The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-03

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~ oeaeee olo0as ~ thae ~ sUoe Weuld
veil u0e0 oho eome haen. 1he iandle6y
80 - ee3est)oN 70 a1epeiN0 this coufss.
evs WIN - 1leeeveso1 - hSvs ~ -
IAees the - eeuseese hal sepaemeA the
s'sss':s - - $50: - - e , ssss % =. -
bssans euso>slovs, Ssi ~ AesssMsssd 10
mehs isssis!ss q me essstesv ssas,
whsm 80 ha1 bssa sven 10 sndsssss"d
wAe Lady Ashley.
matessNs sns fsom. me iasAisdy bowed
aS1 ~ "WswlA yeus yadvshsp ~ eeoa
snsvsh 70 tsii ~ why TIE countess has
tshsn bss ~ Win her.
ewppoee1 tloay AShjSy. 'fm the ceuat-
~ Wsahsswgmaa. and - shs owes me
the mater cf 81 for work done cams
round here 81 hes invitation 10 get the
money. me told me that eAe WAe con.
Inc into thouea0ds tnAs this Was whefs
hsf future mother <n-law lived. and thst
escpped uiI the carriage returns I
shouM have ny money Ard : little hs
ever ~ whiting. me wrote me . letter
sending ne these clothes that I've GOT on.
AMA tsliinG me that VS. 10 tahs no no.
uce a what anybody said 10 me-"
The nest day the countess ordered .
hscuGham from Whiseley's 10 t4ch her
W ~ ~ JAsnes' seesausaAt, ami that aft.
srWeon me save orders fos - pounds
wossh Of flowers. liee worth Of cioshins.
q worm q boots. and wine ~ the extent
upon her trscA. and before the orders
could b. esseussd she Vas laid ~ the
heels
This Was the second occasion enc had
fallen into the hands of the police. and
when the matter Wse placed IN the hande
Of Detective Sergeant Fuller. No discovered
that she had posed ~ the wife Of q we'll
known of!eer 81 scotland Yard. who was
swet IN America. ana BY this means she
had obtained considerable credit. practi-
cal'y living three o. four months upon
various lying statements She vas In the
habit Of driving almost daily up 10 Scot
land Yard. and Tor some time her motive
could not Be discovered. II was then
learned that. having posed ~ . countess.
ehs told . remarkable story, finishing up
~ declaring that she was passionateIy
fond Of Mr.. Fuller. and that her visit 10
the yar6' Was 70 obtain psomotion for
that on9cer from HE chiefs
OF course, this inapirsd her dupes with
conndence, ana 80 result she vas Allow.
"a to run W heavy bills, none Of which,
u = needless 10 say. was ever settled.
Her last visit 70 Scotland Yard which
WAS Of course. In the usual carriage and
Detective Birrsil on several charges %
swIndlln9 and felony.
The trial took place at the North Lon
don sessions. but despite the fact that tho
wardfeAs stoutiy denied that the prisoner
had any purse when ahe left prison, tho
countese' went Into the witness bog and
repeated the story on oath.
me proysd TO b . smart. Intelligent
psarance ana . well developed figure. she
gave her evidence clearly and with con-
siderable skill. but. despite the able plead
Ing OF Nj Purcell (who was directed by
Judge Mcconnell 10 watch the case .on her
behalO: the countess was found guilty.
There were many indictments against
this woman. upon I'll Of which sse was
found guilty. ana Miss pen.ngsY. the ward
tons. Detective Sergeant Fuller stepped
into the wiiness boz and told the story Of
how he had been bombArdcd with letters.
and of tho vists that the prisoner had pad
10 Scotland Yard In her brougham. He
added that the abatement that che Was 4
gold medalist Of the 0ui!Ehail School of
Music was absolutely untrue. ana further
that on the occssion Of one Of her convic-
tions she wrote an account Of her life and
handed II TO the Judge who tried her. The
statement WAS handed 10 him detective
tulier) tn make Inquiries lie found that
In spite Of the fact that the prisoner had
declared the contents OF the document 20
BE- the positive truth. there was absolutely
not one single name. sGdrsss or statement
lies.
Turning 20 the prisoner. whose remark
abie eoolness and seIf.poseession we're the
subject ~ much comment. HE iordship ask
81 her who her friends were, whsfcupon
she replied; II would prefer. my lord. 70
make no statement ~ 10 my frisnis IN
public. but am accorded private In
tervisw with your iosdah.p viii willingly
tell you oil about thsm."
Detective Sergeant Fuller said; ION n
previous occasion. my lord. THE young
woman WAS allowed by the Judge who
tried her 90 write down the names Of her
parents and sons of her friends. IL ~.
rsc,ed mo 10 make inquiries. AID - and
found every one Of them 70 n false"
Judge Mcconnell said; II am afraid
that N pass sentences now II would be
somewhat severe n II perfectly clear 10
mo that the woman has lived nothing
hut 4 life 81 fraud. carried on with con-
siderable cunning and enrontsry. 10 II
hard ~ believe that \ woman possessed
Of her seps~s could commit such onenses.
and therefore think II best 20 postpone
sentence In order that pr. Scott. the med
cal officer at Holloway. may have an op-
portunity ~ examining tho prisoner - To
her state ~ mind, although ! fear that all
hs Will and II that she n possessed Of q
determination ~ 1.-Two q life Of fraud"
nowing 20 his iordship and smilIng ~
sergeant Fuller. "the count~s~'' hsushfiiy
refused the guiding hand Of the ~ardress
who VIVA seated ny her side - she swept
out Of the doch.-tondon Dispatch.
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