The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-18

father, and he found the things That hat
been STOLEN aud returned them 10 theil
owners
I" YOU are charged with having hidden {
pockei.book and money In the dress OF An
mes doll"
al did not hide the pockci-beok. Ii wa
| never IN my possession. They say | wa'
| put to- watch the girl. IL Ia untrue.
| slept with Annie every night IN the next
room to Mr.. Crawford. y; was the dining
room. and we slept on sofa. ! aid not
converse with her because Mr.. Crawford
had told me not 10 do so. Besides, ANNE
was very Qfict naturally. never fright
oncd her INTO saying She had stolen any.
! thing. | bad no reason 10 do 50. knew
she had been guilty Of theft before ! went
there. Wbv, she had robbed her parents
repeatedly aud had stolen Il necklace worth
| SIS from the child If Mr.. Samuel Richards,
the postmaster. Oh. Annie was very quick
~ her movements. She pretended TO Tie a
veil on the girl Richards, and managed TO
get the necklIce away. She threw il on the
roadside. and then saying, 'Oh. there's a
necklace picked TYP"
no was the physician that SAID Annie
was kleptomaniacy
"The famIly's regular physician. He said
he was going 10 make leather fasteniDgs for
her bands"
DENIAL or THE CHARGE OF INCENDIARIsM.
"Tbey charge YOU also with incendia-
riSm."
81 knew nothing about it," said the
young woman. "until the fire broke out.
Both times the fire broke out was In diff
feront part Of the house. Aunie convicted
herself. She told her aunt, Mrs. Fowler,
that her father had accused her OF setting
the house on fire; bur Mr.. Crawford SAID
he had not accused her."
"SOme things were found in the garrett
"YCs; Eddie Crawford, their lIttle son,
found them. The other articles found by
the detective in my room | came across IN
the cellr and put them upstairs in closet.
There was nothing belonging TO mt in the
closet"
cit IS said that you stole Mrs. Crawford's
wedding jewel, aud Mr.. CrawfOrd's ra-
zOrs."
81 know nothing about the razOrs. Mrs.
Crawford'S Jewels took home TO show my
mother, ana returned them to Mrs. Craw-
ford
"Haye Mr. and Mrs. Crawford recovered
all they LOST"
"Ye>.". SIR. Crawford says there were
other thing, missing to the value OF SO. 1t
/ is not So
"Ilow old are your"
| "T~cnty years. attended public school
! in MorrSani1, and afterward studied at
home. | LETT school because father died
and had to help mother ] >ewed at
home. but ii gave me a violent headache.
/ | have always had great trouble with my
/ head. When was a little glrI was pitch
Ell out OF an engine which then ran along
Second avenue. | also fell down build
/ ing that was beng erected. My head
! has never been the same since. ] left
1.-TWO pieces because il troubled me 80
much. | was then offered place with Mrs.
| Crawford. | accepted ii because was told
my work would be very light. ] am well
Known in MelrO>e, aud have always borne
la good character. was well liked by Mr..
and Mrs. Crawford. They trusted me IN
everything. Very often they would 90 away
| from home, and / would, for week and a
half at time, be lett alone with the chill
dren. They are three in numbtr-Eddie,
who is fourteen, and Annie, who is going
on thirteen. They are children by Mr..
Crawford's first wife. Then there is Ida,
two years old, the daughter Of The present.
WIFE
COUNTER CHARGES.
! ne Young WOuttu tutu Salu -hl' VI aN-
ford had been very severe in his treatment
OF Eddie, who, she said, is delicate boy,
and has been i'll with malaria. She asserted
that Mr.. Crawford bad whipped the little
fellow with cOwbide because he would not
dig potatoes in the garden.
Il felt nothing but sympathy Tor Annie
and Eddie" she continued. ~ never
thought OF teaching Annie any wrong.
She has often said TO me, Mamie, | wish
YOU were married, 20 | could live with
YOU Annie, child | would say TO her,
| what good would that do? Your father
would come and take you from me-"
Ibid Annie ever tell you why she stole ?"
eyes, she said her father was 30 unkind
10 her that she did it for revenge. Her step
mother was always making complaints
about Annie to the father and about Eddie
too. She noticed every little thing they did
and would tell him when he returned
home"
"YOu again say you did not rob your en-
pIoyers or set Hre to their house,"
4" do. This is the first time | was ever
arrested. ] hope it Will be the last. | do
not care about myself, but about my mother
aud sisters and brothers. | have no law
yer. have acted throughout this matter
in a hali-cOnScious way. | was asked IN the
court by strange man, DID you do it,
said. Yes. He said, 'Sign your name
banding me a paper. Then another man
asked me if | was guilty, aud said Yes
again. That's all tnJt took place in court.
am subject TO spells, and have been told
that when have them | am not in my
right mind. They come on Inc often. |
haze not slept or eaten since last Sunday.
aud l feel dizzy and confused"
The unfortunate Girl burst out into tears
and the reporter babe her good night.
Rev. DE-. HaMlhorne. The distinguished