Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16

ChsIlss e. Crawford, clerk, bis vito AID
daughter, Annie Louisa, IS years old, reside at
O1o hundred asd SKY. frs: street aud Norris
Avenue, N. Y. On the lst Of September last
Mary Docl,y, aged 20. with coed references.
wss employed Es house tervaot. A month
attcrWaed various articles of small value began
to disappear. JeEelry ard money next we're
missed Search Was made, ald $l.50 was
ouEd wrapped up in some of the doll s clothes
OF Mr.. C7awfo1d's daughter. Other articles
w;ro eurd 10 her dolls trunk. Tho child was
accused OF thc't, hut denied it, ard was severe.
ly punished ty her parents. they desired her
to confess what sbo had do0e, and to this end
severely chastisat her. To pvoid further Pun.
ishTent she rckoo aIsdged that she had stolen
all that wss missed.
Property continued to disappear, and the child
was sGaiu accused. She again denied, but
through lear OF punishment aesn confessed.
She said she had destroyed them. Her parents
began to thtk that she was Of uustuud mind.
a pbyeican was summoned, who called it klep
tomauia. The girl vas watched bu, property
continued to disappear.
"a January the bod tl,thing in The cham.
Dor Ct Mr.. Crawford vas set on fro aud pesrly
$500 worth ct properly was destroyed. Annie
Louisa Vas asc0s ID cf doing this, it being set
down to insanity. To avoid punishment she
| confessed it. After this her hands wcro
strapped to her side. Still tho robberies cou.
tinued. On January IS Gre broke out 10 the
laundry OF tho house, which oau,o near destroy
Ing the entire structure. After it was extiu-
| gnshed /. was discovered that tho fire origi.
dated ia tho basket containing the lsurdred
olothts part OF which Lad b:ea SITUATED with
kcrcsenc Gil. This was also attributed 10 tho
Insanity OF tho iiIlo ei,l. Her lathcr feared
| that sho would do Jury to herself. He had 0
bolt Fad, Ter her. aud procuring long thin
| chalo chsiacd hsr 10 staple in tho wall OF the
dciog room during Tho day Time and at plight
| to the post oil her bed.
Mary Dooey, the servant, slept with the
shid TO prevent he' doi1s herself any injury
| who called TO see Mrs. Crawford wa, robbed
| of Va usb.c fur. lined mantle, mur and bonnet
| while sho Wss in the house. All tll,rts to find
| them proving iruitless, Detective Jacot
Wilkin:, of the Thilty.third precinct. was call.
| cd IL. Alter examining the premises no gave the
| opinion that the property WAS taken by the serv.
| ant girl, aud sho was accordingly placed under
surveillance. Annie Louisa was unclaimed.
! but went about tho house with her arms bound
! to her sides. Tho closk, null end hat were found
concesled IN tho garrett. The little girl, on
pei"S threatened Win punishment confessed
| to have placed them there. Shortly before this
Z case of raGorS belonging 10 Mr. Crawford had
been stolen from his drawer. a few days later
Mary Doolcy, the servant, said that while NOV.
| Ing foot stool one of the rsZors had fallen from
1t, and tina. slit had bacn cut in it in which the
! rtZT had been placed. Investigation showed
that this was not wholly the case.
| An idea struck hr. Crawford TO watch the
servant girl. Ono evening she entered the house
with pair of elegan: slippers in boz. Sbt
said man hal givon them 10 hor. Mr.. Craw.
ford bneW that she did not have tho money to
buy them. detective Wilkins was consulted,
On Sunday Mary went out, and whilo she was
| gone Mrs. Crawford effected an entrance into
| the cloeet where che kept her clothes. There in
| q pillow csse was large quantity of the wear
lag apparel which was thought TO have boon
| burned durlEg the fire in the laundry. Other OF
| the stolen articles we're also there
] When Mary returned she wss met by De!eo.
tive Wilkins. She WAS accused of tao tnefts and
OF harlnga et troto the house on the two mention.
cd OCCASIONS. She confessed. She said that the
greater part of tho jowelry and valusbcs that
she ha1 stolen were at her homo. at Elton ave.
and l6Slh st. There they were found By the de.
tectivo. Mary was arrsigned in the Harlem
Poles Court, before Just;c) Power, waere only
charge of incendsrism was preferred agaas ii
her. She acknowledged the offence and was
| committed in default of $500 bail to await the
| aston of the Grand jury