The Mineral argus., 1883-09-20
TO BITE THE DUST.

A Feminine OmceSeeker's Threats
Washington Dispatch the Cleveland Lesoer'
Mis- Lucy Horton, q fair and uasnlhe
brunette. well known in local society
has threatened to throttle the treasury
department. She has spoken n Nrit
ten the mandate. 1t is that she must DC
given a clerkship or Secretary roger
and Appointment Clerk Butler olee
the dust. Lucy is not without a history
and her record is written in blood one
is probably 25 years OF age, hence sue
cannot be classed as unsophlsuca'eu'
and has been q resident Of this city ior
several wears. A very few years ago
abe fred a slug Of lead into the body oil
the son of Senator Morgan oil AlaDamA
| and left him for dead. She SAID tne
vonn0 man had seduced, and betrayed
her She is tall, slender, rather vlvac-
ions and g~ood-Iooking. II is said sne can
love with a fervor seldom equalled, ana
hate with a vengeance worthy ola pirate'
/ sly months or more after, the smoke
from the field where she shot young
Moroan having cleared away, she APP
nlied for a position in the treasury de-
partment. She made her application IN
person. and was accompanied, II Is sald'
by Mrs. Ingersoll, Representative Shel-
lenbarger Of Pennsylvania, n othe5
good and reputable people, VINO urgeu
the secretary to give her q place me
people who recommended her were
moved by her pleasant promises. AS
soon as Secretary Forger heard her
name he bluntly refused to help her.
But the old gentleman was soon out
Unanswered by ardent friends. she
was given a position as a Sub" for three
months under another name than Lucy
Horton, and at the expiration OF thai
time she succeeded in securing another
three months lease Of life. 1t was dur
inc the last ouaIte. that she displayed q
spirit not 10 be courted by the saints
whereby a prominent clerk in the de
partment was transferred from one di
vision to another and came neal losing
his official head. Appointing Clerk but
Ter, discovering Lucy's guam
lies. refused to help her to another tern
al the end Of her Last employment
Again her old desire for blood returned
she coldly entered Mr. But ers II
the department a few days ago and IN
formed him that unless he reinstated he
she would shoot him, and Secretary Fol
ger. too, remarking with emphasis, an.
won't miss my aim, either" at whicI
Mr.. Butler assumed she meant immedi
ate work. and he replied that he woull
not treat her as others had il she eve
attempted to shoot him, but would re
DIV with the same effect as though sh
were A masculine. Lucy left Mr.. Blu
= ler's room with her anger unsootheS
4 Returning to her home, she indited
. note TO NJ. Butler, and threatened b
life if he did not give her place at once
: and essayed the same fate TO Secretar
Fulger. Not hearing from her note sh
$ wrote again and again. The others wei
of the same purport as the first, "
clerkship of your lives, Messrs. But'
and Folger." Mr.. Butler informed Sc
rotary Folger Of the woman's threat
and reported TO him her dangerous cha
actar. but did not say to the secretal
Is tbat his life was also threatened. {
e THURSDAY Miss Horton entered the
n fee Of the appointment clerk. She "
il calm and her face bloodless. She "
q penitent. She is subject 10 hysteri'
and after begging 10 De received ba
}, she vas seized with an hysterical spas
q and enacted q scene that would put o
>. pathos its very self. But Mr.. Butler,
at save his honor, could not take her baC
% and refused fatty TO do 20. She car
!, again Yesterday, and again to-day. II
- visits we're long, probably oftwo or thT
y. hours duration. This afternoon h
OF peated her threat that she will shoot
D. Butler and the secretary, and those "
know her say she does not talk so
pastime. Since she has grown 70
m~onstrative, Congressmen Shellenb
q, ger. Mr.. Ingersoll, and other infuenl
y friends, have abandoned her.