Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-21
CAPTURED AT LAST.
Ne" York Police Place LANE Doe Noted
C0unterfeIter, in Tolls.

| ~" VI ~ d uly ~. mystery no longe
surrounds Jane Doe" who was caurh
passing counterfeit dollars in IiobokrI
| On jury !, ana refused TO say who sh.
was, for Agent George Il. Bagg. in charg,
OF the Now York Division Of the Unitet
| states Secret Service. believes that h,
| mss discovered that she Is Mrs Nar,
| knapp. associated with George ana
| VI iIilain sands, brothers. who have hat
| many years experience as counterfeitcrs
| one q VINO IS now in Essex county Jail
| ana me other within reach Of Secret Ser
| vice detectives
| After her capture and Imprisonment IN
| the Hudson county jail. the shrewd wo-
man, in the hope of shielding her ass0.
clates, persistently declined to tell where
ne came from or anything about her
SELF But Notwithstanding her silence
iiaEs says that he has succeeding in dis
covering that the artful paSser of tho
queer Is the wife of Arthur o. Knapp.
VINO until two years ago conducted The
Progressive Printing Establishment in
l;uiiaio. and is now doing BUSINESS in
Boston.
Her maiden name according To Agent
Bagg's story. WIS Mary Beasley. ana she
was born IN ontario. Canada - years aga.
ON May e 1883. she Was married to
Knapp by the Roy Cleveland Hyde.
rector of All Saints church. Buffalo
Prior 10 knapp's start for BOSTON his
wife became afflicted with a nervous dis
ease and consulted 4 massage treatment
specialist IN Buffalo. Dr. H. Clark
Although - fakir and a counterfeiter, =
he succeeded she said in curing her
She aft"rward became infatuated with
"Dr. Clark and her behavior was suct
that knapp decided to separate from his
wife and go 10 Boston. Mrs. Knapp re
manned ia Buffalo. and on June % 1895
when DIR. Clark s. alleged wife died sud
denly aud under suspicious circum-
stances Mrs. Knapp became his house
keeper.
IN December DIR. Clark ana hi.
houseseepcr vanished from Buffalo. II is
now Known that they went to Chicago
where they engaged furnished apart.
nents IN ono of the leading streets as Br
and Mrs. o., II Han. Afterward they
We're Joined by a man who said he was
Dr. Halls brother, as he was, but Hall
was not his real name.
The trio remained ut the furnished
rooms III Chicago until March. and The
men spent their time in making counter
felt dollar pieces. There they coined
about <-g1 and were then ready for the
road Aiirrward the reports received by
Chief William T.. iiazen of the United
States Secret Service in Washington told
of the passage of dozens OF limitations sill
yer dollar pieces by a gang of two mem
Milwaukee. Cincinnati. Louisville New
Orleans. and finally in June at Troy NY
Tho men We're recognized George
aud William Sands. but the government
authorities were unable to identify theii
woman companion from the descriptions
provided 10y her dupes. She was a stran-
ger. ana according to all the reports was
smart and shrewd.
After swiudling shopkeepers in Albany
and Troy. Mrs. Knapp and the Sands
brothers decided to cut off pursuit by
spending n vacation of three weeks or So
at fashionable resort in htc heart OF
the Catskill mountains. This plan was
followed. ana few days before her ar
rest as Jane Doe" Mrs. Knapp ana her
made their appearance i'm
Jersey City
When the women fell in the hands of
I he Hoooken police. the two brothers
name of Austin. took up quarters in Ir-