Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-07
ADVERTISED FOR HUSBAND
Consulted . Matrimonial Agency Be-
cause She Was Lonely.
FIANCE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Nan to Whom Woman Was Engaged
Accused Of Taking Her Money
and DESERVING Her.

NEW YORK, February 7.-William A.
Moore, who SAID he was q contractor and
electrical engineer. Il locked up at police
headquarters by Detective sergeants NC
Conville and Nelson on q charge OF
grand larceny. He was arrested on the
complaint Of Mrs. Christina Zabriskie. a
widow. who lives at $50 East 138th street,
Mrs. Zabriskie charges Moore, who Is mar
ried, with having swindled her out Of
about SO. 900 in the course OF a courtship
which grew out Of an introduction through
a matrimonial agency.
Mrs. Zabriskie has two Erown-up daugh-
ters, who have spent most of their Time
since 1905 at health resort in Colorado
According to the story told by Mrs. Ia
,briskie to the police, she became lonely and
decided to marry again. She inser,ed an
advertisement in 1905 in the newspapers and
thus met Mrs. Parker. who runs a mat
rimonial agency at 422 West 57th street
Mrs. Parker publishes a sheet called the
New York Cupid, and in answer to an adj
vertisement in this paper Moore appeared
at Mrs. Parker's. Mrs. Zabriskfe was sent
for and introduced to Moore. who then be-
gan to pay attentions to the widow. He
represented himself as q wealthy contractor
and said he was building an electric road
in Saratoga which he expected would net
him fortune. He proposed marriage to
accepted.
She Supplies Money.
Moore told Mrs. Zabriskie after they were
engaged that all his money was tied up In
his business and that the marriage would
have to be delayed unless she could advance
him some ready cash.
On October 1, 1905, Mrs. Zabriskie says
she gave Moore 5000 In cash. A short
time after Moore asked for another loan,
alleging that he had spent the $1,000 In his
business. The widow advanced him $1,000
more in cash.
The prospective wedding, which had been
kept a secret from Mrs. Zabriskie's daugh-
ter, was set for December. Just previous
to that time Moore came to the widow, told
her he was to make a large payment on a
$780, COO home for her and secured 5000
more in cash as loan. Only short time
after that he told her he needed more
money for furnishing. Mrs. Zabriskie said
she had no more ready cash in the bank
but told him she had some real estate in
Hackensack, N. J., which he might sell.
providing he would forward $500 from the
sale of the property to her daughters in
Colorado as their share.
Gets Property and Deserts.
Early in 1905 Moore went to James E.
Murray, real estate broker at 1876 Liberty
street. who agreed to sell the property for
Mrs. Zabriskie. In November, 1906. Murray
disposed of the property for $40 and
notified Moore Moore told Mrs. Zabriskie,
she says. that the property had been sold
for 1900 and also said he was going to
visit his brother in Chicago for short
time. He then notified Murray to forward
the money to him in Chicago.
When Moore arrived In Chicago and be-
fore he received the money from Murray he
wrote a curt note to Mrs. Zabriskie. in
which he told her to forget the past" and
in which he promised to pay her back what
he had borrowed There was hitch in
forwarding the money and Moore returned
to New York, renewed his attentions to
Mrs. Zabriskie and got her to sign the
property over to him on renewed promise
to marry her. He got the 81, 100 from Muir
ray and disappeared Mrs. Zabriskie told
her daughters of her matrimonial adventure
and they accompanied her to police head
quarters, where complaint was made.