Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-03
RAISED STOCK CERTIFICATE
Too Small Revenue stamp II what
Led 20 the Detection OF
the Forgery.


been living with persons said to be her
father and sister at the Metropoie'
London, and had been coaching
through England and living generally
in the most expensive manner Latter
ly she had removed to Hampstead for
the benefit of her health.
She obtained an Introduction TO Mr..
Beeton, a member of the stock ex-
change, to whom the defendant repre-
sented herself to be the owner OF Sc
curities worth, roughly, &5OO,0OO. she
said she wanted to buy a thousand
shares of United States Steel corpora
ton as a speculation. This operation
required fl.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 Philadelphia to break
open her strong box and forward the
money to her by mall She added that
the trustee telegraphed TO her refus-
ing to do so until they had possession
of her key.
The defendant August 18th went to
the Charing Cross branch Of the Credit
Lyonnais and asked the manager to
buy two shares of Canadian Pacific
railroad. The manager took the order
but afterWrd found II difficult 10 get
such a small number of shares, and
wrote to the defendant at the Red
Lion hotel, Henley asking II he would
be allowed 10 get five or ten shares.
AS result five shares were bought
August 10Th, and the defendant duly
sent her check.
sKILFUL WORK.
The prosecutor said that on August
Goth the certificate had been altered,
that the name of the original holder
had been erased and the name Of Marie
Josephine Eastwick had been substi-
tuted The word five" In the number
Of shares and the numerals had all
been altered so that II appeared to be
certificate for a thousand instead OF
for five shares. This was skillully done,
three kinds of type and ink being used,
showing considerable preparation The
only mistake was that the document
bore a shilling revenue stamp instead
Of one for el0 which a certificate for
one thousand shares would carry.
The defendant sent the altered docu-
ment with a letter, to Mr.. Beeton Au-
gust 18th. asking him to buy thou
sand United States Steel shares in the
| firm name also requesting loan OF
$4,000, adding that she was going In for
motor cars rather heavily, and was
about 10 purchase a stock farm. The
| defendant wired Mr.. Beeton from Bux-
ton, August 2Sth, asking IL the certih-
cate had arrived.
In the meanwhile Mr.. Beeton's clerk.
on receiving the certificate, noticed the
stamp irregularity, and went to the
Canadian Pacific railroad office, where
II was pronounced TO be forgery. Mr..
Beeton wired this information TO the
defendant, asking for an explanation.
She replied: Call me on the tele-
phone, and then wired: Have sent no
certificate, Don't understand"
Mr.. Beeton notified the police OF
London, and a detective arrested the
defendant at the Palace hotel. Buxton,
Sunday, after midnight The receipt
for the registered letter in which the
certificate was sent was found among
the defendants effects
The testimony Of Mr.. Beeton and
others was heard. generally sustaining
the prosecutors statement. The de-
tective said the defendant told him she
had practically no defense,
GOOD LOOKING FATHER.
The magistrate asked II the person
who was said TO be her father was
present and a well-dressed, somewhat
distinguished-loo looking man stood up
| among the seats reserved for specta-
tors. The magistrate directed him to
be seated. In conversation with a rep
preventative of the Associated Press.
the man said he was the father of
Marie Eastwick, who came from Phila-
delphia
The general tenor Of Mr.. Beetons
evidence was that the defendant inn
pressed him as being a woman OF
wealth and position. She told him that
while she was I'm Russia the car
placed a train AZ her disposal and that
j. Pierpont Morgan had written her
advising her to buy United States Steel
| common In anticipation Of an imme-
date rise.
The defendants father was called Up
by the court and consented with the
greatest willingness that his and his
daughters trunks be searched. and the
prisoner speaking for the first time.
said. you are welcome 10 search
them all"
The defendant was remanded until
September 9th. She will be afforded
special privileges on account OF the
poor state OF her health and will be
examined by doctors. Her counsel.
who was interviewed by representa-
tive OF the Associated Press. intImated
that the prisoner was suffering from
temporary insanity Her father said
he could not explain matters at pres
ent. but everything would come all
right