Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
ONCE TOO OFTEN.
TIN FALSE PRETENSI DODGE AGAIN At
TEMPTED ON A RETAIL HOUSE,
A Trap is Set and Young Woman, Named Louisa
n. bangle, is Caught-An Attempt to Swindls
l. Swabacksr-Ths Woman Gives a
False Name and Residence.

publications Of attempts to swindle re-
tsiI dry goods merchants, recently, thai
a person operating in this line would
have dropped that particular species Of
dishonesty for some other and newer
scheme, in order to avoid the inevitable
arrest and exposure.
More than month ago the REGISTER
chroniclsd an attempt to obtain big
lot Of goods from Main street retail
store, through note towhich the name
OF Mrs. F.. P. Hearne was signed, snC
since that time two similar attempts a
sWindling have found their way into
print. Naturally business men were
looking with suspicion upon that species
OF orders, where the handwriting
not familiar, but the person tn
ing TO obtain valuable goods
compensation seems to ha
failed to take warning. Pc
person don't read the papers
long chances were to be
principle that faint heart
plished much.
However this may be, another effort
was made yesterday morning to swindle
the ~5:aH notion firm Of Swabacker &
Co. out of about one hundred dollars
worth Of goods, and, as result, Miss
Louisa NJ. bangles, a well known
dressmaker, having apartments on
upper Market square, was arrested
on a warrant charging her with
a violation of the postal laws.
She was arraigned before U. S.
Commissioner b. ]. Campbell, and
after the evidence had been partly
heard the case was continued until
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock, Miss
bangles being released on $500. No
State cases, either for obtaining goods
under false pretenses or for forgery,
have yet been instituted, and 1t is IN
certain whether any will be.
1t is the general opinion OF those IA
miliar with the case as far as it has
progressed that Miss bangles is not the
only person involved, but that some one
is behind her, engineering the work,
aud having her run all the risk OF ar
rest. Miss bangles maintains her in
nocence, saying that much in note
written to Mr.. Rentsch, Of Shook & Co.,
yesterday, after her arrest, yet she
gave q false name and place Of resi-
dence, and was taken into custody with
the package supposed to contain the
goods sent for in her possession.
Yesterday morning the letter carrier
making the 7:3O o'clock delivery along
Main street left q letter at Swabacker &
Cos. 1t was received at the desk by Mr..
Louis Swabscker himself, and on being
opened was found to be signed by ''Mls.
I. +. Jones, Elm Grove" read as fol-
lows:
'ELM GROVE, December 2, 1892.
''1frS, Si0GbGeker:-
at is impossible for me to come TO town.
Can you please send me some goods, l must
havel I will enclose samples. Some OF
them l have had for good while, so do not
EXPECT to match them at all, but only send
them so you can see what quality Of goods
want I want q quantity Of the finest
trimming you have in your store. Please
send me six yards Of your best black India
silk, six yards OF your best creme India
silk, fifteen yards Of black taffeta silk--not
so stiff as sample, If you have
it-twelve yards Of your incest
India lawn, five or six yards
of black Chantilly lace, about ten inches
wide, or some other handsome black lace
suitable to trim a fine black grenadine
dress, four yards narrower lace to match
for same. i've yards Of black ribbon, gros
grain with satin edge, not less than hve
inches wide-send incest you have, IL less
than five inches; send best quality, II you
have not gros grain. Send piece OF SATIN
or watered on approval Six yards OF
heavy yellow lace, ten or eleven lncnes
deep; not so particular about pattern
price, not over 81 per yard. SEND sam
niles of lace. / want TO get Val. lace TO trim
two suits Of underwear, out and out, with
trimmings TO match; torchon Tor ABOUT
four suits and fine embroidery for two.
Send the different widths Of all the trim
mings so / can make any selections. Send
Insertions TO match them Rll, and several
Dieces Of very fine Swiss insertings, 70 be
nsed with the laces; four hounces for
white skirts-S& yards each, very fine
and close. l want all these trim
mings to be the very INCEST
/ can get 1t Is 3 bridal
present to q very dear friend, therefore l
an more particular than II IL were Tor my
self Please send the whole pieces as can
not MAKE ocAcCttuuo rum oou. f-OSi -.
down 70 motor ONCE IN time Tor ten O'Clock
motor. some ladies are coming out to
luncheon and they will bring the package
and / will select what I want and return
them with them on the three orfour motor.
'sSend ne also several pairs OF black kid
gloves-goOd Quality-size 51( mot mosqui-
faire: one pair black silk hose. and one or
two pairs isle thread-nice quality. DO
not fail to send BY ten O'Clock motor OF
wiz not able toreturn same day.
.Respectfully,
"MRs. I. r. JOKES,
Elm Grove
nS-nH pieces torchon pok over 3
y vill need aboutf30 var S