Evening star., 1907-11-19


sion of the United States circuit court
| of appeals in Richmond. Marshal Lang
| ha MINER committed the four prisoners to
| Jail and sent the order of removal to
Judge Morris for his signature
| Representatives of local business houses
| at which members Of the McCracken fam
| lily had obtained articles of wearing ap-
| parel and household effects went to Bal
| timore with Detective Hartigan, but they
were not called upon to give testimony.
| Marshal Langhammer and others SYM
| pathized with Mrs. McCracken and Of
fered to do what they could to make her
and her daughters comfortable.
Supplied With Food.
The marshal suggested that they might
| want something to eat. but he was un-
able to ascertain from them if they had
| funds He appealed to the British consul
| to assist them. but the consul had no
/. fund that he could use for such purposes
and the marshal finally procured dinner
| for the quartet.
We are British subjects" was about
| all Detective Hartigan could get the de-
| fepdants to say while in Baltimore yes
| terday.
| Maj Sylvester and Inspector Boardman
are making inq1iries Of the police de-
| partments of other cities for information
| as to the identity of the parties in GUS
tody. They learned from Baltimore that
July and that she was known under the
name of Fitzgerald. Mrs. McCracken and
her children were identified In Baltimore
yesterday as Mrs. Fitzgerald and children,
Mr. and Mrs. James Moon having recog-
niZed them. 1t is stated, as the parties
who occupied their house at Forest Park
last July. The son was identified as
George Fitzgerald. as he is alleged to
have been known while In Baltimore last
summer.
Record Elsewhere.
The Philadelphia North American pub
fishes story of the arrest, and adds
Mrs. MacCarton was Eulalie Promis
daughter of a wealthy French-American.
The civil war resulted in his financial un-
doing. She was married to Frank Mac
Carton. then clerk in the employment
| of the old Clyde Line, in the early
| eighties, but his modest income it was
travagancies to which his companion had
been accustomed. 1t was then her career
| of swindling began, a career which for
years was carried on without exposure
Her first venture was in Bristol the
| home of her husband. There she rented
| one of the most imposing houses in the
| place and stocked it with rich furniture
| Finally the dealers learned they could not
! expect payment, and they descended upon
| her. The MacCartons disappeared.
| Later she appeared in New York, Phila-
| delphia, Boston and other cities. always
! following the same tactics and living in
| apparent opulence. but never paying a
| cent for what she purchased.
| I'm 1901 the North American learned of
| her story and exposed her methods. Her
husband had left her several years before
this, and she was supporting. through
| sheer audacity, her six children, ranging
in age from seven to twenty-three years.
| She had been in Philadelphia several
months at the time, and had occupied
! houses at 3041 North Broad street and at
126 South 18th street under different
names. She left the city, and afterward
was heard from in Providence New
York. and finally in Newark.
| I'm this last place she was arrested on
| charges OF professional mendacity, and
| was sentenced to pay a fine of 10 cents
| once a week for two years. Since then
her whereabouts were a mystery to the
| police"
Leased House in Philadelphia.
The local police were informed today
of James Fitzgerald. leased a house in
Philadelphia in April Of this year from
the estate of Frederick A. Potn, at a
monthly rental of s91 81. Letters found
among the effects of the family indicate
to the local police that the McCrackens
are from Ireland, and not from Scotland.
Jane Alcorn was admitted to membership
| in a Presbyterian church in Ireland five
| years ago. Other letters contain certain
statements to the effect that the two
daughters were in Queenstown in April
of last year. at which time they ad-
dressed a letter to James Fitzgerald,
| care of the Y. NJ. c. A, Philadelphia.
Communion books issued to Ruth and
Jane Alcorn were also found among the
effects. They indicated membership in
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tor
wood Gardens, Torquay. An entry in a
book that was examined by the detectives
showed that the two daughters had been
members of a touring party and had had
their tickets changed from the steamer
Nordland to the Friesland. the change
having been made at Belfast.
| The goods that were purchase in Bal
timore by the McCrackens after they left
this city last week will. 1t IS stated, be
returned TO the Baltimore merchants from
whom they were obtained. Today a mum
Der of merchants were at police headquar-
ters when the baggage of the McCrack-
ems was opened, and many articles con-
tilted. Expensive opera coats, dresses.
hats shoes and furS were recognized by
merchants. Two expensive sealskin
coats have not yet been claimed. 1t is
| expected the order of removal will be
returned from Richmond in time for the
prisoners to be brought here Thursday.
EIrNEPAT or m HnITHT0N