The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1894-07-26
After Victimizing a Num-
Der of our Merchants
SHE COMES TO GRIEF AND JAIL,
Forged Checks Passed on Atlanta Mer.
chants, all Charged to Her
CrOOkedness.

In May last there came to Marietta and
stopped at the Kennesaw House, man
and woman passing under the name of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hicken, from Flori..
da. They staid there few weeks and
then rented a small house from Mr.. Dewitt
Hames at the foot of Kennesaw Mountain.
where the couple took up their abode,
having rented some furniture from Mr. w.
=. Gilbert to be paid for in advance. By
a species of clever manOuvering she got
the furniture to the house without advanc.
ing the promised cash. After a few weeks
Mr.. Gilbert attempted to get The rent or
furniture. He finally had to resort to law
to possess himself of his own Then Mrs.
Sallie Hames had reason to believe that
she had been swindled and employed law
yers Motley Il Morris to recover $1,000
borrowed money which was given on the
promise of the amount being refunded as
soon as a check could be cashed, made
: payable on Florida bank All this ended
in failure and Mrs Hcken was forced to
give bill OF sale for some personal effects
to secure Mrs. Hames. In the meantime
: warrant had been sworn out by Mrs.
Hames for cheating and swiudling. Mr..
: and Mrs Hieken were tried and bound
over in. bonds of $75 each. Mr.. w. T.
King, proprietor of the Kennesaw House
took the couple back to board and through
sympathy went on their bonds to keep
them out of jail.
Friday morning Mrs Hicken turned up
g missing and Mr.. King came to the con-
clusion that Mr.. Hicken might do likewise
l. and he gave him over to the Sheriff who
d domiciied him in jail.
When Mrs. Hicken lett Marietta Friday
: morning she got on the 1928 Marietta &C
l. commodation, dressed in black, her face
= covered almost to suffocation with heavy
t Mourning veil Her disguise was cons
plete.
:. In the meantime Mr.. Eads, OF the firm
:, Of the EadsNeal Co. of Atlanta, came up
to Marietta in search Of Mrs. Hicken, who
as Mrs. r. M. White, he said, had last
!. May. passed a forged check on him for
= $50 90, receiving for the same 1913 in goods
and 1927 in cash. The check was signed
e by +. w. Agnew, rich banker of Ocala,
i Fla. She identified herself with letter
u from Mr.. Agnew written on his business
e letter head and also by telegram pur.
porting to be from the cashier of the Bank
at Ocsla, certifying to the genuineness OF
the check, which Was made payable to
i Mrs. White. All were forgeries, but it
:. seemed so straight that Mr. Eads accom-
{ modated the slick tongued Mrs. White by
letting her have suit of gray clothes, a
; brown soft hat and other goods for her
husband and self They stopped at the
! Aragon and had the clothes sent there to
be tried on. When Mr. Eads came to Ma.
rietta he found that the Dr. II. II. Clark
who stopped at the Aragon was Mr.. George
Hicken in Jail here and that he had on the
Identical gray suit of clothes and the soft
brown hat which had the brand of Eads
Neal Co inside of it.
On Sunday morning Mrs Hicken re-
: turned on the train from Atlanta and was
t placed under arrest
! Enroute to Marietta Sunday morning,
t Mr.. Eads, who was on the train, observed
E that Mrs. White. alias Hickcn, was dressed
, in black She went into the toilet apart>
r ment and came out dressed ia light dress
A with white vest. which completely changed
: her appearance.
5 Mrs. Hicken denied the forgery and the
swindhng of Mr.. Eads, but he knew her
+ face and the goods in possession of Mr..
Hicken bore out his statement.
t 1t seems that j. Regenstein, OF Atlanta
: was victimized by the same woman with
forged check for $54. 90 and the Keely Co
: for $50 90; both in the same way as was
! Mr. Eads
; Her husband claims to have heart trou.
ole and that they have been in Florida ard
: here for his health. She claims that their
7 home is in Prince Edward Island and they
: came south in November. She is about
forty eight years old, tall, dish mouthed
hair dark, mixed with gray, and has a
complexion that is kept fair by the use of
cosmetics. He is about the age of As.
She is sharp and shrewd and vorked her
cleverhess by getting in debt to about
dozen OF our Marietta merchants in small
I amounts for provisions, drugs. shoes, sc.
When searched she had light suit over
, a black dress and on her person were
found SAIL. At the hotel, basket of
hers was searched and blank bank checks
were found of Atlanta and Marietta banks,