The Worthington advance., 1883-05-10
Bros warshouss and omcss On the Ohio
/ lsvse wus destroyed b. hrs. Los. $4,000:
| insured.
The dIstillery Of Fye d Matthews at
Manor, Pa.. was destroyed by fire recently
Loss, ~, 900; no Insurance.
Crimee Ana Crinlnala,

Crimes and Criminals.
In moral Boston, Madame Wilcott q
we'll known c'airvoyant Is held in the
police court under a 500 bail on six charges
90 abduction and keeping . house of i'll
fame. The testimony of six school girls
from fourteen to sixteen years Of aes, whom
she had enticed fron, good homes to lives
Of vice. was horrible and sickening to the
school daily, going at the house after
school and At about O'Clock in the evening
returning to their homes. They were kept
in school for the pnrpese Of procuring other
girls for like purposes. Some of the wealth
lest men ot Boston are said to have been
ratrons of the houe =.
The alleged confidence men, Davis, Dew
inc and scbnell, who were arrested lest
February tor drueging . man named o.
Donnel on the Milwaukee night train, and
robbing him Of $500. have been discharged
from Jail. O'Donnell did not appear in
court though the officials Of tho road were
ON hand. When the parties were arrested
that they had Q case asainst them that
would send them to the penitentiary for as
east five years. O'Donnell IN supposed to
70 in Chicago.
Policeman Francis Mallon WAS shot and
killed by Michael Sullivan, plumber, 10.
Gently, in New York, the only provocation
being that Sullivan WAS ordered to move on.
The 6rst shot WAS fatal, but when Mallon
was down Sullivan put Two shots into his
head. The murderer WAS arrested.
Many attempts have lately been made to
burn tho Hotel Glindon. Boston. Hattie
Thornton, aged thirteen, daughter Of one Of
the occupants, has been detected ~ the cul.
prit She admitted the charges and said she
did it because she '..iked to SEQ the blaze. u
John Lea. colored, was hanged ut Gaines.
vile, Florida, recently for the murder of c.
P. Orockett. white. Nov. 9, 1852. Lea stole
. horse from Crockett, who went with the
ct.
james Marriott, charged with stealing
$75, $50 worth of diamonds from a Paris
jeweler, and Marie Pereux were arraignod
In New York recently. Marriott was held
and the girl discharged.
A miscreant broke tho key of , switch on
the Truro railway, Nova Scotia, recently,
and threw open the points, causing freight
train to run o6, wrecking the locomotive,
tender and three cars.
The cafe In NJ. CANDLES store at Spring.
field, MIMI, was broken open lately, and
about 800 in cash taken. A warrant is in
the hands of the sheriff for the arrest oi
suspected parties.
At Philadelphia, recently the jury in the
case of Ellis 8. Phipps, ex-almshouse super
intendent, charged With forgery, after be-
ing shut up all night, returned : verdict ol
guilty.
Hon. w. w. searight mayor of Vincen.
nes, Ind, committed suicide With q pistol,
recently because he was defeated the dsy
previous in his race for re- e-eleclion.
John A. Neal. wealthy Bostonian who
WAS stopping at . castle ranch in Indian
territory for his health, was robbed and
murdered by unknown perties.
The best joke of the season occurred when
train load of Indians up in Manitoba were
accidentlv itched, AMI chased the engineer
two miles for his scalp.
Vincent Quav. . rich Troy IN. Y.) farme,
has sioped with . seventeen year.old girl
'eaving his wife and family.