The sun., 1898-03-14
A FORTUNE IN
HER BUSTLE
1t Contained $23.4OO in Y. :.
Government Bonds.
DIAMONDS HIDDEN N CLOTHES
Mrs. Abraham Tibhett Also Had
$3.50 in Bank Notes in
Her Dress.
Abraham Tibbrit. SWindIeA. Of Will
ininStOn and Boston Morocco
Firms. Arrives in This Iuun.
try from kcgina.t ana.ln.
Charges Preferred
Against Husband
and Wife,

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succeeded in swindling II number Of
morocco firms in this city and Boston,
was safely landed in the latter city on
saturday last.
His wife was alsn in custody and the
officers having the pair in charge were
Chief Inspector Watts and Inspector
Met 'allsl;lDd.
A. was stated exclusively in the
columns "' the SrN Of Thursday morn
ing last, Mr.. Tibhlt, before taking his
sudden departure for Regina. Canada
had purchased good. from Tadman 4
Hickman tn the ext mt Of $1,000, and
Mitchell 4 Thomas for SIMO.
These goods with others bought uf
Boston and Philadelphia firms were
shipped to points named by Mr.. TibiHtt.
For these he S,,ccrctlrd,in getting bills
of lading, which he subsequently ncgu-
,iatrd, secured cash t" two thirds the
price Of goods and will, the money thus
realized purchased United States Govern.
nrnt bonds, and diamonds and other
jcWrlry.
Before his flight in company with his
wife TibMtt had borne the best Of rpu.
,atiuns i"r honesty and integrity. and
the firms with whom he had dealt with
for over ten years placed the utmost con-
tlcnce in his integrity
Learning through the banks. however,
as to what he had been doing with the
nnls they commenced making Il quiet
investigation.
Mr.. Tibbc,t at tliS time became sus-
picio,ls, and having realized on all bills
Of Ia,ling he. accompanied by his wife,
made II sudden and hurried exit from he
city "i Boston.
! rw hours after the flight Of the pair,
which occurred January -, lS'S, their
,irst stinatimn Hvann known, he having
secured tit ketS for Vancouver
\ dispatch was at once sent to Regina
the first stop ni imp ,rancr made 10y the
train and as Mr.. and Mrs. Tibbctt
alightcl at the station they were arrested
by Northwestern police.
The swindlcd firms were immediately
notified and the local firm Of Mitchell 4
Thomas seat II. II. Ward, ESP, t."
Regina to represent their interests.
W'en Mr.. and Mrs. Tiblptt were
arrested, II rigid search was made thr ugh
their baggage.
This failed t." disclost anything "f A
suspicious nature and il wHs then de-
tern,ined to search the persons nf the
prisoners.
All that was found on Mr.. Tibbctl was
$lUM and two tickets for Melbourne,
Australia, but with his wife i, was en-
tirrIy different.
When she was taken to the private
room by the woman who was delegated
T., perform the unpleasant task assigned
her, Mrs. Tibhrtt pleaded pi,ifnlIy for
mercy.
\" heed WAS paid t" her pracstati"ns
"f inmnpncc, M,wever, and Mrs. ribRtt
was gradually relieved Of I"I wearing
apparel piece by piece.
As the disrUbing process went nn dia-
monds valued at $lO.OW were found
scwed in her c,,rsctS, unLer.kirs and
underwear. These were all removed and
placed in II glitlcrins pile On Il" table in
the rn,lr.
To these II lew minutes later Was added
Il roll ri bank notes amounting to $500,
that had been sewcd in the Mhton Of the
handsome black silk dress which she
wore.
By this time Mrs. TiblH,t was crying.
the tears running down her clce ks, but
as she was relieved Of Il" hustle that she
wore she made frantic grab ior it, but
too late. ~ il was hastily ripped open
and from the inside padding rolled
United States Government bonds whose
face vulnt i, was estimated would reach
Sl3, 4W.
When this climax was reached Mrs.
ribhrtt tainted, but was soon rpsl,Sci-
talrd and in company with her husband
taken to prison.
ON Thursday, March :;rl, Mr.aml Mrs.
Tiblnt were taken before Extradition
Judge Hugh Richardson and here the
case, as given. presented before the Court
by Mr.. Ward and III" attorneys repre-
s.ntiny Boston firms. -,
Four days later the judyr decided
against the prisoners, and they were
~, ned over to the custody Of the United
States officers.
Mr.. Tibbru in the meantime, who has
lNen suffering with cons inpti"n for
years, was taken Scriousl y i'll.
This ,eccssitatcd \ delay but early last
week the journey for Boston was com
nienCrd
They were accompanied ~ fur as
Chicago by Mr.. Ward and here again a
delay el,s,,ed caused by an,dhcr severe
spell Of illness Of Mr.. Tibhtt.
Mr. Ward here left the party and
returned to this city arriving home at a
late hour on Friday night.
Mr.. Tibet soon recovered from his