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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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A woman posing as a charity solicitor tricked a gentleman's wife in Baltimore into giving her money by fabricating a story about her husband's instructions. Similar impostures have occurred in the city over the past two to three weeks.
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A woman of decent appearance applied last week at the dwelling of a respectable gentleman in this city to the lady of the house, and stated, "that she had just met the gentleman going out, and had applied to him for a small donation to aid in relieving a very meritorious and distressed family, for which she was soliciting assistance: that he said he had no bank notes of small value in his pocket, and directed her to call and receive the money from his wife."
The lady believing the artful tale, which was wholly a fabrication, gave the sum demanded. We have been assured that several instances of similar impositions have been practised in this city within the last two or three weeks.
[Balt. Gazette.
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This City
Event Date
Last Week
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the lady gave the sum demanded; several similar impositions practised within the last two or three weeks.
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A woman of decent appearance applied last week at the dwelling of a respectable gentleman in this city to the lady of the house, and stated that she had just met the gentleman going out, and had applied to him for a small donation to aid in relieving a very meritorious and distressed family, for which she was soliciting assistance: that he said he had no bank notes of small value in his pocket, and directed her to call and receive the money from his wife. The lady believing the artful tale, which was wholly a fabrication, gave the sum demanded.