The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-20
BEAUTY IN CELL
WILL FACE BIG
CHECK FORGE R|Es
Best Looking Woman Ever
in Boston Jail Accused
of Plastering East
With Frauds
BANKERS, SILLY MEN,
ARE EASY FOR GIRL
They Smile .Foolishly and
Cash Paper Without Pro-
test She Says
SPECIAL Dispatch to The call

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BOSTON. Mass, Jan. 19.--Stoical, de-
f1ant and persistently refusing to tell
her name. because she said her family
Is well known socially and financially
in New York, the most beautiful
woman ever brought to Boston police
headquarters. was locked up today
charged with forgery.
Call me Mrs. Abbie L. Moulton. that
VIII suffice" bland1y remarked the well
gowned slip of q girl to the detectives
While she told the police she is %
years old, she looks not more than is.
but by her conversation and manner it
IS clearly evident that she has enjoyed
the advantages OF education and extern
sive travel and has been accustomed
to the Injuries of a cultured home.
Only once. and only for an instant
then did she betray signs of breaking
down. and that was when the police
questioned her about her mother. She
shed tears for an instant
oh. don't ask me about her. for this
will kill her she cried She is prom
inent in society. This will break her
heart and drive her into seclusion and
shame"
Then the girl became calm again and
defiantly refused to talk about herself.
1JIsf THE PENsIAN. OUTFIT
The police are sure that through the
arrest they will solve the mystery of
many checks forged for large sums in
New York and Philadelphia. 1t is be-
lieved her operations extended to some
OF the big western cities. The prisoner
made biweekly and weekly trips to
New York and Philadelphia and each
time returned with new gowns. ex-
pensive hats and a purse bulging with
bank notes of large denominations.
She returned from New York yester-
day with a complete new outfit of
gowns and hats.
Mrs Moulton maintains apartments
In the back bay. When the police
went TO her apartments they found the
tools of a skillful "Jim the Penman,'
She had an array of fine pens and coll
ored inks of good quality.
For some time the young woman has
been a mystery to back bay folk, for
she has fitted about in a big automo-
bile, dining at the CopeIy Plaza hotel,
attending the opera and the theaters
and literally buying in the big stores
frequented mainly by the wealthy. Her
jewels were magnificent.
BOY TRAILED GIVES FIRST CLEw
The police, merchants and bankers
have been striving to find the source
of the shower of forged checks which
have been turning up at the banks reg
ularly. 1t was discovered that exactly
the same kind of forged checks were
cashed in New York and PhiIadelphia,
and the police suspected that band of
professional thieves were implicated in
the crimes. IT was clearly apparent
that one person was making the
checks. but 1t appeared that several
must be connected with the gang, for
the checks were being cashed In all
three cities about the same time.
Several big Boston stores were vic
timized and finally the police obtained
clew. A boy attempted to cash a
check at big store and he was fol-
lowed. The police could hardly believe
the young girl was the shrewd forger
they sought, but after close watching
she fell into their hands.
BANKERS EASY FOR PRETTY GIRL
When arrested she said she had a
dying husband In the wiids of New
Hampshire. and that being in des-
perate needs of funds to aid him, she
yielded to the temptation to commit
forgery. because it was so easy for a
girl to induce bankers and merchants
to cash her checks.
Why. the bankers stared at me,
smiling In silly. sickly manner. and
cashed the checks almost without look
ing at them" she said. They just gave
what asked for and they asked me to
come back again, saying they were
pleased to serve me. It is their own
fault, the silly men,