Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-08
A Weeping Lady in Black k-What Sho Di,
and Who Suffered.


Officers Levy aud Sommcrs arrested on Thurs
day usternuon, II young woman eighteen years OF
age. md handsome on the charge Of having prnc-
tised the confidence game. She gives tho names
ofCarric Bradford. Peddrick Mitchell, and Mary
Ann Divine A few days since she called Mt tho
dress making establishment Of Miss Kent, Fourth
aud Spruce streets, aud stated her name was
Bradford, the daughter of Captain Bradford. of
West Philadelphia. The young lady was greatly
ngitatcd aud with copious tears flowing from her
eyes, Informed them that she had just received in
tlligcncc of the death oi her brother, Mt Monevi-
deo, and she ordered suit Of mourning. authori-
zng Miss Kent to purchase the material with her
Miss K.'s) own funds. The dress was done, und
tho bereaved young lady cael ut the house of
the maker of it. aud after trying it on and
expressing herself much pleased with il, she
wore it away, leaving her old dress behind, and
directing Miss Kent to send thu bill to her fa-
tier. Miss Kent secured West Philadelphia, next
day, but thoic WAS no Captain Bradford to be
found
On last Tuesday evening, tho dnmse clad in
her full suit OF mourning, turned up in new
character. A gentleman who wns passing by
Eighteenth and Market streets. saw her standing
in the street and weeping bitterly. Ills sympa-
thies being excited he questioned the wocper,
when she told him that she the daughter Of q
wealthy gentleman Mt Washington, and that she
was pupil Mt the boarding-school at Medu She
the depot too late for the cars, and -he did not
know where to 20 or what to d.. The gentle mnn
kindly offered to take her to IL hotel aud he u.s.
corlcd her to tho Union Hotel, where tho proprie-
tor offered her his protection. She remained there
for some time. taking immense airs upon herself,
and pretending to write letters to her father
While she staying Mt the hotel size PLAYED
sundry little swinding games, but officers Levy
and Summers traced her out. and brought her to
justice. She had recently been at several hotels
and swindled the proprietcrs. She will have II
further hearing on Tuesday afternoon. before Aid
Osle.
The accused is n daughter Of a respectable citi-
zen Of the Twenty y-fourth Ward, who refused to
afford her any aid in her present plight. She
has been engaged in swindling for some time
past.
Since the above was written, we learn that dur
ing the past few days this singular female cope
rator" called at tho store, No. 80 Chestnut street
dressed in that snt Of black garments and at,enp-
ted to swindle the proprietor She ordered o large
bill of coniectionaries, &c, keeping tho attendants
busy putting up her parcels. When the goods
were all nicely put up she left carrying of with
her some slight fancy article, which sue was to
pay for with the other goods when she 'came
back" 1t is needless to suy she did not "oolne
back."-IhH. Ing.
A TERRIBLE EArrL,crIoN.-O the forks of Wood
river there has lived for ten years past honest
German, named Henry Webber, happy husband
and father of six children. Last week. on going
home to dinner, he was surprised to find his team
htched to his wagon, the household furniture load
ed in the wagon, in which was also the wife and
six children, all ready to start. On inquiring
what all this meant, his hired man, also a German,
gave Webber to understand that it was none Of
his business, and presenting six-shooter Mt Web
Der, jumped into the wagon aud delihrately drove
of, since which Webber has bad no tidngs of wife,
children, horses, wagon, or household furniture.
Webber had not the slightest reason to believe
his wife unfaithful. or that she was in any degree
dissatisfied lie marred her aftera strictly busihes.
manner. Son Q vel, y ars ago, while acting as a
-four packer for Wise & Lea, he Thought he ought
to get married. Toe much occupied in business
to court wife, he wrote to female friend in St,
Louis, whom he had known in Germany, to sci.
ect wife for1im. In few days his St. Louis
friend replied to him, stating that abe had made
selection, and reque. t VI him to come down on u
given day and marry the woman selected. Onlthe
day appointed he went To St. Louis. saw the wo-
man, married her. and returned with her to this
city the same evening. and ever since has lived
happily with her. Her departure was rs businsss
like as her mar, we --Aiton Courier, 29M,
Daniel e. Sick es was present at political
,,aat;no NJ Tamtp,nv Hall In New York a fexx