Show I 1 1 I 1 WICKED WAYS bill SWINDLED FOR A LIVING IN LONDON and it 11 elgo 1 a G oot 9 ft flood lood liell li ell 11 hool flood ogg of it atit it required more I 1 tin ff I 1 clr than to IATO blout ly bat but three thera 4 ih t tell faldut tt it wa wad a bright may lay morning this ear there datable on duty ou u aard lard london saw rapidly approaching the main entrance a elgh stepping pair of loraw attalea atta lied to a is mart smart victoria ictoria driven by A liveried coachman the occupant was a lady young and handsome dressed in the height of fashion at the bet best of times the r building on the embankment Is i dull and commonplace and the constable con table rubbed his eyes think ing that the I 1 vision before him could be nothing but a dream la in a few minutes he be realized that the un ei petted vision was as real and substantial for the coachman pullet up and the lady requested him to take her card in to detective sergeant fuller the card bore the name of the Count countess esis de Sm marille du barat the constable conveyed the card to the proper fr tar and returning to the carriage told her br ladyship that the officer would be out la in a few low moments N when hen live give sergeant fuller came outside he was surprised to find that the occupant of the vic victoria torta vi with ith the high sounding card which by the way ay bore a coronet aad and a monogram in gold was no DO te I 1 iwon than plain da da maynard aynard Sl who had just jast been released from wormwood prison she he having laying completed a sentence ente oce of eighteen monha hard labor passed upon her for a se of long and tru impudent frauda frauds the counter countess was pleased indeed to see detective fuller but when the latter malam hr her what 14 tho ho of if the mt felt and for what purpose ehe she had used the title which he rad upon the card which jie held in hie his hand the cu unto replied surely ou have beard heard that my family baa has at laet last rec me and have allowed me henceforth to assume my proper title if you had bad taken up my case and thoroughly investigated the reasons and mo motive fives that caused my family to let me grow up as plain miss maynard I 1 should have been occupying the poel post tion I 1 occupy now month months ago and who knows bill but you yourself might not hae bae been by my side aide and wor worth th hu hundreds n of thousands of pout pound d T the object of ray my calt today la Is to ask you to assist me in appealing against the cruel sentence een tence passed upon me of 18 months for a crime of which I 1 was as innocent I 1 am sorry said aid sir mr fuller but I 1 am afraid I 1 can render you no assistance whatever and as I 1 have bare itu engagement ga gement I 1 am sorry that I 1 cannot ebare any cuore time may I 1 write to ou asked the countess certainly if it Is upon any matter connected with my duty replied the officer the countess bowed most graciously thanked mr fuller profusely pro fusel and ordered he be cj ca achman to drive to the boune house of commons coji mons detective sergeant fuller who Is attached permanently to scotland lard ard Is well known and much respected resi acted even among the criminal closets cla sets raes by reason of his fairness in giving evidence he ile first came in contact with the countess three years a ago go when hen he arrested her tor for a series of frauds committed in the we end of london where she was in the habit of talking taking rooms and after remaining a day disappearing with everything portable she could lay her hand on calling at a large boarding house in redcliffe gardens fulham miss maynard who announced announce tl herself as the countess theresa lowndes told a most remarkable story she said a she h e bad had just coue of age and ehe she waa was en titled to an immense property in cheshire which also included the whole hole of lowndes londes square she had left the ahouee of her guardian lord hamilton in consequence of his wanting her to marry a nephew of lord rothschild but her heart was set upon the tutor of one of her brothers a man of noble family although in reduced circumstances she had been to see her 1 10 11 r 4 41 aw ii 0 I 1 11 1 1 r I 1 V i I 1 1 jjr 1 l ADAL AD MY 1 boc solicitors tors and in a fortnight they would apay I 1 pay into coutt coutts bank for her as 0 she intended to spend this money a and not thoroughly to enjoy herself and ehe she wanted to take the whole of the upper part of the house that she he might hold ia a reception to which she intended inviting the duke and duchess of york the carriage and pair outside were her on they were presented to her oy by her aunt who was coming to see her that night and take her to ll 11 lyceum to introduce to her sir henry irving and ellen terry she had bad broutt a small bag with her just a change of clothing and she would be klad glad it if the landlady aou d lend her a maid to enable h hor hr r to dress to receive her aunt the dinner baving iming been prepared an emerly elderly lady put in an ap bearance pe arance and 1 the countess and she bip d the countess an bounced that she would go to the thea iter ter alone and that her aunt would wait until she came back the land alady lady saw no ejection to adopting gails toune course but when she discovered an hour or so later that the countess had bad repacked d the clothing which she be had taken take off in fin hour or so prior to her dressing alesin for or the theater she became suspicious and abe he determined to make of the countess aunt bout she ahad bad acen given en to understand der was lady ashley Fryt entering ering the room the landlady bowed and ald said would your M ladyship fillip be good eco 1191 the th countess has b laid takes to tell we why her bag with her hert ih tho replied 1 inn m n s ladyship nirm marm supposed lady ashley 1 I 1 m the coun te ft and ai she ih owed me the matter of 13 3 for work done I 1 i came round here there at her to I 1 told me blat shoy ih she kt get the money was wa coming into thousand thousands that thil this I 1 was where her future mother inlaw in law lived and that if it I 1 topped stopped till the car ariage return returns I 1 should have my money ad and d a little bit over for waiting be ending me these letter wrote me a clothe that I 1 ve got on and telling me that iwas I 1 ax to take no notice ot of what anybody aid said to me the ext day the countes countess ordered brougham brou tham from 1 hateley bite leys a to pick her up at st jm JAM i X restaurant and that 23 order orders for A afternoon the she gave wo worth rth of lowers flowers 1150 worth of cloth ing 25 a worth orth of boots and ine to t the he extent of nearly 1130 the police however ho ever were upon her track and be fore the ordera orders could be execute executed ed the he was laid by the beets heels thil this was is the second occasion she he had bad fallen into late the bands hands of oi the he police and when the th matter was placed la lit the handa hands ot of detective sergeant fuller he discovered ere d that she he had posed ui is the tf if ot of a well knon known at scot scotland land nJ yard who was away in america and by this mean means she had obtained consid 11 oi 11 1 0 it f it 4 tor J 41 4 Z r f I 1 I 1 ta 0 j f I 1 if I 1 I 1 4 V I 1 I 1 A 12 adew 7 71 I 1 rr W I 1 7 I 1 fw f t 6 1 V P a f I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 SERGE SERGET FULLER A famous scotland I 1 ard detective Detec tire erable crable credit practically imn liang alire 1 or four months upon various djini statements she was in the habit ol 01 derivi driving ng am almost I 1 oat daily up to scotland I 1 ard and tor for some time her notie rould could not be discovered it wai was ther learned that having posed as a coun tess tees she told a remarkable story fin lehing labial up by Le ec laring claring that ehe she wai way passionately fond tt cf mr fuller ant an that her visit to the vard vars wai was to ol 01 tain fain promotion for that officer fron his chiefs 0 of 1 course this inspired hei hey dupea dupes with confidence and as a resul she be was allowed to run up heavy bills none of which it Is needless to ay say was as ever settled her last visit tt it scotland lard ard which was of course in the usual carriage and pair resulted reaul resul tet tel in her being arrested by detective dir bir rell on several charges of swindling and felony the trial took place at the kortt london sessions but despite the fact aci that the wardress stoutly denied that the prisoner had any purse when sh left prison the countess went into the witness box and repeated the stor on oath she proved to be a smart into inte young woman of 29 of prepossessing appearance and a well ell developed figure she gave her clearly and with considerable skill but de depete pite the able pleading of air pur cell who was directed by judge me NIC connell to watch match the case on her ber be halt half the countess was found guilty I 1 there were many indictments against athis this woman upon all of which she wai was I 1 found guilty and miss Ien luger the tb wardress having proved the drevlou pre ious lou convictions detective sergeant fulle fuller stepped into the witness box a and ad to told I 1 of the story of how he had been bombard ed led with letters and of the OWN bat at the prisoner had paid to scotland yard in her brougham brou cham he lie added that thit the statement A she was a gold medal 1st of the guildhall school ot of music was absolutely untrue and further that on the occasion of one ut of her co convictions lavic she wrote 1 j I account of her life and banded handed it to the judge who bo tried her the statement was banded handed to him detective fuller to make inquiries he ile found that in spite of the fact that the prisoner had declared the contents of the document to be the dosithe truth there was as not one on ua gle name address or statement corre in fact the w a oe e was a tissue of lies turning to the prisoner whose remarkable coolness end and self posses slon sion as the subject of much corn ment hi bf lordship asked her who her frienda were vere whereupon hereupon she replied ct I 1 would prefer my lord to make no statement as to my friends in public but if it I 1 am accorded a private interview waa wl j y ur lordship I 1 will III willingly tell you at all I 1 about them detective Serg sergeant cant fuller said 0 on n a previous occasion my nir lord this young woman oman w was as allowed by the judge who tried her to write rite down the names of her parents and some of her friends he ile directed me to make inquiries I 1 did so and found every eiery one of them to be false I 1 judge mcconnell cConnell SI said I 1 am afraid that it if I 1 pass sentence now it would be somewhat severe it Is perfectly clear to me that this woman hai has lived nothing but a life of fraud carried out with considerable consider able cunning and am effron tery it Is hard to believe that a woman professed of IT lir sense senses could commit such offenses and I 1 therefore think it best to postpone sentence in ln order that dr scott the ru medical edical officer at holloway may have an opportunity of exIn ining the prisoner a as 8 to he be state of mind although I 1 fear that all be he will find la to that she be Is possessed poes essed of a determination to its live a a life of fraud gowing bowing to his big lordship and smiling at sergeant fuler fuller the countess haughtily refused the guiding hand ot of the war ardress dres who was wa seated by her ber side as she he wept sept out of the dock |