The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-12

i.for lie dpsk while be read the paper.
He turned 10 speak 30 his colleague, Mr.
Donneny for q few moments, auu during
that time the pocket book was stolen tiom
his desk. Tie pocket book contained
about $3.50. and its mysterious disappear
ance cannot be accounted Tor.
Owing to he TumcTS that the recent
suicide of Madame Resteu. the New York
abortionist. was a ruse, the coroner had
the body exhumed and identifled beyond
doubt. Since her death additional deVel
opments have been made of her career OF
crime Detectives state JhaS they are III
poSsessiOu of evidence showing that several
+ women mere pot ont Of the way while uu-
/ der the madams charge, and that finally
she would have been brought to the gal
lows had not a carving knife performed
the work OF death.
Twenty years ago an apparently
unfortunate young woman left boy two
wears Of age with Mr.. John O'kane, Of
Corning, y. Y, and then departed. NO
one flom that day to this knows whence
she came or whittier she went. The boy
grew to be n man under the name OF John
O'Kane. He travelled and wandered, and
/ in the course of his travels accumulated
fortune. He is now sick with consumption
and probably past cure or hope, and is
anxious 10 know who aud where his par
ents are, and also Of gher relatives. any
+ information will be thankfully received by
the editor of the Aliegany DeU1OcTat, Wells
! vile. \. y. Exchanges please copy.
The telephone has begun its pretty
( prattle in Persia. There are no railroads
I in the en-. pire, but the wires of the lnoo-
European Telegraph Company run from
/ end to end. Soon after tIdIngs OF Proi
/ Bells invention were received iu IabreeZ,
one of the officers, a Welshman, set 10
work 20 make the instrument, and SO vel
( did be succeed that he has couversed salts
! -lv 4ftr1-
/ hundred miles away. The experiments
were made in the middle of the night, when
/ all was quiet and traffic haG ceased, and
his friend at Tifiis heard his voice and an-
swered all his questions. They not only
( talked, but sang, the music being heard
very distinctly.
"A sensation was produced in society
circles Of Baltimore, on Saturday, by the
arrest Of Mrs. Alice Aspold, Of Annapolis,
on a charge Of stealing 5wo diamond Rugs.
/ valued at 81. 200, from Garfield Bros. y
/ Co., jewellers. The lady came from An
napolis Friday Oh the train, intending 10
Join her father, William Taylor, Of the
! Naval Academy. She entered Garfield
store and asked 10 be shown some diamond
rings, but left without purchasing. Sub
seouently the clerk found two valuable
rings missing from the tray, and their
places supplied by two smaller ones of
comparatively trifling value. Mrs. Aspol6
was arrested, and after ward released on
/ 50, 600. There is no proof yet that she
took the rings.
EARLY on Tuesday morning last n fish
erman rowing down the river at B'ddefOrd,
/ Me, discovered the body OF a woman near
the shore, with no clothing save a Chemise,
( and with q rope around one ankle. The
! body was taken in charge 10y the authOri-
ties, The greatest excitement prevailed
all day i'm the city. Late in the afternoon
II =. IL ~.
/ woman as Rose Vincent, OF Metheuu,
Mass, and gave 2 clue, which upon being
I followed up, led tc the arrest OF Savage.
| The same evening lie confessed the crime.
+ He is FTenChman, married, and has
children. When atked why be did it, he
said ''Oh. I loved her too much" Next
dav the murderer had to be hurried off TO
prison to save him from being lynched.
The discovery Of the crimes OF man
named Joseph ". Bugbee has, says the
New York Sun, come Ike thunder clap
uuou two cilies-BOst0n and indianapolis.
BuGbee was connected with the large Bos-
ton firm Of Holt & BuCbee, and was prom
inent in business and political circles in
Indianapolis He invested extensively 10
real estate, and becoming embarrassed,
forged notes in order to obtain money. He
kept up his criminal course FOR years, re-
tiring one forged note with another. until
. cOncealment was no longer possible
/ Then, last Sunday, he called his wife, his
father and mother, aud a business assC-
ciate to him. ann confessed. His fOrgeries
aggregate 1892 COO and the exposure has
been followed by the suspension OF the
/ Boston firm. Bugbee was a leading
, churchman, sonia law IF minister and
, an active member Of the City Council.
"A special Pottsville dispatch to the
, Philadelphia Record, dated April 1th, SAYS;
, An entrance was forced into the German
Catholic church here last night by means
Of chisel. aud property to the value OF
, six hundred dollars was stolen, viz One
golden Ciborium, containing the blessed
, host for the communion, three ChaliCes
! and golden plates on which the Chalices
I stand. The blessed host was scattered al
over the sanctuary. The thieves went into
, the basement, where school is held, after
some of The money which is kept there
but did not succeed in getting it. The
/ only clue - the perpetrators Is the chisel
4 they left. The case is being worked up by
local detectives. One Of the chalices wa.
T. the private property Of Father Longinus
! the pastor, having been brought from Eu
70 rope by Father Mauus, of St. Clair, ant
7 presented TO him. The other articles wer,
the property Of the congregation.
D "A special from Washington SAYS: Tht
5 dispatch from the West announcing tn,
D fight of ex-CongTessmau Vance, Of Ohio
s with woman not his wife and with largt
n sums of money borrowed from others. doe
( not surprise n few persons in Washington
= who have been aware of the fact that Mr.
= Vance has been wanted here during tn,
past few days on n charge OF crime alleged
+ to have been committed while be was
l. member Of the House and Chairman of tn
/ Committee on Printing. This was nothin.
2 moro nor less than the theft of books com
b mitted at various establishments in th
n District Of Columbia, to which may be add
S ed another crime Of an indictable charaC
ter. Some Of his friends here. 10th to be
lieve that he was guilty, have been en-
v deavOriug to get him TO Washington {
f present his explanation and defense, an,
i he promises 30 come, and left home sayin.
+, be was coming here, but instead Of that h
: fled TO parts unknown.
n Henry il. Erb, of Lancaster, recentI
Il closed up his store and his hoase and with
t, drew with his family from ali intercours
, with the world The neighbors becam