Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-01-12
A Page from Real Life.

In the fbilaoelpha North american we
find the following:
man Of wealth from the interior, owning
number Of farms, is likely to be summoned
to answer serious charge. Upon the farm
adjoining that ou which be resides, and which
is also owned by him. lives q hard. workin @
husbaOdmaD named Scott. MIR. Scott has a
family OF children, one Of whom, a girl Of six.
teen years. is more than usually pretty.
Some three weeks ago this man, it is now
deposed enAged board at the house of DR..
Bcchsnan, No. 1888 Callowbill street, for a
lady and gentleman, during the confinement t
OF the former The names Of the couple, he
said, were Mr. aud Mrs. Hunter, and that he
would vouch for .heir respectabiity. The
terms were TO be 81 per week, exclusive of
nursing and medical attendance. At the
appointed day the parties arrived aud enter
ed into the occupancy of their room, sharing
it together.
In the meantime Mr.. Scott's daughter left
home, telling her parents that she made an
engagement TO teach school at Jobnstown.
They supposed this to be the case, until they
heard to their grief that she had been deceiv.
ing them, and was some where in Philadelphia
Her uncle, a Mr.. Scott, Sheriff Wilson, OF
Huntingdon, and citizen Of Tyrone forth.
with started 10 search of the truant girl, and
arrived in this city on Mondsy the oath ult.
They at first endeavored TO work up the mys-
terry without the aid of the police, but spent
three days in vain pursuit They then applied
TO the Mayor who referred them to the kind
hearted detective Bartholomew, to discover
the object of their search. Mr. Bartholomew
and detective Lemon soon brought the mat.
ter TO a close.
They traced the erring girl to the house of
DR.. Buchanan, No 1888 Callohil street
Having satisfied themselves that the girl was
there, they rang the bell, a summons respond.
ed to by Mrs. Buchanan in person. Mrs. Bu-
chanan denied that any such person was in
the house. Mr.. Bartholomew threw he. off
her guard by saying he had letter which be
could only deliver in person, aud then the
woman admitted that she was in the house.
The detective then sscended to her room, on
The third floor, and, although Mrs. Buchanan
said that the girl was not in the room, the
officers burst open the door There they found
the missing girl, and with her, his boots and
coat of. was a man whom the officers had not
previously known.
Both we're arrested, placed in carriage
and taken to the central station, where the
girl was confronted with her friends. The
mans name is j. 7. Hunter He resides at
Shades Gap, and is by trade printer-more
shame for him. Justice Beitler then put
him on oatb. when he deposed that he had
been engaged by the first named party to
bring the girl to Philadelphia, aud place her
in DIR. Buchauan's house, and TO pass himself
as the husband Of the girl during her stay
there. Dr. Buchanan arrived at the station
shortly afterwards, and deposed that. q gen
tleman giving the name Of Hunter mot the
Hunter above referred to) bad engaged board
for lady and gentleman, assuring bin al the
same time Of the entire respectability Of the
parties that on last Wednesday this Hun-
ter visited the city, paid the board Of the real
Honter aud the girl up to that date. aud left
the city, as he believed, the next day.
The Alderman then issued his writ to the
Sheriff Of Huntingdon. rendering up to him
the girl and the man Hunter. The family
accuse the 6rst named party with the ruin OF
the girl, and express determination to OBJ
tain redress at the expenditure Of their last
dollar. The unfortunate girl was taken back
to Huntingdon county last night. aud the
man Hunter with her. She is a mere child
in appearance; her age is but sixteen, and
she appears even younger. She is enciente,
aud an object TO make ones heart ache. Her
family are loving toward her, aud in their
relief at having recovered her seemed for
moment to have forgotten the shame inflicted
upon them through her error. Few sadder
parties, We fancy, entered the cars last Thurs.
day night than the parties engaged in this
affair, which makes the eighth one OF the same
character worked up by Detective DArthoio-
new Eioes last sumner.