Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-08-12
A DANGEROUS WOMAN.
Detroit Free Press.

In January, 1863, the Secretary of the
Treasury was notified that a new and dan
gerOus counterfeit on Cincinnati ma
tional bank had been put aaoat in Boston.
The Detective Bureau being notified in turn
! was detailed on the case and left for
Boston the same day. About $1,000 Of
the queer had been iloated in one day,
and the work had been done by woman.
AZ one place she had purchased 5000
worth of diamonds; at another a $3.50
gold watch; AT another diamond brace
let. The goods in all cases were such ar
ticles as could be sold again for at least
half their value.
Each victimized party described her
differently. Al the first place she was a
blonde, plainly dressed. At the next she
was a brown haired woman in mourning;
nj the third she hat black hair, was
SLOWLY dressed and claimed relationship
TO n well known family. After day
spent in taking notes and making deduc
tions ! came TO the conclusion that there
was only one woman in the case and that
she had assumed DISCUSSES. Boston was
thoroughly searched for her and / had
not yet found q clue when the Chief tele.
graphed me that she had appeared III
Philadelphia. ! reached that city TO find
that She had purchased $1,000 worth of
diamonds Mt one place and $500 worth at
another, paying, of course, in the counter
felt bills The first ieweler described her
as n snowy woman, with gold in her up
per front teeth. The second joweer de
scribed her AS plain and demure. md he
was shpro that she had no gold in her
teeth.
had set out under the belief that had
only one woman 90 deal with, and would
not now admit there were two. / looked
Philadelphia high and low for females
bearing the description, and at the end
of four days received another telegram
from head quarters She had appeared
in Pittsburg, where she had made three
different purchases of iowcieres. | hast
ened TO the Smoky City as soon as posi-
BILE, and, lol the three descriptions gwen
were SO entirely different that one was
almost sure there were three women at
work floating OF the counterfeits.
One jeweler had been mashed ON his
customer, and had therefore taken parti-
cular notice that her eyes were blue, her
hair brown aud her height medium. She
had gold in her upper front teeth, and
was affected IN her ways and speech. The
second jeweler wasn't mashed but he was
an old detective, and he noticed that she
had brown eyes, dark hair mole on her
chin and plain, white teoth There was
nothing affected about her. The third
jewelor could swear that she had black
hair, gold in her lower teeth, a slight
squint to one eye, and stammered bit as
she talked
hunted pittsburg for three days, but
met with no success, Believing she
would next turn up at indianapolis, |
started for TINT city without orders, TAX
ing sleeping car ON night train. 1t
was woman who had the lower berth
next TO mine, and as | looked her over |
made up my mind that she was a school
teacher and nm old maid She had red
hair dressed plainly, and paid not the
slightest attention to any one. When the
porter came to make her berth he placed
rather bulky sachel belonging To her on
the seat mt my feet, and she found n tenn
porary seat Mt the other end of the car
The jar of the cars iostled the sachel TO
the floor after bit, and, as | stopped
over to pick it up, | found the floor
covered with wigs, cosmetics, small
brushes, pieces of crayou and false teeth
hueIV were thIte wigs OF dlHofCnt cOlOrs,
ana two upper and two under sets of
teeth. In one the gold was in the upper;
IN the other it was in the lower.
Wen, you may believe that with my
mind full of the mysterious woman and
her diguise, | was not long IN concluding
that | had stumbled upon the person
wanted. lreplaced the articles in the
satchel aud walked over TO her and made
known my errand, She gave me a terrih-
lie tongue lashing and called ON the pas
sengers for protection but when reveal.
ed my identity and emptied the contents
OF the satchel ON seat, she gave in. We
got of at Steubenville, and when | had
her searceed over $4,000 in the counter
reits was brought to light, but her pur-
chasors were not 10 he found, she having
shipped them tc C0nfederates She was
the wife of the notorious BLACK Dan"
and the pair were the most dangerous
couple IN america at that time. We got
her husband in week or two, and while
he got a sentence of - years She got Oft
with seven