The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
HiRrFORD's sESs.iTIoy.
The Court Reserves Its Decision Until
 To-DaN.

Hartford is thoroughly stirred up
 over its sensation, Mrs, F, Wallace
 Robbins" who was arrested last week
 and locked up in the Hartford police
 court for lack of a s300 bondsman. Is
 creating great excitement. She was at
 first thought to be only an adventures.
 but each further step in the uuravel!ng
 Of evidence urges the matter to n more
 sensational development. Two hear
 ings have been given the case In the
 Hartford police court this week. and
 Judge Barbour suspended Judgment al
 the end till to-day. Mrs. Robbins" |"
 which she says is her husbands stage
 name. declining 10 give his real name.
 has baiiled the courts so far. She is
 called the ''cleverest" woman who ever
 struck town. Her schemes are on a
 large scale and are extremely numer-
 ous. College graduates. long list of
 whose names were found In her va!se
 together with the small amounts swim
 died from each one. appear 10 De the
 victims of her wiles. and many law yers. doctors and clergymen. graduates of Yale and Harvard. have fallen in
 her path far worse.
 Two very discriminating letters were found on her person and in her vaiise. They tend to show that her husband
 was connected with the gang" and
 that operations had been carried on to large scale.
 Mrs. Robbins in the police court as- tonished the hearers by her segac!ty and adroitness. She lodged the law yers at every turn. bringing them to standstill at every third question. She refused to give her husbands real name. her own maiden name, anything of her previous life, or to answer any questions relating to cares outside of Hartford. Her "bluffng" is tremen- dous. She bluffed tn lawyers out of their most important points, blufrcd the matron out of searching her per son and bluffed the judge out of rem dering a speedy and fair judgment.
 Her operations have been extensive. Under the names of Mrs. F. w. Rob- bins, Mrs. A. l.. Frazer, Mrs. Daniel T. Porter Yale iSS Ga man who never marrieO' Mrs. J. C. Wallace and a score of other nom de plumes. she has swindled her victims right and left. The Yale men imposed upon, and whose names were found in her valisc were the following: E. S. Buffum '77, S10; F.. Barrows '5s, $l0; c. Lawson 40, SIC; Hon. Gideon Wells, s1O; E. Rugges '59. $40; H. Baldwin '5I, s2O: s. l. Bailey '6s. s5 A. Hemenway, '61, s25; B. c. Moulton '5o, SIS; c. Lounsbury '52, $5; S. C. Darling '6o, slo: S. B. Eaton Fl. sS5: c. Reed TT, S25; F. s. Hoppin '56, s25: r. M. kittredge '65, $15: J. c. Shipley 6l, S3o; G. T. Picrtt ''65, $2O; J. B. Pearse 6l. $40: J. c. Parsons '53, sS2.
 The Springfield Republican says of her work in Massachusetts: The dash ing widow, Mrs. Osborne, alias Mrs. Rhodes and no one knows how many other names. who with tears in her eyes has been beseeching Worcester graduates of Yale university to assist her with sums of money, has made her appearance in this city. Mrs Osborne generally visits the graduate whom shc has selected at his house. On introduc- ng herself as the widow of a deceased 'lassmate of the graduate she usually wears a demure expression and states loW painful it is for her to seek as- distance from a 1.-Two It is only her necessity and the great Infection that her dear departed bore o the man before her that could induce Ter to take this liberty. Then she re- 'ites the tale of lost pocketbook, 'tating how necessary it is for her to each home as early as possible It al- most always ends by the graduate his pocketbook and handing lis visitor $10, the amount asked for. The woman departs with a profession f gratitude, leaving her benefactor with l he impression that he has assisted a worthy and at the same time hand l ome woman. He is only undeceived | when every mail fails to return the honey. Mrs. Osborne has particu- | ar liking for Yale graduates and she | pent Thursday evening with one at | he Massasot house. Since she left | or New York on the 2:2O a. m train | is thought that her mission was | lot without profit. By means of a 1 Tale obituary record and a quick wit l he can ordinarily make a man think | hat she was the wife of his dearest l riend.
 The woman is great talker Mar hal Rice knows that. Thursday af- | while entering the police sta ion in a hurry he was accosted by a tall distinguished woman dressed in a steel l ray dress. At sight of him she began Have I the honor to address?" and he gradually talked him into the office, ito the inner room, around the table, ut again in the entry and fairly out n the sidewalk. In brief her story as that her name was Rhodes, that he lived in Maine, not specifying what lace, At Worcester a well-dressed oman got out and left in the seat a umbrella and a satchel 'ith her purse containing $500 in loney. Mrs. Osborne had taken the roperty in charge and had brought it 'om Northampton for the purpose of dvertising it when she met the n1iss- lg owner at the station here and re- lrned her property to her. The wner was very grateful and gave ) Mrs. Osborne s1.50 in an envelope hich she wished returned to Chief of office Raymond of Worcester. It WIS
 loan, she said, and Mrs, Osborne ished to send it to the chief in Wor-