The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-17
MRS. NANCY CIEM'S HISTORY
Revelations Drawn out after Eour TriuI..
TN," Convictions, rud Twenty Months OF
tttC ~CutruCr in an Indiana Fruttru-
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Two ConNirtiuus, uud Twenty Mouths %
late Scutrncr Ia an Indiana r"uitru.
tiar,.
The Cold Spring tragedy, ur the Glen
muricr, Was pcrpCtwtvd near ludHuapo
It's eight wears ago, The death of jacob
Young and his wife. shot down side 10y
side at q lonely spot ON the bank If Whit,
river. the arrest snun nitvrwarl uf Mira.
Nancy Glenn for the murder. with tw,
male uCvamphCes one of them her
brother, Silus Hartman: the long series
uf hard fought trials that followed, end.
lnE five wears later iu the release ut the
woman after four trials for muuivr, two
convictions. uuj twenty months of hio
sentence spent tu the pymtvutuy; thc
strange hat incomplete revelations ul
mysterious tiuWl,al transactions uu "a
large scale which came out IN thrse
trials. and the constantly hyighton,ug
thrill ui strange horror and mysterious
Interest that first cuuyul-rd the imme-
diate uylghborhuyd. and later spread la
continually Widening circles over thc
whole country. us thc,ugulur revelations
went uu all these arr still tao rrcyut tu
have been forgotten.
Now the mystery rs coming 60 light iu
several clNll suits, m which Mrs. Clcm
Viii figure Narlou,lN as witness and party,
In one uf these suits, Ia which she ls mot
@ party, the court two cor three weeks
since oulrrri thc taking uf her deposi-
uuu This WAS dome privately and ut
great length. Gen, Ben Harrison, of the
counsel IN the suit, conducting H. For
"a whole week tins extraordinary woman.
who was never uu the witness stand IN
the whole course Of the judicial proceed
lu-s against her was subjected e. a close
examination hN "a skilled lawyer, and II
has been made clear that Mrs. Glenn,
YOUNG, the murdered man, Abrams, au
accumphcr Iu the muulyr, and others
whose connection with these Was more ar
less obscure, We're engaged ln stuiugc
course OF dealing lumuuyy, which N.accl
them lu relations ut confidence and uf
large crc,it. without visible foundation,
with some of the strongest banks and
most conservative business men IN the
city. Mrs. Glen, or more frequently the
others. who acted Us hrT agents and gu-
bctwegus, were able to prucurc sums
ranging up 20 $1,000 from such banks
q, Haunson's aud Elrtchyr's, and from
such private parties Jas H. l. Wright,
then and now prominent business man ;
Il. : Dorsey, and others. These loau,
were wlthou; visible security, aud up-
purrutlv made hy the lenders without
knowledge ui the business IN which they
were 90 he used Ii seemed Ia he enough
for them that for 81 time the loans were
promptly paid with gratifying usury.
This aid not Lst, however.
When the druuucmrut came 10 brought
with II not only murder. bat bankruptcy
and robbery The balances were AL ON
the wrong side. When Young Was killed
hg owed the banks and others over $40. q
900, and his assets were not 81. 600
Also, s., 900 un his person the day Of the
number disappeared from the body
The theory OF the prosecution was that
himself and wife were killed % shut
their mouths aui cover up the spiriung
away Of TINS aHi other large sums 10y
Mrs Glenn.
Ii also appears that Nm. Glenn used
the money and crr,ilt ni men aud women
whose confidence she was able t5 gain
10y some mysterious personal
magnetism. pgrhapS-to furnish gang
Of gamblers with means Ia carry on their
business, while she shared IN their gains.
She was. she saws, in intimate relation
with the gamblers business. At times
she cooked meals Tor them. At other
.sm,s she stood guuri while the play WAS
progressing. She WAS paid for AL these
services. On one critical OccAsion she
received $500 for watching AZ the door