Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-03
FATAL MISTAKE MADE
When She Planned a SwindIe
Worth $5oo,o0O to Her
If Successful.
.RAsoALITY OF A FAIR AMERICAN
She Seems TO Have Gone the Pace
That Leads TO the States
Prison.

Philadelphia, Sept. 3.-Friends or
Miss Marie Josephine Eastwick
learned with surprise yesterday the
story of her trouble in London. AL
though she has only been an occasion
nj visitor to Philadelphia in recent
years her charming personality and
her high social position in this city.
despite her Indifference to society,
made her we'll known in local social
circles. Miss Eastwick'S trouble ut
London is a very serious one, and
shows Il good deal of unrighteOus skill
IL planning She was arraigned yes
terday in the Guild Hall police court.
charged with having forged n railway
certificate of the value of 100000.
The only thing that. seemed TO prevent
the success of her scheme was that
she had not noticed tnat the stamp on
the Instrument was not of sufficient
value.
What the Woman Tried to Do,
Briefly stated. Miss Eastwick. after
considerable legitimate business with
broker, finally secured a certificate
for five Canadian Pacific shares. With
great skill she altered this certificate;
the name of the original holder was
erased, and the name of Marie Joseph
inc Eastwich was substituted. The
word ''five" in the number of shares
and the numerals had all been altered,
So that il appeared to be certificate
for thousand instead of five shares.
This was skillfully done. three kinds
of type and ink being used. showing
considerable preparation. But in do
ing all this work she forgot TO change
the revenue stamp. This was only or
a shilling's value on certificate or
five shares, hut on n certificate for
1000 shares it needed to he OF the
value of E1O. and this error led to in
quirieS resulting in the detection of the
fraud.
Something About the Fair scoundrel.
Miss Eastwick Is about 81 years old.
She is a granddaughter of the late
Harrison Eastwick- Her father. Ed
ward Z. Eastwick. was formerly as
sociated with the Havemeyers in the
sugar refining business. and when he
retired. fourteen years ago, he was re-
puted to be a millionaire. Fond or
horses. dogs and all outdoor sports,
she was from the first averse to the
social preferment that her family
position and wealth assured her. In
course of time her spirit of independ-
ence asserted itself so strongly that
at frequent intervals she was es-
TT9nSPu ITOHl lHe sllenlDeIS VI uSi Atii
mediate family and at such times she
made her home with other relatives
Devoted Herself to Travel.
During the last twelve years she has
devoted herself to travel, making her
longest stay in England. Occasion
ally she came to Philadelphia to visit
the family of her uncle, Andrew y.
Eastwick. and her aunt Mrs. Isaac
Jones. While in this country she re-
garded New York as her home, and
stopped at the Waldorf-Astoria- She
made numerous visits to her brother,
Spencer Eastwick, who is in the sugar
business in New Orleans.
Inherited Nice Little Fortune
Several years ago i.-iSs Eastwlck IN
herited from her grandmother in an
terest in an estate. said to be worth
100000. About this time she and her
father became estranged. ii is said.
and with the capital afforded by her
grandmother's legacy the young wo-
man sought fortune as a speculator IN
the stock market. but with what sue
cess her relatives or friends do not
know. Later on her health gave way
and Il reconciliation with her father
followed. She was sent to SAM
tarium where she remained for sew
eral months.
Did Lot of Coaching.
Upon recovering her health she again
went to England and became dis
tinxuished as a whip She dld most
of her coaching in Scotland, and was
frequently accompanied by dlstln-
guished Englishmen and Americans.
Miss Eastwick left this country about
eighteen months ago, accompanied by
her father and sister ii Hulda. She was
last heard from in Scotland.