow. She wore an at."a"-
tive bathing suit. with knee brooches md s;lir
Cd stockings. Her form were we'll dspisy g.:
and excited considerable admiration amouy IL
gentlemen, among whom WAS the bachelor l,n
ddate for President The widow lost 10 o,;p:
tunity to ingrstiste hers ,lf with G1rernu. IL
den. and, it is believed. WAS TIA recipient s.,
numerous favors at his hands. cau>ag conjler.
able talk. She also has u Claim for SS.1 90
against the Government. now pending in IT,
Court of Claims, Tor property said to have h3cu
destroyed at Dalton, Ga during the wir. which,
she says belonged to ho:. 10 back up thi; az.
letters from General ;jteadmsn ana othr's
which are genuine, bat 81 to how sha ohts,reI
possession Of them is another mStt5r. ate.
hearing the testimony in tho mater ,!rstrce Ca
sadly dismissed the case. The evidence, whlat.
has been obtained i)r the purpo:e Of the expos
WAS furnished by Pinkerton'5 agency here. NJ
Benz. Franklin manying thu affair. Mrs Wall
inglordC Collier Tiffany is about 70 or t1years O.
sge & dem. blond with b!uo eyes, line gula
and q glib tongue, with truly Southern so-
cent. While agreeable in her manners, sho
apes retirement, and. being ill;tarate, e5p0:3s
her true chsractnr-N y V,Gc.