The Sedalia weekly bazoo., 1878-12-24
ASTRADDLE!
a Female Horoe Thief m JAN.
Two Mules and 0 Marc Vas the
Hand She Held.


Crime. like all elae, hss lie vonden, and
it. latest developmens in this city 10 q
female horse thief. She vss brought ia
and conaiGned 10 our county jsil lssi might
By Mr. wu. silvey, Of Duroc. and Nat
Parberry, vho lives iev miles souih 0l
the city. 1t is
STRANGE STORY,
and this 10 hos they tell their sile OF il
Amanda Hunnicut iives With Jno. Gr;f6n,
Who she claims 10 her husband, but this
i denied By Mr.. Griffin, Who only
claims that be 10 engaged TO her.
she told her intended that ahe owned In
acres Of land near Duroc, and lefs on De-
ceober the Sth to 60 down ard attend 70
Il. On her arrival in the neighborhood of
Duroc, that same day, she went to the
stable Of M. wm. Silvey and stole two
mules, . mare and birdie and saddle. and
proceeded 10 Cole Camp. where she sue.
ceeded in selling the two mules 10 Henry
Munkin, asaIoon keeper Of that place, for
$500, and vith the mare started in .
westerly course until she struck the house
Of Mr.. Nose Mitchell where she offered
the mare for sale. Mr. Mitchell traded her
bacon, wheat and SIS in money for the
animal, but fearing that something wsa
wrong in the matter postponed paying the
bill for several dayr. hoping to 6nd out il
ber title was al right, while Amanda Hu-
nicut went back to her home in George
town. She told Griffin about her
speculstious. accounting for her pos
session Of the mare and mules BY
claiming TO have disposed Of her real
eetate and yesterday they started out to-
gether to NJ. Mitchelis' to get the money
and provisions.
In the meantime, however, Mr.. Silvey
had not been idle, but had followed in her
course end recovered all his proper
y and had Just left Mr.. Mitch
ells when he met Griffin and the
woman on their way to his house. the
meeting occurred within two miles Of
Mitchells house, and then and there Mr..
Silvey arrested them both and brought
them TO this city where they we're lodged
in secure apartments, and charges brought
against them before Squire Clark, who
took up their examination TO day.
Griffin Vas discharged - no evidence
could be produced showing him to be =
party to the theft. but Nrs. Hunnicui vas
committed to Jail in default Of 81 600 bail.
Mn. Hunicutt states that she il thirty
years Of age although she il probably old
er, and evidently Of Irish extraction. with
. tall, raw-5one figure. and countenance
anything but progressing.
Her previous history shows that her life
has not been unmarked BY events that we're
the direct results of her want of principle
A few months ago she vss living in Duroc
and stole . number Of dress patterns from
one Of her neighbour. Mr.. Silvey then told
her il waa . peniten,iary o6ense, and she
had better leave. She did 10, and next
appeared IN . Germ.n settlement frv
miIcs west of Duroc. Here she sbsirscied
. number of hams from = farmer, who
succeeded iu finding his property and then
treated her TO . severe horsewhippiLg.
Nm. II Who il basket maker BY occu-
patton. did not even yet bethink heraeli If
her trade. and whst IN honest support il
would yield. but next appeared in The ere
M in the char.eier Of h0n.eihief. She has
probably stolen the last horas until after
her term in the State prison shsll have ex-
pired.