Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-16
OPPOSE POSTAL BANKS HER GOWNS THE BEST
American Bankers Give Pro- But Beauys Checks Come
posaI Some Hard Knocks Back Marked IN. G."
THEN AN APPEAL COMES ARRESTED AT ST. REGIS
Bank League Ad Take Mrs Frost From
Convention. Fashionable Hotel at AM
BUT ITS ISN'T READ REFUSES TO MAKE STATEMENT
Woman Admits Shes
Be GoodRe han Will
publicans. Not Discuss Her Arrest
ARRESTED At ST. REGIS
Detectives Take Mrs. Frost From
Fashionable Hotel at l AM.
REFUSES TO MAKE STATEMENT
Handsome Woman Admits She's
Older Than She Looks, But Will
Not Discuss Her Arrest.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, September 16.-Mrs. Char
lotte Baldwin Frost. who. according to
the police is a sister of stephen c. Bald
win, a prominent lawyer of Brooklyn, was
arrested at / o'clock this morning after
having been called from her suite of
| rooms in the ST. Regis Hotel. and was
locked up in the Mercer street station.
charged with grand larceny, after she had
| been questioned regarding many checks.
some of them for large amounts, which
she is said to have given to tradesmen
and hotels, and which all came back
marked IN G."
The prisoner is a woman of unusual
beauty. She admits to thirty, but ap-
gowns of the latest style. For more than
a month the police have been looking for
her They allege that through a bad
check system she has defrauded modiStes.
department stores and many prominent
New York hotels.
The complainant in the case is Richard
J. Hixon, a dealer in gowns, wraps and
lingerie, with a place of business on 9TH
avenue The specific charge leading to
the woman's detention is that she OBJ
wrap valued at 500 under false pretenses
September 4. 1908. Hixon adds, exclusive
of that item. that in the last two or
three weeks Charlotte Baldwin Frost, if
such is her name. has received from him
gowns, wraps and such wearing material
to the value of 81 OS5, that she has ten
dered in payment checks on bank IN
Macon, Ca, and that these checks have
been returned marked IN. g." The police
that Macon hank exists but is In
the hands of a receiver
Traced to the st. Regis.
Detectives traced Mrs. Frost to the
Manhattan Hotel, where she had left
trail Of bad checks. and then to the
Plaza. where the same story was told.
They found eventually that she was
registered at the St. Regis, and at 1
| O'Clock this morning card was sent to
Mrs. FroSt's room. When she came to
the office in response to it. her beauty.
her fashionable dress and her gracious
tiers for "a time, and hoping to save her
| embarrassment and the hotel from pos
sibe scene. one said to her:
There is very important business deal
for you to attend to down the street. 1t
must be transacted before daylight. /
| would suggest that you come with us"
| If Mrs. Frost guessed the men were de-
| tectives she made no sign of distress.
| She smiled her prett1eSt, and her maid
| brought her hat and wraps A few min
utes later she was bound for the Grand
| Central station of the subway. At Bleeck-
er street a detective said: well. here's
where we get Off"
Mrs. Frost arose and started from the
| car. On the street the detective took the
| young woman by the arm and informed
| her that she was under arrest.
Kept Up Her Nerve.
Mrs Frost frowned but did not lose
her nerve. Questioned when arraigned
before Lieut.. Funston. she gave her name
and age. She said she was born in China
while her parents were making tour Of
the world. She said she lived at 1918
Pacific avenue. Brooklyn.
| Efforts to get her to tell Of the check
| transactions failed completely. She re-
fused positively to make any sort Of q
statement and was taken to Mercer street
station and placed in the care of the ma
| tron.
| She will be arraigned in Yorkville court
| today, when. 1t is declared. representatives
! from the Plaza, the Manhattan and the
St. Regis hotels will be on hand to prose-
cute. 1t is expected also there will be a
| formidable array Of tradespeople and
others who have accepted the Macon
(Ga.) checks.