The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-18

WIDOW | / J [ J ! \ is
ARRESTED. / D
Serious Charge Against
Mrs. IN. 4 j ] /, Jameson
PUTS 30 GUS. DRAFT
in AMERICAN I \ + 4 {. BANK.
Deserted Sbyss Friends, Is Locked.
Up at Station House, Where
She's Taken III.
MAR led sA VIRGIN IAN
OFS HlGH5iC0 I G NNECTl0NS5
Her Fatfler-in- Law Was Morton
G. james for Many Years
Comptroll 81 Norfolk and
Western atiYe Of Phil
adelpfiia, But Outcast
@85 by. Kindred.
Deserted BY Friends, Is Locked.
Up at Station-H House, Where
She's Z Taken III.
MAR led !, ,As VIRGIN IAN
OF III lGH5 CONNECTIONS

Mrs. NJ Jeanette $Jarneso handsome
woman and handsomely dressed. was arr
rested yesterday about noon. charged
with getting $50 from the American Ma
tlonal Bank, OF this city. under false pre-
tences. s3s
@ No more interesting case In all Of its
many features has come to tho attention
OF the Richmond police in years. The
woman is young, well connected and still
wearing the veil ii Of Mourning for her
husband. who was "a man Of prominence
and highly connected In Virginia. She
apparently did not try to deceive and
by her very ingenuousness won the CON
adence Of the president Of the bank.
And yet SO grave was her crime consid-
erred BY the captain OF the police, that
she was placed IN a. cell and the door
securely bolted. 81 j. Il .ss s#s 3S5lss "a.
28 Mrs. jameson went s!$$t o n the American
National Bank on Monday and saw Pres, !!
tident Sands. She ablished her Identity
beyond all question and .$cas sytnced the
bank u official +of her Il dA connections.
I She said she had $5.otD III the First Ma
tional Bank Of Roanoke. but; was, out Of
cash. Would Mr. Sands allow her / to
49,
q check for $50? 3sta
Felt Sorry for Her.
1. Mr.. Sands says he felt sorry for the
trouble. g and decided to take the risk.
She was given the money. NJ 5sSi
Upon communicating with the Roanoke
bank, 1t was ascertained that Mrs.
jameson had no money on deposit there.
If the bank notified the police then. 1t Is
not known. But yesterday shortly after
II o'clock. a phone message came from
a Broad Street store. asking II check
for $50. drawn by Mrs. Jameson on
that bank, would be honored The
answer was that such a check would bs
worthless and the request madeSt that Mrs.
Jameson be detained until policeman
could get there. Policeman E. J.. Brad
ley was 5onSduty in the front Of the bank
and Mr.. Sands asked him to go up on
Broad Street and place Mrs. jameson
under. arrest. serving the warrant which
Mr.. Sands at once swore out before 9.
W. Tyler. justice Of the peace. The war
rant reads that M Jeanette. Jameson
did unlawfully and feloniously. under
false pretenses, obtain from the American
National Bank, fifty dollars with Intent
to i defraud the said American National
Bank. 81
Begged for Quiet.
oricer Bailey communicated with Ser
geant Werner. In charge Of the First Sta
ton to know IL he might leave his beat
and upon being told that he could. went
to the store and took Mrs Jameson to
the First Police Station. III s
at the station house Mrs. Jameson beg
eed not to see any one, particularly no
represen tatives Of the newspapers. After
a while she said she would like to write
to a lawyer. "a friend Of hers. and Ser
geant Bailey, then on duty. gave her