Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1890 — RUINED BY HIS WIFE. [ARTICLE]

RUINED BY HIS WIFE.

Mrs. Lippineott Wrecks Her Husband’s Fortune by Forgeries. A big sensation has been created in Philadelphia and in South Jersey by the discovery of a large number of notes with the forged signature of Edward Lippineott, of Medford, N. J., who Is the proprietor of Haddon hall, Atlantic City. The amount runs up in the thousands, and banks, firms, and individuals are the victims. Lippineott say* that his wife is the forger. It was also discovered that the property of Mrs. Haines, a sister of Lippineott, worth 55,000, had been mortgaged to the extent of $1,9')0 by Mrs. Lippineott. Among the victims In this city are John Wanamaker, Sharpless Bx-others, J. &J. Dobson, and other large firms. The Lippincotts are well known in society and are of Quaker descent. Lippineott is ruined.