Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1912 — WOMAN SWINDLER WORKS [ARTICLE]

WOMAN SWINDLER WORKS

Sells jgjieap Lace as Real Imported Article from Ireland. Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 2.—lt leaked

out that several women of Bloomington, Including a number of wives of faculty men of Indiana university have been swindled by a woman giving her name as Anna McMullen, who sold what she claimed to be real Irish lace at fancy prices, but which turned out to be the ordinary kind which could be bought in Bloomington stores at 15 cents a yard. The price paid for the imitation was $2.25 a yard and each, woman’s bill came to $lB. The woman, who was about thirtytwo years old, good looking and a smooth talker, represented that she was employed by L. 8. Ayres & Co;, of Indianapolis.