New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-19
THINK SHE is MRS. PECK.
POLICE LOOKING FOR THE WOMAN WHO
SwINDLED DR. LOTT.
THEY BELIEVE SHE is THE ONE WHO GOT $4,000
FROM n T BAPRITT-NOw KNOWN As MRS
HANsEN--A STORY OF MILLIONS IN
rIp UNITED STATES TREASURY

THB UNITED STATES TREASURY
WHICH FOUND BELIEVERS.
Brooklyn. New-York and New-Iersey detectives
are looking for Mrs. Mary Hansen. who was re-
Gently indicted by the Kings County Grand jury
for felony In obtaining money under false pre-
tences from Dr. Christopher Lott. Captain Reyn-
olds. Of the Brooklyn detective force. oeheVes
and Assistant DistrictAtorney Miles asserts posi-
lively that Mrs. Hansen Is the notorious commence
operator Mrs Ellen Peck Il Is alleged that MIS-.
Hansen obtained loans from DR.. Lott aggregatihs
5000 or 10000 by representing that her husband
Admiral Johann CARL Hansen OF the Dah'sh
Navy, and a man OF great wealth. and that she
needed advances In order to get his money from
the United States Treasury. where It had been de-
posted
Dr. Lott died at his home In Reid-ave.. Brooklyn.
May 10 and 1t Is the belief of his frienn' 'ic
Rev. 8. Giffard Nelson. pastor OF the BEDFORD ave-
nue. Baptist Church. who pressed the criminal pro-
ceedings. that DR.. Lofts death was due parity u
his worry over the loss OF his money.
1t was In the latter part OF 1894 that Dr. LOU
| began to attend the family of William simpson
who then lived in Greene-ave.. BROOKLYN MrS
Hansen living there. and was proclaimed ~
the world as simpsons mother-!n-law. simpson
claimed to be a relative of the Simpsons, the pawn
brokers' and 1t Is said that he once had pawn
shop Of his in New-York.
Mrs Hansen frequently told the story OF her
marriage to the Danish Admiral's son and on his
death, to the Admiral himself. Mr. and MIS-
Simpson are under Indictment for having aided her
In spreading the story that the Admiral was worth
from $lsOcoO0o to $50 oOO.Ooo and that he was on
long cruise. The money, they are alleged TO nave
stated. had been deposited in the Treasury OK the
United States for safe keeping as the Admiral dd
not wish to leave so much money In the Kingdom
of Denmark.
Mrs Hansen. who played the part OF the sweet
old to perfection, first began operations
No -bo
Simpson family as professional nurse. She made
the nurse believe that the difficult task OF with
drawing these millions from the Treasury devoiVea
upon her during the absence OF her husband, the
Admiral. BY representing that she needed money
for lawyers fees and other expenses she Is alleged
to have obtained advances of 5000 from the nurse
In order that she might satisfy what she cahed
the insatiate greed Of Treasury officials for more
money Mrs Hansen then turned to the sympathy
OF the family physician. The doctor. with a haAy
notion of the practices OF the Treasury Depart
ment advanced Mrs. Harsen first $3.50 and then
many other sums thrice the amount being N'Wo
and the doctor having 10 borrow the money. AS
security he took the personal notes of Mrs Han
sen and Simpson.
When Dr. Lott would appear suspicious. Mrs
Hansen would produce kilograms such as this:
Have just heard from the old man. He will be
here CARLlSlE
Another telegram purported to be from Conrad
~ Jordan, Deputy United States Treasurer. New
York City. 1t curtly requested Mrs. Hansen TO
send $500 at once. MI. Jordan never sent It,
When the worried and awakening doctor threat
ened Mrs Hansen with proceedings last winter. the
latter exclaimed In anguish:
Surely. surely. you wouldn't put an innocent ana
WORKOUT old woman Ike me In jail
the Admiral 5 was in ST. ST. kits. west indies jther
tse s' eEeduSSs man sent & but
The was placed in the bands OF the police
be with Simpson, the Park Row pawnbroker.
and Mrs Hansen found In Plainneld, n. j;
Mrs. Lott retained j; Edward Swanstrom. and
Bennett. The case was then presented to District
Attorney Baekus who placed in The hands rSf OF
Grand Jury indicted Mrs Hansen in June for fell
and M and nd M War 9T % Sa
the sum Of 500 each. simpson the paWhnrohKer; ph IT,
have advised the Grand Jury not TO ndict the
d. Nelson charges that the Dlstrict-Attorney s
office by its delays allowed Mrs Hansen to escape.
1T has been admitted" said DIR. Nelson; that
the Simpsons were first arrested had not Captain
Reynolds's men been called off'-that Is. stopped
by the Disrict-Atorney office, pending presenta-
The plstrictA,tGrneys office Is Inclined to treat
physician could be led to believe that the Govern
ment had accepted deposi: OF trust the millions
Of foreigner.
Mrs. Peck has a wide reputation confidence
woman. She Is small and uninteresng looking
but a bright converse tioDalist
In ISIS she swindled Babbit. the soap man. out Of
$1,000 by pretending, as detective, to help M, MN
Hs advanced her this money make the search;
Later she go o 9hn 81 Tady G the the
that she was going to sell them for him About tns
2eo sa%s from rom SS Cuban an ,eweler D VIII" ""'S
The woman Likewise has regulation bnr as deteD
| ping crooks. and considered her a woman OF great
| nerve. Her husband was the engineer In coast
been as clever in escaping conviction in obtain
| ing money.