The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-12
A CONFIDENCE QUEEN
ArLAsr IN THE MEsHEs OF THE LAW.
The StOrI on WOaa,, who by Her Art Esirspp.t
AuHbsrl,ss VIetins-Hsr Aaaasr ofsstarInE
Fsuds-8sIilbIlltJ Of Those whs sst
hE1dbI As9SlistaAss with Her.

Fsuds-8slilb1lltJ Of Those whs sst.
'hE1dbI AsqSlistaAss with Her.
NEw YoRK, July ll.-SIiss Bertha He!
man, the Confidence Queen" Is again
the meshes OF the law, and is at preses
confined ut Police Headquarters, JeDe
City. She was arrested yesterday evenin
In Paterson by Detective sergeants Kus
and Tocker on a charge Of obtaining S2t
from Edward Sanders, Of No, 4S Secon
avenue, by false pretenEes. Mira. HeymAl
whose portrait is No. l,O5l In the Rogue
Gallery, has q criminal history extendin
back as far as the year 1869. She was the
married TO man named Fritz kArko, q mi
chanic. About that time she iorme'
the acquaintance OF Charles Brand
proprietor Of the liquor saloon at No. i
Bowery, and through her false represents
tions Induced him TO loan her the sum Q
500, which she never returned. She lei
New York, and Brandt did not see be
again until 1870, ten years later, when sh
called on him Ut his place ot business ant
said that she bad fallen heiress TO SS,OOOl
900 through the death oi her father, Georg
Curtis, Poughkeepsie; her husband, karko
was dead aud she had married q mai
named Heyuan. She told MIR. Brand
that she had present use for ready y'mone!
(Sg60), and that she would return the same
with large interest and also the amour
first borrowed.
HER MONEY.
Her money was deposited with Alber
Blalz, banker, Of Milwaukee, Wis, upon
whom she drew draft payable to Brandt
and then induced him TO accompany bel
to koun,z & Co.. bankers, No. 40 Broad
way, whence draft for $500 on the NIL
waukee banker VAS forwarded. Brandt
never received bis money and lost sight ol
Bertha. She disappeared from New York
for time, but returned later with re-
tinue Of people about Der. In the party
were yeuug doctor, whom she had taken
under her protection, and also q protege, a
young Frenchman, Mr.. and Mn. Perine,
and Lena Schwartz, who acted 40 French
maid. Dir. Ferine was conductor
on q Western railroad and on one
OF her trips through the Western country
she made his acquaintance. BY her
pleasant stories Of her Immense wealth
and under promise Of making him an
agent for her properly In New York, she
deluded him into selling his property in
Chicago, from the proceeds oil which she
induced him to loan her $1,000. When
he arrived In New York he insisted upon
ut once entering on his duties. Bertha
promised that when she came into poses.
sion OF her wealth through Robert Bonner,
whom she said was her guardian and ex'
ecutOr Of the will, the amount ol money
borrowed would be returned with interest.
Perine became dissatisfied, and convinced
that he had been the victim oil swindle,
had Bertha arrested. She sent for mem.
Der OF Broadway firm from whom she
had previously Obtained large quantity
Of goods 10 go her bail.
the DAlE FURNISHED.
He deposited the ipll amount Of bail,
but on learning her character subsequent.
ly Withdrew It. This man she bRd induced
to furnish her with goods with representa-;
tions that abe wished 10 invest q portion
81 her wealth in the concern with which
he was connected and become special
partner therein. At this time she was
living at fashionable hotel and spending
money lavishly. One day while out riding
with the housekeeper OF the hotel, she
showed her row Of fats on Madison ave:
nue., saying, ~ own that row, and intend
TO alter them into an orphan asylum,
and when ! do ! will make you the
matron." In view OF the prospective
matronship the housekeeper gave up
her situation, took her savings Of
years out Of the bank and placed them In
the hands oi Bertha as Temporary loan.
The father Of the French maid, Lena
Schwartz, a shoemaker, was also induced
by the specious pleas Of Bertha to draw
his money in the bank and place In her
hands for investment When finally re.
leased on bail, which she Bubst quently
''jumped," she was next heard Of In Can.
ada, where she was arrested for false pre-.
lenses. and In 1881 came to st4ten Igland
where she was arrested Tor stealing Jew elry
from Mrs. Pauline Schlsibaum, q widow.
She was acquitted on this charge, and on
her acquittal was arrested by Detectives
Richard 0'Connor and Fields upon war.
rants issued on tho complaints oi CHARLES
Brandt and Theodore W. Morris, q mef.
chant, Of No. q Chambers street.
MORE KtAscRArE swiSPIxe.
The husband Of Mn. sehlaihaum, Of
Staten Island, had for many years been in
the employ oi iewelry firm on Broadway,
and was for many years a tenant Of Mr..
Morris on Staten 1sland. Mrs. Heyman
told Nr. Morris that Mrs. Schlaibaum,
with WHOM she boarded, CHE bad knewn
from girlhood, and that she would liEe 10
beiriend her by purchasing the house in
which she lived and presenting Il 10 her.
The price was agreed upon, the deeds
drawn and payment was 10 be made by
Ms. Morris collecting draft for a large
amount upon albert Rlath Of Milwaukee
which she left with Mr.. Morris. Willis
negotiations were pending Mrs. Heyman
induced MIR. Morris to advance her s. 200
on the drait, and he subsequently ioand
himself duped like the rest On October
%, 1881, she was convicted In the General
Sessions and sentenced to two years In the
penitentiary.
HER LAST ARREST.
Through a we'll known man about town,
in whose coRpsay sAc had been seen and
who was shadoyed by the detectives, she
was traced to Paterson after she disappear:
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