New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
FILLING WIDOW
a At Home IN TOMBS
-, as Pretty as the Picture
w. she's Charged with
sending to Dupes.
If rsBAND IN JAIL
As SWINDLER, TOO
=, Inspectors Say Many
..ssome Ones Sent Her
voney for transportation.

Jthe lonesome widowers who
,,c hand and heart % the
uho advertised herself as
- and willing housekeeper
oh; 4 home FOR herself and
,,,s than money" want 70 chat
lady thcy may do 50 in the
,-isor. New York city. Just
Mr. Mabel \. Jewell. Of STRAIT
!. conn Boston, Lansins' Mich
be- places IN tho United states
,,s csnads. laval
- = viii be an admission that the
- "a dover fell for the blandish-
y. uhich tho widow" sent through
,.u,e6 states mails. His name,
80 Inspector Hurley, Of Boston.
,.s,.otorS James and Jacobs, Of
vo,t SAY. IS Legion. he may be
,..,,olnted in Tho appearance or the
-, because she does not come up
=. ,lsns and specifications Of the
...,g-srn she sent him. But she :
- +, prison. al right. and II the
liver applies on visiting days he
eco the charmer who got varying
90, advance money from him.
ws,o The inspectors locked Mrs.
.,,1 Do they hesyed sigh of relief
'.,us. they believe that "A swindler
4. rhom the department has sought
i. sreen years has been apprehended.
- 1ewens arrest. which took place
..-,-5sv .u New York boarding
....s vas taken philosophically. More
u, ,he pleaded that she had victim
a ,he vidowers for a commcndable
Tose
1tsd 10 do something TO support my
..N-en." she said.
v.r Youngest child is twenty-five
an old and an honest man. although
:. ,s,her. Mr.. Jewell. IS doing time in
p,-,ord. Conn, for having shared in
!. prof,s Of his devoted wife.
Ms JEWELS method was simple. 1t
N 10 part in the feminist movement
81 DID not SAVIOR Of New Thought
- IN fact. II has been handed to
,rrogs vidovers for so long that she
~splet away from the railroads 10
f-3rsy material The widow" sim
,r,rerused her ambitions 70 do the
l..xork and look charming. Then
n r3owers wrote her cautious let
,ss She invariably replied, inclosing
~ Photograph. This picture repre-
N,sd her as She used 20 look. and II
.rs-aly was 81 a reigning belle or
sagy IN society on tho stage. or
canning some crowned head Of
Ertls
Incidentally there was one sordid line
, 10 reply II was @ the effect that
s widow" was temporarily out Of
z'lsy and IL the Uidower cared for a
arsenal interview, railroad fare for
is'ss' and child must DC advanced.
$50 Il ne felt sure in his heart that
,s lksd her. 70 would save time and
'i'sn happiness 20 send sufficient
-r'sy 20 transport her household goods
D ht home.
10 wdowers fell for the sordid line
iA some Of them doubled IT, They
Fs heard more from tho widow,
e moved SO often that even the
bfa1'ce s'cut1s could not catch up
''a her Her last permanent address
's IN Boston but when Mr. Jewell
'a arrested n Lansing. Mich. and
-h TO jail in Hartford. Conn. Mrs.
''sl moved
me specific complaint on which Mrs.
''s'l vas arrested was made by John
Burton Of S. John. New Bruins
"A To make ~ doubly sure the in
''s'''s also used tho name Of Alex
\" halsoy, ~ Tarrytown. y. r. a
-o' victim. United States Commits
I" Hitchcock fixed Mrs. Jewelis
a. $1,000. She viii be tried in