Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-12-27
REMARKABLE PRISONERS


REMARKABLE PRISONERS.
The Indiana prison for females contains som
remarkable criminals, according to CORES.
pondent who has lately made tour of the in
stltutlon. One of the most notable of the in.
mates is Mrs. Fannie Morris, who has been au
OPIUM eater for twenty years. Before being
sentenced to Jail she sold everything in heI
house for opium. Even the bread upon the
table, the feathers II her pillow, and the very
clothing upon her back we're sacrificed. Her
husband was compelled to abandon her and
take the children with him. When all was
gone she began 10 steal articles Of clothing and
Sell them. 50 terrible was her appetite thai
for two weeks prior to her arrest for grand lar.
ceny she swallowed one hundred grains oi
opium per day, which far exceeds anv of D,
Qulncey's exploits in this direction. Mrs
Morris is now in good health, but the wripked
shrlvelled features, the suokeo eyes and tie
shattered mind show how thoroughly disease
got 10 its work. She has been we'll educated
and in her youth was very pretty. AmoDg the
ilfe- prisoners are several, the history OF whose
crimes Is horribly fascinating. One of these is
Aunt Sallie Hubbard, better kuowp as "the
Wabash murderess." Seventeen years ago,
while she and her husband We're living alone in
retired part of Wabash county, man. ac-
companied by his wife and three children,
asked permission to sleep uuder their roof for
Que night. They had come from Canada, and
were going to Illinois. They were strangers 10
Indiana, and in passing through the various
towns along their way, had made few atauaint-
apoes. On the strength of these replcseuta-
tions the little family was taken in, and *.
hau>ted By the days Journey they retired at an
early hour. 1t was their last Sleep E ger to ot-
tain large sum OF moneywhich the Old man hat!
inadvertently exposed. Hubbard aud his wife
cut their throats and buried them in one grave
under the floor of the cabin. Several weeks a.
terWards the bodies Of their victims. were dis.
covered, and Hubbard expiated his guilt on
the gallows. Aunt Sallie was sent TO the pepi.
tcntiary for life. She is now an old woman.
~ years OF age and upwards, but at no time
has she confessed her guilt Her Bible is her
constant companion, and leisure hours are spent
10 exhorting new comers to lead adiffereutl life
Mary Longmaker, ife-prisoper, has looked
through grated windows for thirteen years.
She poisoned her husbard with tartar emetic.
Mary Adams is another husband puisoner, and
although the evidence against her is most con-
vincing, she hrmiy adheres to her plea oil mot
guilty The most singular case, perhaps, is
that OF Mary Jane Hawk. She was riding
with young fellow who lad been paying her
some attention, when the latter, discovering
that he was pursued, leapcd from the carriage
and concealed himself in a neighborng wood,
leaving the girl in possession of the team.
When the pursuers came up with her, Mary
Jane was informed that the horse and carriage
had been stolen, and unless she revealed the
name and hiding place of the young man she
would be held as the thief Ths she stoutly
refused to do, and, as evidence of her pluck
and affection, submitted to live term of years
10 the peDitentlury. She is not over sweet
SIXTEEN and seems to have more than ordi-
nary intelligence. There are. at present. l43
inmates 10 the lnstllutloD,a land everything about
them is as clean and cheerful as 10 a private
residence. Indeed, except when the grated
doors 10 the prison wing are in sight, one
would hardly suspect he was 10 prison.
RIVER AND HARBoR IMPROVEMENTS -
From exhibits which accompany the report Of
the Secretary Of War, it is shown that the fol-
lowing sums remain unexpended and for which
additional estimates are asked for the improve
lnent Of the following rivers and harbors 10
Virginia:
James River, 10 Virgiuia-Expeuded $72,-
444.9l; on hand July lst, 1875, SAT, $500;
required tor next year, $l5O,0OO.
Appomattox River, Virginia-Expeuded,
$2l ,5SS. IS; on hand July lst. $39, ,O5S, ,O3; re-
quired for uext year, $4,000.
Great Kanawha River Expended $26, 446. Sc;
on nauu July lst, 1875, 1902, 1882; required
for next year, $l,0OO,000.
6l5.97; on hand July lst, 1875, $5,493. .92; re
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Aqua Greek, Virginia-Expended, 50, ,225.
IS; on hand July lst, 1875, $2,O03,7l; requir-
ed for next year, $40, 500.
Nomini Greek. Virgipia-Expended, ST,
03l. 93 on hand July lst, 81, 99767; required
for next year, $1,000.
Rappahannock River. Virgiuia-Expended
$7,03l93; on hand July lst, s4,997 81; re-
quired for next year. 81 900.
Elizabeth River (South Branch )-Expeud-
ed, Sl0,97l.S7; on hand July lst, $4, 726 40;
required for next year, $500.
Nansemond River. acknowledgements,
$l3,4S9 10; on hand July l, Sc, 92l.5 50; requir-
ed for next year, 1000.
A FoUR-LEGGED BURGLAR. A. w.
Mitchell is the owner of briudled cow that
like counterfeit Dickes, possesses the faculty of
always turning up in unexpected places. This
COW is death on cabbage, apples or any coun-
Try produce which is left unguarded for an in-
,tant in front of store. She will trot off with
ten cent cabbage in her mouth, and actually
twist around to smile at the man who expects
to make her drop it by tossing bricks and other
missiles on her back.
On Monday evening Whitehall street mer-
chant locked up his store at the usual hour
and went home to the bosom of his family.
He thought that he bad left everything safe
but be was mistaken. for while ne was count
log his cash near one door, preparatory to his
departure, the old brindled COW walked in at
the other. She was 10 capital state of mind
for eating, and as soon as the doors were
locked. she went to work. The Mitchells
hunted for the COW high and low, but didn't