The evening world., 1894-02-23
HERE IS MRS.. PECK AGAIN.
She Is d Notorious Confidence Woman
and Has a Chum Who HELPS
Her SWindle Folks.
AN ALLEGED ALLY NOW IN JAIL.
The Sad Experience of Lippman Thorn with
Woman Who Owned a Vision
airy Marble Company.

Mrs. Ellen T.. Peck. one of the most
notorious and skilful confidence women
In the country, dubbed by the police
THE Confidence Queen" has been heard
of again. She is masquerading under the
name of Mrs. Knight.
The World told last week OF the arrest
OF stephen a. button. of No. Il Cedar
street, who was taken to Ludlow Street
Jail in default of $500 bail upon a war
rant issued by Judge Pryor. in the Court
Of Common Pleas. charged with having
defrauded 1.ippman Thorn. a cigar
dealer. OF No. 10 Greenwich street, out
of $1,000.
1t appeared that two one
known as Mrs. knight and the other as
Elizabeth Delabarre, were connected
with the alleged fraud. Mr.. Thorn says
that for several years he had been In
the cigar business. and had saved 1900.
On July 10, 1899. Dutton approached him
and told him he had u scheme by which
both could make some money. He said
that n Mrs. knight. who owned the Cut
ter Marble Company, a wealthy organi-
cation. was in need of S.. 900 with which
to pay the employees of the firm. She
would give her note for $500 and eight
shares of stock in the company as Sc
curity. Thorn gave Dutton 5000 in cash.
About a week later Dutton again anne
around and said he had another good
thing. He said another woman who
owned stock in the Orange Island and
Phosphate Company, of Florida, was
anxious to borrow $500 for II year, and
would give her stock as security. Dut-
ton needed $1,000 mere to complete the
loan. Thorn handed over the 81 1000, and
in return received an acknowledgment
signed by Elizabeth Dclabarre. The Cut
ter note became due, but was not met.
This made Thorn suspicious. and he gave
the case to Lawyer Felix .Jellenik. of No.
IS Wall street. He made an affidavit
that he demanded the money from Dut-
pay. Since then Mr.. Jellenik has been
trying to locate the mysterious Mrs.
knight. who is no other than the notori-
Gus confidence queen, Ellen Peck.
Some months age Mrs. Peck, or Mrs:
knight. as she called herself then, called
upon Lawyer Henry Daily, ir.. at No. 3
Wall street, trying to secure a loan,
for $4,000, as a mortgage on a piece of
property up the Hudson. on this occa-
sion she was accompanied by Mrs. De-
labarre. The money was to be ad-
estate broker, OF No, 25a Warwick street,
Brooklyn. He made an Investigation,
ana finding that a number of statements
made by Mrs; Knight were false, con
cluded to let the matter drop. On one Of
these visits Mrs. knight made to Lawyer
Daily's office. in Wall street, she met
Detective-Sergt. Timothy Golden, of In
spector McLaughlin's staff, who has
charge of the Wall street bureau of the
detective bureau. Golden had arrested
the woman about fourteen times before
that. and he warned. her TO Keep away
from the money district.
Mrs. Peck, who is now living at Spark
hill, Rockland County, was. last seen
on lower Broadway Tuesday, She then
GaWSer E Ensn a af No. leF = Broadway,
who told a World reporter that
he knew his client only by the name Of
Mrs; knlght; Ee fare { the tn : rT Il h,m a sa. Ho
Il Cedar street, engaged in conversation
with Stephen \. Dutton. When Mrs.
Delabarre was seen she SAID she knew
Mrs. Knight. but didn't know her TO be
Were doing a legitimate business,
she said. II don't see why, they can l
to thipk of it, ! heard it rumored that
Mrs. Knight was Mrs. Peck. Oh, yes,
one day while l was cut with her "a
friend told me Ia better not pS s seen w IN
the notorious Mrs. Peck. Mrs. knight
inspector M~craughlin knows Mrs. Peck
her as one of the most dangerous conf
dence woman in the world. Mrs. Peck
will no longer be tolerated on Wall
street.
Il suspected that Mrs. knight was no
other than Mrs. Peck" said Lawyer
Jellenik, when seen by a World reporter.
we have not decided as yet what fur
Their action we shall take in the matter"
1t IL generally understood, however,
that MIR. Jellcnik will lay the entire mat
Ter before District-Attofney Fellows.
Mrs. Peck is known to the police as n
crook whose record gives her u place in
the book of Inspector. now Superin-
iendent. Byrnes. She was sentenced Oct.
6. 1885, to four years and six months In
the penitentiary for buncoing several
persons. Since her discharge she has
been mixed up in a number of transac-
ions which show that she hasn't re-
formed by any means.