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Show ircnpitisiNo wojia-v. ftbe Cotnee to cvr York to Day "Crrtn Goods- New Voek, Nov. 10, For tho first time on record in New York the arrest of a woman who had come from hundreds of miles away to buy "green goods," was reported today by Acting Superintendent iiymes. More than that, the woman is the mother of a family, a tirofe8?ing Christian and owns a tine farm, or at least has a large interest in-terest lu one out in the blue grass region of Kentucky, from which she traveled to the IZast to meet a man from whom she expected to buy counterfeit money, '"as gooJ as genuine,"at the rate of 510 to 1000 And still more remarkable, upon this shrewd, calculating, but seemingly seem-ingly respectable backwoodiwoman and mother, when she was searched at police headquarters was found. Inside tho bosom of her dress, a five-chambered big, loaded revolver, with which she had evidently determined de-termined to protect herself from being be-ing victimized in the illicit enterprise enter-prise that brought her to New York. The womin is now lodged at police headquarters and she will be arraigned ar-raigned at s:ex Market Police Court on tlie double charge of attempting at-tempting to buy counterfeit money, i felony mi ler the laws of this State, and carrying a concealed weapon, which is a misdemeanor. Her name is Mrs. Elizabeth Conrad, aud sho is 49 years old. Her 1ms band has been dead for tin years and she l tho mother of eight children. chil-dren. Her)home is near SpookvIUe, thecountyseal of Ackecn Count), Ky. fahe looks a typical Kentucky farm woman. Her features are weather.beaten and sharp an J her form tall, spare and aDgulsr. Although Al-though far from prepossessing she still has traces of former good looks. Her eyes are viry black and suappy and sbe wears a coll of black hair. Besides Mrs. ConraJ there Is also locked up at the police headquarters Walter Willard, alias "Big Waltir the Crook." who tried to swindle her and n ho Is well known to the acting superintendent. Wlllard's picture is No. 1593 in tho Rogues' Uallery. Had not the central office -topped the llltlo game, tho big Walter would undoubtedly have obtained at least $200 of Mrs. Conrad's Con-rad's money. The detective watchi d tho couple some time and Anally made tho clever carture. |