The morning times., 1896-11-19
USED GIRL As HIS DUPE
May. Vintage UncOnsc..ously
Assisted Swindler Valentine.
LATTER. ADMITS HIS GUILT
Pleaded Guilty. to the Charges of
Forgery and Abduction-Wi1 BE
sentenced Later-Evidence In
Possession of District Attorney
at Last Made Public.

Brooklyn, n. Y, Nov. 1S.-William F.
Naientinr, the alleged swindler, VINO IS
believed 10 be one OF Il gang or sharpers
that mas successfully operated in several
cities, was arrMgned TINS mo rning 10
plead 10 indictments ror forgery anu grand
larceny anu abduction and assault, re-
Gently found by the grand jury.
District Attorney BacEus moved his
trial on the charge OF forgery, in obtaining
$50 from Henry Batternan on forged
check, but Valentine pieaued guilty Ia lIe
indictment. Then Mr.. BacKuS said lie
would prefer To have his plea taken for
tie second count in the Indictment, which
was forgery in the second degree. and
Valentines counsel agreed to this. The
district attorney then moved for the trial
OF the prisoner on the charge of abduc-
ton and assault, i'll living with May
Vintage at No. 1873 Adams street While
she was under age. Valentine pleaded
gully To abduction, which plea was en-
tered, and he was rcmandcd for sentence.
District Attorney Backus later consented
to divulge the mysterious evidence which
he has held back so long in connection with
tile alleged gang OF swEdiers. 1t is the
first Official statement made, and is to
the effect that Valentine met May Vintage
in 1885 for the first time, when she was
injured by falling from a trolley car and
he saved her from being run over.
CLAIMED THEY WERE MARRIED.
The acquaintance quickly ripened, Valen
tine REPRESENTING himself as Il wealthy
builder, and giving his name as Edgar
The couple met several times afterwart
and went TO Staten Island and Ulmer Park
1or pleasure trips. She finally consented
to i've with lIm as his Vile on his as
suTaHce that under the laws of God anc
man she wonld be his wife as much as II
they had gone through a ceremonial
Miss Vintage told her parents that sht
had married Valentine in a New York
city cnurcn Alter living with him Iol
Some time she discovered that he had &
wife and family in Hampstead, L. L., bu
he saIu ne WIS JIstIIled III leaving his wife
when tile girl told him what she hat
learned. A meeting OF the wife and Mis-,
Vintage was brought about, and wneI
the latter discovered that Mrs Valentin,
was Il respectable woman she begged he
supposed husband to leave her and return
TO his rightful wife. Before leaving tn
house she had Il fainting spell
Tie girl then wrote her parents, asking
forgiveness for having deceived them. Sh.
! asked pernsSiOn to return home and fint
work This letter was written ON pape
headed standard Coal and Oil Company y
! capital stock 50 900 900, fully paid, non
| assessable; j X. Mclaughlin, secretary ant
treasurer; Edward 1oieIrce, president; man
office, Washington, ID. c.; New York Of
flee, / % Liberty street.
THREATENED THE GIRL.
on Valentines return from an absenc,
| of some days, May told him she wouIt
leave him. Then ne told her that II sh,
did she would be prosecuted for pass
| ing counterfeit checks, and he would skil
the country. Ii was the iirst time sh
! heard of any bad checks having DeeI
| passed.
The girl says that when she still insistc
| on golue- ava lie egrasped her Dy the ,nroa
and threatened to Kill her, and { Id tha
If she dared To tell anything about him sh,
would be killed. Frightened by his VIC
| leBce she remained with him. Then h,
| wrote Il postal card to her father sayin:
| that May did not mean what she said ii
| the letter, and assuring him that every
! thing was all right. Shortly after thu
| Valentine and May Vintage Were arrested
| for passing bad checks on Adams 4 Co
| Valentine got out of the scrape by hav
| ing friend make good the amount. Ma.
| begged the man 10 settle all the fOrEc'
| checks, but he did not do so. Miss Wintag
| then left Valentine and went to live a
| l20 Ralph avenue, where she atterhpte'
to commit suicide on october 2S last
| Valentine WIS arrested for passing II cbcc
for $50 on II. Batterman.
Valentine said that Job l.. BouGh signe
the name of L. Monk 10 the Batterma
| check.