Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-28
Gtneral 8ntelltQenct.
THE LATEST DODGE.
A Female Sharper ON the Rampage
From tho Philadelphia Telegraph.

A Female Sharper ON the Rampage
From tho Philadelphia Telegraph.
A woman of prepossessing appearance
and insinuating manners has been creating
quite duttering amorg some of our staid
citizens within the past few weeks. Her
plan of procedure, ii not commendable,
was certainly novel, and shows to what OK
tremities some folks will resort to raise
funds. Selecting some well.to.do store
keeper of unquestioned reputation Ut mar
ried all the better, but batchelorhood OF it.
self was no protection against her schemes).
| she would visit his store at various times
under the pretext of buying goods. Pack
| age after package would be rummaged over
in search of some particular shade or quail
ity, md the proprietor would be enticed
into social chat of many minutes. If
possible, the goods were directed to be sen
to her address without prepayment being
made; but little, however, was gained by her
in this last way. The special endeavor of
the shopper was to make herself familiar
with the ''phiz', and the manners Of the
dealer, and in this she could not be easily
baked. Having obtained has knowledge,
the next step in the programme came IN
the shape OF policeman, serving a warrant
upon the shopkesper, and hauling him Oft
to an alderman's Office There the astound.
cd victim would be confronted by the fe.
male in question, supported by one of the
most successful lawyers of Quarter Ses-
sions notoriety, and would be charged by
her with committing a wanton all most
unjustiiable outrage upon her person.
What could the poor man do except pro-
test his innocence? Naturally enough he
could not then produce witnesses to prove
that he had not, at certain time, when it
was sworn nobody else was present, being
guilty of the crime alleged; and he had to
submit, as calmly as he could, to be held
in thousand dollars bail for trial, and to
have his name appear in the daily newspa-
pers as charged with rape.
Qnite number of our merchants along
Second, Bank, and adjoining streets, were
victimized in this manner at various times
during the past few months. Most of them
wishing to avoid the notoriety Of being
tried for such o heinous offense, compro-
missed with the complainant prosecutor, who
was in no wise reluctant to quash the in
dictment for o good-sized roll Of green
backs. One customer, however, Mr.. L., q
cunning Scotchman, whose only family
consisted of class of semi-heathen Sun
day school lads, would not come to pecu-
MARY settlement, despite of all hints to that
eUoCLs anu muCU 10 ulS 88COOl60m00Cs tOl6
Sarah Gross attorney managed to have the
trial postponed from time to time.
Meanwhile he was called upon by
q friend, Mr.. D., the head Of .
family containing six interesting young
sters, who shed copious tears ut being the
victim of q similar indictment at the hands
of one Mary Whelsn. These parties re-
paired to the Court of Quarter Sessions
last Monday morning, when wonderful to
relate, Mr.. L., discovered that the various
complaiuants, Sarah Gross. and Mary Whe-
Ian, were rather more intimately related
than ever the Siamese twins. The female,
for she scarcely deserves the name of
woman, turned yellow and red at seeing
the two gentlemen together, and in q mo-
ment afterwards was making double-quiek
time out of the courtroom. Where she
had gone is a mystery, but our Jersey
friends had better be sharp now, as she
played the same trick On them year ago.
As for her counsel, business must be rath-
or duller with him than usual, to require
such manipulations to start it.