The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-05 00:00:00

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--KILBOZWR PORT.
A BLD "PENNY."

somewhere about ten year. ago great indignation
was felt in this quiet little town in consequence of the
sudden di.appearauce of a married Man named George
penny. lie, it appeared. WY a very active member
of the Congregational Church, and previous to his
departure it was found that the collecting house of
this chapel had been forced and their contents
abstracted. Suspicion fell on Penny, he being the
Last one seen in the vicinity of the building. He was
informal that he was suspected; but be indignantly
denied any knowledge of the affair. A little time after
he was nom at, and some weeks elapatel before any
information of his whereabouts came ti hand, when
it was discovered that hew.. about to be married toss
second wife—a woman of small fortune and of
respectable parentage—and was residing in • town not
very far distant. Finding that he was "wanted" be
again made off, taking with him a large sum of money,
the property of his affianced. The authorities this
time were put upon the track; but he made good his
sIoc•PIN s" +Silo I foe America. A few years after be
sent home for hie first wife, who, with her two
children, went out to him. Nothing further warn
heard of him till within the last few days, when the
following account of his "doing." was puhlithed in the
Lowell Lady Courier :—" October 25th, 1877. George
Penny and Mrs. Elizabeth Pittway were unitee7:
marriage at Wilbraham (America) by the Rev. W. T.
Perrin, pastor of the M. E. Church, in the town. The
bride's friends are English people, and she was formerly
married in England, the match resulting unhappily.
She separated from her fleet husband, who baa
since died. Since going to Wilbraham she has been
living with her father, whose name is Stephens, and
she was known as Lizzie Staph.ms. Penny is an
Engliehman, and has been in this country about ten
years. Three or four years ago het worked for White
'troilism and Kilburn, glove manufacturers, in Lowell,
and pretended to be a devoted Christain, although he
has since been satisfactorilly demonstrated to have
been an adulterer and bigamist. He went to Wilbra-
ham in the year 1876, and remained there until about
• month since working for two different firms there.
He represented himself as having been • will,
dissipated man, and as having been converted at one
of the Moody and Sankey meetings at Philadelphia.
lie appeared to be a very eaniest i,hrlataln at Wilbra-
ham, rimed the Congregational Church, and warn very
active at religious meetings. The Hey. NI. S. Howard,
pastor of the church, gave him before he left the town
• certificate of church membership and Christain
character. In March, 1877, he became acquainted
with the family of Mr. Stephens, and seemed to hake
• liking from the first to Mrs. Pitway, or, as she was
called, Lizzie Stephens. She was in no haste to
receive his attentiou, but finally yielded to his
proposition of marriage, which occurred ma stated.
Previous to this she had related to him her history
and matrimonial troubles. Last July he complained
of hard work and poor pay-1 dollar 25 cents, per day
at Wilbraham, and said if he could get 200 dollars be
could make motley at his old trade 01 glove
manufacturing. He frequently hinted that he should
like to get • loan of money from Mr. Stephens. After I
long and urgent solicitation Mr. Stephens let him
have 40 dollars in cash on January 9th last, and the
day after Penny went to Lowell, on the pretence of
seeing what he could get to do at his old trade. Hia
plan, he said, was to get skins, after working awhile,
nand them to Wilbraham and then in a little shop
attachut to his fsther-in-law.i residence, make gloves
on his own account. If he could not get w..rk he WY
to return home on the 12th. He took his wife's gold
sleeve button, with him when he went away. On the
day following his departure from Wilbraham, January
10th, he wrote a letter to his wife, stating that he I
was going to send bone two dozen alien, skins, which
he wanted kept abut six weeks, when be should come
home and bring some leather to make into gloves. In
another letter, dated January 14th, he said that he
should semi for her the following Wednesday. The
skins' that he said he sent to Wilbraham, never
reached there. In the laat-nanaml letter be said that
If he could get one hundred dollars he could make
one hundred fifty dollars 'right away.' The letter,
dated at Lowell, January 18th, said that he had hired
two mum for-eix weeks, and bad been too busy to
send for his wife, but would do so soon, lie told his
wife an.l father-in-law to address him at Washington
House. This was the Lut letter received from him.
On January 29th a letter WI/ sent by the wife to
White, Seabees, awl Kilburn for information con-
cerning him, and the fact was elicited that he had not
worked for the firm for three or four years. The write
is severely proatrate.l by her sorrow in learning that
she bad been iin osed upon by the eecond false
loishatuL Inimmation has since been received by the
wife that he has married three others since leaving
Lowell, and that he to .k paesage for Europe in the
Siberia, which sailed from II .-ton on the 19th of
January. The desertim of the wife and the imbee-
mina devel pmentai of the swain liave caused quite a
sensati oi in the quiet town of Will.rahatn, and there
is much sympathy felt for the deserted wifes When
he left this place he took all the usa saleable effects
with him, asol afterwards sent for his box, which was
forwarle I to him at Lowell. He took part in relLious
meetings of the Young Men's Christian Association at I
their ball."
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Abort time a.:o a son of thin scamp was to have
been married to a young woman of Milhome Port;
but a few week, before the wedding was to have taken
place a letter was re -.lived from him, informing the
poor girl that he minoill.l not fulfil the engagement.
No doubt if eiiher .4 the scampi; were to Iput in an
appearance in this place they would be rather ttttt glil
dealt with, an the young woman ia much
being a very hard-working Sunday School teacher.

CHILD OXIKFORD. •
THE Witt (Jetta July 29th, 1874) of Mr. Francis
Edward Harvey, late of Hayward Ledge, Child
Okeford, Donetshire. who died on December 9th last,
was prolmi on the 29th by Mrs, Maria Harvey, the
widow and sole executrix, the personal property being
sworn tinder £60,000. The testator deviate and
bequeaths all his real and personal estate to hie wife.