The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-19
CONDUCTOR WH1ErIEps TROUBLES.
The story of How HIS Wife and He Came
to be Arrested for False Pretences.

Ex-Judge Roderick d. Seymour has been
active all the week in efforts to secure
bail for Pennsylvania Railroad Conductor
Whiepley and for Mrs Whiepley, his wife,
against both Of whom charges of false pre-
fences have been made. It will be remem-
bercd that Whiepley WAS put in jail some
weeks ago to await the result of proceed
ings instituted against him by q woman in
Elizabeth, who charges that he induced her
to loan him $1,000 on some property in
Woodbridge that she says he represented
as free of incumbrance, when there was, in
fact, a mortgage upon it. Whiepley was,
at the time he secured the loan. about to
embark in an enterprisa in New York, from
which large results were anticipated He
became acquainted with the Elizabeth
woman, who rode frequently on his train,
and laid his scheme before her. According
to his own story, she sas convinced that
there was money in it, and offered to loan
him what he needed to advance it.
1t she put her money into the enterprise,
ne was to give her some employment, and
upon that understands and the faith that
the enterprise would prove a rich yield, she
risked her ST, 900. She was not particular
about the security he gave her, and thought
so little Of it that she did not even have
the title searched, or know till some time
afterwards that instead of giving her a
mere mortgage upon the Woodbridge prop
erty, he had given her deed of it--trans-
ferred the full title to her. 1t was only
after the enterprise had failed that she be-
Thought herself of the security as means
of getting her money back. But Whiepley
had not borrowed from the Elizabeth
woman alone to advance tho scheme. His
wife had induced Mrs Steward, who rented
part OF her house in this city, to loan her
$500. She gave her as security mortgage
upon her household goods. There was
removal of the chattel mortgage upon mat
urity, but when it last fell due Whiepley
had got into jail on the Elizabeth woman's
charge. He offered through Judge Sey-
mour, his lawyer. to pay fifty dollars
on account and the interest, and give
a renewal Of the mortgage till he
could get out of Jail and put himself
IN position to make full settlement Mrs
Steward would not have it that way. She
wanted her money and al Of it, She de-
clared she would sell, md proceeded to
torclose her mortgage. 1t was then that
Mr. Whiepley gave notice of prior mort
gage on the goods. Mrs. Steward made up
her mind to sell in spite of the prior mort
gage, and did sell. Ex-Judge Seymour
was on hand to see that things didn't go
for nothing, and altogether $3.50 was real
lied from the sale. So that Mrs Steward
received within $40 of her claim. She was
SO angered that this pittance remained I'M
paid that she made charge against Mrs.
Whiepley of having falsely said that her
chattels were clear of encumbrances at the
time the $500 loan was made. and had her
arrested. The specially unfortunate fea-
ture OF the arrest is the Whlepley's have
an interesting family oflttle children, who
was a severe tax upon thu mother after her
husbands arrest. Elk -JuS ge Seymour made
himself responsible FL Mrs. Whiepley's
appearance to answe Hrs. Stewards
charge