The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-26
MIR. BIBBITT FOOLED AGAIN.
Ellen y. Peck. imaginary aud Very Expeu-
sIxo henrch for Stolen Money.


Ellen L. Peck was charged before Justice
Bxby. in the Essex Market Police Court ycs-
tcrday with drfrauding BENJAMIN T. Rabbit.
the soap manufacturer. out Of $4,000. Mr..
Baibi,t testified that. in October last she intro
duced herself to him and asked for employment
for her daughter. which he declined to give.
She then told him that she was acquainted
with Mrs. Bcnl;with wife OF Charles r. Beck
with. the confidential clerk who is now in
state prison for robbng him Of over 100000.
She said that she was frequently employed by
the detectives in Brooklyn 10 assist them in
tracing criminals that she had taken Rrcat in
forest In the Brclwith case. and had facts in
her possession that would enable her TO recover
bonds u the possession of Mrs Beckwith. She
returned two days later. bringing letter from
Detective william p. Williams Of the Brooklyn
police, highly recommending her rs a trust
worthy ami shrcwd detective She assured Mr..
Rabbit that she had boon in communication
with Mrs. Bcckwith with reference to the rcsu-
tuition Of the stolen money. Ind employed per-
sons TO watch her. and had discovered where II
largc amount Of tho property was left Mr..
Bnbbit was favorably impressed with with
Mrs Peck, add gave her 5000, which was only
the first Of many advances.
Mr.. Babbiu showed bundle Of letters that he
had received from Mrs Peck while she pretend
cd 10 be busily employed in plans to cntrnp
said:
nsyS S caca 'T'c ngcn yGq MT Rso , h. ; ySq
M r,nr. tuo,v v,,ur tinr H. v.iInbl" 49, Vol ~ n,v
own. aud that YOU have none 90 waste more than my'ci
dealins, VAN aml los ,gu ihinhin. nerh9n, hat am
do Tor YOU. hut I know that IN the end viii say
have accomplished the shrcwdest piece of detective
You pretty well hiormed better 'fi bsn ever did sy
ean te You % ngs mat woui no more trust to- some
pnriie, have worked for previously We'll, am snow.
do not wish 10 iadc until can iodate ne rest have
many yaa9s th at arg net y swSTs e, WAY
have nut out has been snapped up aud good results nave
Sow one thing dh YOU say you were dlsrlcased at,
Where VIII cd he, werS tn. dG Gecaa.e Mr. BecSwitH
d me e would scll me stonm9rco Of the bond, at any
week wrote TO VI Parker asking hin if the bonds were
Parker replied. "Yos, plenty OF it 81 yOa ]
the right way after all
This lettor seems to have convinced Mr. Bah
bit that Mrs. Peck was In earnest. and that he
could obtain through her whnt he had failed In
getting through the most expert detectives and
In another letter Mrs. Peck wrote Of an inter
view with Mrs. Beckwith IN Connecticut when
but would not surrender them unless the rcady
money nj hand. Mr.. Bahhitt sent Mrs.
Peck $4,000. making $4,000 IN all that he had
given to her. Next she wrote as follows:
coud gct u good haul now. to con0.catc from Mrs
Bcckwth what she has In bonds and coupons. hut II
, yS S"i mum q Eiye .Yg % Have %S"1 not Of
SlgVunf NV own tied up Yours II shall he handed
niag tn you just ~ the scnc Mr. babhitt II there Is
Tor never in whole lite dit ever wrong party that
Wa employed hv out Ui one penny
lou not credit this huti Is ~ true A. Gosnel and
SHAH clam tue credit when the bonds az" placed IN
your pos.esslo being the slrVwdc-t IN the
civ have worked the hardest IN this for you
that ever did IN NV iic
Mr.. Babbitt. although he began At this point TO
grow suspicious, allowed Mrs. Peck To draw on
him for 81 900 more He aiterward received
| frequent letters from her, asserting among
other things that she had not only seen the
bonds. but had Thorn in her possession. At
| length letter came saying that she WAS out of
money that her spies We're demanding pay,
| that the time for realizing success was at hand
AMI that she wanted more thousands.
bablitt then for the FIRST time made inquiries
| about Mrs. Peck. AMI was soon convinced that
| he had been swindled. His detective Mr.
| Golden. learned that she had never seen Beck
with in prison. rs she had said she had. and
| that she had held none of the pretended con-
! fercnces with Mrs. Brckwith. A trap was set
| for her. She was cnticed To- this city, arrested
| and induced 10 mike a confession that she had
Mrs. Peck said, in reply TO Justice Hixby's
questions thnt she was forty four years old.
and wife Of Richard w. Peck. an engineer on
| one Of Alexander a son = steamers. The jus
| tice asked her II sho wished to plead guilty or
| not guilty. She bowed her head in silence.
Her little daughter. who stood at her side. said
| kiss mo. mamma; am So frightened"
| Your Honor" Mrs. Peck said. " | don't want
! 70 plead guilty. because | had no wish 10 de-
| amount had from him. with interest. / don't
| know what led me 20 commit this crime, unless
! II was spirit Of devilishness."
| Justice BiXDy remandpl her