News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-12
A BURGLARS WIFE.
BETRAYINGs HER HUSBAND AND MAR
RYING ONE OF HIS VICTIMS.
she Is Aterward Herself Convicted Of
Stealing Diamonds, and Is mt Present
Once More Under Arrest on a Similar
CHARGE.

A handsome and stylishly dressed
woman, calling herself Mary Dwyer, who
has been arrested in Chicago for shop
lifting, has curious and romantic his
tory. Her real name is Amelia g. Hale.
About ten years ago the residence oi
d. r. Hale, manager of the Chicago
| Clearing House, in fashionable quar-
ter of the north division, was entered by
burglars, and many articles of value
were taken. Among the things missed
were several heirlooms, which Mr.. Hale
priced highly, and as soon as he dis
| covered that there was little probability
that the police would be able to detect
the thieves he offered large reward fol
the return of the valuables taken, agree.
ing to ask no questions. In his adver.
tisement he described two or three oi
the jewels very minutely. About week
later he received letter from a woman
in Michigan, calling herself Mrs. Weaver.
The letter bore all the marks of educa.
ton and refinement. The writer said
| she was in possession OF the articles ad-
vertised for and would return them In
person if the advertiser would guarantee
that she should not be molested by the
police. Mr.. Hale replied at once, prom
ising her immunity from arrest and ap-
pointing an hour at which he might be
seen at his residence. At the designated
time young woman of rare beauty and
richly dressed, though closely yelled.
appeared at the door, and on inquiring
for Mr.. Hale was shown into his library.
where she introduced herself as his cor
respondent, Mrs. Weaver.
When they came down to the subject
of their interview the woman told him
that some months before she had been
married to Michael Weaver, who she
supposed was man of leisure in good
circumstances and of unobjectionable
character. After their marriage they
travelled good deal, visiting all the
large cities, and at the time of the bur-
glary at Hale's house they were in Chi
cago. The next day they left for Mich
igan, and her husband, seeing her safely
to health resort, left her hurriedly,
ostensibly to go East on business trip.
Before going, he made her present of
two or three articles of jewelry, which
he said he had taken in payment of a
debt, and she laid them away, not caring
to wear them as they were Of old pat
tern.
Seeing Mr.. Hale's advertisement in a
Chicago paper, she was amazed to dis
cover that it contained very accurate
description of the jewels given her by
her husband. That was her first intima-
| ton that he was burglar. When the
thought flashed upon her that she was
married to cracksman, great many
| things previously mysterious were made
clear to her. Then all his absences at
night. his hasty movements, the presence
in his trunks of many tools and imple-
ments, whose use was unknown to her,
all became plain. She resolved to make
restitution so far as it lay in her power,
at any rate, and she did not know but
that she would do what she could to
hand her husband over to the police.
With this explanation, told in the most
artless way, and with every appearance
OF sincerity and humiliation, she handed
MIR. Hale the missing Jewels.
Overjoyed at their return he excused
himself moment, and, calling his wife,
informed her of his good fortune, and
introduced her to Mrs. Weaver. Mrs.
Hale was an invalid, but her first
thought was of retribution, and she
calmly suggested in the presence of the
stranger that she be handed over to the
police. This made Mrs. Weaver furi-
ously indignant, but an explanation by
Mr.. Hale soon set matters right. Mrs.
Weaver remained few days, saying she
was stopping with friends, and as Mr..
and Mrs. Hale showed much interest in
her she was a frequent caller at their
home. In the course of time she agreed
to deliver her husband up to the police,
and this she did by means of informa-
ton communicated to the authorities
through Mr.. Hale. When Weaver was
put upon trial she assisted the prcsecu-
ton in obtaining evidence against him.
He made desperate effort to prove that
she was implicated with him in all his
crimes and in SO doing made the case
against himself stronger without serious
y injuring her. She maintained her in
nocence throughout, and persisted in
her assertion that he had DECEIVED her
rs to his true character. Weaver was a
notorious house and safe breaker whom
the authorities were delighted to corner
He was convicted mainly through the
efforts of his wife, aud sentenced to a
long term in Joliet prison, where he still
is His lasi utterance before going into
retirement was to record VOW that as
soon as he regained his liberty he would
kill both his wife and Hale.
A month or two after Weaver was
sent to the penitentiary his wife entered
the family of MIR. Hale as governess for
his two little children, Mrs. Hale having
lied. The burglars wife made model
governess. After she had been in Hale's
house few weeks she applied for and
received decree of divorce. from her
husband. Mrs. Weaver lived at Hale's
house for several months after this event
as housekeeper, and Mr.. Hale continued
Il L. r1oY,al Fino1IU If
eaked out that he had been displaced in
the Clearing House. The reports con-
cerning him caused a great commotion
for time, particularly 40 it was hinted
that the beautiful wife of noted burglar
was in some way mixed up with him IN
his trouble, but after little the interest
died out. and the incident was forgotten
With Mr.. Hale's retirement from the
Clearing House he dropped out of sight.
He married the fair governess and sent
his two children to live with relatives
Soon after breaking up Housekeeping
the new Mrs. Hale, accompanied by
another richly dressed woman, was
arrested for shoplifting in a Jewelry
store, but Hale and his former business
friends managed to secure her dismissal
After that they disappeared and were
not heard of again until two years
ago this winter, when both were ar
rested in Milwaukee for stealing dla'
monds from a jewelry store. The wo'
man had gone into ell the prominent