The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-03
ON A LARGE SCALE
MARIE JOSEPHINE EAsTWIGx, OF
PHILADELPHIA, CHARGED WITH
FORGERY IN LONDON
AMOUNT INVOLVED 500, 1000
Alleged That the Defendant Raised
Certificate for Five Shares of
Canadian Pacific to Read
One Thousand Shares.


One Thousand Shares.
LONDON, Sept. marie josephine
Eastwick. of Philadelphia, was arraigned
in the Guild Hall police court today,
charged with having forged a railway
stock certificate of the value of 100000.
Sensational evidence was presented. The
case will last throughout the day.
The public prosecutor said she had been
residing in England for about eighteen
months and was believed to be an Amer
lean of wealth. She had been living with
persons said to be her rather and sister,
at the Metropole hotel in London and
had been coaching throughout England
and generally enjoying herself in the
most thorough manner. Later she had
removed to Hampstead for the benefit Of
her health
She obtained an introduction to Mr..
Beeton, member of the stock exchange.
to whom the defendant represented here
self to be the owner of securities worth,
roughly perhaps, 100000. She said she
wanted to buy 1000 shares of United
States Steel corporation securities as
speculation. This operation required
f100,000 which the defendant said she did
not have, but as she wanted to invest
Immediately she told Mr.. -Beeton she
had cabled to a trust company in Phila-
delphia to break open her strong box and
forward the money to her by mall She
added that the trust company telegraphed
to her refusing to do SO until they had
possession of her key.
The defendant Aug IL went to-the
Charing Cross branch of the Credit Lyon
nais and asked the manager to buy two
shares of Canadian Pacific railway. The
manager took the order, but afterward
found it difficult to get so small a number
of shares and wrote to the defendant at
the Red Lion hotel Henley, asking if
he would be allowed to get five or ten
shares AS a result five shares were
bought Aug. Is, and the defendant duly
sent her check. She wrote to Mr.. Bee
ton, Aug. 10, from Stratford-on-Avon,
saying she purchased 1,001 Canadian Pa
cific shares from New York and wanted
loan on them as she was DESTROYS of
buying more United States Steel Mr..
Beeton replied that he did not think there
would be any difficulty in raising loan
on such securities. She received a GER
tificate for five Canadian Pacific shares
Aug. 16.
CERTIFICATE RAISED.
The prosecutor said that by Aug. rs
the certificate had been altered, the name
of the original owner had been erased and
the name of Marie Josephine Eastwick
had been submitted. The word five"
describing the number of shares and the
numeral, had also been altered so that
II appeared to be a certificate for 1010
instead of five. This was skiIHully done.
three kinds of type and ink beng used,
showing considerable preparation. The
only defect was that the document bore
shilling revenue stamp, instead of one
for e1O, which is correct for a 1000
shares certificate. The defendant
sent letter to Mr.. Beeton, Aug. 26,
asking him to buy 1000 United States
Steel shares in the firm name, and also
requesting a loan of. 91,0G0, adding that
she was going in for racing rather heav-
lily and was about to buy a stud farm.
The defendant wired Mr.. Beeton from
Easton, Aug %, asking if the certif1-
cate had arrived. In, the meantime, Mr..
Beeton's clerk, on receiving the certii-
cate, noted the stamp irregularfty and
went to the Canadian Pacific railway Of
nee, where it was pronounced to be a
forgery. Mr.. Beeton wired this fnforma-
ton to the defendant asking for an ex-
PLANTATION. She replied call me by tel
ephone" and then wired: Have sent no
certificate; don't understand" Mr.. Bee
ton notified the police of London and they
arrested the defendant at the Palace no
TEL Buxton, shortly after midnight Sat
urday. The receipt for the registered
letter in which the certificate was sent
was found among the defendants eff
fects.
The testimony of Mr. Beeton and otbers
was heard, generally sustaining the pros
ecutors statement. The magistrate asked
II the person who was said to be her
Iather was present, and a WILL dressed.
somewhat distinguished looking man
stood up among the seats reserved for
spectators
In conversation with a representative
was the father of Marie Eastwick. who
came from Philadelphia.
Inc general tenor of Mr.. Bceton's evil
oence was that the defendant -imprasseo
MIN as being a woman of wealth and
posltlon. She told him that when she was
IN Russia the car placed a train at her
oIsposal, and ]. Pierpont Morgan had
C4d ner advising her to buy United
states steel common in authorization of
an immediate rise. The defendants faith
er was called up by the court and con-
scented with the greatest willingness that
MS and his daughters trunks be searched
ana the prisoner speaking for the first
time said:
You are welcome to search them all i"
n ne oeAehoant was remanded until Sept.
She will be afforded special nrivfIee,as
on account of the condition of her health
ana Will be examined by doctors Her
counseI, who was interviewed nv r.n-
resentattve of the Associated Press int
mated that the prisoner was sufferin :,
rom temporary insanity Her father
sou SCI ne ne could not explain matters at pres
ent, but that eventually everything wo,71a
come out all right "0"iu
PHILADELPHIA FR1ENDc e1,
PRISED.
PHILADELPHIA. Sent. 2-F,r;a,d.
MISS Marie Josephine Eastwicl- Iaes,,' VI
Mlth surprise today the story of her troI,I
pie IN London. Although she has III,
D DSfa q, an occasional visitor to Philadei,
pnIa IN recent years. her charroiner 80
sonallty and her high social rasitio,pt per r
IN TINS city have, despite her fnGifferelncctn.
~ socle!Y, made her well known in Local
social circles. " ~ Aocdl
MISS Eastwick is about thirtv-tu,o ,,oor,
OLD. She is a GRANDDAUGHTER of 49, I "a.
n EaStW1ck. Her father E,durord
=: EaSlWlck, was formerly associa4ad
49, ~ INC I1dVemeyerS in the sugar refin
ing business, and when he retired foI,,-
millionaire P'eu " pe d
FOND of horses, dogs and all outdoor
f 81 %, she was from the first ayerse TO
the Aeclal preferment that her farni1I NJ ~
sltlolI and wealth assured her In c3,I,S,
OF time her spirit of independence aSo
serted 1tself SO strongly that at frequent
me eT1bars IS Sh 6,. was estranged from the
such times she made her Home with
other relatives. During the last twsi Iria
years she has devoted herself to travel
making her longest stay in ENGLAND
vsf nor IL she came to Philadelphia to
Eastwick. and her aunt. Mrs Tso az,
Jones Jones While in this country She ere re-
garded New York as her home and
stopped 9p at the Waldorf-Astoria. She
MADE numerous visits to her bro+ba,
spencer Eastwick, who is in the stIgar
business in New Orleans W sai
several years ago Miss Eastwicl, in
herlted from her grandmother an intnr-