| Show U a AL 0 0 0 ra bit V iq boa I 1 I 1 ibi I 1 securities returned by woman arrested by detective chicago ov 3 wita bonds which she iad had obtained from the firm of babcock Dab cock adu derback iback de bond dealers in tha rookery building a woman as alice cheney brown was arrested last night light at tho the union depot and made to return tho the securities she had a ticket for denver and was aboard the train waiting for its departure when detective frank repel pelto to found r her aier preparing to retire for the night Repol eltos tos instructions from the brokers were not to detain the woman it if she ebe restored the worth of bonds loads ahls she readily assented to ana she tool took them from a handbag on the sent seat beside her tio tho woman had also passed a worthless check for 63 on the management of the congress hotel company detective Re pelto who is em poyer by the che hotel company had this little score to settle with the woman 1 alia made good the amount of the check and was allowed to go 50 her way the method by the woman obtained the bonds was by passing a worthless check on the brokers for soon after tho the transact transaction Jon orvllle orville E B babcook Bab Babe ccok coR one of the firm became suspicious of tho the genuineness of the check and tele telegraphed telegraph grap led to the farmers loan trust company of now york on which bank it was drawn an answer was that the woman purporting to bo be alico alice chaney brown had no account with the farmers loan it was waa known to the brnko brokerage rage firm that mrs blown was staying at the annex and a messenger was wag sent tk acro ere to find her at the hotel it was learned that the woman had paid her bill and loft she had paid with a check on the farmers loan trust company and had ordered a carriage to take her to tho the la salle static manager southgate south gato of the lie annex examined the check passed on the hotel and aad inasmuch as the check 01 on the brokerage bro keraga firm was worthless lie ile atod that the small smaller one was worthless also detective was called in and with wita mr babcock went to the municipal court where a warrant was sworn out charging the woman with operating a conn dence gamo game the cabman who drove tile tho worn woman from the annex was aund u and ile he sale said sho discharged him at tho the la salle street Lz station tation it was learn learned ed a woman answering the description ot of mrs lira brown had engaged an other cabman and that he drove tier her to the northwestern dopol depot after als charging tho the second cabman she on en a third vehicle and was driven to the union depot in the fae baggage room oora it was discovered that tho the woman had chocked a to denver presenting her raAl railroad road ticket at the time the bur lington train tor for denver did not leavo leave until shortly before the time of its departure how the woman got past him and aboard the train Avit without hout boing seen I 1 ia a mystery to the kotec tic five wilen when questioned on an that point by she eho looked out of tho the car window and laughed at ilist sho elio pleaded for len leniency loncy risking that sho bo be permitted to pay the hotel bill and continue on an her trip to denver the detective agreed to to 1 accept the ga G tor for the hotel bill and she alic paid him alm in cash then she turned over the 0 bonds whon abon she did ald so sho she told amid sobs that she had planned to obtain the bonis bonds which she bhe bra bad hoped to sell in doliver so eric eho got funds with which to aid a aa brother who he is under arrest I 1 inthe the east for some offense 1 l the securities were turned over liter lator er to mr babcock who was waiting for at the auditorium annex sir mr babcock said the firm would make no effort to prosecute irs airs brown the bonds were twenty in number of 1000 each they are first age five per cent bonds of the bl madison adison river power company sirs mrs brown browna 1 went to the annex last I 1 thursday she registered as mrs frank irr ank B E brown now new york the day following her arrival she called on babcock rushton Rush louderback with letters presumably forged purporting to be from a now new york broker negotiations were begun for the purchase of the bonds but the deal acal was wag not closed until yesterday it II was learned after fae denver deaver train had departed that mrs brown got through the station without being seen en by by a clever ruse outside T ie the station she phe saw a tired wo man holding a bady baby and engaged her iu in conversation without arousing the womans comans suspicions she phe induced her to let mrs brown bold abold her baby and then accompany the child and its bew friend to the train in passing through the depot mrs drown brown was seemingly intent on the child and as v she h 0 was not supposed to have bave a baby passed unnoticed |
