Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-06
NEWS MISCELLANY.
A Little Girl convicted OF burglary in
Chicago.

Mary Morris, petite fourteem-year-old
girl. with remarkably sweet face, which
seemed to beam with childlike innocence,
was sentenced by Judge Moran to two
wears in the house Of correction in Chica
20, she having pleaded guilty to fourteen
indictments for burglary aud larceny.
Tho judge remarked that this one
OF the most astounding cases of
which he had ever heard. The child
is tho most remarkable burglar Of modern
times For the past two years she Las
piled her vocation, committing innumer-
able daring burglaries by night and we'll
nigh filling the house of her parents with
dress goods, jewelry, diamonds and articles
aggregating $4,000. A large part of tie
plunder bad been disposed OF, the revenue
supplying the entire famiiy's wants. The
story of her crimes and escapades would
fill a ponderous volume. Her mother.
Helen Morris, was sentenced to three and
half years in tho psnitentiary as an ac-
cessorv.
Record Of Crimes and Casualties.
Recently John Leigh and James Rigby,
farmers. residing near Palmer, ill.,, tecame
involved il lawsuit regarding the pos
session of land, aud Rigby won the suit.
Yesterday Rigby was assassinated by a
son of Leigh, who then fled, but a posse is
in pursuit and lynching is threatened.
u, II. Ritter, OF Ebsnsburg, Cambria
| county, baggage master on the Pennsyl-
vauia railroad, was killed by cars on Wed
| nesday.
Charles HummeI, Of Milllin was killoi
at West oksido coliery, near Lebanon,
on Thursday, by fall of coal. His body
was terribly mutilated.
John Davis aud daughter were fatally
injured at Raleigh. N. c., by horse run.
ming away and throwing them from a
wagon.
| James Powers, an employee OF tho New
Haven and Northampton railroad com
pany, was instantly killed at Springfield,
Mass, yesterday, while stepping from ont
track to another in trout Of passing
switch engine.
VIM. c. Coke, Is years Of age. Wa
killed yesterday at Reading, by falling
from q chestnut tree, n distance OF 6t
feet.
Short Notes Of Recent Events.
There were 19, 600 people in attendanc
at tho York county fair on Thursday.
Gabriel Cohen, ono Of the Oldest ant
wealthiest citizens of NorriStown, died oI
Thursday, aged 7G yea1s.
John L. Barstow was yesterday lnaugu
rated as governor of Vermont. His in
aucura, address states that the debt of t!i
state is 500, ,5S3.
Hon. Robert II. Baker. :. prominen
politician and business man, and directo
cf the Union Pacific railroad, die: Il
Racine, Wis, Yesterday.
;, At Collingwcod, Ons., the government
inquiry into the loss Of the steamer Asi
has been closed. It is understood tha
Captain Scott's report will contain sweep
. ing condemnation Of the boats used in tn
passenger traffic on the upper lakes.
The swapping Of 2 chain caused the TAI
, OF the iron curtain among the fOo:iight
on the stage of the Royal opera house,
Berlin. The accident caused an intens
panic among tho audience, and many pc,
sons were severely crushed, but 10 on
was killed. The house was soon cleared
7 Frank James, the OutlxS. surrenress.
> Frank James has surrendered to Gov
3 e.nor Critteuden at jefferson City. On
cials express some surprise at James a.
ton, as no Ovcrtures had been made o
: their part toward surrender. They thin
Frank has become discouraged, having
| various ways lost all Of his old cOnfeder;
r ties, and concluded it was useless to a
, tempt longer to live in outlawry, ,preferrin
to trust to the lenicncy of the law in volul
tarily giving himself up.
, When James surrendered to Gov. Cri
: tenden he handed his pistols and state
that the governor was tho only man G:
cept himself who had touched them #
twenty years. Frank was at the McCai
4. thy house in tho evening, and many prom
J inent citizens were there seeking to shal
hands with him.