Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-01-06

OF BooR01O8 MOuDo keopev4-A
wsSstns - those whs Have Set
Bees visited.
On Thanksgiving night, . man and
his wife, giving their names a. Marshall
and Mary W, came to the resi-
dence of Mr.. Jacob Smith, No. 2l3
West Second street and p. rmanently
engaged board. They presented a
favorable appearance aud talked very
nicely. and were acctrdirgly sceomo-
dated. The ffsst week passed away
ve,y pleasantly, anu they SEEMED to be
Of the right sort and weie lUoked upon
rs belonging to the upper ten" class Of
society. They pat on all the airs imag.
inabley coming down to breakfast about
nine or ton o'clock. The man was q
lawyer, but dill not practice; the
woman was doctor and had some
little practice here. When the week
was up and their hoard was asked for,
they said that they were locking for Q
check to arrive every day and did noS
know what detained 1t. They staid on
under this delusion until the following
Monday, after their week was up.
Upon that afternoon they went out for
u walk and did not return until after
supper. This was thought strange by
Mrs. Smith, who questioned them In
regard to the money due heis for board,
wheL check was produced by Mrs.
W, which she said she would get
cashed as soon as she procured another
signature to it. The check In question
already had four endorsers Oh the back
OF 1t but she said 1t required fiye. It is
doubtful If she could get it cashed if 1t
was endorsed by twice the number.
They started out however to get 1t
cashed aud Mr.. Smith thought he
would follow them. They headed for
the railroad aud started down the track
towards Baltimore. On their way
down thcy tried to get in several of the
shauties used by the watchmen at the
railroad crossings. After they had gone
u considerable distance, Mr.. Smith,
feAling confident that they were play
ing him false, caught up TO them and
threatened to prosecute item If they
did not return. They accordingly
turned and came back, spending the
remainder OF the night with Mr.. Smith.
The next morning after breakfast they
went out for walk and that WAS the
last seen of them until few days ago,
when it was learned that they were
boarding on West Fourth street. Upon
investigation it was learned that they
had been at several places since their
hasty departure from Mr.. Smiths,
leaving them all in like manner.
The man IL about s. years of age,
medium heighth and little stOop
shouldered, has gray hair and whisk-
ers and walks with cane. The lady
is tall slim woman, dark Completed,
wears her hair down her back and
wears light ulster and black walking
hat trimmed with purple and black
ribbon. She IL about ~ years Of age.
They 90 together and always walk
with locked arms.
They claim to have come from diff
ferent places but it is thought they are
from Camden, n. j. They not only
victimize boarding house keepers, but
try and extort money under false pre-
tences from the citizens. In one In.
stance she tried to get S35 from an old
resident citizen, to pay ner expenses to
Washington and back in order that
bhC ooutu piVtAthV q pohcioh IVA shO
loss of a former husband In the late
war. She would have been successful
in this case, had 1t not been for the in
reference Of another party, who did
nOtrSee the necessity of her visiting
Washington In order to procure q pen
sion and he offered her papers that
would answer every purpose, which she
politely refused.
There is no doubt but that they are
first-class frauds and If not exposed
would 60 from house to house and live
on the poor boarding house keepers the
remainder of the winter.
They have also been expecting
trunk to arrive by express, containing
their wardrobes, jewelry, &C., but as
yet it has not turned up, and it is likely
that it never will.