The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-08

illness, and wanted the deteetjve to
alight, but no notice Wa taken Of the
request, which wa believed to be only
ruoe to attempt to escape. When in the
dock she might easily have been mis-
taken for . man, wearing . she did .
Newmarket 0veFcoat, and her hair Be.
Ing cut quite short. There n no doubt
but that the woman has been asaisted BY
some clever persons I'm her remarkable
frauds. Some Of the dupes have, 1T the
woman's request, posted 1t different
p0stOdices letters to Lord Coleridge, and
letters purpOrting to come from His
L0rdship have been received in reply.
In the same way have letters beeu sent
to Her Majesty the Queen and various
other tllustrfOl.s persons. Some Of the
letters signed J. c. C0leridge thank the
dupes for being kind to Lord A. p.
Clinton, and state ''they need have no
fear Of advancing the amount" On
one occasion, after having been, as she
said, on visit to Her Majesty at Bal
ham poodle which she said was Prince
Leopold's dog, and that 1t had been lent
to her by His Royal Highnees. She
said that she was about to revisit Bal
moral and asked Mr.. Benyon to accom-
pany her. The offer was accepted ath-
e. Unexpectedly, the woman not think
ing Mr.. Benyon could spare the time.
The woman and Mr.. Benycn, however,
started for BalmOral, and when in sight
of the Castle the former pretended to he
very faint and i'll, and they returned,
Mr.. BenyOn not, however, for a moment
suspectiDg that he was being in the
slightest degree deceived.
The male prisoner states that he has
been thoroughly swindletl by the w0-
man, whom he said up to last week he
thought to he Lord Arthur Clinton, and
who by fraud has obtained all his mon
ey. He began, he says, by being bound
to her by several loans, all Of which he
has had to pay. He has in his posses
sion what purp0rts to be security from
Lord COleridge for FL ,(OO. Three years
since he wrote to Lord COleridge re-
minding him Of the bond" and asking
him for help, hut he received reply
stating that His Lortlship would PUT the
matter into the hands Of the police If
he wrote again. He was not, he says,
shaken i'm his confidence of the woman
by this letter, and took the same to Mr..
BenyOn, who replied: Don't write
again to Lord COleridge, or We shall
none of Us have o penny."> Mr.. Ben
yOn at about the same time received
fictitious letter, purp0rting to come from
Lord C0leridge, which $50 satisfied him
that the adventures was really Lord a.
P. Clinton that since that occasion to
this week he has never had any doubt
upon the matter" The male prisoner
adds that lat week, being i'll and hav-
ing Lost all Of his money by lending it
to Lord A. p. Clinton" he wnte again
to Lord Coleridge, reminding him Of
the previous letter and the bond he held
of his for E1,OOO. Lord COleri.lge re-
piled. stating, II have placed your let
ters in the hands of the Birmingham
police" and the result was the arrest Of
the man. So cleverly did the female
prisoner act that there is one man In
Birmingham-a well-knOwn builder
who even now refuses to believe that she
he believes that he has in his possession
! most valuable securities which lie ~
ccived from the woman. \ letter from
! q relation Of the woman was received
in Birmingham shortly after her arrest
setting forth that she was certainly the
nobleman she protested to b.. On Kew
cral occasions she took her dupt=s tn
London and Liverpool, and Is de-
scribcd a. most lavish In the expen-
diture of money, taking = cab tn
20 even few yards or as'rks
the street. The Prince Of Wales she
! stated to he her mist intimate friend,
and in the two thousand and more let
| tiers and documents in the possession III
the police the name Of His Royal High
ness 10 Of frequent occurrence. \ strange
feature i'm the case is that when unable
to obtain further loans the woman took
4 situation Of g0verncss ut Casenert
Farm, Preston, lIassett, near lsirn'ing
ham, but was given notice to leave M
der the belief that she was man. Slit
aftcrwarl took situation as attendant
ut Prestwick Asylum, Manchester, but
did not remain long. Her latest freak
was to write to some Of her dupes In
Birmingham, stating that she had mar
ried young lady in Liverpool. Thu
reason she first gave for going to Liver
pool was that it was ut the request o
some Cabinet Ministers, who did no
wish her to be in London or Birming
ham while they were preparing He
Majesty's pardon and the restoration
the cOlltisCatell e.tateS.