The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-11
a WOMAN SMINDLER
OBTAINS SECURITIES BY MEANS
OF WORTHLESS CHECK.
Brokers Who Sold Her the Bonds
Do Not Care to Prosecute and
Woman Gees Away.

Do Not Care to Prosecute anf
Woman Gees Away.
With $4,000 in bonds which sne
is said to have obtained from the
firm of Babcock, Rushton & Louder
back, bond dealers in the Rocker!
building, Chicago, a woman known
as Alice Cheney Brown was arrested
a few nights ago at the union depo1
in that city and made to return th5
securities. She had a ticket fol
Denver and was aboard the tran
waiting for its departure when De
tective Frank Repetto found hel
preparing to retire for the night.
Repetto's instructions from tht
brokers were not to detain the wo.
man il she restored the s2e,00C
worth of bonds. This she readily
assented to, and she took them from
handbag on the seat beside her
The woman had also passed q
| worthless check, it IS charged. for
s63 on the management Of the Con-
gress Hotel Company. Detective
nepetto, who is employed by the
hotel company, had this little score
to settla with the woman. She made
good the amount OF the check and
| was allowed to go her way.
The method by which the woman
obtained the bonds was by passing
a worthless check on the brokers fof
s19,720. Soon after the transaction
Orville E. Babcock, one Of the firm
became suspicious Of the genuineness
If the check and telegraphed to the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company,
of New York, on which bank it was
drawn. An answer was received that
he woman, purporting to be Alice
Cheney Brown had no account with
:he Farmers Loan and Trust. 1t was
known to the brokers firm. that Mrs.
Brown was staying 1t the Annex, and
a messenger was sent there to find
her. At the hotel 1t was learned
that the woman had paid her bill
md left. She had paid with check
On the Farmers Loan and Trust Com
sany and had ordered carriage to
.ake her to the LaSalle station.
Major Southgate Of the Annex
examined the check passed on the
hotel, and inasmuch as the check on
he brokerage irm was wothless, NJ
declared that the smaller one was
worthless also. Detective Repatto
was called in, and with Mr.. Babcock
went to the municipal court where
: warrant was sworn out charging
.he woman with operating q con-
fdence game.
The cabnlan who drove the woman
from the Annex was found, and he
said she DISCHARGED him at the La
Sale street station. It was learned
hat woman answering the descrlr-
ton of Mrs. Brown had engage |
another cabman and that he drove
her to the Northwestern depot. Af-
ter discharging the second cabnan
sne entered a third vehicle and was
driven to the union depot.
In the baggage room it was dis
covered that the woman had checked
a suit case to Denver, presenting
Ter railroad ticket at the time. The
Burlington train for Denver did no:
leave Chicago until 1880 o'clock
and Repetto remained In the depot
until short time Of its departure
How the woman got past him and
aboard the train without being seen
is a mystery to the detective. When
questioned on that point by Repetto
she looked out Of the car window
and laughed.
At hrst Mrs. Brown pleaded for
he leniency, asking that she be per-
ritted to pay the hotel bill and con-
.inue on her trip to Denver. The
detective agreed to accept the s63
for the hotel bill and she paid him
in cash. Then she turned over the
honds. When she did so she to-1
amid sohs that she had planned to
obtain the bonds so she could get
funds to aid a brother VINO is under
arrest in the East for some o1feIse
The securities were turned over
later to Mr.. Babcock. who was wall
ing for Repetto at the Annex. M.
Babcock said the firm would make
no effort to prosecuts Mrs. Brown.
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 arrest she
called on Babcock, Rushton & Loud
erback with letter, presumably
forged, purporting 10 be from a New
York broker. Negotiations were be-
gun for the purchase of the bonds
but the deal was not closed unit!
Wednesday.
1t was learned after the Denver
rain had departed that Mrs. Bro"''
got through the station without BE-
ing seen by Repetto by a clever ruse
Outside the Station she saw a tires
woman holding a baby and engaged
her in conversation. Without arous
ing the woman's suspicion she inouc
ed her to let Mrs. Brown hold nei
baby and then accompanied the cnllt
| and It's new friend to the train. Il
passing through the depot Mrs
Brown was seemingly intent on tb'
child. and as she was not supposed
| have baby passed unnctlced.
! MOTHER AND son FOUND DEAD.