The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-17

Mrs. Lippincott Has Proba bly,
Ruined Her Wealthy Husband.

What promised to be the greatest
sensation known in South Jersey for
many years has just been made pub
lie at Atlantic City. Forgeries aggre-
eating $35. 600 have been committed,
as generally believed, by the wife OF a
hotel keeper, who has ruined himself
in a futile endeavor to preserve the
reputation of the oma who bears
his name.
Julia Lippincott. a bright and
pleasant faced who is now
nearly fifty yea of age, is the wife OF
Edwin Lippincott, who has been at
times the owner and manager OF Had
den Hall. one of the most aristocratic
of the hotels here. Mr.. Lippincott
himself lived at Medford, N. j., during
a portion of the winter, and has spent
the remainder of the year here at h
Hall. The house is the resort of some
of the best known of Philadelphians,
such men as Vice-President Mcleod,
of the Reading Railroad, Furman
Sheppard and John Huggard being
among the annual guests. Last sum-
e.ssr Mr.. Lippincott showed signs OF
mental trouble, and it was thought 1t
was caused by disease. The develop
ments Of the past two days, however,
probably explain the cause of his suf-
fering.
AS the story runs he has used up the
bulk of his fortune in paying of a lot
of the forged paper in order to save
his wife from exposure and disgrace,
but now this can no longer be averted,
as suit has been commenced on a
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Among the chief sufferers by the
forgeries are Henry Wright, milk
dealer; Cramer & Somers, fish dealers;
|. r. Adams, real estate; Robert Pea
cock, a clerk; Gross Il Co.. George
German, w. T.. Bartlett, John >.
Davis, Manager George Roberts, of
the United States Hotel, and others,
including Justice Lewis, who is out
$7O0 for cigars, and all the old servants
at Haddon Hall.
Mrs. Lippincott was adopted in her
girlhood by a Mrs. Scattergood, who
also adopted another girl, now the
widow of the late Caspar Haines. AT
Mrs. Scattergood's death each received
a legacy of $50, 600. Mrs. Haines pos
sesses considerable property. In 1858
Mrs. Lippincott negotiated a mort
gage for S. 81 800, and later two addi-
tional mortgages of 81, 900 and 81 1900
respectively on Mrs. Haines' property.
There were two mortgages of $500
each from Mrs. Haines to Mrs. Lippin-
colt, which we're paid before the ex-
posure came, and Mrs. Haines says
none of them were genuine, and that
she never gave a mortgage to any one.
1t is alleged that another lot of
bogus mortgages were ioated in
1877, amounting in all to
nearly $40, 900. Mrs. Haines
denies that she ever signed
these mortgages. Besides these, Mrs.
Lippincott negotiated other paper to
the extent of several thousands of dol
lars, It is said that counsel for Edwin
Lippincott has been served with
notices of nine different suits, on
notes alleged to have been given by
Edwin Lippincott and Maurice A.
Haines, all of which are forgeries.
Following the discovery of his
wife's transactions, Mr.. Lippincott en-
deavored to buy up the bogus paper.
When he had paid out 81. 900, his wife
assured him that he had all the worth
less paper, but since then evidence of
additional notes have come to him so
rapidly that he has had to stop pay
ing them.
Mr.. Lippincott, who esteemed him
self a well-to-do man, says his wife
has ruined him. What his wife has
done with all the money is a mystery
to him and his friends.
Mrs. Lippincott has made no state
ment to enlighten them on the sub
ject. Her friends claim she has been
a heavy buyer Of Reading Railroad
stock for several years, and generally
on the wrong side of the market.
Newark Labor Movement.
A largely attended labor meeting
was held at Newark yesterday.
Thomas Thornton, of the Journey
men Stonecuttters' Association, pre-
sided. A delegate from the Cigar
makers Union advanced the idea that
a committee of one from each organ
ization be appointed to formulate a
plan of reorganization of a new
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