Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-15
She Wanted Her Money.


The New York Times states that on Sat-
urday last Mrs. G. A Steteieldt, wife of the
professor of mineralogy in the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, visited the brokers'
Office of Even Brothers, on Broad street and
demanded the settlement of speculative
account which she claimed to have with the
firm. Mr.. Warren Even claimed that the
firm did not owe the lady anything, but she
insisted that there was about s., 900 due her,
and that she proposed to have the money.
The Times says the lady became quite bris
ferrous, and an officer WAS finally sent for,
and Even told him to eject her from the
binding, but the polcemae declined to take
part III The controversy. Mrs. StetcieIdt
then departed and went 10 the Cotton Elk
change, TO q member of which she stated
that duriug the past two or three years a
number of ladies occupying high social po
sticus in Washington had Invested various
sums of money in blind cotton pools with
Even Brothers. She declared that she was
induced TO invest some money with that
firm by the tempting representations made
to her by a person connected with the firm,
whom she had met socially. Her ears had
been tickled with stories Of fabulous pref s.
and she not ouly opened an account for her.
self, but she got four or Eve Of her lady
friends 10 put money into the pools also.
One of the ladies who was thus tempted in.
TO speculation is widow with five children,
who now sorcly feels the loss OF her money.
Mrs. Steteieldt said she understood that
the Even Brothers had agents in Wash
ington who had coayed the wives
of Senators and Representatives To
put their savings and Their pin money iuto blind
30 Is in cotton Une OF the Washington agents
of the speculative firm WIS Il clerk in 4 govern
ment Gilicc. and nc is sl to have drummea up
several customers among his fellow corkI, getting
them to put in $50 Or 81 . each
According u Mrs Ste.eirldr. the moans oper-
and If the firm was to pay fair prnftso on most of
these pool investments for the first month or two,
and then cr:se to render any account whatever.
In the lses Of very influential pcrs ,ns, however,
the firm would generally close out the accounts
with handsome profits. Where the accounts were
not closed occ tsional appeals Tor additional al
vanccs would BIO made ty the firm. Mrs. Stct:-
fsdt said that her claim not only included money
due her, but sm al sums which some OF her friends
had placed in the firms hands upon her advice.
She admitted that she had received some profits
but alleged that she could not get an accounting
from the firm.
Later in the dag Mrs. Gtetefeldt secured the SER
vices of the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, who Is quoted
as saying tho case is complicated one, but ho
thinks the claim strong against the Ewens.
Mrs. Stet"feldt was Il Miss Ramsay. and is said TO
be member OF tho Randolph family Of Virginia.
On the other HAND, Warner Even claims that
Mrs. Stetefelds was paid SO 500 profit on small
investment, and that the account WAS closed in
March last.
Mrs Ste.ef.ldt was Miss Ada Richards, daugh-
ter of the late w. B. Richards, Of this city, and
has many relatives aud acquaintanccs here.