Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-11
SMOOTH WOMAN
CAPTURED LAST NIGHT BY
THE POLICE

At ths Depot-She Was Gsttipe
Out q the City With a Consider
able Anount of Money-Work
ing ne Church People and
Others for Cock Books, Etc =
A Waning.
Some days ago smooth looking
CONAN esiled at this office and wanted
prices on b work She had been rer
reser ting that she was getting up a
| cook book with recipes in the center of
| the page and advertisements At top.
bottom I'D sdss. The proceeds she
,lsimed| we're to be divided between
herself bid St Mary's church of this
| city. ST. carried with her dun
| ny" f0E of the book to Il ow the
| merchanss whom she sought a. easy
Victims IN what she clqimed to be
intending 70 do she wanted the
Job figla i on, but sire was put off
| with n mise TO look into the matter
She wa1.sesIrous to get the j b out in
furry. She had lot been long one
from thf flee until Father McMullen
of st. Mary 3 came to this cffiee and
stated FRAT the woman is a aud, aud
that she was not authorizs d to do any
,uch verk for ST. Mary's church.
Then she quit it. The mater got into
he papers and her j b Was done. She
eft the north ninth street boarding
house Were she had been staying. and
vent to another boarding house.
aging tnst he was leaving town. 1t
vas asceriained where she had moved
o, and Tie police kept her under slr-
veilianes. Last night il was found
hat She intended TO leave town, and
'ha was eppf ehended at the depot by
Serge an. 5 Smith and Krone, as she
vas at u 9 ticket window at the depot
'n~ah asing a ticket tor Anderson,
Ind.
one gave her name as Catherine
Lynch, but II Is believed that the name
given is an alias, and that she has a real
name, something like Mrs. J b. Gin
Ton. Size was locked up pending an
investigation. She rad with her quite
a number Of hooks that she had gotten
up for various churches in the cities in
this part Of the west, and was appa--
emily getting ready 10 work more of
"a, y marks for this sort of work, and
the merchants have taken up with the
schemes under the pressure of the
woman's tongue and for the purpose
of getting rid of her. She had on her
person number of letters from other
women who are in the same line of
business. and one of them is from a
young (e) girl who tells of boarding
house ia this city where she nearly
starved 10 death, and of the young
men with whom she had Il
good time, when here working
the same sort Of business. The
chara tor of the letters shows
that the women regarded their bns!;
pp sss 4 aid that they regarded the
ehurehfts as easy victims IN that fine.
The one arrested also had quart bot
tie of whisky on her person when ar
rested. This, she said, she bought
when she found she was going to get
into trouble. Everything about the
woman shows that she and those with
her are working the country from
Maine to Omaha, with their cook book
and directory scheme. and that they
are exceptionally smooth. The woman
caught says she is from Battle Creek.
Mich, and it is believed that she does
come from somewhere IN that vicinity.
She had SO with her, and had collect
ed a goodly sum IN this city. besides
having had o ne tailoring work done
here. She is good dresser, having
something of the appearance of the
modern tailor made" girl.
The woman collected quite sum of
money here in this city for advertising
that never has been aud never will be
published, in all probability. The
printing is in the hands of NJ Culla-
ton & Co., whom she engaged to do
the work, and he too, will be stuck
for his money unless the woman gets
out and decides to stay and make
good the debts she bas contracted and
the money that has been paid to her
for the adyertiSjnp