The evening world., 1890-07-10
PaOVIDEACE'S PRETTY FORGER
She Has a Gloomy Prospect Of
Two Years of Servltude.
None OF Her Family Saw Her AR
raigncd This Morning.


PROVIDENCE, RI. July 1O.-Nettie Clarke
the pretty forger OF a SO, 600 nnte, did mot
pass comfortable or pcaceable ninht.
Judging from her looks as she was escorted
out OF the prisoners pen this morning ta
plead to the warrant on which she had been
eHtradited and brought back from New
York.
Her eyes were red from weeping and her
bosom heaved heavily az shc was taken to
the rail and brought face to face with Judge
Cooke, of the sixth District Court.
Nottie was represented BY James VI. Will
Jams, an attorney and personal friend Of
her father, but none OF the family were
present.
The warrant. q very LONG one and replete
with legal verbiaRo. charged Nettie with
forging aud uttering q note for so, 600.
drawn to her own order and purporting to
bo signed by James l.. Tourtellot and en-
dorred by Joseph A. BudlonG aud Nettie l..
Clarke.
Eettie waived q formal examination, and
Judge Cooke, being interested in the Me-
chAnics' Savings Bank. where the note was
placed as collateral security. decided not TO
fix the bail, leaving that detail to Clerk
Sweetland, who named the sum of go. 600.
Nettie was then taken back TO her cell TO
await the arrival Of the friends who were to
become her surety.
From what Detective Parker. who brought
Nettie home, says, the prisoner claims that
DR.. Smith was engaged to be married to
her. and she says that at the proper time she
can and will prove this.
While Smith says that he was never here
but once. ana then remained but . single
day. the police claim to have proof that he
visited provi 'ence on four occasions and
remained several days each time.
Nettie had read all the papers which
touched upon the case. and has full knowl-
edge Of what Smith says about loaning her
money. She denies in toto his story, and in
a sarca tic tone of voice asks where. in the
name Of goodness, he could get 81, 600.
The impression prevails here. and the
opinion grows stronger in police circles.
that Nettie is more of victim than the pub
lie have any idea OF.
While she had 4 good deal OF money first
and last, from what hints she drops Smith
reaped the benefit of her msdeeds.
Nettie will be baled this forenoon. and her
case will come up before the Grand Jury of
the September term Of tho Court of Common
Pleas.
That she will be indicted and convicted
there is no doubt, and she will be sentenced
TO not less than two years nor more than
ten, the law fixing these extremes.
Tie belief ~ that she vii. get two years.
While the formal sentence will read ''im-
pr 9 nment at hard labor in Il e State
pri-on. The will not be inc rcerated in tina
institution; + III this State il is customary
to send the female prisoners To the House Of
Correction and isolate them from the male
prisoners department.
This means that Nettie will don blue
jean dres". with white apron. and he kept
by day in the main workr0om of the House
of Correction, wrere. witt nat o Judd. who
burned an elegant villa at Newport four
years ago out OF Epite. tn o. women mnr-
de-, r.. some shoplifters. keepers of diSoi-
iorly resorts, and twu or three score " C m
mon female convicta. she will do wing for
tho male prisoners at the State farm.
This means Anything but plensant com
pany for q girl bronght mp in aretined home
a. 4 accustomed to high society in Thomas
vile, Georgia.