New-York tribune., 1906-10-13
SWINDLER OF WOMEN.
Poughkeepsie Prisoner Beheued To
Be One H7ho Deceiued Mss Wood.
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Poughkeepsie, n. Y. Oct. IA man known
as George Wallace. arrested under the name Of
Benjamin F. Adams, but whose real name is
believed TO be Frederick W. Adams is in the
county jail here awaiting the arrival Of an Of
f1cer from Chicago Wallace is wanted in that
city. according TO the local authorities for the
larceny of $1,000 from a woman named Carrie
Chapman.
The prisoner is conspicuous because Of his
unctuous mannerisms and speeches He has
been boarding in Fishkill village with his wife
and two children and a servant. The servants
name was Alma Maier. and she lived with her
mother at Whitestone, Long Island. Her mother
wanted her TO return home. but Wallace would
not let her go Mrs. Maier then sent a New
York detective to Fishkill. and the officer ident-
fled Wallace a man wanted in Chicago His
arrest and detention followed. Wallace is de-
clared 10 he the same man who deceived Miss
Eleanor Wood. of Upper Montclair N J. and
his dealings with women in Chicago are believed
to have been of a similar character.
Henry Gallagher. chief of the Montclair police
has identified the man under arrest at Pough-
keepsie the man who took Miss Eleanor
Wood, of Upper Moutcar. y. J., automobilng
on Thursday afternoon, September %. and swim
died her out of 800 on the pretence of offer
ing her a position with the stock exchange firm
of Marshall, spader Co.
1t will be remembered that on the Tuesday
preceding her adventure Miss Wood answered
an advertisement appearing In New York
morning paper calling for a young woman of
good family to take lucrative position: ex-
perience unnecessary The next day at noon a
tall, we'll built man. dressed in dark clothes and
wearing brown automobile cap, drove up to
the Wood home. at No 1856 Bellevue avenue
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stored in red leather, and inquired for Miss
Wood, saying that he was representative of
the firm of Marshall, Spader & Co. of No III
Broadway, and that he had come in answer to
her application. The brokerage firm desires TO
establish a branch office uptown in New York" +"
he said and wants a clever, we'll educated
young woman TO run it," Miss Wood said she
would like the position
The next afternoon at 2 o'clock the man. who
said his Miller, again appeared at the
Wood home in his car. this time with a driver He
told Miss Wood that he had decided to give her
the position, but that his firm would require from
her a bond of $4,000 He would obtain this surety
for her he said for fee Of 800. This Miss Wood
agreed to furnish He then drove off. but later
| telephoned her from MontClair saving that his
machine had broken down in the business section
Of Montclair, and asking her TO meet him at the
bond for YOU he said, and you pay me the
and cashed check for the amount but instead Of
handing the bills 10 him she pinned them to the
I lining OF her jacket.
Miller then asked Miss Wood TO accompany him
/ to New York in his machine TO get the bond.
suggesting that 1t would he pleasant ride for her.
! Miss Wood consented. On their way the man Of
! fered her number of glasses OF water and of
| soda. which he obtained for her drug stores,
/ and which she drank; When they reached Jersey
/ City Miller attempted to call UP his ofice, he
explained but, failing to get it, suggested that they
return to Montclair Miss Wood then suffering
from the effects of narcotic she later ex-
/ planned. and was poWerless to act on her own
initiative and take the train back, as she had in
tended 10 do. Accordingly they drove back together
her az the Mansion House, having given the chauf-
/ feur the slip Bloomfield. Miss Woods account
after this is somewhat confused The main point
is Miller persuaded her to confde the 500 70
/ his keeping. Neither spent the night at the Man
/ sion House. When Miss Wood returned home the
! next morning at breakfast time she IN a state
/ of mental and physical collapse, unable to give &
! coherent account of her experiences. The story
( was Obtained from her the following day.