Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-01
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LATEST SENSATION IN vIRGIHIAs CAPIs
TAL-THE CHEEK OF A BUCKEYE
TRAMP-sNRAKs INTO HOUSE AND
cRAwLs INTO A BED OCCUPIED By TWO
YOUNG LADIES. ,.f .
Special Dispatch TO the Enquirer.
RICHMOND, Va, Feb. lS-The latest
tramp sensation here is the richest and
best. On Church Hill, which is the
lofty and picturesque locality of this
city, runs a wide, fashionable avenue,
and on this avenue slands, amoug
other stylish resilences, a towering
brown atone trout, occupied by Mr. B.
NJ. T. Smith and family. Last night
at a late hour Mrs. Smith, as is her
custom, went into the bed chambsr Oc-
cupied by her two daughters, Misses
Mary and Bertha, to see IL the precious
things were covered up and tucked in.
The Madame carried q taper in her
hand, as she saw through the half open
door that the gas in the young ladies'
room had been put out. When the
faint gllmmer Of the light fell upon the
bed, what did she see7 Oh, horrors
There, fast asleep, under the cover, In
between the two precious sleeping
girls lay q strange, bearded man. The
contrast, how great IL wasl Mary and
Bertha have recently bloomed into
lovely Womanhood. Mary is eighteen
and Bertha is seventeen. Their faces
are finely chiseled, their compilations
are fair, and their skins are 90 white as
marble. The strange, bearded man
seemed to be between thirty and
thlrty.6ve years of age, and much
bloAted.
When Mrs. Smith beheId the scene,
she tipped rapidly back to her own
chamber and walked her husband. In
hurried whispers she told him OF the
awful situation. Mr.. Smith ran In and
beheld the stranger and his two girls
sound alsReep, "three in row." lie
rushed out TO the street for a police.
man. Officer TAlIman happened 10 be
passing andthe two hastened up TO the
ladies' chamber. All this time the
three slept quietly. Officer Tallman
jarkel the stranger out OF bed. The
daughters aroused first one shrieked
and then tlie other, then the mother
shrieked, and finally they all screamed
out together. No one could explain.
Tie dsughiers tainted. Tie stranger
was somcU lat in his cups, and great
y embarrassed The policeman made
+ i'm put III his cioihe1, aad marched
. lia 20 tie dstpoiicc station, where be
e., yake,LuH
III, W.gning the prisoner appeared
! bJ'r, J..iG9 White, on charge OF
vag"iucr aud unlawful lreapassing.
lie eSpl1inod TO Ills Honor that his
name va, Kelley; that ho lived, when
at home, near Hanging Rock, Ohio,
!, Ghichi-y few miles below Tronton, on
tie OHIO river; bat that he was now a
regular 'rsmp; ths, last night, while
little light he was passing the fue
house described, aud thinking it may
be boarding.housc, he tried to get In
that he was successful, the door being
untastened that he crept upstairs and
; found his way into the chamber of the
young ladies; that The light being
turned low he took the fair sleepers 10
be men, and, wishing a warm place 10
sleep, put out the light and crowded
in between the individuals whose gen.
der he had sadly mistaken. Justice
White said as no harm seemed to have
been done, he would only give him six
months In Jail for making the mistake.
Kelly, as he called himself was toler.
ably well-dressed, and he looked like
he had seen better days.