Evening star., 1886-11-18

ARRESTED NOW ON A CHARGE OF FRAUD
MRS. sTURGEss' CAREER IN wAsHrNGrou
AND OTHER CITIES
A special TO the New York World from Al
bany. November Il, says; Something over Q
year ago Detective Joseph f. shaw, OF Lynn,
Mass. came TO Albany In search Of q woman
named Mary A. Davidson. who was wanted In
that city to answer an indictment for defraud-
ing and cheating. The search At that time
proved unavafling. and the detective returned
10 Lynn, leaving photograph OF the woman.
The photograph has been In the rogues gallery
ever since, almost forgotten, but on Friday. IN
Iocsl agsnss an1.ner n, ,Se or,s.'
lnal on the streets. She was doeged, her
resem olance TO the photograph fully es-
.aollshed and IL was ascertained that she was
living with a respectable family under the
name OF Mrs. Mary p. Sturgess. Detective shaw
was teiegraphed for and arrived to-day with .
tequisition from the governor OF Massachusetts,
wnlch Gov. HUI indorsed, and she was NJ once
atIested. she Is a woman of refinement and,
aSoroih9 10 the detective. when in the heyday
oil her youth and beauty was a belle In Boston
ana ashington. Her maiden name was Mary
Aiice ASoott, and she was born In Bricksport,
NE, Wnere her father "A man OF promi.
nence: lie Is said TO have resided for a time I'm
asnington, where Mary made her entry into
woman She was married TO one Davidson. =
wealthy resident OF Lynn. Some wears later ac-
cSprulng sSg 10 her story. Davidson lost his wealth
tnrougn unfortunate specuations and they were
thrown on their own resources With the loss OF
ms money davidson lost his ambition aud the
10 make a living for herself Then MrN David.
son went 10 Boston ior "A while and taught
music. Al Is alleged that she then procured the
agency ior Lynn from Oliver Ditson a. Co.. OF
Boston, and opened up "A promising business.
Ihings went wrong, however, and AZ is claimed
that after mortgaging the stock she sold IL for
sevefal THOUSAND dollars and came 10 this clty
with the proceeds. IL was on this charge the
inoiciment now pending was founded. since
ner Itsluence mere she has been a frequent At
tendant at churches, PRAYER and revival meet.
ihgs, ana ON occasions was an exhorter nj such
ga,nerlngs. she earned her living by soliciting
insurance Tor Bulls agency. Her agreeable
manners and powers a conversationaliso
made her many friends during her stay. She
mas oeen contributor 10 81. Nicholas and othea
magazines.
senator John r. Jones IN Luck Again.
From the New York Tribune.
There is considerable gossip here about Sem
ator j. p. Jones, OF Nevada He has had mora
ups and downs, perhaps, than any other rich
man In the country. He has been supposed to
De worth S15,OOo000 to $50, ,OOo, ,ooO and
again TO be as poor q church mouse. His
methods OF doing business so loose that he
scarcely ever Knows whether he Is solvent or
MOI Eer iour or five years IL has been well up.
Qerstood that he tar from prosperous.
linen IL became known that he had struck a
goio mine In Alaska, with some California peo.
PIE, which was lifting him out OF his difficulties
The adage that IL never rains but IL pours seems
20 70 noio good IN his case He discovered q few
days ago. II Is reported that he held the title to
some property near Los Angeles, Cal, with an
extent oil some $4,000 or 100000 acres which
Ia MS days OF trouble he mortgaged 10 the Bank
OF Nevada. The land was then considered worth
about 81 an acre. Jones never paid any atten.
tlon to the mortgage, and supposed that the
property had been gobbled up long ago to pay
IL Recently he discovered that he held the
Title and that the property had gone up In val
ue and Is now worth SIS or $40 an acre. enough
ia itself TO make him n big fortune after the
loan is paid of. On top of this comes the rise
IN value OF the consolidated California and vir
ginia mining stock, In which he has some inter-
est The stock has been down as low as q
cents II is now selling at $19. OF course every.
body who knows MIR. Jones is gratified with his
public lie.