Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-02-03

Ing on chair, In the pocket OF which was
q pocket-book containing sl95. The girl
had been sitting on the chair while the
pants were on it, and when Mr.. Hahn re-
turned to get his pocket book it was gone.
The pity that had been awakened in the
family at the the unfortunate condition OF
the girl, had thrown off all suspicion
against her; but when it became known
among few OF the citizens that the money
was lost, they gathered in and some of
them suggested that this girl might be the
same who had been hunting brother in
law in other places, and it is generally be-
lieved that she is the same young Ger
man woman" who is reported to have
been robbed between Plattevile and Wing
vile, in Grant county, short time ago.
| We have been informed that she cannot
speak English when she does not try, but
when she does try she can speak English,
German, and three other languages.
When suspicious began to be awakened
and the girl was closely questioned in re-
gard to her travels and objects, and some
hints given about the money. The sub
jet became pretty warm for her and she
began crying, and while she was wiping
her eyes with her dress skirt, the. verita-
BILE old lost pocket-book crept from under
her clothing and got into her hand, and
she kindly handed it over to one of the
persons who was talking with her, and he
gave it to Mr.. Hahn, the owner. They
counted the money and found $40, there
being $25 missing. A couple of ladies
took her in charge for the purpose of ex-
tending the search to her person, and
found SIS more which they said was in her
stocking, but they found it on the floor
The girl was committed to Jail without
warrant, and on Monday morning a com
plant was made before Justice Jones, and
warrant issued to bring her up for exam
nation.
She was accordingly brought into court
by an extraordinary muscular exertion of
the sheriff and his deputy, applied under
her arms, while her feet hung pendent
and careless on the floor. She wept pro-
fusely and loudly. They sat her on a
chair, but she preferred to sit on the floor,
and accordingly did So. The officers ele-
waited her to the chair again, and again
''down she sat upon the floor" The Off
GERS began to be impatient, and again they
fixed her in the chair, and nothing
more" She is about % years of age,
weighs about l75 lbs. gross, short and
wide, very muscular, dark features, heavy
dark eyebrows, dark hair which approach
es her eyebrows, and is decidedly Teuton.
SCENE.
When the examination was completed,
and while the justice was making out the
commitment, she had become more calm,
until some children who stood near by
her became the subjects of her displeasure,
and she made an affectionate drive at one
of them, and losing her equilibrium almost
lost her chair. This provoked little
merriment among the boys which so irri-
tated her that she turned about, and
Johnny Hooper, who was standing near
with loud smile on his countenance, was
made the recipient of a couple of pugilistic
thrusts on that portion of bis person which
is unprotected by bones; whereupon the
audience smiled vehemently, and the lady
became more than ever enraged, until the
officers found it necessary to still the poo
pie and the prisoner. Officer Walters
made an effort to get hold of the prisoner,
and she anticipating his desi gn, let drive
with her left at the base of his right au
ricular appendage, and missing her aim
sent his imitation beaver gyrating between
a jig and a pigeon wing across the court
room, which so astonished the official that
by the time he had arrested his hat the
actress had subsidized and he unanimously
sat down to await further demonstrations.
There is no misplaced confidence" in
this affair, except that Of Mr.. Hahn, who
has been deceived and made victim by
his honest efforts to do good.
THE OTHER SIDE.
In seriousness, this is certainly case
that tries humanity with the severest test
that can be imagined. A strange woman,
in foreign land among strangers, not a
person known to the community whom
she can call friend-no friend but the
law-charged with a heirous crime, sur
rounded with many accusers, but none to
defend left alone and pennless to fight
her way against the chilling tide of an un
charitable world, seeking friends of whose
Whereabouts she knows nothing and every
day being driven to greater extremity, it
is not to be wondered at that crime sooner
or later would come. How many who
commit lesser crimes with less provoca-
tons, or how many could stand unim
peached through such extremity? 'He
that is without sin, let HIM cast the first