The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-23
Old PINE SVINDLER
THE News Diagnosis Of the
Hoboken Fake Kings
Daughter Turns Out
to Be Correct.

Recorder McDonough this morning re-
menting him upon his excellent Judgment
in regard to the Martin woman, whom he
sentenced to thirty days in the County
jail. AS will be remembered, she was
arrested last Thursday in Hoboken. by
Detective Fenton, who found her in "a
semi-conscious state from the effects OF
rum She represented herself as a
Kings Daughter, who had been drugged
by a stranger, but her story was not be
lieved by the police, ard she would have
served out her sentence in the County
jail but for the interference in her be-
half of a fake New York newspaper
Among the letters received by the
Recorder was one from the firm the
woman represented herself as represent
ing. Following is an exact copy
Carson. Prize. Scott & Co., Chicago, Ills,
New York office, 115 Worth street,
March q, 1896.
Recorder McDonough, Hoboken. N. il
morning that on Thursday you sentenced
enc Emily Martin to thirty days in the
County Jail, and at the request of some
newspaper men she was released after
been IN our employ, and had been dis
charged by us while on the road. Your
severity in the case was enlarged upon in
the newspaper account, but We wish to
inform you that you seemed to understand
the matter exactly. Other houses in
Chicago. as we'll as ourselves, have been
very much annoyed by such women as
Miss Martin evidently is, going about the
country using the firm name. We lave
never employed any travelling saleSwom-
en-, and If there is any way to bring the
aforesaid to justice SO that she will not
continue her annoying methods, we will
be gratitied, and would be obliged to you
would see fit to bring about that end.
Your truly.
CARSON, PIRIE. SCOTT & co.
Here is an exa copy Of another let
ter
BoRDENTowN HOUSE,
BQRDENTOWN, N. j., March 20, 1896.
The Recorder
Through the press I note the arrest and
Allow me to inform you of your Justice
in doing so. This oma is a swindler OF
the worst order. On February 20 she
came to the hotel, got beastly drunk,
nordering on delrium tremens. / got a
doctor: she would take nothing but whis-
key. This we refused her. While here
from the 18th of February to March q
she drank one quart and a pint of wits
key which she brought here with her.
her from the house. She did not play
the swindling act in B~ordentown, but
she duped Mt. Holly, Burlington n a
number of towns. Through the Overseer
u tiiS ~ mere Sle was Siippeu 10
Newark on Tuesday, March 8, having
stayed at the American House all night.
herein send you one Of her blanks,
which I refused to give her when
gave her bag up. I thought by doing
this twould stop further swindling. She
only laughed and said she could get
more printed. We all warned her. both
police and proprietor of this house in
cluded. A fun account was printed in
our local papers.
H. GIBSON, Clerk. N
The papers enclosed in the letter were
large letter heads, bearing the follow
ing
THE KINGS DAUGHTERS CENTRAL
LEGION.
Emily Eames Hollenbeck, Pres.
Gertrude Sessions, Sec.
Elise W. Martin, Treas.
Mr.. Gibson wrote upon the letter head
that he had about two hundred of them.
On another letter head was a long list
of names, at the head of which WIS
written, Mount Holly List Mr.. Glib
son wrote that the Burlington Enter
prise of March 8 n 4 had a full ac-
count of her transactions in that town.