New-York tribune., 1896-01-14
tCCTSEU BY ms TYPEWRITER.
F. 4 wAsHHrRN CHARGED WITH SWIM
DIING- TRAPPED Hr LETrEf

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pLING- G-TRAPPEp BY = LETrEf
Miss Mar, Murphy. eighteen years oil. - No.
7Gl Elevcnth-avc.. a typewriter AMI "''n'fi'ph
/ apu-.arcI In jefferson Markct court 81 't'il"y
| afternoon "a complainant arr'nsi Ernest \ WASH
burn foriv-fwo years Oh. 'of SO ca Eisnth-av'..
whom she charged with hay.ns s"ind.ed her ont
Of $50 Washbaru formerly ran what ar termed
The American Guide Company, of New >ork Lon
don Paris and south America" with Offices a. N's
l. ~ and l.sN broadway. In his circular De- s''
forth In alluring language tnlt ho had ioriy-ioir
women ru'd,a ard sixteen male guides Who w"r"
able 10 speak several lanNunses were thoroHshy
acquainted with vtrious kinds Of businesses. art
were not ou,y competent to show the patrons OF
inc conca-u the s.,his of 4 city but to take them
20 any Of the large stores and see thai ih"y were
mo-, cheated whom buying goods For this he
charged :; pc. h1ur for tn" first hour. aad Sixty
c,ris for each subsequent hour.
When arrested Yesterday by Central Onice De
tectiyes Price and O'Donohue Washbu.n had IN
his possession typewriter h-i oi ms various
women guicr with minute description oi 'hch.
Miss Murphy. N November. answered q" al
vcrtiscneni for s'encgrapher and typewriter a.
Wasnbnrn's Office Washburn told her that as she
wonil handle a rooi deal Of money wn.le acting
as assistant cashier. She must furnish bpni o.
So 10 project him in case Of error He a'rced T.
pay her 80 Il week fpr the First Tnon;n ana 81
4 week thereafter Mss Murphy's father supplied
the money for the security. and on November 2i
sire gave the money 10 Washburn and signed an
aercrnent by which she VAS 20 get her money
b.cK n she .cft his employ By giving thirty days
notice She worked for him on" week. then j"
told ncr that be would pay her her salary every
two weeks. The next week he WIS ct.r,ci Tor
rent and when the girl came 10 work she found
that she oui Of employment She dd not get
her money hack.
The .ir + ported the facts at Police He1hGuirters.
hu- as sGc flld where WdsnDIrn lived.
she could give the detectives no cew 10 his where
abOu;s. In the time he wrote to her that
H. wanted her get $50 Tor him 10 nj up
suite % offices In broadway. ana that 20 secure
her for the money he would allow her to hold all
the money that the guides would deposit with him
as security. lie asked her = make an dppO!n' mcnt
SO that hr could talk The matter over with her
She showed tha letter to the detectives and under
their instructions. wrote to him that she would
meet him yesterday al the hall door Of the Old
office. when he came 10 keep the appointment
he arrested.
In his possession found note book filed
with names and addresses Of people who
able to place a security deposit with him for "A
situation. He at first gave lts name as T. Eignr 4
Washburn, but In court SAID that h" John
Washburn His real name IL said - be Ernest A.
WashDurn. He arrested In May. 1888. the
complaint OF Malcom Peters. charge Of grand
larceny. anl held in 500 for trial by Justice
Ta!ntor He also arrested about a year ago
for transact tons IN connection with the Metro
pOlitan Telephone Company. which vas the com
piainant against him.
Magistrate Flammer held him in 81 900 BAH for
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