The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-07-29
A Batch of Cases.

Several days ago one Mrs. Caroline Prit-
ELI ,rd. resident ~! the vicinity of onion
in the Fourth district. >Nurc out triole jus
tee Lewis Il warrant against ''r". Hall,
Thomas Spence Harvey Steward and Frank
Ferguson, represented 10y her To lie. young
men aud neighburS of hers, charging chem
with ASSEMBLING and stuniug her hnu~r, and
otherwise matrealing her. Ssh titc'l that
She lived alone and that these voting men
We're i'll the habit Of visiting nrr hoHSz- after
ni.ht and acting III the di>nrtrriN nanner
indicated. Sheriff dunbar, accompanied by
his deputy Mr. Walter :. johnson, visited
the locality, on Wednesday evening, and
arrested the persons in Heated i'll the war
rant, and found them to his establishment
10 be mere Striping>. the Oldest OF the party
being at most not more than fifteen and the
youngest about nine years of age. Atter
the arrest WAS made the prosecutor failed IL
identify one of the party, Geo. Hall, or III
fact asserted that he was not one the party
who assaulted her, and he was discharged.
The three others We're brought here and
lodged in Jail the parents nt the lads htln!s
present aud il was shown cunrlusivcly that
they were entirely innocent OF the charge
preferred against them, and they We're ali
discharged. This is another cas-" added to
the list of iil-;,lvised arrests and the inrar
ceration in close and trtrd prison "f per.
sons entirely innocent of any violation OF
the law Fortunately for the boys they
were compelled to pass hut one night i'll the
Jail: they were badly scared, however, and
spent one of the hottest nights of the season
there.
About a week ago Mr.. James y. Markey,
of the upper section Of the county, appeared
before Justice Lewis, Of this place, and
swore out Il warrant of search for the ree"v-
cry Of certain property, Ga gold breast pm
and silver spotnsJ which hal recently dis
appeared from his premises. y :e" days
afterwards, one John Rnhinsun and his wife
coloreL of Baltimore, MO had been EN-
ployed in harvesting by Mr.. Mackey. We're
overLauled Oh their WAY to their home
they having given up their engagement
under suspicion of being the purlniners Of
the goods; they We're thoroughly searched,
but the goods could NOT le found, and they
were allowed To proceed. On Saturday,
one Austin Thomas, with his wife, also col
ored people from Baltimore who had been
employed in harvesting by Mr. ChaS. Clay
ten, of the same neighborhood, came to the
station here also their way To that city.
AS the parties "ero mitigate, having come
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tour, it was Thought that they might be the
custodians of the jewriry. They We're there
fore arrested upon the same warrant and
taken to the Jail where . thorough search
failed to produce any portion Of the missing
goods, and they too were allowed TO proceed.
The hopes Of recovering the lost articles have
now dwiudlei down 10 a small speck, rs il
is generally Thought that some one of the
four was the gaiiiy party and to prevent de-
lection hal thrown the things away. The
breast bin was an ali ar,! ,.l;s,l @ct!i,!s, the
property OF Mrs. Mackey.
ON Wednesday evening last, warrant
was issued 10y Justice Lewis, upon oath of
Thomas Campbell, who resides Il few miles
from town, near the Delaware border pharg-
ing one Lindsay Wilson with assault and
battery. Alr. Campbell showed unmiStaka-
BILE evidence OF rough usage. Sheriff Dun
bar and deputy johnson, proceeded the same
evening - asec.te !hs Wafrant. hAE apon
reaching the place iuhua that Wilson had
fled into delaware, taking all his property,
among ii IA pair of cows, with him, and they
failed to get their man. The circumstances
of the case were rs follows: Wilson had
been employed by Mr.. Campbell upon his
farm at Il stated rate of wages, with the
privilege OF keeping nair OF cattle. Work
becoming slack, campbell notincd him that
lie would not need his services longer and
with the remark that he owed him thirty
five dollars handed him ten and said he
would pay him the remainder in 4 few days.
This did not seem to suit Wilson, and he
refused to receive the ten dollars and be-
coming ab%sl,e nIaliy Dealt tIr. {;alnpbriI
a blow in the face, knocking him >enScleSs.
and afterwards struck him several times
more. Campbell, who is by no means ply
sically able TO cope with Wilson. ard who
was in great iear Ior his he so he tverS)
managed! to get away from his aSS;,ilaut and
came to town to secure the protection "t lie.
law His face badly bruised, and one
eye was bun.ed up in terrible manner.
Wilson has !.ot si.itu t,ten hear, from.
Jacob JohnSt II, Il colored lad of about
six years Of age. living on Collins alley,
shot himself with pistol which he had
picked up about the house yesterday after
noon. TIC hal ea,eleu the stomach and
lodged Somewt eres in til: back. How
badly he is mnrcd cannot y,t be told
"WHEN | publicly testified that | had
been cured of Il terrible skin humur by The
Cuticura Remedies. | did ST. that others
| might be curr,i, ,nii do not regret the time
given to answering inquiries. > Hon. VIM.
Taylor, Boston.
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| You'd a money value. Cure begins trG!a first
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| Complete for 81.