St. Landry democrat., 1880-05-15
The Indiana Mill Owner Who Wished
10 Know His Fortune.

Timothy Worton and Mary Worton
his wife, the gypsies who were arrested
IN Brooklyn on charge of having stolen
s.. $50 from William JcSsop, a wealthy
mill owner OF Princeton, Indiana. while
pretending to tell his fortune, were be-
fore Justice Gilbert in BROOKLYN ycster
day, on writ of hajcas corpus.
District Attorney Catiin said that
requlsltlon for the prisoners was expected
by every mail, and Justice Gilbert re-
manded the prisoners until Monday.
William Jcssop, who says he was
robbed by the gypsies, was in court. He
is about fortv-seven years of age, has
blue eyes amt long black whiskers, and
was dressed like Il Western farmer. The
gypsy woman approached him and en-
deavorcd to draw him into conversation.
but he said, You robbed me of NV
money, and didn't do right by me. /
don want to say anything to YOU now
Mrs. Worton said that she had promised
to return at future time and tell the
rest of his fortune, and then she expected
to restore the money, and she intimated
that If he would not press his complaint
she would finish telling his fortune, and
give him back the money she promised.
Mr.. JeSSop refused to talk with her, and
she and her husband We're taken back to
Jail.
Mr.. Jessop said to reporter that the
gvpsies had been around Princeton.
Ind, for two or three months before
he was robbed, and that as they had
bought a quantity of cloth from his
wooden factory, and had promptly paid
for it, they had gained his confidence.
Il looked upon Them he said. ..as
being upright people, who intended to
be fair, OF | would not have had anything
to do with them. They had told fortunes
about the town, and had told some things
that were true; and as was widower,
and the gypsy woman promised to tell
me of some women who wanted
to get acquainted with me, | Welded,
and she then said she must have
$4,000 to bring about the revelation of
the future. She seemed fair about it,
and said that the money would never
leave my sight; so got s., $50, and she
tied my handkerchief about it. | didn't
open the package after that, because she
said that it would break the charm, and
| can tell exactly when she substituted
the other package, but | do not believe
that it was until the last time | saw her
Then she went through lot of motions
with her hands, and kept turning around
and looking away, so that think she
got chance to make the change |
didn't discover it until after the camp
had been broken up, and then | found
that she had got handkerchief exactly
like mine, and had cut a big pile of slips
of brown paper the size of bank note,
and bound them up so that the package
exactly resembled mine. | carried the
package home with me every night for
safe keeping, SO that didn't lose sight
Of it at all | didn't dream | was carry
ing around a parcel of brown paper. 1
felt so bad when discovered that had
been lifted that didn't say anything for
two or three days, but 1 finally concluded
to let it come OUT
"What part of your fortune did the
gypsy tell you?''
'Well, she was going to tell me who
the women who wanted to get acquaint-
ed with me were, and then about some
money that was coming to me. She told
he some things about myself that were
I'll true. don't know how she did ite'
Anything she could not have learned
rom your neighbors?'
"Come to think she didn't. l guess
low that she didn't tell me thing that
'he couldn't have heard about me. You
see, had met with some losses and had
, good deal of trouble, and so wanted
o know about the future. was robbed
'nce of a pile of money by burglars, who
rot into my house."
"Was the safe broken open?'
Il didn't have no safe. The money
vas atwixt two beds, and was asleep
IN the beds. They reached under and
got it,
Mr. Jessop expects to take steps to az
ach the 81 ,29O now in the hands of
Police Property Clerk Rowley, and try
o recover at least that much of the lost
money The prisoners will be taken
Jack to Indiana for trial.-N. Y. SIN,
4pril 3.