The Washington herald., 1912-11-18
WOMAN FACES
FORGERY CHARGE
Miss Ellen Puekett Arrested at Her
Home on Warrant Charging
Her with Crime.
SERVED LONG TERM
IN MoUNDsvILLE PRISON
Victims of Recent swindles Iden-
tify Her Photograph as Giver
of Bad Checks.

Accused of forging ave checks, Ellen
Puckett. alias Eulalia Puckett. forty-one
years old, known as the female convict
OF Moundsville penitentiary." who gained
much notoriety about ak years ago when
she attempted to swindle a realty oper-
ator of 5000, was arrested in a little Nat
at IS H Street Northeast yesterday by
detectives, and locked behind bars at the
first Precinct station.
Comfortably rocking N q chair by a
window, Miss Puckett looked up over her
newspaper in apparent genuine. surprise
when Detectives Baur. Forteney. and
Cornwell began reading a warrant charg-
ing the forging of a check for $12. Her
mother. aged seventy-five years, was in
the room.
Miss Pickett removed the spectacles.
and, looking directly into the eyes Of
Forteney, who held the warrant, said: ''I
am not guilty this time. ! am the sole
support Of my poor and feeble mother,
and have 11ue no wrong this time"
In the warrant, Miss Puckett is
charged with forging the name of
Mrs. Eva Brown. of 1894 North Capitol
Street to a check for $i2 on Wednes-
day last and cashing the alleged
worthless paper at the store of A. l..
Falk, 917 F Street Northwest. Miss
Puckett has been employed in Center
Market. and Mrs. Brown dealt with
Miss Puckett's employer. By this as
ISOLATION, the police allege, Miss Puck
EFT learned that Mrs, Brown had
bank account
The police also charge that within
the last month, Miss Puckett has
forged names to four other checks, all
for small amounts, the aggregate of
the alleged bogus paper not exceeding
800. Persons by whom these checks
were cashed. the police charge. have
identified photograph No. 2s25. in the
rogues' gallery. as a likeness of the
woman who presented the checks. The
photograph is a likness of Miss Puck
ett, made shortly after her arrest on
August 29. 1906.
story of Her Arrest.
On that date Miss Puckett entered the
real estate office of Burr n. Edwards,
at sos + Street Northwest, and repre-
sented herself as Mrs. Fannie s. Perry,
Of Natchez Miss, owner of a residence
at 1885 Sixteenth Street Northwest
worth $1,000 The self-styled Mrs. Per-
ry wanted TO borrow 5000 on the prop
crty. Edwards examined the title and
found 1t as represented. For this ex-
animation Miss Puckett gave him a
check for SSj, for which she was given
q receipt.
During the examination Edwards dis
covered that Mrs. Perry was the mother
Of George S. Perry. then assistant Dis
trict attorney. Ferry was asked to
come to the real estate office Miss
Puckett was detained for a few minutes.
Perry suddenly entered the office and
Miss Puckett was pointed out. That
is not my mother" he exclaimed. Miss
Puckett quickly fed. A short while
later she was arrested by Detectives
Hewlett and Pratt not far from her
home. 1t was said she broke down and
confessed. She was sentenced to serve
1--we years in the penitentiary at
W. Va. At the time she
gave her age as thirty-five years. She
was employed-as a clerk in the Agri-
culture Department.
After her arrest last night. she de-
clared she will prove her innocence.
She says she will face every merchant
IN Washington If they all should ac-
suse her. At the time the police accuse
her Of cashing alleged worthless paper.
Miss Puckett says, she was either at
work or al home. She has made no
Effort to procure bond.