The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-11-06

| Delaware County puornouse q. Delhi dur.hg
her absence. This embittered her against hel
parents Sic resumed women's clothing, and
| Tor LiJutns tOdnlec ABOUT the valley, living
on charity her r,'"' cont'nrG'v dwelling on
her wrongs. Then she disappeared again
About that time man, giving the name OF
Joseph Lobdell, appeared in village In the
centru! part o. Wayne county. lie opened
singing school, and played the violin fol
dances. One OF his young lady pupils fell IN
love with him, and they were engaged TO be
married The night before the wedding day
the discovery was made the. Joseph Lohdell
was a woman--nonc other than Lucv Ann Sla
Ter, the Female Hunter Of Long Eddy"
party of young men determined to tar ana
feather her and ride her on rail. She was
warned of the danger and fled from the vii
| lage, making her way to Delaware county, n
| Y. As 1t was plain that she was gradually be
coming INSANE she was finally taken in charge
| by the poor authorities, and placed III the
almshouse near Delhi.
In the spring of 1865 progressing Wo
man about rs years Of age alighted from an
Erie tram at Lordvlle station She was with
out u.oncy, auu TOO Ill TO travel uJtlcI. she
said that She was the daughter Of parents who
lived in place near Boston. Their name was
Perry. She had married against their wishes
and gone TO Jersey City to live with her hus-
band, who was railroad cmploye. Her hus-
baad haG run away and left her among stiang-
ers. She had started IN pursuit OF him, but,
having insufficient means, and falling III, had
been forced to stop at Lorolville. She refused
to be sent to her home in Massachusetts,, or to
have her parents notified Of her situation, and
was taken to the almenCuse ut Delhi. She
was evidently woman OF good breeding and
education. At the poorhousc she was attend
ed during her illness by Lucy Ann Slater. a
strange affection grew up between thein. a
short time after the newcomer, VINO went by
her maiden name OF Marie Louise Perry, had
recovered her health, she aud Lucy Ann left
the almshouse together. They were gone over
two year, aud nothing was heard OF them
during that time. Through Il singular occur
renee hey were discovered IN The summer Of
1871, living under most peculiar clrcumstan-
Ces.
Lucy Ann Slater's daughter Nary VINO had
been taken from the amshouse and adopted
by farmer had been the victim OF terrible
outrage accounts of which, published IN the
local papers, were accompanied with refer
ences IN the strange hahts of her mother
These accounts were seen by certain residents
OF Monroe county, Pcnnsy lvania. A few weeks
..ftcrwarl poornl.s.er Hcl!,r, Of Jackson
township, that county, appeared IN Delaware
county with man and woman in charge. lie
said tha' ,hev had 1pnenrcd in the northern
part Of Monroe cOdhiy IN 1853. The map
gave his name as the Rev. Joseph Israel Lob
dell The woman claimed to be his wife. The
man carried rifle, and the couple lived in
caves ia the woods. When LoOdcil's rifle fail
cd to procure them subsistence, they lived on
berries and nuts and the charity of people in
the lumber settlements They were arrested
as Migrants in 1871, and lodged in jail at
Stroudsburg While they were in Jail the dis
covcry Was made that the Rev. Joseph |. Lob
dell was woman About that time the &C
count of the outrage at CoCheton appeared
The Monroe county authorities were thus plac
ed on the track of the singular couple, who
were the two women who had left the Delhi
amshouse together.
They were returned to Delaware county and
placed IN the Delhi almshouse again, but left
In few months. Then until 1876 they roam.
ed around the country, living in cabins and
caves in the woods, and insisting that they
were man and wife. They went by the name
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lobdell. In 1876 Joe"
was placed in jail at lloaesdale as a yagrant
His wife, writing with split stick, and using
pokebcrry juice for ink, drew up petition to
the court Of Wayne county, asking for the re
lease of "her husband, Joseph Lobdell, in con.
sequence Of his i'll health, which compelled
her constant care" The document WAS a mar
vel of neat pcnmanship and correct compost
ton. "Joe was released, and the petition plac
ed among the court files. Soon after Joe was
free the pair went to Damascus township,
Wayne cOunl,, opposite NArrOasburg, and
bought farm of n few acres. They lived
there together until q year and half ago.
when Joe disappeared. The remains Of an
unkno VII person Mele found in the woods OF
Sullivan county not lar from the iarn some
months afterwards. They were believed to be
those of the missing female hunter" and
were buried rs such. The wife remained on
the farm. A few weeks ago acquaintance of
Lucy Ann Siater's were astonished to see her
pu, in an appearance near Long Eddy. She
was dressed In p ta'ierch "''l' Of mems clothes,
and WAS hspelessiy insane. She became a
charge on the town. II was finally decided to-
send her to an asylum. On Thursday last she
was taken to the state asylum at Ovid.
migration ana our National Wealth.