The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-04
Woman With $20,O00 in Stolen Bonds Escapes Arrest Tenn porarily by Clever
 Ruse,
SHE DISG0RGES SECURITIES
Passed Worthless Check on Chicago Brokers, But Is Captured as She Is Leaving for Parts
 Unknown.

Chicago, Nov S--A woman known as Alice Cheney Browh was arrested last night at the union depot and forced to return S2O,OOo in bonds, which she is said to have obtained from the firm of Baheock Rushton X Louder back, bond dealers, in the Rookery building She had ticket for Denver, and was aboard the train which was about to start when she was arrested by detective.
 The detectives instructions from the brokers were not to detain the woman If she returned the bonds This she readily assarted to- and she took them from a handbag on the seat beside her.
 The woman had also passed worth less check, it is charged, for s63 on the management of the Congress Hotel company The detective, who is em- ployed by the hotel company had this little score to settle with her She paid the amount of the check and was allowed to go her way.
 The woman obtained the bonds by passing worthless check on the brokers for Sl0,720 Soon after the transaction. Oryllle E Babcock, one of the firm, became suspicious of the genuineness of the check and tee- graphed to the Farmers Loan and Trust company of New York. on which bank 1t was drawn An answer was received that the woman purportlng to be Alice Cheney Brown had no account with the Farmers Loan and Trust
 The firm knew that Mrs Brown had been staying at the Annex, and messenger was sent there to find her but she had left having paid her bill with a check on the Farmers Loan and Trust company and had driven to the Lasalle station. A warrant for her arrest was then sworn out.
 The cabman who drove the woman from the Annex was found, and he said she discharged him at the Lasalle street station. It was learned that a woman answering the description of Mrs. Brown had engaged another cnbman and that he drove her to the Northwestern station. After discharg- ing the second cabman she entered a third cab and was driven to the Union ] depot.
 In the baggage room 1t was discov- cred that the woman had checked a suit case to Denver, presenting her railroad ticket at the same time. The Burlington train for Denver did not leave Chicago until iI;30 o'clock, and the detetive remained in the depot until shortly before the time for it's departure. How the woman got past him and aboard the train without be- ing seen is mystery to the detective. When questioned on that point she looked out of the car window and laughed.
 At first Mrs Brown" pleaded for leniency asking that she be permitted to pay the hotel bill and continue on her trip to Denver Tho detective agreed to accept the S6S for the hotel bill and she paid him in cash. Then she turned over the bonds. When she did so she told amid sobs. that she had planned to obtain the bonds, which she hoped to sell in Denver, so che could get funds with which to aid brother who is under arrest in the east for some offence.
 The securities were turned over to Mir Babcock, who said the firm would make no effort to prosecute Mrs. Brown"
 Tho securities are first mortgage 5 per cent bonds of the Madison River Power company
 Mrs Brown" went to the Annex last Thursday and registered as Mrs. Frank r Brown, New York" The fol- lowing day she called on Babcock, Rushton & Louderback with letters Ipurporting to be from q New York broker, Negotiations were begun for