The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-09-07

HARTFORD, Aug 19.-About noon
on Saturday a well-dressed woman
appeared in the Office of a Hartford
Yale graduate and introduced
herself as a sister of his college
mate, Lawrence McCully, who re-
Gently died in the Sandwich Isl
ands. where he held an official
place. So skillfully was her story
planned that the facts of her So
called brothers death tailed to the
letter with what was already known
to the Hartford man. The woman
gave the name of Mrs. Schrief, and
said she lived in Southern Califor-
MIA, and had often visited her
brother in his Hawaiian home.
Then followed an account of her
efforts to find some Yale friend of
her brother to whom she might go
in her extremity.
"My brother was a singularly
handsome man, you know" she
said. "a better-looking man than |
am woman; but during the latter
part of his life Lawrence grew very
sallow, even more so than l am"
and she lifted her veil, disclosing
the angular features of woman
about 40 years old, whose cheeks
were almost coffee colored. After
a lot of generalities regarding her
self and brother, she came to the
point of her visit with story of
being stranded in the city, having
lost her pocket-book containing
$1S7 in bills on the way from Wor-
cester to Springfield. This had left
her without a cent to continue her
journey westward.
81 was in the train" she said,
son my way to Springfield when |
suddenly missed my purse, which
/ carried in little hand satchel,
and am satisfied that | was robbed.
l notified the conductor, and every
one in the car hunted high and low
for the purse. My ticket was also
in my satchel, so that | was left
not only without cent, but with
out my ticket to Chicago, where
/ am bound to see an aunt who is
dying. At Springfield a cipher
pass was given to the conductor on
the New Haven road to let me
through. The Boston and Albany
conductor was satisfied that had
been robbed. At Hartford the con-
ductors were again changed, and 1
was forced to get off here"
al am not at all acquainted
here" she went on. "The only
thing l could think of doing was to
find some college mate of my
brother Lawrence, who, for the
sake of his friendship for him,
would advise me. / first inquired
at the post office to learn if there
were many Yale men in the city.
Several names were given, but [
learned that these men were out of
town. Then | came here and found
you in"
There was much else in her
story, and incidentally she men
toned that she owned considerable
property in the West. She was
well off, but could not draw a check
for her money, as it was in the
hands of her broker. If she could
get to Philadelphia she would be
all right. She had friends there
to whom she might 60. She wanted,
however, to get to Chicago as soon
as possible. She. really did not |
know what to do.
Out of his friendship for an old |
college acquaintance, the man be-
came interested, and said he might |
fix it at the bank so she could draw
her money. Meanwhile he gave
her money to go to her dinner.
When she returned he took her to
the bank. Learning that the presi-
dent had left for his business office
they went together there, and to
him she repeated her story. He,
being Yale man, became inter
ested, and finally volunteered to
give her money on his private &C.
count with which to get to her Chi
cago friends. She gave him due
bill for the amount and left.
On Saturday afternoon the police
were notified from Springfield that
a woman had been playing fraud
on Yale men in that city and in
The woman is tall,
well built, and well dressed, with
dark hair and an extremely sallow
complexion. On Saturday she wore
a dark blue dress. She converses
rapidly with frequent gestures, and
has the suspicious habit of being
unable to recall a name when it
suits her purpose to do so.