The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-05
A Fool who Wanted a wife.

Princeton Ind, aud he wanted wife,
This is nothing strange as many men have
the same desire, but Jessop believed in the
power of fortune-teller He is a good
natured man, and possesses sufiicien mon
ey to mako him eligible as a victim to such
scheme as was laid for him. He told his
story to the Court
"When first met Mrs. Worton last fall,
she wanted to tell my fortune and said
that she would tell me mauy things that
would benefit me. First she said she
would charge me $50, but il the fortune
did not suit she would not charge me any
thing She explained, however, that It
was necessary to hold in her hand q certain
sum of money in order to portray and de-
velop my whole fortune to me. She named
the sum of $4,000. told her / did not
have so much money on hand. She then
went away and stayed a month or two.-
When she came back she met me in my
woollen factory and said she might get
along with SO, 600. | told her ! could not
raise so much ready money at once and she
went away again. She returned on third
visit and said she could probably get
through with the fortune if / could let her
hold 49, 000 but that it was very desirable
that should add something to that sum-
This last conversation was in December
In January she called again, and then l
agreed that she might tell my fortune.-
went to the bank and got $4,000 in four
packages of $500 each. | afterward added
$125 to it on her assurance that it would
make the charm work better. l handed
this money to Mrs. Worton at my MILL
She then asked me if l had a handker-
chief | handed her one and she wrapped
the money up in it, tied it up with pecu-
liar kind of knot, and then went through
some strange man@uvers, peculiar signs,
made strange gestures, and talked to her.
self in a language could not understand.
She did not tell my fortune. She said it
would require time. 1t was hard case,
and the perils hanging over nae were great.
She gave me the handkerchief containing
the money, and told me to keep it and not
look into it myself nor suffer any one else
to do SO. took 1t, kept it in trunk un-
til she came back about week afterward,
and then gave it to her again. She open
ed the handkerchief; saw the money. She
went through the same man@uvers as be-
fore, tied up the money again, and told me
to keep it as before. This was repeated three
or four more times after this. The last
time she acted more strangely than at any
previous time. She opened the package,
went through some strange sort of talk,
then arose from her seat, went toward the
door, then north, then south, all the while
holding the package in her hand. AS yet
she had net told my fortune, but at each
time she promised to do so at the next
meeting. after our last meeting l kept the
handkerchief as usual until after the time
she had again promised to return. be-
gan to suspect about this time that all was
not right, opened the handkerchief and
found strips of brown paper the same size
as bank bills. Our last meeting was on the
9th of February last"
On the cross-examination Mr.. Jessop
added: l might have said would pay her
we'll if she would bring about marriage,
but did net agree to pay her So, 1876. /
had great confidence that Mrs. Worton
would use the money for my benefit. 1t
was understood that she was to get me
woman"
The next time Mr.. Jessop saw the
woman was in Brooklyn after her arrest
She there told him, he said, that she had
not stolen the money, and that intended to
return it. He recovered 1890.
Deputy Sheriff r. T. Tingle testified
that after he had made the arrests in
Brooklyn Mrs. Worton admitted to him
that she had got the money, but that it
was on contract with Mr. Jessop that for
that sum she would procure wife for him,
and that she was to have till May to do
this; that she would have returned to Indi-
ana before that time, and would have carri-
cd out the bargain, had she not been arrest
ed.
Mr.. Jessop, said in court that she wholly
failed to tell his fortune, and that he yet
did not know what it was.
The jury retired at O'Clock at night,
and did not render a verdict until the next
morning. They declared Timothy Worton
not guilty. The verdict in regard to Mrs.
Worton was as follows
We, the jury find the defendant guilty,
as charged in the indictment, and assess
her punishment at fine of $1,000, and
that she be sent to the penal department of
the reformatory for five years.
A motion for new trial is to be argued.