Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-11-03
Woman Crook Who Secured
Bonds on Worthless Checks
Arrested by Police.
PAPERS QUICKLY RECOVERED
Alice Cheney Brown Gave Worthless
Check for $1s,7zu to Firm of Chi
cage Brokers-Dctectives Put on tho
Trail and Land Woman as She Was
Leaving for the West.

| Chicago, Nov. 3.-With $4,000 OF
bonds, which she had obtained from
| the firm of Babcock. Rushton & Lou
derbaclS, bond dealers in the Rookery
| building. woman known as Alice
Cheney Brown was arrested last night
at the union depot and made to return
the securities.
| She had a ticket for Denver and was
aboard the train, waiting for it's de-
parture when Detective Frank Repet-
to found her preparing to retire for the
night
Repetto's instructions from the brok-
ers were not to detain the woman il
she restored tho $4,000 worth of bonds.
This she readily assented to, and she
took them from handbag on the seat
beside her.
The woman had also passed a worth
less check for 500 on the management
Of the Congress Hotel company. De-
tective Repetto, who is employed by
the hotel company had this little
score to settle with the woman. She
made good the amount OF the check
and was allowed to go her way.
Passes Worthless $19,720 Check.
The method by which the woman
obtained the bonds was by passing a
worthless check on the brokers for
$19,720. Soon after the transaction Or
vile r. Babcock, one of the firm. be-
came suspicious of the genuineness of
the check and telegraphed to the
Farmers Loan and Trust company OF
New York, on which bank 1t was
drawn. An answer was received that
the woman purporting to be Alice
Cheney Brown had no account with
the Farmers Loan and Trust.
1t was known to the brokerage firm
that Mrs. Brown was staying at the
Annex, and a messenger was sent there
to find her. At the hotel 1t was learned
that the woman had paid her bill and
left. She had paid with a check on the
Farmers Loan and Trust company and
had ordered carriage to take her to
the La Sale station.
Hotel Also Accepts Check.
NdIttSCl VI CiaS iAiihSNb -
amined the check. passed ON the hotel.
and inasmuch as the check on the
brokerage firm was worthless he de-
clared that the smaller one was worth
less also.
Detective Repetto was called In and
with Mr.. Babcock went to the anuni-
cipal court, where a warrant was
sworn out charging the woman with
operating a confidence game.
TraiIed to Three Depots.
The cajbman who drove the woman
from the Annex was found, and he
said she discharged him at the LaSalle
street station. 1t was learned that a
woman answering the description of
Mrs Brown had engaged another cab
man, and that he drove her to the
Northwestern depot. After discharging
the second cabman she entered a third
vehicle and was driven to the Union
depot.
In the baggage room it was discov-
cred that the woman had checked
suitcase to Denver, presenting her
railroad ticket at the time. The Bur
lington train for Denver did not leave
Chicago until 1880 o'clock, and Rep
.etto remained in the depot until short
ly before it's departure. How the wo-
man got past him and aboard the train
without being seen is q mystery to the
detective. When questioned on that
point by Repetto she looked out of
the car window and laughed.
Turns Over the Bonds.
The bonds were turned over to the
detective and he gave them to Mr..
Babcock, who awaited him at the An
mex.
The bonds were twenty in number,
of $1,000 each. They are first mort
gage 5 per cent bonds of the Madi-
son River Power company.
Mrs. Brown went to the Annex
last Thursday She registered as Mrs.
Frank E. Brown, New York" The day
following her arrival she called OH
Babcock, Rushton & Louderback with
letters, presumably forged, purporting
to be from q. New York broker. Ne
gotiations We're begun for the purchase
of the bonds, but the deal was not
closed until yesterday.
The woman is described as about 35
years old. She has dark hair, streaked
with gray. Those who conversed with
her say she had considerable knowl-
edge of financial matters, and her man.
ner would Indicate wealth and refine