New-York tribune., 1881-12-04
4 NOTORIOUS coylJDLNcE UoHAN

Mrs Ellen NJ. Peck, the notorious confidence
woman, who 10y her many crimes ana ih' S0'll WIN
which size it' executed th'H A.'' ,Iil'r ,C -, ~.
the "cuHhdcnce queen was YESTERDAY prisoner
at police hcadqudrtrr, uu q charge oi .alse prceh'e
preferred by samuel W. Finer, dealer ~ patent
pills 1T No. - ChImDsie-St. Iui'f me u'mc
copartncrsmp for stock gambling purposes
with Pinzcr and third person, Dr. luch,
of BrochIyn, who thus inr mas u"' tI,t
a complaint. Mrs. Peck represented thaI
she had friends in the Stock Exchange "h" "OHHIu
furnish valuable IN Oma'lon upon Wncl PIoh'!"p
Investments might bc made by r. She oOtmnru
nom Finer for this purpose s $50, and rom liT
Fitch an apparently larger sum- ana l"l iVui
months she made regular reports oi progress an" III
yestmcuts. PmIer at last became suspicious ald
made inquiries that led to the discovery tuH' VIZ
brokers we're myth and that he Waa IN tuo hHi'us
OF a sharp SWindltr. lie demanded liN money ul'h
and WAS Laughed at tOT his pans. lie l'h I'loi'cu
the matter to Inspector Byrues, with ms lnloIlna
ton as TO the Nomaus identity, ana WARRANT l"l @
Ler arrest for obtaining HpHry on I'Iao ,Sos
was obtained from Justice blNlJ' >, II I w.
,udorI.d bv Justice Walsh OF BIOoAlNh,
where Mrs. Peck lives, and served Yesterday ~
her home, No. 3O7 Putuam-ayG" ny belc2 belcct'f f,a 90
Golden and Rutland, who were oDliGru l." PiI'tt'I ~
strategy 10 attract Mrs. Pecks attention WINE
they entered house This they ana ny lneaiis m Ui
boy, purportng 10 DC Telegraph h'92,
was sent ahead with pretended ulSP''VL, " ~, 10
Mrs. Peck was signing he recept lor ~ ne n,
her prisoner. She was taken 10 poiIcc
terS in this city, and Subsequently pol"lT 10 tSo
| BiXby who rcmanded her to tlc custouS Vi W ~
police until to-day. To the detectives sho n'HNI
with contempt of the complainant I1nzer' as looi
Probably as many as dozen indictments t4at INA!
have never been tried are pending asalI'Si 'i ~
woman in the Dstrict-Attorney oncc' SIT oan" - %
neither goOd-oOkmg nor young, Dut has @ vro,i ~ ~ +
wide reputation sharper. ohe n a soly So So
talker She came into extended notice thlee S@GatS @
ago when IN the character Ot ienaie uetectl'e,
she robbed Babbitt the soap-h;lIlutMilo M L ~
$40 900 on the prctcXt of beng able 10 pliIB ~ ~
justice book-kecper who had ran away MI m..i'
100000 OF Mr. BaDbltts money. She, qI t'GnSC L
never kept her promise. Her greatest exploit, nov,
| ever, was the swindlug of Grady the ell-hho" !
| diamond broker of Broadway, OUT m ol
diamonds worth S2l 900, on the pfeteAl vi ~ y
as his agent 1t was sand that she was the oiiIy P ~
| son who was ever ablo 10 impose sucC'Ssal,3 s.D ,
| on Grady. Twenty iiVo indictments We're louI.o 10 .h
against for the offence but on llo UNI VI VI tr' W
| first she was acquitted and noe pfose4ul " we 'n
tered in regard 10 each OF the others. Shorty al''
| ward Mira Peck swudlcd wealthy CuO.i I uIJ " "
| ST. 900 represented by valuable dIamOhu'i IoOot'
j. ii. Johnson, aJcwclcr, oil 500; luiul'4 - Nun "
| good, valued al 81 800, dud Was ehSdBou III ollr
| entrrprIses ot ho samc sort. Upon hel aIIt't s
| was always hclu m ban, aS sue WIZ Pioo.','y Py ~
tu-lay aad was always able 70 iurhish Ine i0u"iAe
| SUM.