The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-21
MRS. HANSEN'S STORY OF IT.
DIDN'T sWINDLE Oh. CHRIsToPHER
LOTT OF BRoOKLYM N.

pIo, 900. but oHiy ~. SSO-shs Never Told
HIN she Was tho Wiro OF Admiral Hansen.
Mrs. Mary Hansen, tho famous confidence
woman, whose record was published In THE
Bun Yesterday, with tho assertion that sho and
not Mrs. Ellen Peck was probably tho woman
who swindled tho lato DIR. Christopher Lott of
Brooklyn out Of $4,000, gave herself up to tho
police yesterday. She has been living at 4o3
Summit avenue. Jersey City, with her daughter,
Mrs. James II. Crosbic. She says TINT she had
intended to give herself up before, but she
waited until somo business sho had in hand
was settled, and then went to Chief Murphy Of |
The Jersey City police and told him that she was
ready 10 go to Brooklyn. Before sho went,
however, she sent her sonin-law to this city to
sell the nevn of the act she contemplated 10 O |
newspaper. She got 500 for 1t, and threw in
an interview.
The reporter who went to got tho interview,
not knowing anything about Mrs. Hansen or
hor record. not knowing that she was known to
the police Of every big CITY In tho country, savo
Brooklyn, as Dutch Mary, made q martyr of
tho woman, thus amusing the police OF this city
and Jersey City worry much.
If the Brooklyn police had consulted q copy
of e1-Chiof Byrnos's book, professional Crimi-
mails Of America" they would have found out n
groat deal about Mary Hansen. In that vol
ume there Is o history Of her life and exploits.
Ono glance at this record would have shown the
police that sho was the woman they were after,
for they would have observed that the tales of
great wealth, deposited in tho United States
Treasury and other places, on the strength of
which, 1t is said, DR.. Lott gave up his thousands.
had boon employed many times by this woman.
While Mrs. Hansen lived openly and was
ready to submit at any time to arrest, the
Brooklyn police were searching for Mrs. Peck,
who hroken dawn In health and vvithouf INV
of her old.time spirit has been living peace
fully at Sparkhin. N. Y. They didn't find her
and they didn't find Mrs. Hansen. Reporters
found Mrs.. Peck. Mrs. Hansen gave herself up.
sr eptss % Capt, Reynolds e. soS s' Of s H,oI p0i'Sd e sssS.
Two force on Monday SS night that he and Mrs.
look after his mothers interests, wien peo,
been MIR, Peck, The latter weighs about 100
much. Furthermore, she doesn't look in the
least like Mrs, Peck.
about Saist an hour, Mrs. STA Hansen ssSn sas for oa the Rosu aSs
Gallery phot9grapher: She hon gave her name
S Ss May q years. a; h az sas. 'r Ths shs sh we vent = np a5 sup pes
was taken before Judge Hprd IN the County
Court There she was arraigned on three in
i sSs%S1' Il G Inc f srss sUdH esres II d SaS .SE sFf pS.
ard degree in dsfraaa|ns Miss shea, The nurse;
The The woman Sa, q. had sf o I9thia sSt to .s say. .h Judge ttS,, Haard !
6ondsman would soon appear. but no Bonds.
man came. After several hours Of waiting
reSe Gas S' Very y cheerful si1i Pointing Saiys' at sAa' large rye
satehel she had brought with her she remarked:
bo u Ts Ssms sG R1fpnsssSl 50 In tn 5s sie% fUF 8 Week ! w ssR
Just before going to jsli Mrs. Hansen made =
ltatement about her connection with DR.. Lott
Ind her alleged Bwindltng OF him.
boerc owed money from II Dr. no fott SSa she s %HC ny" 4
made up my mind that I would give myself up
;ss.' 0S %es M s'i L 'e ess Sello s'' thought s4's hHf's ~as
Mrs. Peck, why I hney i wouldn't do them
% eRsIIh { got g fhr s 9 e she '5 JOB. and 70 last Tor night sEh my
e giye myself up 70 the Brooklyn police. That
NOV r. regard e b: Lott. It In 1893, while
py daughter became III with diphtheria,. DR..
Lot; came to attend her, and we liked him 80
physician. After. Mira: Simpson recovered hse
made frequent visiss to TIE house, ana We r,
the mountains Dr.. Lott came there TO- visit u.s. Is
and when we needed @ nurse no sent us Miss
e one. of:the family, getting no wages after
Mr. !sfb Simpson Fst m got we'll eli and and RRSy1ng no 1 board b..
Lott was afs sec "PeS' by W Miss fxs' s S1esoG IN 1855 g." W.
o StssF d i fSG% D " Lott ss.nE sap a. 10 I; and Pao oa t Dr'
Lott ourselves. The Doctor always let us have
,6e tI money :. shssgf,fuI x: i being I @PssTfs g Y willing Wiling
law and myself. That was all the money We
ever got from Pr; Lott, and we returned $500
BE 'I things that HAUNT Mr.. Simpson pSsH i had % given Iih
There was a diamond pin. a gold watch. and
from whom We borrowed a few trifing sums at
different times, also received gifts from Mr..
stFaP SOLAR 5 shat r. spo ssR oi. '0"'lry and a seal
II want absolutely to deny that there was
iS1s 4 4 of3o o Ps %fth to get b DEi aSt5,s nancy and knd No.
Ing, inc him in as as a t true, w good. fri friend %srn we sI didn't hssi'
wife. Of Admiral Johann Carl Hanson Of the
Danish navy, and that I borrowed money on
&c., 'as .S StssG $50 OF of g ae sssES # II NIX * hH Tniisd h stsse:
Treasury. that Is all nonsense. That story
Lott came % me and showed me 9 newspaper
clipping, which told the story of a wealthy
pan named Hansen, who had died in Germany,
t6is Country. This Hansen, was supposed to
have Y e, 20 from pepp%Srkk, and the doctor
extremely probable, and that's all there was
1.-THE whole amount of the matter Is that we
boEr9Ted $2 1850 from Dr.. LoS and no mole
secured on faise approximations"
t sGS a sF'f las HR 5fSo5 SSSsiEs, s sssa ysdit'S $500, ts ! ' b
swindling during her life, Accounts Of some
Of her best known swtndles were published in
poor woman today, Chief Murphy says, This
Is due Tn her lack Of ability to manage her az
FAIRS.
she's like all great confidence women" said
Chief Murphy. "Sho could talk men out Of
their last cent, but once she got ~ che couldn't
keep 1t a week. These women all die paupers,
unless they happen to have friends to look out
for them when they get DID,"
There are a score OF Brooklyn merchants who
wish that Mira, Hansen had never taken up heI
residence In that town. Her son.in.law, Simp.
son, has left an unpaid account of 81 ,473.2 al
the dry goods store Of A. ID. Matthews q Sons
while Mrs. Hansen ran up o bill there of $845.7a
which was never paid: Tho unpaid bills OF
butchers. grocers, and bakers who served the
Some interesting Developments are expected
when Mrs. Hansen is tried; Tho Rev. Or.
Selson, who has managed the case for Mrs
Lott, has a lot Of evidence In the shape Of let
ters and papers, which he hasn't given to the
police, but which he will produce at the trial.
I'M THE TN