Worcester daily spy., 1871-07-17
Criminal Record.
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THE CASE of MRS. wHARToN.
BALTIMORE, July 16.-The grand ttry Of Che
triniifial court of Baltimore yesterday fohnd d
title bill dgainst Mrs. L. G. Wharton for the
murder of Gen W. Scott Ketchum, and also Il
true bill against her fof attempting to poison
Eugene Van Ness. Eighteen witnesses were eX-
amined. At 3 80 p. NJ. a hack was dfiSen to
the rear Of Mrs Wharton's residence on Garden
street. ada the officers alighted and entered the
house, An empty Hack followed the one which
contained the otficefs The prisoner, having
been notified of their comiiigj vas ready TO re-
ceive them. Marshal Gray delivered his prison
er 10 the sheriff, and in a few moments Mrs
WhaftUiij accompanied by her daughter and
Mrs. Crawford Nelson, and under the escort OF
the officers db6He tdmed; left the house by the
back way, and walked td the front hack, in
which she and the ladies With her seated them
selves.
She said she preferred the other hack, and Wds
allowed by the sheriff to make the change. The
sliefiH tBok d seat opposite her and the hack
was driven rapidly 10 tile iail, Mr.. Crawford
Nelson following In the 6tiiet hack; Mrs. Whar-
ton was dressed in black aid heavily yelled.
Her compoSure after reaching the Jail vas te9lly
wonderful. Upon her arrival at the Jail Mrs.
Wharton was assigned to the second cell in the
first tier of What is knowp as the women's side.
The prisoner was allowed to have her cell fur
nished, and her meals will be sent iiet from, out
side. Her demeanor was perfectly calm aid CSl
letted. She expressed little surprise at the ac-
tion of the gland jury, denied emphatically her
guilt, and said she felt confident of being able
to establish her innocence.
On the other hand the detectives WHO have
been engaged in working up the case, express ii
as theif 6plhion that the evidence is perfectly
damning. Mrs. Whdttan is Il tall woman, very
slender, with sunken eyes, shdrb check bones
and sharp nose. She has the bearing and man
ners of a cultivated lady. Her daughter Lid,
applied to Mr.. w. H. Perkins, president of the
orI nf Vic bo oil in vii
her in the prison; he holds the request under
advisement. Mrs. Wharton is subject to epilep
tic attacks, and her physician thinks it wotlld 5t
dangerous for her TO be confined in a cell by
herself as she might be seized at night and die
for want of attention, 1t is, therefore, proba
bic that the request of her daughter will be
granted. The impression scents to he gaining
ground that she is at times insane.
MURDER.
WASHINGTON, N. j., July 16.-Port Caldeu,
an obscure point about a mile from this place, is
the scene Just now of the widest excitement in
consequence of an atfOciUus murder perpetrated
on Thursday morning. Col. John Pence, o
| Port Calden, was found on that mortiiIig lying
| dead stabbed to the heart Three other wounds
| were also found on the body, all evidently in
| fiicted with knife. Lorenzo B. Doolittle has
| been arrested on suspicion. 1t appears thai
| Pence and Doollttle had n quarrel in store
| which was witnessed by some people.
Ldter.-LorenzO Dow DOolttle has beet
lodged in the Belvidere, N. j., Jail for deliber
ately numbering John Pence, at Port Golden
| Thursday night, Both were boatmen and ole
| enemies.
TRIAL OF A MURDERER,
| CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 16.-The trial of Alfred
| Seigenmeyer, for the murder of NJ. w. Gumble
| ton, in December, is concluded with verdic
| of guilty in accordance with the Indictment
and fixing his punishment at Imprisonment fol
life in the state penitentiary. His counsel madt
| motion for q new trial.
| BIGAbIST SENTENCED TO JAIL.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-A note from Alex
andra, Va, says Thomas r. Bird, of Washing
| ton, who was indicted In that city for bigamy
| having married in Washington in 1868, and il
| Alexandria in 1871, was Friday night founC
| guilty and sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary of Virginia.
HOSTILE INDIAN CHIEFS KILLED.
| ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 16.-The Fort Smitl
| (Arkansas) Era learns from Deputy United
| States Marshals McLemore and Baer that Satan
Ia and Big Tree, the Kiowa chiefs who were cap
| tured at Fort Sill when General Sherman wa
| there, and sent to Austin, Texas, attempted t.
| escape from prison, and had actually released
| themselves from their shackles by gnawing the
flesh from their hands and feet, but were dis
| covered and shotldead Marshals McLemore anC
Baer report that the people of the Texas frontier
are very uneasy lest there should be genera
outbreak of the reserve Indians upon the settle
| ments, to take vengeance for the death of thes
| chiefs.
CRIME IN NEBRASKA.
CHICAGO, July 16.-At place about eigh
miles east of Fairburg, Nebraska, on the 4tl
| instant, two men, named Walters and Paschall
| were murdered by some person unknown. A
ten O'Clock they passed through Fairburg in
wagon. just after leaving the village youn.
man on horseback was observed to ride up ant
hitch his horse to the tail of the wagon. Thi
young man has not been seen or heard of sine
the murdered men were found, and he is sup
posed to be the murderer. 1t seems that tn
two had encamped for the night, and were evi
IDENTIFY engaged in getting grass for their horse
when they were Shot. Each man had two bul
let holes through the head entering from tn
back part. The town was in terrible excitemen
after the murder was discovered, and if tn
murderer is caught he will be tried and executet
according TO lynch law