The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-06-15
SKETCH BY CLERK
LANDED WOMAN
IN LOOKUP
Caricature by Gorham Company
EmpIoye Aids London Police
MISS BEATTIE WAS ARRESTED
Said She Was Mrs. Stearns and Order
ed $1,000 Worth of Jewelry on
Credit

New York, June 1.-THE idle indul-
gence of young clerk in the Gorham
Manufacturing company's silver and
iewelry store, at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-f1fth street, of natural talent
for sketching, led yesterday to tne ar
rest of Miss Eleanor Lorraine 'Beatue
in London on the charge OF steallng
from the Gorham company Sl,Voo
worth of jewelry.
Mics Reattie Is known in England
as a skillful horsewoman; in this city
as an entertaining young woman, WIN
some pretensions to singing whlcn a'
one time led Nine. Gadsh to take ner
M. and also as the protege OF the wiie
of Count Daniel Perugini, Italian Ill
plomat in Shanghai. China. But al
the time Miss Beattie was her friend
some wears ago, she was Mrs. Margar-
at y Stearns of the Hoffman Arms
1870 Fifth avenue.
II was through this friendship which
terminated rather suddenly as did the
friendship vita Nine. Gadsh that
Miss Beattie got the jewels. NOW tha'
she is under arrest and has given up
a part of them and told where the rest
were pawned, she says she got them
with Mrs. Stearns' permission.
On MAY 18th a. tall young woman
with an English accent, mannish
clothes, fair hair and blue eyes, enter
ed the Gorham store.' She said she
was Mrs. Margaret b. Stearns, former
Nv of the HOFFMAN Arms, now of New
mort Court, III West l04th street
that she had an account and wished
10 make some purchases.
1t was while she was making selec
tions of a number Of valuable articles
that the clerk, John II. Taylor who
has a penchant for sketching busted
himself with pad and pencil, setting
down her most salient characteristics
in a sketch.
The delivery clerk WAC took Mrs
Beatties purchases to her apartments
the next day found out that the people
who had the apartment he was direct
ed to were Mrs V. Spencer and Miss
Beattie, both young women. He founC
too, that both had left suddenly at
that morning, that being May %. Tnt
elevator man gave him package con
tanning only the S25 clock.
The company then reported the CASE
to the district attorneys office. A de
tective set to work TO find out about
| Mrs. Stearns He found her mother
Mrs. William Bucknell of Philadelphia
who said the description sounded like
that of Miss Beattie, but she wouldn't
be sure Sac must see a likeness.
The sleuth went to Gorham's for a
picture, and Taylor the idle young
clerk heard about 1t. He produced a
caricature- a domineering woman in
expression, with cigar between her
| fingers. mannisnly attired with Suf
fragette notice sticking from her
breast pocket, reading Vote for me-
That" said Mrs. Bucknell whose
husband founded the university of the
same name, lis Miss Beattie. My
daughter and | met her abroad three
years ago. My daughter liked her and
she spent a SIMMER with us, partly
in New York partly in the Adirondacks
near Saranac."
At Newport court it was said that
Miss Beattie had sailed on May %.
The detective took the caricature to
the Cunard Line and there learned
that a woman much like the original
of the sketch nad sailed on the Cam
pania, booked as Mrs. Bruce Blake.
The sleuth. then made round of the
pawnshops, finding that some of the
jewelry had been pawned by young
woman giving Beattie as her name.
AS soon as Miss Beattie landed on
the other side she was placed under
surveillance, her arrest in London fol
lowing q cablegram announcing her in
dictment by the grand Jury here. She
has announced her intention to resist
extradition.- A copy of Taylor's
sketch will be sent to Scotland Yard
for purposes of identification.
Miss Beattie has driven and ridden
with some distinction in various Eng
fish country clubs. Here at one time
she was in considerable demand in the
Adirondacks and this city because of
her social talents. The only time she
figured in the newspapers was some
years ago. when she had ner two SER
wants arrested for stealing her jewel
ry, and then suddenly brought about
their release. Her influence with the
police at that time caused some talk
She has been somewhat known also as
bridge player.