Show BY bi A x 4 people Ifil iowa lowa have been greatly surprised by the discovery that several forgeries have been committed by mrs elerd S a woman who has been a leati lecturer e r 0 on bees and their care in tha the state estate A agricultural college and adit editor or of several 1 devoted devota to bee clu ell cul cui ture the story is oid old told by correspondent of the chicago ji urna as follows j C people were astound pd and aud co luid scarcely li elipio the re reports ort orts 4 but buti nhep niep Ssi iivo tivo undeniable is 18 the the conviction n is forced upon thorn that she blie has for two or three years been practising practicing a bold scheme of swindling and andhor tor gery which Is now made public since the tho exposure of recent transactions tiko trio 3 ears a 0 tile signatures of governor carpenter and hon john A JAL misson were discovered on an commercial pap paper i r as in dorsers made by mrs tupper which were forgeries but were taken up before maturity over mycral al other well weil known busi busl business ness nees men meu also were victimized but allowed the matter tobe to bo settled wit without hout bout exposure yet with sorbe sacrifice one of her neighbors a man who was abdiu aiding her in her bee culture 7 thai that that she might pro prosper parl was also a vic af a for forced no noto note to which to avoid exposure and arrest was settled in addition to forged notes she has frequently drawn upon banks in different parts of the state payable to third parties when bho bhe has haa no funds there in december last several notes signed by hon james harlan mr burroughs and other bu business shies muil near payable to the order of mrs urs tupper were purchased byam bynn by a bank in enthat that city amounting to pearly one ono thousand bollara do iiara llara 1 I the forgeries werm were detected and minced to mr tupper who the tho crime and promised full fuli reparation whre wa anu rc funded the them money oney soon after and no p tiou tion was waa g made friday evel evening ling link the marshal of this city re delved a ti dispatch from the cashier cashler of the bank to arres arrest mrs tupper on the charge of forgery on that bank to the amount of 1766 no arrest was made as she had left the city for cedar rapids on tho saturday a draft drawn by mrs E 8 tupper on oa C J johnson and directed to the savings bank of off I 1 N thomas of or this city was received it bore boro the endorsement of ofa J W bullof cedar rapid where the d raft draft was dated and had been cashed bya usa by a bank there the amount was for no such man beides re yides in this city or ia is known here and the draft was returned for protest and nori non pay ment this would indicate that she was there and still working her scheme lt but on saturday the intelligence was received here that beon been ari arr arrested ested on charges made by the monticello bank hank two of the notes purchased by this bAtik were for sota 1675 and sa s1 signed ned by john hodgdon dubuque three were for ligi 1191 signed by hudgdon and endorsed by platt smith both of which signatures 0 are pronounced hor tor forgeries gerles geries when all the rel rei relations atlon 14 of this his woman to business and social circles are considered it is a sorrow e it is known by her friends that she became much embarrassed tw two years ago in money matters ehg she bhe had two daughters at school whom she was anxious to educate about that time lime she broke down in body and mind from overwork and based through a protracted illness and so soon as she resumed labor she appears to have resorted to this means to relieve her financial pressure as often aa as necessity required redeeming her hei fraudulent paper with money got by other forged papery or replacing it with fraudulent frau durent drafts she has been ah active worker in the baptist als church and sunday school ard and aid alcher life lon long iong her teachings have been those which would lead her to at the ac act tisbe tishe she has done she has ha four daughters and one son her eldest daughter is the wife ol 01 1 a prominent lawver lawyer and is the pastor of church achurch a in colorado and afre of deputed dhigh high standing as a speaker and member of society another daugh daughter ter Is a graduate of the agricultural college and is a tea ten teacher 1 cher inthe high schoor iati tati at mar liar bhai town which labor phe fhe has assumed while fitting herself for the practice of medicine another daughter is well weli known to fancy poultry dealer dealers lii ili as a dealer in that stock hr her hus hns husband band who has been an invalid for many ia Is now teaching school at state center upon them tuis this blow will fall ral C while tha church an and the society in which she shua moved w will wll ill I 1 receive the blow with great sorrow I 1 I 1 |