The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-11-17
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the tepnOilcan InillStineS. never WAS
seen such clean sweep as the Republicans
made of every commission, and as result OF
the excitement, Shannon had to 5e escorted
to his whisky shop by a strong body of
police, and it is by no means certain that
the recreant Shannon may not be offered as
sacrifice to the internal gods, by his infuri-
ated Democratic friends. Hugh McLaugh-
lin, the King, of the Brooklyn ring, says
that he now believes in the doctrine of
depravity. If the mans name had been
Smith or Brown, or Baker, or Wheeler he
thinks he could have stood it; but to think
that one from the old sod, and he of the name
of Shannon to. should betray the Demo-
cratic party-infamy finds for it no parallel,
and depravty sounds no more internal
depth. Shannon swears that republics are
ungrateful, and declares that henceforth he
will devote himself exclusively to the sale
of whisky.
Our election passed off remarkably quiet
only a few minor stabbing affrays and
hardly the usual number of assaults. An
old Irishman and his son Patrick had
dispute on election night as to the merits
of Tammany; the son supporting John
Kelly and the father John Morrissey; from
words they came to blows, when the boy
seized a knife and gave the ould gintle-
man prod which may facilitate his pas
sage to the other side of Jordan.
The latest sensation of the week has
been the discovery of juvenile thief,
whose exploits throw into the shade every
thing in the way of larceny that we have
experienced for many years. Boy thieves
are common, experts in the art and mys-
terry of robbiug, professors whose abilities
extend anywhere from a pocket handker-
chief to a gold watch, and who evidently
graduated as bank burglars or highway
robbers. AS | remarked, boy thieves are
common, but it is often that you meet
girl who could give them fifty points in
the game, and beat them every time
Liddy O'Brien is a name that is destined to
live in the annals of thievery alongside of
Jack Sheppard and Claude Duval.
Two years ago, Liddy O'Brien, then
little girl of eleven years of age, met Mrs.
, Chatherine Glossy. Mrs. Glossy was
first-class professional thief, and she soon
initiated little Libby into her nefarious
business; the seed sown by Mrs. Glossy
fell on fallow ground, and the poor little
Innocent, inexperienced girl, became one
of the Smartest sneak thieves in New \ ork.
Shop lifting is, at best, a dangerous bust
ness, as it has to be carried on right under
the eyes of the people who are robbed but
even in this difficult branch of the business,
the juvenile disciple of Mercury distanced
all competitors, and soon achieved dis
tinction which makes her to-day the marvel
of New York criminal annals. Mrs.
Glossy came to grief little less than two
years ago, or about three months from the
time she first initiated Libby in the art and
mystery of stealing. On Libby's testimony
she was convicted, and is now serving out
a five years term in the State Prison at
Sing Sing. At eleven years of age she
found herself alone and ready for business,
business she has pursued with such as
siduous attention that in the short space
of two years. her robberies have amounted
to between twenty and thirty thousand
dollars; in fact it is impossible to estimate
them, as every day new Ihefts are brought
to light, of watches, diamonds, camels'
hair shawls, under clothing, ,ewelry of
every description. For the last year she
devoted herself almost exclusively to sneak
thieving, which consists of taking advan-
tage of open doors, or gaining surreptitious
admittance into houses, and then decamp-
ing with whatever you can lay your hands
on. French flats were her favorite pre-
serves, and she worked them with a sue
cess which made her a terror to all that
class of dodgers. Her plan was to boldly
enter house and walk right into room;
if there was no person there, she helped
herself to every thing within her reach.
If she met any one when she was going
out, she innocently inquired if Mrs. Con-
nors lived there, and on being informed
that Mrs. Connors did not reside in that
locality, she thanked them with smile
that was childlike and bland, and quietly
walked off with her plumber. Her mother
is a poor, honest Irish washerwoman, who
never suspected the peculiar abilities of her
daughter; and the fact that rounds up her
character, and gives it most exquisite and
harmonious proportion, is that when flush
she was exceedingly charitable to the poor,
and, in addition to that, is artistically and
sentimentally inclined. The police have
got her now. There is no question of her
guilt, and as her age precludes her being
sent to prison, we shall be compelled to
commit her to the Catholic Protectory as
she belongs to that denomination.
Stocks have not recovered from the shock
OF couple of weeks ago. No one feels
inclined to put out his arm any further
than he can conveniently pull it back The
streets leading to the steamships are block
AIDED from morning till night with trucks
loaded with goods. The shipments are the
heaviest for many years, and the activity
of trade is as gratifying as it is exceptional
Tell the poor people out your way that
there is dangerous counterfeit just put in
circulation of a thousand-dollar bill on one
of the Louisiana banks. 1t would be too
bad if some poor boarding house keeper or
street peddlar should get stuck with one,
so l resolved to warn you, realizing that
good deed will bring it's own reward.
am, truly yours, BRoADsRIM.
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