, 1879-05-12

Somewhat closely allied to thts speculation In
wheat Is tic nrEost OF Mrs. 4. G. Underwood upon
chnrEc Of forgery, and tho mention Ut ona IL sure
10 bring tho other 10 mind. The lady 10 question
Is possessed OF mn tncisatou ordinarily peculiar 10
tho male SEE on1y, that of engaging In business.
She has Ind close eve OFT tho wheat
market for years, and has daDbled In
tho product. Her ventures proved successful
at tic outset. This lad her to venture
moro dcoplJ, with fair succcss, until finally lucky
Investment added from, $25 0U0 to $40, 600 to her
money poasesslons. Then sic becamo impressed
with the idea that her star was lucky ono. that
she had been born to become Rich through her own
shrowdness, and such d thing NJ failure became IN
absurd notion In her mind. She had made money
on an advancing market, and invested heavier
thun ever in tho same direction. Tho
Tie decno thal followed equaled thc adyance It,
ranIai.y, Il not in extent md Mrs, underwood
fonn 81 OF hsF nresoa. gains w!pttl out in very
racn Il was tint eho 6ethonrit hor.eif ot the reh
,ah ss:st t. ont wh'sS e.
her husband to pfepaFo shs ,'otss with which she
M lnordtnato dcnife to speculate In m article
whtch ls !. naniaSa nowa:nya "a samosss at tho
Mho sa atao ehs9ass. st
above tho slightest suspicion fuli and allowed
hsf n4me t9 bc rccOE.lcu IN thu annnls 0f remark
H'rnt1ae caaea to be found recorded against tho
R{erner sex, but tho instances wero females ngqro
IN such tEaDsnct11ns nFn fDW tn nn!nhor.
NeIt IN tho OEler Of tnporsnnce is tho capture OF
Alexander Cohn+ thu fotger. Tho crlnlo with which
this man slnnda charged has becn &c thoroughly
ventilated through tho columns Ut the newspapers
al TO require no cspecal mention hero.
1t Muy b9 stated ~ an Interesting fnct, linyeycr,
that slnca hih capturu tho relatives and ffcn!s of
C0hn,I, wh0 lu.a hopod, and Hlsyt,ap even prayed,
TINT ho mtght autcced In cl1ciIns hs Escape ftutn
thG country, have drunpcl him al thpy would
liso coal. They lind that 1t will not do any longer
IL 0,ake show OF sympathy, and therefore in con-
sefsatEnn openly expruss the wisn TINT ha may re.
cc!ys tho punishment that deserves
fhHer Arc these among us who 1!ayr fHund tault
Eocanss of Whist they claimed to bu undns hasto to
not,fy the authorities wheni found that Cohen
.d disappeared, leaving behind hin, letters calcu.
lated tu create The Impression that he suictdcd In
cunscqIulice of rcHuEru vt hts masdpcls, Wilcu
questioned 10 3Eeir reason for E!lng fault with
this notification, They unhesitatlngly nyerrcd
that tt1a man ought to hayo BEEN given
f1!E opportunity 10 Escape. Tho warning of
The rolce thuY thought might pyeyont this. These
rcDple, who hAppulled to 6o ~ c0rrect III thBig
CONCLUSIONS l0 thu rcetlt, will nut tc heart from
again. nov thal Cuhen IL capturud. They lInp,an
tO he asetsnlGn, aid AIch they will not uaEc
TO tnakc II Iurther shoming of sympathy for lhu
forEer. Cohcu Will p11duniy Atrtye hurs un 1ups.
day, perhaps not until Wednesday bf next
week, nndur tho surveillance Ut Chief Ut
Ptlteu Kennedy. Thereafter until his tEinI IL cnt.
rA and Glu receives tho punsnilent hfa crime do.
serves, he will bo the cynosufe OF all eyus.