The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-11-28
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ltetroit FREE errss
- Won't Tell YEA a thing If you are
.oing 10 use my real name, for have
-clatiyes and friends east and west who
ave been disgraced enough byne al
ready"
Thus said ohuneky, biaek-esed, IN
Ielligent female prisoner In HE Detroit
house OF correction to oSir reporter the
other dsy, and he agreed To refer 10 her
as Mrs. Saunders. Her are is about 20,
her sentence for several years, and she
is there for grand larceny. Two years
ago She lived on a comfortable farm IN
this state, and was not only respected by
all who knew her, but worthy yegng
farmer, who was also q town constable, /
was in love with her and ready TO engage [
himself in marriage.
The widow Saunders had no children, |
and the hired man employed was a half
idiot of fellow who minded his own
business, even IL hc acted silly at times.
II he ever had the slightest suspicion Of
anything wrong about the place he neger
limited II, and when the lawyers got hold
of him on The widows trial they found
more than their match.
Some three years ago the farmers IN
the widows neighboThood discovered
| that they were being robbed. the first
theft was that of a line full OF clothes left
| out of doors of a Monday night. The
next was that OF dressed hog weighing
about $40 pounds. The porlSsr was hang
\ ing in 4 wooa-shed attached to 4 farm
house, aud the thief shouldered it, car
ried it to the highway, and there all trace
was lost. The marks of wheels were
looked for in vain, simply because the
widow Saunders, who was the thief, had
come on horseback, distance of about
three miles. It was tie work Of stout
man 10 take down that meat and pass il
over the fence and strap it 10 horse, but
tie widow performed the fest
Pretty good lug for your querled
the reporter.
II admit nothing, she quietly replied
as she twisted her apron. They said
stole the hog. but / don't Temem Der any
thing about it!''
The next robbery was that OF ten bush
els OF wheat A farmers barn WAS brok
: en- open and the bags taken off his load
cd wagon, carried 70 the highway, dis
: lance of five rods, and there loade'
/ into one-herse wagon. They atteinpi
ed TO track the vehicle, but shoNe
r came up and rendered all efforts frui
less. The widow Saunders was the guilt
party She drove four miles after mic
night, stole and loaded the wheat, drov
home, carried the wheat Ia the garre
. / put OUT ltlG 4lOt5 % anu ANttlaN& C-A "a
:, wagon, and at daylight was cut milkin
% cows when the parties in pursuit OF til
!, thieves rode by her house.
i 'You must be an awful smart woman,
:, said the reporter, as he realized the wor
: she had put IN.
"ThanlI you, ma'am6' she demurel
replied, "but of course | never stole tina
wheat
The farmers now began 10 i,estir then
selves, and the constable picked up a
the clues he could and spotted" two {
l. three parties and kept watch of them Il
many nights. As he was sparkling Il
. widow Saunders he took her INTO h
confidence and related his suspicion
In and detailed his plans to become q sc
is ond Pinkerton. She encouraged him
od renewed vigilance, and the next THU
was something else. A farmer broug
home IA new corn-sheller and left it in Il
Is barn. In the morning it had disappe;
of ed-shelled itself out of sight, as 1t wei
a The thief could not get the big doc
~, omen, and had therefore gone in at
- stable door, united and turned out
ne kicking horse, and then brought the II
Sn chine out through the stall. The col
- shelter was found in the widow SAT
LSi - bedroom, when her hot
was searched, and she tile.
RS her back across the fields full L.
,er The constable was now on his nett
he In one breath he declared his love for /
- widow, and in the next he vowed by t
~ eternal to nab the robber or die tryiI
nd She squeezed his hand and told him
ar. take Excelsior for his motto and
NV ahead. THIS was about a week aftert
- theft of the corn-sheller, and he left
~ house TO put in the balance of the nie
he on a four-corners When he reach
to home soon after daylight it was to ii
that some one had stolen u silver-pl
-, cd harness from his barn.
sht eYes, they found the harness IN !
SET house." sighed the widow, as the rept
al er put the question, "aDd l shall alwi
rec believe that my hired man stole II in
sleepr'
OF HIGHWAYS and barns were guarded
lar the next two weeks, but nothing occ
zes red to add to the excitement 1t y
ver generally agreed that the robber had
en- himself tn other parts, and farm
&c; once more hung up their army musk
The and took their full allowance or slI
nee Then, one night, young farmer fett
,os ing home at u late hour from mel
- boris, heard noise in the CARR
uio house and investigated. The door
lor- been broken open, and rs he was an
the to enter he got a rap on the head,
N-nt
after as soon as his eyes quit seeing st
Is and though not able TO overtahe
/ n stranger, lie picked up one OF two rc
the dropped in the chase. The other
% found in the widow Saunders garnet
The climax was not far away. A
op, mer brought home a barrel OF flour,
srty it ON the veranda, chained his watch
Ugh ten feet away foaaea Il snot ~ r.
hot If,J 1RCl1II q thief before
lrly light He Gwoke at daylight and
cry flour was gonel The dog had RAISED
+ tn alarm, though savage and watchful.
:. barrel had been rolled down to the
1t and then 1sslliddetl'' into light wa!
at The constable was duly informed,
with hair standing ON end, he
itch over to the widows to give her the Il
news. He entered without knock
iear She was not to be seen. he passed
inal into the kitchen, but she was not Il
win lin the big pantry, however, was the
en- barrel of flour! There was the br
Il the slaves were soiled by contact
iges the ground, and there could be no
n in take. The constable heard noise
tb;s stairs The stair-door was open ane
creDt I'D to find his beloved overhau
some of her stolen properly.
e on ''Then there was a fainting scene
4th, gested the reporter.
tl,a, b" really DON'T feIncnlnef Whe9nS
- tainted or not was her soft reply.
me There are spartan fathers and spa
, the sons in Michigan. This constable
If an one of them. It was a hard positio
49,, be placed in-love on the one hand
duty on the other. but duty trump
: is He gave her dead away, made the al
lie as and was a witness against her.
4 in The widow was not IN want, nor
she stand in need of single article
had stolen. The desire TO steal see
bud to posses her all of sudden, and bu
pro- her capture she might have turned h'
any breaker. Her courage and nerve ca
-, her where plenty of men would have
'uie, itated, and the fact that none of the
and er's dogs ever attacked her was prob
e ex- owing to her dress and sex. The l
,,ds she stole the eorn-shelier she passes
- heels of three colts, crowded in best
ouus horse warranted to kick at every
proach, and united and led him out
the out fear There are some sharp,
nro- men in cells up there, but the "
Saunders can match the best of the
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INC a kentucky paper claims to have
Duds covered in Morgan county TWO ren
open able specimens OF humanity, in the
sons OF two brothers, aged respect
nant eight and twelve years. They are o
usual intelligence, but are peeuiI;
are u having no hair on their bodies or b
:rop. while their skin Is covered with !
fruit scales. like those Of fish. They sil