New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-30
ELLEN PECK AGAIN AhhE'Sl "D'
HER ,ccoNpL1CE "GIvEs HER AWAY
4 TRANSACTION ~ DIAMONDS THAT bRo''"i MN
TO GRtrF-FLAT rrRJuN.

A TRANSACTION ~ DIAMONDS THAT b"oN
TO GKirr-fIAT PERJURY.
NJ. Flo, Pack who swindled g. T. Babhnt some
years AGO and has swindled so many other Dill
N va III sbc is known as the "sawdust woman,
was a prisoner again at Police ileadPmal,o,,ItS
yesterday. charged WITH FTTrh% omnsi '''S one
an az" m p%nG5cnt accompliccs. was locked MP
also and made a confession tbat ne WaS t u'' &oon
the charge Of perjury upon Whl'h Ho """
In March Mrs. Peck obtained an intfodH'tion, 10
Iobn Houpl diamond broker "i No.'L ulu,'',
ST. calna herself Mrs. kmeht ana say Le Ln",,,nc
~ dia,noud ring TO sell and Afterwards palu Hln
An for If, In the following mouth she ou'alh.u
two diamond rings and pa on so'ltd ths,n
to fbo Syiro of - wealthy uauuilciuior VIZ" ""'
to take dinner with her ,hr pi"nl,'H :" l',u'n
tLe diamonds on ply for th'ul ON lUo i'l"" ,'E
I,r Inf SIR Bough WIS not able Ia ind her aiiri
notd INC diamonds were plwucd ~ .imp,on -
- , hatinm.,t lnr $3.50. IN August WIS In'k
went to The =, ,gIn"g "I ,Ioi " l6oy lad
been stolen from her and that W"
pawn tckcla had hcoq cent e. hct hy m",l.
he thicf probably had tclfnird th' 'e' =" ll ~
ia enable her tn pci her irWrls again Nj NiwlHpn
refused 10 LET her have tlo dwW"nd1 "lu''' ,i'.
paid the $3.50 Mr. l",h ""nId 49,, KY 80"
money bar size employed champion biH'' w. ~.
YER Of SO. ~ East lo1rlrenil -'ir " o h.pnn IT
sui and rcplcyncd the diamond. w NilnP'on III
turn secured the diamonds IRON tue M"l - 'm''
shall The snli for The possession ol the lN'l, NJ
tried lac fore Justice Clancy Mr. Rough ana MI
SIMPSON both mad appealed to Inspector y rnr'
and ne was able to connect me NV" ',hP'4alu'H'
Mrs Peck swore in court that shc purchaser tue
diamonds in October. 1853, from Joln J.. ihulHd1
and that they were stolen tIon lcI ali@i"ala
Thomas swOTc positively tbat ne SOFA INC "'"i''U'
to Mrs. Peck at the time stated. - r.Ii
Inspector Bvrnes obtained certified copies 0' th"T
testimony and also aitidavlts of Mr.. Bout1 ana Il
diamond setter who had gone to simpson sh1P
and identified the Jewels ne nrroI,ts
before Police Justice White, who issued "aII1Hts
for the Arrest of Mrs. Peek and her acCnlp,Ii't
Mrs Peck was arrested at her house NO 2ur
nam-ave., Brooklyn. Thomas was arrested IN iIu i
crtv-St by Detective Sergeant Mdngln, VINO hdu
been watching him since the trial OF the civi SUIT
When Thomas was informed Of the charge against
him Yesterday he sat down and wrote out loHg
confession, which he gave 10 inspector hyincT az
cor,lmg to this document Thomas has been ac-
0uaintcd with Mrs Peck for several years
and has had several money transactions win
her A few days before his appearance
in court she loaned him $50 promising never 10
ask hi m for the money again If he would testify IN
her h chali lie went to the office OF her couhSe'
and was coached" in the testimony whlch ne
afteIward gave. IL conc uslon houlaS wrote lil'l
his testimony in regald to the diamonds was
false. I'LL, ,,r,
Tic most prominent case in which Mrs,
Peck has figured was the swlndllhg oi
b. r. Rabbit out Of $4,000. She was arrested
IN 1879. Shciegncd insanity ana VAS locked up IN
a lunatic asylum IN Pennsylvania iicT laWSfl 20,
the consent of the persons interested 10 et Inc cil
suit brought by MI Rabbit take precedence OF 'he
LEGAL proceedings. he case has never Dcen lIlcu'
Mrs. Peck was also charged with s"indIlng John
ID. Grady, a diamond merchant out OF diamonds
worth $50 900 She escaped CONVICTION 10y snow
ing that it was breach of trust only. some ,an.
LATER she swindled Samuel w. Pmgce. patent
medicine man. out of 81 700 which sac pretended
10 invest in Wall street. on supp0sltltloHS points
She received from a friend III Jay Gould oilce.
he last experience Inspector Byrn"s nag WIN
Mrs Peck vas her captule of Columbian with many
of the bonds which had been stolen from MI MC-
lnley, OF Staten Island.