The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-02
rwo SUITS FOR LIBEL.
The Extraordinary Career OF an Adven'
furess and Hiuek. Mailer.

turess hnu Diuek'MalIer.
New YoRK, February 1.-Two suits fol
libel, in each OF which the damages are
laid at 500, 900, have been begun in the Su.
preme Court OF Kings county by Howard
S. 1ngersoll, cousin OF Col. Robert In
gersoll, against the Sun Printing and Pub.
fishing Association and the New York
Illustrated Times. Sinclair Tousey, Presi-
dent OF the American News Company, and
Isaac England, publisher Of the HIIslrated
Times at the time OF the alleged libel, are
the defendants in the second suit. In the
Sun OF December 15, 1880, was published
an article with the following heading:
Whipped on Barclay street-Miss Free
mans Story Of why She Resorted to the
Lash-Attacking in Public Place the
Man whom She Accuses OF Trying 10 In
jure Her-First Binding Him BY Throwing
Cayenne Pepper"
The article went on to describe the at.
tack on Mr.. Ingersoll and the reasons for
1t as given by the girl. She is described as
lately landed. In answer to an advertise.
ment she entered Ingersoll's employ, ac-
cording to the Sun story, as model, and
he had insulted her. She could not have
him arrested in Brooklyn, she said, because
she had no money, and therefore she de-
termined to avenge herself by attacking
Ingersoll as she had done. 1t subsequently
appeared that the woman was one OF the
most accomplished swindlers who ever took
up the practice OF crime as profession and
that she had made the assault on Mr.. In
gersol merely Tor the purpose OF black
mailing him. Ingersoll had her arrested
and she was sent TO Blackwell's Island for
one year and required 10 pay a fine Of $3.50,
which she paid.
1t is claimed by Ingersoll that the publi-
cation in the Sun and the copying OF the
article into the Illustrated Times, which
also gave an engraving Of the alleged horse
whipping, ruined his business, from which
the year before the publication complained
Of Ingersoll claims to have made a profit
Of $4,000. Embodied in Mr.. Ingersoll's
complaint are the facts connected with the
woman's career which shows her to be a
criminal OF accomplishments and extrordi-
nary depravity. She was born in England,
and her real name is Ellen May Stanley.
She lived with Il merchant named Free
man, in London, and forged his name to
a check for E2,0OO in 1879. She escaped to
Canada, whence she eloped with
her, employer to Cleveland. She
subsequently joined n man named
Roe, London acquaintance, on Long
Island, and aiterwari she got u situation
in the family OF the President Of the New
York Stock Exchange. At the end Of
three days she left mysteriously, and the
next day three men attempted to black
mail her late employer. She next went to
Montclair, n. ] and attempted to black
mail gentleman there. She returned to
New York and black-mailed leading law
yer, who gave her $1,000. In February,
1850, she was married to one "Billy Morri-
son." She continued her black:mailing
business, theinjured husband always turn
ing up in time 10 make matters warm. She
next committed bgamy by marrying u
young man in Downing street, and two
weeks later she was arrested on Mr.. 1nger-
soils complaint.