The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-04-12

day, middle-agcd female entered the
store of Emmett Coon & Co., this place
and presenting New York draft fol
$5O.25, asked to have it cashcd. The
draft was drawn by McCollum & Co.,
bankers, Ludington, i'm favor of "B. b.
Griffith and endorsed to "Mrs. S. lay
lor." The woman stated that she re-
sided near Forman Station. After
some hesitancy, Mr.. Coon accepted the
draft, paying her So, with the promise
of the remainder OH the following Tues
day. She then inquired for kind of
dress goods which Mr.. Coon did not
have on hand, and an arrangement
was made whereby he was to send for
the goods she desired. The woman left
on the afternoon train castwar,l; but
instead of going to Fornan Station,
went to Chase, stopping over night,
and then returning to Ludington.
From there she went to Pcntwatcr:
taking the cars for Montague. After
she left Baldwin, Mr.. Coon asccrtained
that she had registered ut the Baldwin
House rs "Janc Seymour" Having
given her name t. him as "ATrs. S.
Tayl7r, he became suspicious, and inn
mediatcly began an investigation.
Complaint was made, and Sheriff Owl
att set about finding the woman. On
going to Mcssrs. McCollum & Co., Lud-
ington, it was asccrtaincd that the
draft mentioned had been issued for
>5.25, and raised to Ss50.25.
Sheriff Oviatt left on the night train
westward, Saturday, with the intention
Of hunting up the woman, if possible,
and bringing her back to answer to the
criminal charge against her.
Going to Ludington, he hired q live
~ and started at once for Pentwater,
where he arrived at about . O'Clock |
Sunday morning. Proceeding ut once |
to make inquiries, he found that the |
woman had left OH the c. & NJ. l.. S.
Railway, apparently for Montague or
With team, Oviatt inn
pushed across the country
for the last named places, arriving ut
10 O'Clock Sunday forenoon. She had
not stopped there. Following OH to
he discovered that she had
purchased Il ticket for Grand Rapids,
but had intimatcl that she must be i'm
Newaygo, Saturday. The parties Civ
ng Oviatt information seemed to be
confident that she was in Newaygo,
md he went there, finding no trace.
lie then set out for Grand Rapids, but
vas turned back once by telegram
rom an officer ut Sparta, who was
'shadowing" a wrong person; and did
lot reach Grand Rapids till about six
o'clock Monday evening. Repairing at
nee to the Sheriff's office and stating
lis case, three deputies were at once
cnt ont to search thc various hotels.
watt accompanied one of them, and
Ding to the Rathbun House, they dis
ovcrcd the name of "N1rs. Vaughn"
II the register. She was eating sup
CT at the time. The officers took up i
position where they could see her as
ne came out of the dining hall. When :
ne appeared, Oviatt saw she was the
roman he wanted, and winkcd to the
equity (the signal agreed UPON who
stepped forward, and she
as prisoner. On Tuesday she was
rought to Baldwin and lodged i'm the t
il.
Sheriff Oviatt is deserving of much I
edit for the persistent and effective
anner in which he pursued and cap
rcd this woman, against whom there :
ems to he clear and convincing proof, c
nring the sevcnty-twO hours Oviatt r
as absent, he only slept seven hours. II