The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-18
WOMAN AUTHOR ARRESTED
.roRREs1ER FORREsTER's" <CCUs-
,rs DTDy,T APPEAR AGAINST HER.

r,,, Told storie. Outside Of Court About
H,d Cn.cks, but Refused to Tell Them
4, Court-Magazine Editors Experience.
.ro,rester Forester" lie the odd pseudonym
-, gray.haired woman OF youthful face
o,o has been living by her wits in
w.. YORK for several months and who.
hon brought into the Jefferson Market
.o,,ce court yesterday. had to be discharged.
,.r,use the women who had given evidence
..oins, her to Central ONCE mon hadn't
Oh. heart to appear against her In
80, She was arrested on Thursday
.r.rnoon In tho lobby OF tho Fifth Avenue
uo,. by Detective Sergeant Marion.
ehe had been staying at the hotel since Satur-
d,v under the name OF Mrs. Rebccca Wolworth.
Among the charges against her wero defrsud-
a.. xoman In West Sixteenth street out OF $50
a. ,oom rent and passing worthless checks on
~, Nassau National Bank OF Brooklyn. The
I.,sc,iyes say she opened an account at the
ssnt hr depositing 500. drew out all but few
lis and then used her checkbook freely In
paving small bills.
"Forrester Forester" the woman's pen
name. was evidently suggested to her By Miss
Chubbucks Fanny Forester" When Miss
chubbuck complained to n. p. Willis
n the smal pay she received
for her literary Wotk' tho poos
..,.d. so the story was afterward told
"who will read poem signed 'Chu bbuck =
s,sn yourself Fanny FORESTER and
,"n will see the change" Just what
.rorre,ter Forrester's" real name
I, the Detectives haven't found out
In. inquiry among some OF the publishing
hou..s reveals the fact that scarcely any OF the
ms,. o, ,ypewritten poems and stories sub
r,I,,sd 10 them by Forester Forester"
h,y. been printed. The houseowner In West
si,,..nth street. who wouldn't appear against
Mar IN court, has . paper-covered volume OF
abort stories. published anonymously which
"Forrester Forester" says she wrote. This 10
THE Mysterious Disappearance OF Mrs. I.
rompklus Smith. and sundry Other Curious
p,pp.plugs in the Land OF the Montezumas."
One woman who saw a great deal OF For
,,s,er Forester" was the editor OF a maya
r!ne for club women printed in Fifth
avenue, one day in October hI FOrr enter
. sSiT ..d h., s?es IL !Ss
S.s make 1 much s RSr' ,aI pS'n sa
s s.ss:'' in 'O' wsshinF,on. ana Boston tsa.
S,m,ps prosperity OF her magazine. The en-
sa,i%O,s woman; ii. ,,, wife Of "a pFo'm;
.G%,S Doesn't recall and reaisd to he To-
gan. and lot OF other peopls shs hsa Duo.
which had failed. causing her q loss OF sSO.OOO.
she had some rich friends In Washington who
pesio sH and who would bacs her hand
somsly She was going TO Washington soon to
ne M aSs,r 9ns o 81 hs soeay and n
Early this week the woman editor. who was
Forester, got a letter written from the FIFTH
Avenue Hotel in familiar handwrltlng AID
bearing The from sS. s,ter
had ,eit her friend. Mrs Forresier." and she
-. IA Il, he S TGuS ' .of literary friend
She would be glad to see the woman editor at
,ke m Avenue on Tuesday m1rniSg, When q,
on Tuesday maid brought back word that
Mrs. Wolworth was in neglige attire In the
haads Of her h1v,ss IS Tssa had had
Mrs. - return at hsl'-past 2?'
The magazine woman stror ely suspected that
n wsssHfS4 %.@'R were n %nd the
s,Mmexnt n" sh.Eic IL vas .trensthene9 when
iT no,. rom Tn the %a.hin nGS woman .ayins
that she really had forgotten previous 40.
you'd p; Nj meet her II The Tpshiss
Avenue was not suitable she said. and she
STd Sc 70 the T9dS on her told Fs'q sSs
to nee; her daughter. She said. too. that she
luggage 1SsS hon f have eSns from
i.lliss % see "ME.. woi.orth.H Who -. va.
some Inquiries to ind out who the mysterious
stranger was.
e ,S:rs sHss Ssea raS 9sa has an
St.tsr about the time ADMIRAL Dewey came
stories and poems and letters to publishers and
others. She took quito a fancy 70 the young
s,enosrapher. and made her ONCE her literary
ersl large schemes but none Of them save
St.S SFf: T'H ;qGf E1 ;sss a
s s,. ;s%,srs cam. Ssss $Ss $3.50:
never had any money. but she was always
eoinR to have some. She entertained this
ss,.nosTapher with fascinating stories OF her
Then 81. wa, LYING at the West Sixteenth
street house. She had stopped day or two At
near Fifth, avenue, under the name OF Mrs..
ne! near :f a., Xsv York Hospital; 81: said
BY There, the records show. she nrst regis
Wame OF Glovsrsviiie. teacher. and
Collin. Q; Syracuse. She was again 's az
The home In April OF this year. registering a.
Mss Cora W Warner Of Fairfield. Herkimsr
county. When mail came addressed to Mrs.
warner, she explained that she had
been married. She was again registered
the Margaret Louisa Home three
weeks ago Wednesday. That was the day she
iet the Eryat" house. saying that she was 60
ing to Washington. She had not paid for the
Tent OF her room. The woman who took her
IN rays that she never expected she would re-
ceLye any money from Mrs Warner. and she
would rather lose il than appear In court.
n Inc magazine editor heard the stories OF tho
west sixteenth street woman and the stenog-
rapher and through the latter she heard OF a
f. saSg,Spher Rn,,d down in the posta
Poems and had bad check from her.
on, downtown stenoGraphep told too.
ine ana lawyer who had been fascinated
t Sss patent attorney H: hal been In;
str ,G % wit, that a copyrighr, should be
hlI tainted by the authorsss. The woman
EDITOR thought the dolls would AXE none and
all that was needed she learned from For
tester Forester" was $1,000 to put them on
we market There was too. another LAWYER.
VINO had worthless check for $40 which a
eieht oi his had received from the authoress.
hll az Inst N slOrv TINT MIRA ar''