Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-03-11
PECULIAR RIDGE ABOUT HER BODY,

thing of her peculiarities. But Mrs.
Ellis persisted, and she was directed
to perform the search. She brought
Miss Thompson into the female search
ers' room and told her what she was
going to do. The hot blood of Miss
Thompson got up, and she very decid-
edly informed Mrs. Ellis that she
would not stand it, at the same time
making a threatening demonstration
to demolish her. Mrs. Ellis was q
light little lady, and Miss Thompson
was unusually large and muscular.
Mrs. Ellis proceeded to feel around the
suspicious ridge. Miss Thompson
showed open the window, and then
seizing the astonished little lady search
er, she lifted her up in her arms and
proceeded to heave her out of the
window. The old Virginia blood got
up in Mrs. Ellis, and she determined
to fight out the battle as long as she
could before calling for help. She
placed her two hands against the sides
of the window and kicked back. One
well-directed
KICK IN THE ABDOMEN
staggered Miss Thompson back against
the opposite wall, and Mrs. Ellis got
free. This thoroughly maddened the
eccentric Scotch lady, and she made
another dive for Mrs. Ellis. This
time she pinioned her arms down by
her side, and after a brief struggle
succeeded in getting her head and
shoulders out of the window. Mrs.
Ellis saw that things had gone far
enough, and shouted "murderl helpw
with all her might. Several men rush
ed in, and none too soon, for there she
was almost holding on to the window
with her feet, and the enraged Miss
Thompson about to give her another
heave that would have sent her head
foremost into the river. After mat
ters calmed down Miss Thompson was
forced to submit to the search. A
number of meershaum pipes, some of
them were colored, were taken out of
her bosom, and fancy tobacco pouches,
morocco shot bags, flies for fishing
hooks, II stuffed Scotch pheasant and
a number of other things, which plac-
ed together, made up a most incon-
.gruous and unique collection, were
extracted from different parts of her
dress. Miss Thompson expressed great
anxiety not to lose them, and she was
allowed to pay the duty and retain
them. Mrs. Ellis ever after had a
lively recollection of Miss Thompson.
A couple of weeks ago a German
resident of Hoboken returned from
Europe on one of the Hamburg steam
ers. His wife went down to the steam
er to meet him. Mrs. Ellis noticed the
woman going on board. She had then
only Il light shawl on her shoulders.
Ten or fifteen minutes after she walk.
ed off the steamer enveloped in mag
niiicent velvet cloak lined with ermine.
Mrs. Ellis recognized her Immediately
anf made her give up the cloak.
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE
seizures made by Mrs. Ellis was that
of a complete silver tea service, which
a German lady residing in Hoboken
had distributed around her person,
and with which she attempted to walk
off the Bremen steamship. The tea
pot and coffee urn made good solid
stufiing for her hustle. The spoons
and forks made n sort of circle of de-
tense around her garters. The knives
made good strong supports for her
corset. The cream ever she carried
in her bosom, and the waste bowl was
reposing snugly away down in deep
and ample pocket of an underskirt.
A PROFESSIONAL FEMALE DIAMOND
sMUGGLER
adopted very ingenious device. Her
frequent trips to Europe attracted
attention, and on one occasion after
her arrival here she was shadow
ed. She was seen making frequent
trips to diamond stores, and was also
known TO make large sales. The next
time she arrived here from Europe
Mrs. Ellis was telegraphed for, and
the woman detained until she arrived
at the dock. The customs people we're
convinced she had diamonds with her,
for, in addition to their suspicion arous-
ed by her former acts, they had receiv-
ed private information that she had
made quite extensive purchases of
diamonds in London and Paris. The
search very soon brought to light a
little bag of "gems," the easy finding
of which puzzled the searcher quite
considerably. 1t did not look alto
gether likely that a professional snug
gler would carry a large quantity Of
diamonds in bag in her pocket. The
searcher, who was also a good Judge
of diamonds, examined some of the
Stones" and became doubtful as to
their genuineness. Not satisfied with