Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-05
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4 REMARKABLE CASE OF, CRIs1E.---A i A trial

A REMARKABLE CASE OF CRIME a a trial
which developed some singular Incidents has
lately closed in the United States Circuit Court
At Cleveland, Ohio. The circumstances are
substantially these: In December, 1868, young
banker at Hudson, Michigan, named VIM w.
Treadwel, possessing large capital and a high
reputation for integrity and business capacity
borrowed upward OF SEQ, 900 from banks in
Cleveland Chicago, Detroit, Adrian and Hills
dale, and then abSconded, taking his booty in
black satchcls Nothing was heard OF him
again till February S. 1864, when he arrived at
Mansfield, Ohio, under the assumed, name of
G. Clemmer. While there, Treadweli met an
old friend to whom he showed q large amount
Of money, some. $G0,000, and said he intended
to return to Hudson and pay his debts. = On
the evening of the 10th instant, Treadwelps 5
wife and her father, named Samuel Hester, OF
Centreve, Ohio. visited him at Mansfield
with small trunk As the party were on the
way to the depot the next day, Trcadwell and
his wife were arrested and the trunk seized,
but Hester made off with the black satchcl.-
Treadwe was taken to Michigan, tried, con-
victed and sentenced to Jail. On the last day
of thetrial hiswife secretly gave him $1,000,
and that same evening he broke Jail, in company
closed the fact Of having large sum of money.
Alter, escaping from Jail Cowell murdered
his companion in piece OF woods and stole
his watch and money. Long afterWard a wood
chopper discovered Yreadwell's body, which,
by a series OF providential circumstances, was
identified and the murder traced to CoWell,
who was committed in May, 1865, and exc
cuted iu September following, after confesslng
his guilt. Samuel Hester, Treadwelrs father
in.law, who ran away with the satchel at Mans
field, returned to his home at Centrcville, after
various adventures one Of which led to an at
tempt to arrest him as thief, but which he
resisted with firearms, and finally escaped be!
cause the sheriff, when he saw him, decided
that he was not the right man. Soon after
woman employed by Mrs. Hester discovered
Samuel Hester, Mrs 2Treadwel and Mrs Hes
ter counting large amount of money! peck
measure full as she testified on the trial =
This led to the arrest Of Samuel Hester, and
the trial which has just closed shows that it
was the money fraudulently obtained by Tread
we'll, and the plaintiff in the case obtained
verdict for $3S, 500 The case affords another
illustration Of the saying 'sthe way of the trans!
gressor is hard 'e.., Treadwell was murdered,
bis murderer executed, and the father in law,
who is supposed to have prompted Ireadwell
to commit the crimegis in the hands OF justice:
and compelled to retnquish his ill-gotten
wealth. ",' " | ~ 1-,,.. '3..1 ..'.l y, y.
KING OF DENMARK.-Th King of Den
mark has lately been to St. Petersburg on a
visit to his daughter the Czarewna, and was
much pleased with his trip. 4a
The career Of this King of the North is Gu
rious He was not called by birth to the
throne he was indebted for his elevation to
diplomatic combin ation-the famous treaty
of 1852, which also guaranteed to him the
Duchies since seized by Prussia. The king
will not, probably, transmit to his son, IN Its
integrity, the heritage which fortune bestow ed
on him but by way of compensation, what
establishments has he not bestowed upon his
children? OF two daughters, one has married
the Prince Of Wales, heir to the crown OF
Great Britain; the other Czarowltz' the future
autocrat of all the Russias. One Of his sons
is the husband of a Grand Duchess niece of
the Gar, daughter of Constantine, and ,reigns
over the Greeks, far from the natal soil. The
heir of the throne is about TO marry tho only
daughter of the King of Sweden, and thereby
concentrate on his head the three scandinavian
crowns cf Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The
two other infants of Denmark-the Prince
Waldemar and Princess Thira-are very young,
If they should have the luck to make French
orSpanish matches, the kingship of tho Bour-,
bons would pale before that OF the House Of
Holstein.- Waag
DUMAs-A correspondent of the Boston
Commercial Bulletin says: 2 o ayatG
Dumas is extremely obese, and moves about
With great difficulty. He is a man of powerful
frame as well as mind and labors almost lnces-
sanity with his pen. His features are decided
i!yAfrican, and his woolly hair reminds us In
Its grayness of the old Uncle Tom. AS age
grows upon him he becomes the victim OF pc
cuIar whims and fances;; he cooks his own
1000, conducting the culinary ceremony with a
religious exacttudc, and is always satisfied with
ms cuisine productions. When he eats; and
that is very irregulary and seldom, he appar-
entity enjoys his food After his1neas be re-
Iurns to his chair and dictates to the young
lady until nature prevails and he drops, off ln-
oa calm slumber. He scarcely eyer retlres to
a!oed, but sits and sleeps an hour or two, and
instantly upon awakening calls for his ansaln-
e@sts and proceeds with his work.
J.. At present he.is engaged in writing Re-
view OF the Havre Marine Exposition, which
Is published in weekly numbers, new novel
.a Ia lew hundred pages, and two plays Tor
lheatres in Paris, With this work before him.,
taa ta. being pestercd with scores of French ex-i
aalSltors for notices in his Review, his time is
}}lIy occupied, and it seems wonderful that ho
oears up 50 we'll Since Menken died it is said
,hat he has grievcd deeply, as he was very
much attached to her. Dumas, Jr., Is here
-olen, but We see very little of him. " s.
VEST VIRGINIA Coal AND On LANDS
Messrs Gibson Il Co. sold in Baltimore, on
wednesday, several tracts of land in Ritchie
fiGGunty, West Virginia, on the south fork aof
.ntughes river, supposed to be in the heart of
lne coal oil lregion, containing 7,400. acres, en-
Z RS e'Seeq sese ss1 g. 1sne o
sere' S Also, all the right, title and interest of
oamuel and Robert Purviance in and to 26, 900
isres Pes flandin Clay county, formerly part of
ior inlsSton St county county, West Virginia, sold
'of % per acre to Rev, George d. PurViance,