New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-08
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
orr ,c1o1re swINDIERs LOCKED UP.

RELIGIOUS SWINDLERS LOCKED UP.
Az ,cpn WIDOW LENDS S14, 600 TO A sPfRIrUALIsT
MINISTER AND HIS CoNFEDERATE-Lose of ihh
MONEY AND ARREST OF THE THIEVES.
Mrs IJpbam. the widow of Professor Thomas y.
Upham, of Bowdoin College, came 70 TINS veil ely ad
yanced in wears and had become q convert W ny
doctrine Of spiritualism. Among the persons q so
fai'h with whom she became a0qo Of middle
age whose father !, e Newa Pf' j. MISS Ward
Ali ladv was the ownr of bank stocks worth about
1000. In April 1878, she introduced 10 M i
Upham the Rev John A. Lansing, a tpIsltuaIl:s 81
SbroIherD who had been Methodist clergyman IN
Massachusetts. Mrs. U2nam was much Impressed
by the conversation and bearing OF the minister,
praise of Miss Ward. Mr. Lansing told Mrs.
IJpham that he was interested III inc
jacques Cologne Manufacturing Company ana
was making great deal of money out OF IT, although
he had n ALLOW ed his name TO be published in con;
nectiun with the business. lie SAID he nad lhYestHu
the property of many widows and 0Tphahs ~ tIio
business 50 that they are able 10 rean%o h"nN'''N
sums. ,. :;
At his sugges ION Mrs, Upham gave Lansing IN
trust the Sl4 900 in bank stocks when she 4"ueo'
She took in exchange o receipt signed by D0Ih Mlss
Ward and Mr.. Lansing. She was promises
that she would receive AN aiihual
profit of 10 pei cent to be paid monthly. ror Soy
eral months she received the instruments promseu.
Then s. @ was told that there had Deeh an ulie4.
pected failure of the concern, aud the payments
Mrs. JJpham employed man named Williams TO
look after her Interests, but Williams dhd nothing
for her She trusted TO the power of splrltuallsu
for MANY months, but her lost money dld not
return. 1t was not until about SIX weeks
ago that she male step in the nght
direction by consulting reputable lawyer Iiei
counsel Immediately secured the assistance OF DIS
trct Attorney Rollins and Police Inspector bSrMes
Both officials Interested themselves in the case lie
District Attorney secured the indictment OIL Lansing
aud Miss Ward, and gave the Inspector warran y
for their arrest Inspector Byrnes learned tDat MISE
Ward had been preaching at Ocean Grove during
the summer, and that she had afterward gong
to the home of her father at WaVerly' n. -
He also learned that Lansing was preachlhE III
Brookline, Mass. lie procured from Governor Cor
nell the necessary reqnlSltlon papers carry III Uno
present week and Wednesday he took measures 10
arrest both the swindl'rs. Detective hicndIu
OConnor, of Police Headquarters, was Sent 10
Brooklme and Detective Richard Fields WAS sent
TO Waverly Detective Field arrested MISS Waru at
her fathers house Thursday, and brought
She was locked up at Police Headqua' Eers
ali night Yesterday she was taken before the Dis
trict Attorney and held IOr tna Pear st. lner-
chant became her bondsman in $4,000 Before she
left the DIstrlcJ-AttorneyS Office the papers III a
civil suit for $500 were served on her by Mrs;
IJphams counsel. Detective OConnor returned
from BroOkline last night, bringing Lansing win
him. The minister arrived at Police Headquarters
about 10 o'clock, and was locked up lie VIII ue
taken TO the District Attorneys Office to-day.
The following is "a portion of a letter whlch Ian
sing wrote to Mrs. Upham III January, 1879 Ill an
swer to her request Tor the return OF her bonds;
cannot meet with your demands tonight. The plans
and gements ali made in God aud can only
God as il came TO you rstl You Know the word TO Oe
of God you did then. Follow 1t as you did then
The papers all drawn in God ana are AT his disposal
A'" - IA. LANSING.