Middletown transcript., 1877-08-04
wssiIng for Her FOrtuns.

4 sSy5 a51ihoe . JONAG "S'
. they accused Of obtaining large sum
. Of money from them under the pretens
: that she was wealthy heiress:
/ Perhaps / may as well jot down her
brief sketch Of Mrs. Hansen's opera
/ tions. About a year ago, when every
: body was going to the Centennial, Mn
Hansen made the acquaintance o
t Horace Farrier and Samuel Garretson
both men of some note in Jersey City
She was young and good looking, anC
her conversation would charm the hear
of a wheeIbarrow, SO to speak. Sh'
hailed from Philadelphia, where sh'
had pleasant home, and she brought
letters of introduction to Farrier ant
Garretson from Philadelphians whom
they knew. The letter were an "oper
sesame" to the worthy Jerseymen and
their families, and the interest in Mrs
Hansen knew no bounds when she con
fdentially made known the fact that
she was a niece of Archbishop Wolf
lately deceased, of Frieburg. Germa-
ny; that the archbishop had left her .
fortune of s5OO,0OO; that the money
was in the hands Of Cardinal MeClos-
key in New York, and that she had
come on to settle up through lawyer
and get her half million from the car
dinal. Nothing in the house of either
gentleman was too good for Mrs. Han
sen. She was welcomed and entertain
ed and taken out riding, and in va
rious other ways did her enraptured
hosts manifest their regard and afec-
ton for the pretty young woman
who was just about to become the pcs
sessor Of half million of money.
Every now and then she had some new
disclosure to make about the fortune,
and occasionally it was necessary that
she should get some money to pay law
yers and others who we're acting for
her. OF course she got the money.
Farrier advanced one sum after anoth-
er till the total got into the thousands.
Garretson did likewise. The charming
woman would surely pay it all back,
with interest, when she became a half
million heiress. In the meantime her
very kind friends must stop at her
house when they visited the Centennial.
They did. She made everything pleas
ant for them. With their own money
she entertained them finely. They had
lots Of wine to drink, and nice carriages
to ride in, and their families were made
happy by several handsome presents.
How fortunate they all were to know
so charming woman as Mrs. Hansen !
A princess true princess most
noble princess, was this beautiful niece
Of his grace, the archbishop Of Frei-
burg, who had bequeathed her $780,
600. But the time kept humming
along, and there we're no signs of Car
dinal McCloskey handing oyer the
money. The Jerseymen had seen the
Centennial show over and over and re-
turned to their homes.
By-and-bye they began to get some
hints from Philadelphia that Mrs. Ham
sen had been playing a game on them.
Insinuations came that she wasn't an
heiress at all, but an adventures. She
came along herself to make another
strike, and when one of them suggest
ed that things didn't look quite right
she made everything lovely by banding
over some sealed envelopes, full of pa
pers, and addressed to the cardinal.
They we're her proof Of claims, she
said, and she would leave them as Sc
curity. When the envelopes were
opened some time afterward the papers
were found to be blank. Gradually
were the suspicious of Mr.. Farrier and
Mr.. Garretson aroused till finally came
the conviction that they had been very
badly duped. Cardinal MeCloskey
was communicated with, and he gave
thevery unsatisfactory information that
he had never heard of Mrs. Hansen,
knew nothing at all about her, and was
not in possession of half a million or
any other sum bequeathed by the arch
bishop of Freiburg. Then Mrs. Han
sen was arrested for obtaining money
under false pretenses. 1t was soon
discovered that she had been in the
same line of business before, but so
adroltly did she manage 1t that when |
her trial came she was acquitted. A
very clever woman, indeed, was Mrs.
Hansen. When she was called up for
trial the other day, under the COM
plant Of Mr.. Farrier, she looked a
sweet and touching picture of injured |
The trial lasted three days
and Mrs. Hansen was acquitted. The
spectators began to applaud, but that
was stopped by the court. Three days
later she appeared again to defend her
self against the accusations of Garrett
son. This trial lasted but one day and
just as the other did. mot
guilty." said the jury. Cardinal MG-
had been asked to attend as a
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