Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-27
AN ADVENTURES.

AN AL lIlN " lIAIAJps
- pEARODYIN A NEW ROLL
IAN ATTEMPTTO hWlNDLE
THE GOVERNMENT.
hout a year and half ago q thin,
mlar woman, who gave her name as
Lillian Peabody, made her appear,
in this city and secured board
n a highly respectable family on
Eighth stree by telling them
her husband would come to board
Il her in q few days. The days
be and went but the husband did
appear, and one Sunday, when she
essed to be very sick she went for a
employed as a painter at jackson
barp's, who boarded at the lower
of Seventh street, whom she claim
asher husband.
he two were IN her chamber alone
some time, and after lie took his
arture she informed the family that
had destroyed the marriage certiti.
and refused to live with her or
nowledge her as his wife. She
informed that unless her husband
he to the house to board she would
e to hunt another place. As soon
she was able to 90 out she went
I'M to jackson & Sharp's, and a
INV interview took place between
and the man, but he persistently
sed to have anything to do with
In the meantime she made the
,laintance of the sexton at the old
nles' Church, and visited his family,
were so favorably impressed VIII
that they thought of Offering hel
bme,
he afternoon, while the old sexton
busy out in the burying ground
II was brought to him that Lillian
very sick at his house, and upor
be- there she told him that she had
I'm a fatal dose of laudnum, with the
(ntion of ending her life. He wa'
btened and had her removed frJn
house as soon as possible. She re
bred in such u short time that many
IONS doubted that she had taken the
hanum, and commenced to look upon
as an adventures
fter n cbeckered career, in whlcl
had several minor law suits will
man she claimed as her husband
went TO live with family in thu
teru mart ofthe city, and was almos
ottan nv the public. when she agail
,ght herself into prominence 10y
kh;d;uu her alleged husband on tn,
.ssipniny AS n reason that he wal
his wav to Chester with arothe
nan to 1.t married.
IN r.newed tbe assault at Chester
tha man was arrested. A reyolye
found in his pocket and he wa
red in iail. and afterwards trie,
era ,he nel,,ware county court fol
rv;no a concealed deadly weapon
.an1eucsI to a short Imprisonment
Oh he served and ia now at liberty
tha nast t,.w weeks Mrs, Peabody
ha stvIes herself has been in Phila
nhio and has managed to get in Sc
tronhl. hv nprsonatiug a claimau
nension and assisting two men in Z
hme to drfraul the Government ou1
,rlv g. oo1 The followipp. fro,I
.rd3y;s puh,ic Jrdger. explains tb
aad;Hgs In that ritv7
cbarr. of Irfranding the Unite,
as hv means Of forged pension
nrS and false nersonatiou. led yes
nv ~ thn arrest Of Henry Franl
Genrce ". Rankin, The informa
nnon uh;ch tho arrests were base,
raca;vsI from a woman who re
ontv L.rsalf to he LilinnL. Peabody
T;imirytnn Del She is also calle,
h. i Hri"gs and nrrsonated at til
- - 5a' n,t5;san' priIciil. Carnpntr,
m n IS % I"hu c,rna ,ar a soldier il
Ia =. ,o ~ r,ar n Wv
IL" Mar -" ..nrv h.fore lrni,ed State
nn;sS;nray Ch,rlas Gihhons. ,Jr
th,t an. h,I come to this ritv fo
sin,l tr.,,,n.rt and visits for tina
'o,n @ tha pannsrlvania Hosnita
o'n Ia,, .'.I .L,. uhi,a nas.;m, thrn,,y
;n',,nn ""y '".:o Snn,ra va" ,n Tn.sdnv sh
nanL;m whn nsL ad horifshe woul
,;r. ~ 'natn -, .",ma money She ask
M' , ~ y, ''"nL n"nII 'o,o hn ,inun a anl r,s =.
N :, u.nrr Ernnk p,nkin said i
~ ~ ~ ,int n ,,,n,, "mn ,,,a', % ~" hnrro in 4,
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he M bau M heau M m ,.tsd i" n to net - woma
nv nnniI ,, ansu,ar "n .,u tna w ,,,rnnu. hut,ja
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