, 1879-03-23

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In December last Mr.. Lyonce LANCER obtained
warrant for the arrest of Mrs. r. ". Peck, OF
No. 307 Putnam avenue Brooklyn, on charge
Of having swindled him out Of S10,OU0. LANCER
is diamond broker doing business in this city.
In his affidavit he swears that Mrs. Peck came
to him in April or May, Of 1877, and requested
that hc allow her to take out diamonds 10 show
to her friends, with a view Of selling them. Mrs.
Peck, 1t is charged, represented herself as q
woman Of fine social POSITION owning the house
IL which she lived, aud owning property in
Worcester, Mass, valued at $4,000, besides val
| uabic property in Deep River, Conn. Bcliey-
lIls these representations, LANCER let her have
| the diamonds. For time she acted IN to
ner agreement with him, which was, that all
diamonds not sold were to be returned. o.
the eth OF January, 1871, Mrs. Peck, accord
lEg to the complainant. represented that size
wanted a particularly large and valuable dia-
nlond 10 SHOW to one Of her customers She
said that, If she could exhibit sucl, Jewel, it
would greatly increase the confidence reposcd
IN her by her customers. Langcr gave the
woman a single stone valued at $1,000 He
instructed her not to sell it, and to return the
jewel III day Or two. She failed to return
sue tad pnwned 1t in the pawnshop Of man
named Newman. Laugcr learned also tbat
she mad pawned other diamonds given her bv
nun to sell, and that altogetler she had
H.
appeared soon after Sue obtained the $1,000
diamond. She was next heard Of as an inmate
Of private i6sane asylum in Aforristown, n.
e., where she went it is said, for the purpose of
avoiding arrest. Last summer .lra. Peck w,s
arrested on charge OF obtaining large sum Of
money from Babbitt, the soap manufacturer nv
means OF false pEctenscs, Bcckwith, book
keeper in Babbltt's employ, abscoudcd with !
0DO worth of bonds. Mrs. Peck repre- !
sented herself as female detective, entered !
into correspondence with Babbitt, and induced !
him from time to time to maKe large ADVANCES. |
The correspondence was skillfu1}y conducted an |
time able to induce ncr victim to believe that !
she knew where the bonds were, and could se-
cure cur them with sufficient outlay Of money,
When Mrs Peck was arrested last sum
lner, the case was settled. she
having turned over some PROPERTY to |
the complainant. It was after this transac- !
ton, and when she learned that LANCER was
about to cause her arrest, that she entered the
unatic asylum at A1orristown, n. J. Some
weeks ago tue police learned that she had Sc
:rctly returned to Brooklyn. Yesterday morn
lig DctectiVcs Corwin and Williams, of the |
central Oiice. called ut Mrs. peck's house in
:.utnam avcnuc, and. after careful search, |
ound her concealed in 4 chest in the kitchen. !
,he ,l was very pale, but took her arrest coolly.
y hen taken to court; she pleaded not guilty
'cfore Justice Walsh, and was committed for |
Examination. She said she had never even seen |
anger. Her transactions With his firm were
onducted With man named Grady, we'll
nown diamOud-pcddlcr. Mrs Peck is we'll
no"u tn Brooklyn, ailL her husband holds a |
csponslblc position in the Alexandria Steam :
mp Company. 1t is said the plea Of insanity
Ill be put forward in alrs. Peck's behalf.