FRAUDS BY A PRETENDED HEIRESS

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 157, 10 May 1873, Page 2

FRAUDS BY A PRETENDED HEIRESS

A case was brought before the Broughty police-court onl l'uesdaj, which in some respocts completely eclipse J the doings ol tlie now famous Miss Sutherland. AccorclinJ to the indictment the accused was the wife of a sack Beuerl and their abode consisted only of it biuall back kitchen ofJ tenement in King Btrcct. Heir husband, Peter Adams, li(M it appears, along with his -wile, Helen BJ el drum or AdninSl beeu m the habit of paying almost a duly Msit to DundeJ ever sm^o October last, but on what errand is not known Although apparently very contented in their lowly condition Helen appears to have had very high aspiration?, and according to the charge brought against her, she" represented to bei landlady. Ann Kit chic, that the estate of Giange of Connon in the county of ForhV, wns her property ; that she had a great amount of landed property in Fife ; and also that slit Lad the sum of £5,000 invested in sheep farms in Kew Zealand." Incredible as her story appear.!, she seems, nei crthclcH, to have got her landlady to believe it, which credulity she aftei wards turned to good' advantage. She accounted for their apparent want of means by stating that at pieseml the only return of her properties was the mtercbt of tlj £5000, being in the t'ouit of Session legardmg hei landcß estates. She further represented that she v.isincoueM pondence with her Dundeo agent, at the same time givuiS the name of a respectable solicitor, and that he expectcdl the cases would bo settled very shortly On returning I from a " consultation with her Dundee agent," she induced. her landlady to advance her £1 to. enable her to proceed to Edinburgh, as her solicitor had infoimed _ her "that Lord Git Ford only waited for a peisonal interview before signing his decision awarding her the contested estates. She disappeared the next morning and leturned at mglit, stating that Lord Gittord had made all right, and that she would immediately enter into possession of her property, mentioning her intention of residing first on the Forfarshire estate. A slight outlay, however, must fir9t be made, and the sum of £50 must be had, so that Jier Dundee agent might proceed to tbo Grange of Connon and effect several alterations. The landlady, who appears to have fully believed her strange story, at I once advanced the necessary amount, perhaps, induced by I the promise of a prompt return with interest, amounting to-l £300. A cheque was accordingly filled up, but the banker, I who suspected the character of tho payee, refused payinrnbl before seeing the drawer. At last, however, Helen mnnogeM to get the cheque cashed, and proceeded to Dundee on SatuP day hist to " hand the money over to her agents " The factor of the landlady's property , who had all along beon kept in ignorance of the goings-on, seems now to have got » hint of how matters stood, and, knowing that Helen had been convicted at more than one police-court, resolved to checkmate her in her wily moves. Ho accordingly lost no timo in interviewing the Dundee agent, and on having his suspicions confirmed, at once gave tho e»»e into the hands of the Brought} -ferry police. Sergeant Davidson, on calling at her residency found that tho bird had tlown, but succeeded m apijrehcnd-^ in<' her on Monday in Dock street, Dundee. When apprehended she had the sum of £13 in her possession. Witnes* liaviu" given t ho above evidence against her, she was remitted bv Provost Cunningham to tho Fiscal. In order to givol more credence to her story she advertised in one of urn Dundee papers for a "factor to take charge of estates in thrH country , and also to overlook another factor m New Zealand. She had also at one tune got a small sum advanced her bv a respcctablo gentleman in tho Ferry, giving him in return a copy of a w ill of a very distant relative, who had property m the'vieinrty of Arbrenth- On learning her truo character lieapplied some timo ago for tho roturn of his money, winch claim was settled by the obliging landlady paying the amount, m return for the papers, who stated at the came tune that she would gi\e three tim*ss the sum for the suinc (securities. The copy of the w ill and othei papers are now also in the possession of tho police authorities. '

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