The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-11
ELLEN PECK AGAIN NABBED
CONFIDENCE QrEEN spIyDLE ED a
JEr.ELLER.

rnder the Vase OF Mr.. Knight she Got Hlus to
Lee He- Take Rome sSSl worth Of J~weIry
mr. selection -introdprri a., Frustu srthy
by y Friend or the Jew-iler-Hsr Career.
Ellea Peck. the "Coafdcn.c Queen" whose
name has become 'lalltac 70 evspapc readers
on account OF the swim lin operations in which
she has been concerned. wAs arrested yesterday
afternoon Tor rOo5inS \ !crvsllcr Of goods worth
S3ei. She was seen walking In Broadway. near
Wall street, by Detectives sheridan and H,s.
gertyot Acting Captain ,ClGsky's stan. who.. in
common With all tAs other Central Oslcc men.
had been oa the lookout FOR her FOR two months
and 4 hall. she was locked Up at Police Head
quarters.
IN June - a woman who had a social 40
Gusinrance with Christopher Clint. a iewelieP
aud tealer in precious stones at 81 East TWEEN
tieth street. walked into his shop with another
woman. Gini's act gl.ataa-e called FOR him,
aci. on his lppea -Ance. introduced her cnnpan.
ton to him IS Mrs. Ellen knight. Ginis ae-
qu.tntance told him that Mrs. knight wished
10 boy a jewel for a friend. and recommended
her as \ trustworthy person. Gini's i'm
preston % Mrs. Knight vas favorable. and he
personally attended 70 her wants. She told him
that she wished 20 get 4 cluster OF diamonds,
ous that she might take some smaller jewelrJ at
the same time. Clint drew out several trays OF
brooches and pins and sUbm'.tct t4em t. Hrs.
Knight :pv eNanina ion. she oksd at several
pieces { tticAlly, ard hcr III inner convinced the
des!c: tina: she was familiar with precious
stones.
Atter some hesitation Mrs. Knight selected .
diamond pendsn; IN the shape Of \ star. valued
az $50. - ring set with a diamond. worth ST5.
ami a s~carfpIn. with a smaller diamond. worth
$50. She told the te~cller that all OF them
pleased her ou. that Before buying anything
she would ike 20 consult her daughter and get
her opinion. Gint told hhr that she WAS well
Cpule to take the Jewels home and RXamioa
them a; her le!surs. The three jewels we .
R5s lid he see @Mrs. Kni:tt."" again
tn ~ie~rlLer, AZ er ne had been convinced that
the WOMAN was = swindle-. learned ID At shc was
S NT', 10 Ps = =, IT, T. P bl :! Il {as PG,iEe, and they Dc.
will net tell; nor will thy tell whether sac was
careless in her se;er;.en Of = friend o.
the CeEtrll otice wee instructed to be
on the lookout for thc Confidence Qneen. and
When .he was arrested she had a 81 900 bond
OF the southeastern Arkansas and Indian Ter
been ds:lcbed. The pohgc do NOT know what
the character Of the organization is. Mrs Peck
has been living at SoarkilI for some time, toe
T4s woman under arrest began to gain her
lve.ihD%t BY s~indlins If the Early seventies.
She c~outnet her operations to small amounts at
hrsr. bu' when an opportunity arrived to try for
operation .lons. in l-7- B. T. Ba6biti, the
SOAP manufacturers. was robSet by some OF his
employees. Mrs. Peck went 70 him, and. gain
ing his confidence by limiting that she
might be ABLE. TO help him recover
some OF the stolen property, she got him
= advance none TO her. NJ. Rabbit gave her
what money she wanted until he had spent
about SlH 900. she W As arrested and indicted.
She wa= atlgdsed insane before the case cams
70 trial AND vas sent To an asylum. Her coun-
sci induced Banultt 70 suspend the criminal ac-
ton and sue her in i civil court. When Babbitt
consented Mrs. Pecks reason returned and she
Was released.
She got -, 700 later from Samuel Pinsree. a
manufacturer Of patent medicine, BY telling
him thtt she could make hi- fortune in tho
STOCK market On tips fur IsheI BY Jay Gould.
she Elat.er! many Others, a majority OF whom
n4vs- told o. their losses. In l->5 she obtained
$1,000 On q tOrEed mortgage OF the Mutual Life
Insurance Compau She served a term
~ four years in sing S.4s for this. In
Isl she assisted ne police. Tor reasons
o. her own. in catching Julius Column
S-Di. Mo haI rvb1=i Gwen and Ei wari
Nc~or!es OF New Brighton OF bonds and money
Amounting 70 Slt.tGO. Sue swiniled jain ID.
Crazy, the eccentric diamond merchant. ont Of
$1,000 and obtained $1,000 from another
t~eWelle-. She swindled many furniture dealers
and other tradesulen and money lenders She
has been inflicted thirty.fve times. and has
managed TO escape punishment on most OF this
counts
She frequently operated under the name of
knight. which she doprsd 20 rob J weller Gini