The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-05-15
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A Daring Female sEOrger--Her
,bistss Arrests and Escapes. y
/ The operations Of a. woman in torg-
ing drafts upon various banks, in J anu
ary last, were some time since; noticed.
BY the following from the Chepango
Telegraph ofthe 18th, if appears she has
been operating quite extensively in Che.
mango and Madison Counties, The
Telegraph says: ,.ass.., %. 3...-..-.'1...s .ts
The first we-learn Of her is that she
started from ,Ceznenoyia on Thursday
morning, April 2, going to Baton, where
she exchanged her horse and wagon for
q fresh hoIse and cutter. She went to
Hamilton and called upon the bank in
that place. and presented q couple Of
drafts, with a request to have them cash
cd, Her reference was called for, which
she failed, to produce, and the bank Off
GERS refused to cash the drafts. She
then procured wagon in the place of
her cutter and. came to Earlville, where
she obtained fresh horse and came to
Sherburne.g She drove Immediately to
the banking house of Messrs. Joshua
Pratt y Go, and, presented. two drafts
qpon which she desired the ""currency." i"
Possessing such a thorough business air,
which almost carried in tia conviction
of her honesty, she was slightly qnes-
toned by the bank officer, and the drafts
we're cashed. She Immediately left for
the South. ~ 'a1[ eal - ssaaf
7 Upon his attention being called to
them BY his teller. Mr.. Pratt critically
examined the drafts, and from their 'ap-
pearance his suspicious were aroused,
and he at once telegraphed the banks
purporting to have issued them, in re-.
gard to their genuineness, and some
three hours after received an answer that
no such drafts had been issued, but that
they had issued two of the denomina-
tfons of SO and SO respectively. Upon
an0her examination Mr.. Pratt at once
discovered them to be alterations, and
upon application Mr.. Justice Lamb is>
sued warrant for the arrest of the wo.
man, who had in the meantime visited
this village, stopping at the National
Hotel, ndinquired for the nearest bank.
She was directed to the bank of Che.
mango, to which place she went at once
and presented two more drafts for simi.
lar amounts cashed at Sherburn." The
paying teller duly questioned her, when
she gave her name as Terry, a very
common one in this vicinity. '.'
The bank having frequently before
cashed drafts which came from young
man in the army, Of the same name, and
the woman strongly resembling the one
who before presented the army checks,
the money was paid and she departed for
\ the North, and had passed through Sher-
burn when the warrant was issued. Dep
|.uty Sheriff Drayton took the warrant
and proceeded to Hamilton, which place
he found she had left about half an hour
before his arrival. He followed her to
Morrisville, where he came upon her
soon after she had stopped for the night
and arrested her. Next morning he
took her back to Sherburne. She at
once handed over to Mr.. Pratt not only
the amount received at his bank, but al.
so that paid her at the bank of Chenan-
go. Upon applying for bail, she desir-
ed to make deposit of the necessary a.
mount, and telegrapheG to Peoria, Ill. ,
at which place she said she resided, and
to Albany, N. Y, for funds, which how
ever, were not Forthcoming. "' ~ =
She remained in the custody Of Sher-
if Bryant awaiting the arrival Of wit
nesses until Tuesday night, when she
managed to'make her escape, stealing a
horse near North Norwich, as IS alleged,
to aid her flight. She rode the horse to
near Plymouth, where she let him go
and employed man to carry her to
Preston, saying she was in hurry to
see q sick sister. Arriving at Preston
she employed Mr.. Glazier to carry her
to COurtland. She was. however, taken
by the officers near Cincinnatus, and
brought to this place, where she stayed
one night, when she was again taken to
Sherburne for examination u She is yet
there at this writing, under charge of
Deputy Sheriff Bryant, awaiting the ar.
rivdl of witnesses from Oswego. We
understand she has employed FL. G..
.Prindle, ESQ., of this village, as counsel.
|oa Pa Str-Since; writing the aabove, we
learn that the birdPhas again flown. s
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