The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-06
A PHILADELPHIA WOMAN COMES TO
GRIEF MENGlAND.
FORGING STOCK CERTIFICATE
A Certificate OF Five Shares of Cana
dian Pacific Raised to One Thousand
Shares-She Rings I'm a London stock
Broker and Comes Near Securing
a Loan of Four Thousand Pounds
Sterling on the Certiicate-Detected
by a Clerk.
by a Clerk.

London, September 2.-Marie Jose
phine Eastwick. of Philadelphia, was
arraigned in the Guild Hall police court
today charged with having forged a
railway certificate Of the value of s100.-
600. Sensational evidence was pre-
scented.
The public prosecutor said the de-
PENDANT had been residing in England
for eighteen months and was believed
to be an American of wealth.
She had been living with persons,
said TO be her father and sister. at the
Metropole. London, and had been coach
ing through England and living gen.
orally in the most expensive manner.
Latterly h had removed to Hamp-
stead for the benefit of her health. She
obtained an introduction to Mr.. Beeton,
a member Of the stock exchange. to
whom the defendant represented her
self to be the owner of securities worth,
roughly $500, 900. She said she wanted
to buy a thousand shares of United
States Steel Corporation as a specuIa-
ton. This operation required Ell .090
which. the defendant said she did not
have.
The defendant then bought five shares
Of Canadian Pacific and SEM her check
therefor. She wrote to Mr.. Beeton
August 18th, from Stratford-On-Avon,
saying she expected 1000 Canadian
Pacific shares from New York, and
wanted a o on them, as she was de-
sirous of buying more United States
Steel. Mr.. Beeton replied that he did
not think there would be any difficulty
in raising a loan on such security.
She received u certificate for five Ca
madam Pacific shares. August 10Th.
The prosecutor said that by August
26th the certificate had been altered,
the name of the original holder had
been erased, and the name of Marie
ted. The word five in the number of
shares n the number had all been
altered so that it appeared to be a GER
tificate for Loo instead of for five
shares. This was skiifully done, three
kinds of tyre and ink being used,
showing considerable preparation. The
only mistake vas that the document
bore a shilling revenue stamp instead
SO, which a certificate for / 900 shares
would carry. The defendant sent the
altered with a letter to Mr..
Beeton asking him to buy 1000 United
States Steel shares in the firm name,
also requesting a loan of $4,000, add
ing she was going in for motor cars
rather heavily, and was about to pur-
chase a Stud-farm.
Mr.. Beeton's clerk, on receiving the
certificate, noticed the stamp irregu-
larity and went to the Canadian Pacific
railroads office where it was pronunced
to be a forgery. Mr.. Beeton wired in
formation to the defendant, asking for
an explanation. She replied: "Call me
on the telephone" and hen wired:
Have sent no certificate. Don't un-
derstand."
Mr.. Beeton notified the police of Lon
don and a detective arrested the defen-
dant at the Palace hotel, Buxton, Sat
urday.
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 examin-
ed by doctors. Her counsel intimated
that the prisoner was suffering from
temporary insanity. Her father, who
was present, said he could not explain
matters at present, but everything
would come out all right.