The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-16
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FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR sUpPR

rOuN IHOUSAND DULLAR SuPPl
i Il has already been mentioned tina
Agnes Cooper, who, as alleged, managed
to appropriate $4,000 from Captain Rus
sell at the Metropolitan Saloon. has beer
arrested, but there are some curious fac,i
Connected with the matter which NUS
fnot be omitted. The police have beer
buSlly on the huut for the frail Agrel
since the night of the robbery, bu: BY
some means she managed to elude thei
vigilance. Her capture, however, wa
only matter Of time, for this class 0
women rsrely keep away from their I
hsuuts for any length of time, anG what
over daring or cunning hey may exhibit
in making pecuniary haul. they gener
ally fail an easy prey tn the detectives
So Agnes was captured. as already pah
ished, and taken to the Third Disirc
.
Station Here she was searched. bul
only $500 III money was found, much It
the surprise Of the officers, who were con,
fi,lent that she had u large sun on her
person. A little thickness of speech wa
noticed. and it was faally discovered iha
the woman bad rolled several $1,000 bills
intn several hui" pellets of paper, and hid
them in hcr mouth Here was dilem.
ma. II force wrs used there was danger
the woman would swallow the money and
then the recovery of it would be more
problenatilal than ever. The police were
puzzled. and Captain, Hercules had 10
study the situation with profound serions-
re" bef"rce proceeding Something.
however. bad to be done quickly. and a
halfway coarse was adopted Moral sua-
sion was combined with a little gentle
choking. and finally the pertinacinus
Agnes was literally compelled to disgorge
her ill:gotten treasure, somewhat mois-
tened. TO be sure, but still in a current
condition. Bot only three Of the l.a00
hills were obtained, aud the question was
suggested. where was the balance. There
vas reason to helieve that the woman had
a. least four $1,000 bills With her. Where
then was the fourth? et g-Ila d 4
Agnes was again inspected. but there
was no money found on her person She
was little drunk. but lurking triuln-
phant deviltry in her'eyes awoke suspi
eion.s which finally became a certainty.
that she had swallowed ST. 900 bill
Here was fresh dilemma. hut it does no.
appear to. have been regarded as serious
one BY, the pulice for, in the .f,st report
,ofthe arrest to the central station, it was
stated: "FTave recovered $500. and are
csr,sin Of the balance" Not quite GER
tain. !, appears. To he surr they had the
woman and she had the money. but sorf-
fectually pnt away that there was no taking
il from her. Eme,ics. Of course. sug.
rasted themselves, ard the case was laid
before an apothccary living near BY. lie
made preparation and raveii to the "fii-
Ger. saying, THAT will 6x her all right,
and Il do her no harm" Agnes has
constitutional prorliviiy for whisky. aud
so the dose was dissolved ,n Bonrbsn, aud
rendered the damscl, who tossed it of;
SAYING. II know id wrll what you
! want. You want that $1,000 bill. but
you eau, get is." The effects of the
cmetc were not satisfartury. and an a.
tempt wa. made 10 facilitate its action by
salt snd water. but this Agnes eyinced an
objection 90, snl could only be prevailed
on to swallow a.few lnouhfhls. \ drrtur
va, consulted, bnt could give NO advice
promising the wished for result, but he
warned .hc officers against another mode
:of treatment which had been partially de.
.ernrincd upon. Agnesis still in custody,
and possibly some fresh developments
will occur .o.day.-M. Louis Republican.
An editor down east thus speaks Of n
contemporary: y.
I He is too lazy toearn meal and too
mean tn enjoy one. He was never gen
frous but once, aud that was When he
gave the itch to his appre ..icc. 81 mnch
for his youdurss Of heart. Ofhis industry,
the pubic may better judge when We state
tthi, the only day he ever worked was the
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