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Show 1KI KAIDKD A 1'KItST. Mm, Hart Tplln a Tale of Won anil llorrow Munry from Fat tier Ijtrkln. Nkw Vouk. May 20.- About a week I ago a well dressed woman called on the Hcv. John Lark in of the church of the Holy Innocents. 12(1 West Thirly-Sev-entli street, and presented a card which lore the name of Mrs. Lucy C. Hart. She told Father Lark in that she wrote for the press, under the iioiii do plume of Lucy C. Lillie, and with tears iu her eyes, told a story tif her husband's prosecution and of her need of money. She asked Father Larkiu for a loan of 10, offering as collaterals a roll of manuscript, which tha Kaid was worth $;i(J0, and an order' oil the cashier of the Herald for the- amount due on article entitled "Modern Playwright;" both of which Father Link in took n security after loaning her the Mo. A few days later she borrowed I5 more. When the order was presented at the Herald office there wa no money to the credit of Lucy C. , Lillie and Ju'spector Byrnes was not ilied. A few days ago Frank B. Hart-was arrested for the laroenv of $150 from a linn in Front street, the information fuming from Hart's wifri Yesterday the detective arresfed Mrsi llartf as she was leaving the Tombs, where she had gone to visit her husband. ' She was taken to the Jefferson market court and held for examination. It is believed that Mrs. Hart is the same woman who similarly swindled Mrs. Jennie June Croly out of ?20. |