The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-03

London. Sept. 2.-Marie Josephine
Eastwick of Philadelphia was ar
raigned in the Guild Hall police court
today, charged with having forged
railway certificate of the value of
500, 600. Sensational evidence was
presented. The case viii last through
out the day.
The defendant was accommodated
with a chair and sat the whole time
listlessly in the dock. The public pros
ecUIor said the defendant had been re-
siding in England for eighteen months
and was believed to be an American OF
wealth. She had been living with per
sons said to be her father and sister,
at the MetropOle, London, and haG
been coaching through England ana
living generally in the most expensive
manner. Latteriy she had removed 10
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-
scented herself to be the owner Of Sc
curities worth, roughly, e500,o0O. she
said she wanted TO buy 1000 shares
of United States Steel corporation as
| a speculation. This operation required
G1,O0O. which, the defendant said, she
did not have; but as she wanted to in
vest Immediately. she told Mr.. Bee
ton she had cabled to a trust company
in Philadelphia to break open her
strong box and forward the money to
her by mail. She added that the trus-
tee telegraphed to her. refusing TO do
so until they had possession of her
! key.
! The defendant on Aug. u 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 afterward found it difficult to get
such a small number of shares and
wrote TO the defendant at the Red
Lyon hotel. Henley, asking if he would
| be allowed to get five or ten shares.
I AS a result five shares were bought
Aug. Is and the defendant duly sent
4 her check. She wrote TO Mr.. BeetOn on
I Aug. 10 from StratfOrd-On-Avon. say
] ing she expected 1000 Canadian Pa
/ cific shares from New York and wanted
| a 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 rails
ing a loan on such securities.
Was a Forgery.
She received a certificate for five Ca
/ madam Pacific shares on Aug. 10 The
prosecutor said that on Aug. 20 the
. certificate had been altered, that the
Z name of the original holder had been
erased and the name OF Marie Joseph
inc Eastwick had been substituted. The
: and the numerals had all been altered
so that it appeared to be a certificate
for l.UU0 instead OF for I'VE shares.
This was slzillfully done, three kinds
of type and ink being used, showing
: considerable preparation The only
mistake was that the document bore
shilling revenue stamp, instead OF
one for &1OO, which a certificate for Coz
shares would carry. The defendant
sent the altered document, with q let
ter to Mr. BeetOn on Aug &c, asking
him to by 1000 United States Stee
shares in the firm name; also request
ing a loan of $4,000, adding that sh'
was going in for motor cars rathe
heavily and was about to purchase
stud farm.
The defendant wired Mr. Beeton from
Buxton on Aug. %, asking if the Ger
} tificate had arrived. In the meanwhile
Mr.. BeetOn's clerk, on receiving tn
certificate noticed the stamp irregu
/ larity and went TO the Canadian Pacih
railroad office. where IL was pronounce,
TO be a forgery Mr. Beeton wired thi
information to the defendant, askin
: for an explanation She replied:
call me on the telephone % and the
wired, Have sent no certificate. Don
understand
Mr.. Beeton notified the police of Lon
don, and a detective arrested the de
PENDANT at the Palace hotel. Buxton
Sunday, after midnight. The receip