The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-14
A REMARKABLE LIFE.

After q Career of Crime PENNSYLVANIA
Man Expects to Become q United States
Senator.
adelphia Times, says: The news has Just
been received here Of the marriage of George
Avery in one Of the far Western States The
history of this young man-at one time the
most notorious character in this entire go ction
has been quite as romantic as that of Hugo's
hero, Jean Vatican. In 1870 Avery. then
about twenty-,one years Of ago, was charged
Pike county, Pa He was arrested and an
officer detailed - bring him to Milford. Evil
dence Of the murder was reported to be 80
conclusive that he could not possibly
escape hanging. On their way to Mil
ford the officer imbibed freely of liquor,
and finally got s.blind drunk" Avery secured
the keys which unlocked his handcuffs and
shackles and took them of, putting them in
the bottom of the wagon. He took the
reins from the stupidity drunken officers hands
rived with the officer in charge at q late hour.
He put the drunken man in bed, reused him
the next morning, got him in the wagon. drove
on to Milford, the county seat Of Pike county,
when, after he had put the officer in bed at
hotel, he went up to the Jail and delivered
there till September, 1870, when he was tried
for murder, and to the great surprise of every
one acquitted. Immediately after he was dis
charged by the court he was arrested, charged
with burglary, convicted and sert to the
states prison for a year and half. He
fnement When he left the eastern
penitentiary he returned home, opened law
office. arrested several citizens who had testi-
fed against him when he was on trial for bur
glary, and, failing to make out his case, was
sentenced to pay the costs. He had no money,
an ia wen tn Y,ri in uho hor
until his friends could scrape up money enough
to get him out When finally he became free
man he returned to his old home at Rowlands.
From that time forward burglaries were nu
merous in that section, but never could evil
dence sufficient to convict Avery be obtained.
Afte while the young man went to Oil City,
Pa, and hung out his shingle as lawyer.
Clients were plenty and fees large. Avery was
reaping golden harvest, when he was con-
yicted Of forgery and sent to the western pen,
eleven months. While there he fell in love
with the keepers daughter, and she
proposed to assist him to escape, put he re-
fused to leave prison till his time was out Az
the end of the term he returned again to Lacka-
waxen; soon after protested religion, and swim
died neighbor out Of 300 and was induced
by the neighbor, who enforced his arguments
with shotgun, to refund tho money. He
then went to Luzerne county, where he got into
difficulty and went to the Eastern penitentiary
for short term. Upon being released the last
time he went to the mining regions of the West
where he opened law Office and speculated in
stocks. A few weeks ago he Struck it rich, !"
and cleared over half million dollars, gave
up his stock speculation forever, sent for his
fiancee, the prison-keeper's fair slaughter, who
went West, and they have just been married.
Avery is only about thirty two years of age
and writes to friends here that he is now an
honest, upright man, and that the next time he
comes East it will be as United States senator
from one Of the western States.