Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-08

hndlady. The prisoner promised TO
get her a ring set with Diamonds, and to
send it by q commissionaire. The check,
according to tins prisoners directions
Was taken 30 the bank" opposite MARI
borough House; but there was no such
place. and at the very last, after all
THESE rosy dreams the prisoner BORROW
ed 9s.. saying that he wanted Ettle
loose silver fer his cabman, as u was
difficult to get change late On Sunday
night.
The v,ctimized women followed on
enc aaogher's heela The next was a
woman Of social position, a widow, mat
by Beck. Will GU. wish hac little daugn-
ter. He told her ne had been staying
with MS friend, Lord Aberdeen and
would like to cail on her. He sent up
the C2-d CT Lord Wilton de WilloughDy.
= told her she ought not TO live alone
growing over q husband buried in In
da. He had a nice house in ST. johns
Wood, appointed with servants and
every requisite. She replied that she
would have TO know more about him
before accepting his house. He told her
her jewelry was net grand enough and,
in ccder 10 buy better fer her, borrowed
he' wedding r.ng, three CT four d-a-
mcnd I.ngs. q gc,l chain bracelet, which
he mean, TO have studded with d.a-
| mcrds; pearl and gold bracelet, an
ostrich feather fan. pair Of elephant
tusks worth $3.50, which ne wished TO
! a3ye repaired. he even took a brace
! let CT lcr sisters In all this lady gave
| him $500 worth of he finery. IN return
/ he handed her a check for $500 With
/ which 70 buy dresses. she thought he
was rolling N money, which ne d.d not
! know what % do with. but alas, the
| chcck was spurious and her jewelry was
| never returned. Cns .hing gave her
some doubt Of him. while ne was with
/ her-he always kept handkerchief up
TO mis- face.
The next witness was a poor little
concert nall singer who gave up ring
which must have been all she had, for
nearly all the women surrendered
everything they valued. The little
/ singer got q hundred-dollar bogus
| check Others swore that he said he
/ enjoyed an income of 100000 year.
One fashionable widow, young and
comely. attracted his attention in Re-
! gent street, and he told her she must
be very young willow and asked after
/ her poor, dead husband. He got her
address, and when he called at her
home told her that he would like to
| have her as his lady housekeeper' at
| mis- Lincolnshire house at ten pounds a
week. He insisted that she discard
/ mourning attire and give him all her
jewelry so that he could buy better for
! her. He even took her wedding ring
C'the beast did she said) with Glove
and friendship" engraved on it. He
! gave no name to this lady. but stayed
an hour or more at her home. He
stole a brooch from her dressing table
while there. Il am sure of the man, -
she said. q identify him front and
back"
At the last hearing on the day before
/ yesterday the counsel for the govern
ment said that many women not yet
| called we're in court and many others
had been subpoenaed. Others stin
were keeping away or pretending i'll
ness. A detective declared that in
| Beck's rooms ne found many pawn
tickets that we're four or five years old
which he aid not bring because he did
not know whether they related to sim
liar proceedings to these that form the
basis of this trial. The court was told
that one more hearing, a week hence,
viii close the case on both sides