Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-07
CITY & NEWS ITEMS
MONDAY M0RNING, FRB'Y :, 1889
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AWARNING TO five weeks
rago, M. John Webster, living just without the
city limits in Newburgh, engaged a Manx girl
named Maria Wells, to work for him. She was
about eighteen years old and very pleasant, at
tractiVe person. She proved herself TO be capable
and industrious, and seemed an uncommOnly
tractable and intelligent servant She represented
herselfss an orphan, and as having supported, by
her work, sister at school in Boston. Her stO-
ries were believed and confidence was reposed in
her while sympathies were roused In her behalf.
She however soon weakened this confidence BY
telling contradictory stories relative to time which
she had spent in Ashtabula. Mr.. Webster began
to mistrust her, but nothing was found against her
until week ago last Friday, when his little girl
was sent to Maria's room for some purpose TAX
ing notion to make up the bed she found secreted
in it number Of articles which had been the PRO.
perty Of Mrs. W. and had been preserved for her
daughter. Being taxed with this theft Maria free
ly confessed her crime, but with much apparent
SORROW, asserted that it was her first offence and
that it should be her last.
No sooner however, had she been let off from
this theft, than she went to the woodshed and TAX
ing from hiding place, a hatwhich was Mrs. Web
sters, took 1t to the house Of hired man, and by
making totally false representations TO him and
his wife, left that with bag Of clothing which she
had stolen, at his house with the understanding
that he should bring them into the city that evening
without the knowledge of Mr.. W. that being o
part, shesaid, of the plan that Mr. Webster's sister
who lives with him, had in sending the clothes
away. Mrs. Webster has been away on a visit FOL
several weeks, and, having perfect confidence in
Maria, LEFT her clothing where it could be easily goi
by the girl On Friday evening the hired man tool
the bag Of dresses &C. and band box with valua
bic bonnet in it, to the city and left them, accord
ing to Msris's orders, at Churehill's Drug Store
with the understanding that she should call the
next day Saturday and take the things.
1t was not until Tuesday that she had an oppor
tnnity of coming to town. Mr.. Webster ther
brought her in to do some shopping. She ther
| bought trunk, went to Churchills, took tht
things-went to some pace and put on one Of tht
dresses she had stolen, and the bonnet-snd theI
called upon a family for whom she had formerly
worked. The lady of the house demonstrating will
her for wearing such nice clothes, she explained i
by saying that they were left her by her mother
She stated to this lady that she was going to Ash
abula Instead of this, she took the bus from the
Bennett House to the Mahoning depot, from whicl
she went to Warren.
The value of the clothes stolen being large, inde
pendent of any object in finding the girl herself, tn
facts were put into the hands of officer McKinstry
| praeiuu: har T,raarass.- be f.llA--~d ha- IC@a
nesday, and arrested her at private house Il
Warren. He returned with her on Thursda.
morning, when she was taken charge of until 81
examination could be made Of her former charac
ter, and the reputation she had heretofore borne
1t was difficult to decide what to do with her
Should the matter be prosecuted there would be n
possible escape for her from the Penitentiary. o
the other hand if this was not her first offence, bu
the sequel to other theyDg acts it would be cleaI
ly wrong to allow her to 90 out into society III
punished. Upon enquiry, it was found that sh
had stolen from every place where she had worked
and had most unenviable character for decieyini
Under these circumstances. 1t was plainly the dut
of Mr.. Webster to prosecute the matter, and II
girl was accordingly bound over on Saturday I
the Court of Common Pleas, by G. B. Benham, Es
The clothes consisted Of valuable dresses, shawl
&C., the whole being worth more than 5000 1t
truly sad case. To commit young, pretty ar
interesting girl to the gloomy cells of State Pm
on seems almost cruel, but such case IS not OIL
for the feaspgs to set in Judgment upon Tit
: must be set aside and duty prevail There are
is true, extenuating circumstances in the Life OF q
girl, she having been reared in New York in {
T. abodes of vice where little Of morality is know
. but these evil habits are too deeply implanted
is her to hope for reformation without some seve
I, punishment She seemed, when first taken, to
i, exceedingly mortified and grieved, weeping alm'
= necessarily, but is now apparently Indifferent as
her fate.
i This should be fearful warning to all domest
: who are tempted to appropriate to themselves
ticles not their own, or to utter the first falseho
: which viii cause them to be mistrusted and 8
\ pected. Murder viii out" and would that eyt
z servant faye, and every one, servant or other0l
could take warning from this bit Of history.
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