SWINDLE.
Two woman, doßOiibed as Euollah one named Eveline R»ppy, the other Lindsay, have been arrested i»i Pans on tho olia-pe of matrimonial swindling. It is alleged that Lindsay, who w*a married m tranci 20 yeara ago, was tccu4omed to udverfciee m b< my of tho newspapers, offering m marria»e a young widow possessing a million franca, or •« a woalthy girl who had lest her reputation " To those who took the bait she produced Happy, who is £5 years of Bge, nnd th« latter la isaid to have viaited England with several Frenchmen In Buocesaion, to to have gone through the marriage ceremony, and to have disappeared next day not orrly v».th the wedding preßentß. but with any j^vnl'ery within her reach. li»ppy was turented m a high olaso hotel just as sf.e WB6 abiut to Btart for England to meet a fresh dupe, fche is eaid to be very handsome, and to have deluded persons occupying positions so high that they were aßhamed to prefer a complaint. Tho Utters and accounts seized • have however, furiLhod full information. Bappy baa made a confession, throwing the entire responßibllity on tyndeny,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1503, 10 March 1887, Page 4
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189SWINDLE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1503, 10 March 1887, Page 4
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