Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-10
Fifth EDITION


oas as o o1's morning that beat ~ ,S hse Gu
u~suS VI Yesterday all holIow. 'le ptan
"H named Isaac Jacobs wv. a YOU
ny MRS. Hannah X. Hin "as chsrp
Iine street, with trespass " No.
ohtiy annoying her. sbe , ana persIs
sbe had no acquaintsncsV ttetstihed ID
I mad never seen him NIX, Nun him, id
~ ~ ID w haa he came to her MO- SOn" wee
asked -. 9er to insure herself ana 1OGse AZ
on gu ene PRUDENTIAL Iusurapcs So r. olildtt
one told him that her bn.ba 11so'npsn
some trouble In Philadelnb,aau was
she could not insure item 1910, ana th
through with that 'u until he vi
| he returned In a few d..
her husbands revolver fro:, s and I'D
a a1d pat II In his pocket. She ' ,0,i clog,
OF tne case of her husband ,.l1 By
vv,,unteered to get a girj 10 aul
taxing care of her five oh, fascist
ALSO TO go with her himss,, 40
wbst could be done toward h.s md
husband released. At 6 o,oisVeg b
day morning, July 9th. tho '' ut sod
=. Inc .he mouse, and accom- psn AM, Sa'a
SSso3ps' shey all started for The p
o. Is. Railroad station, wbs,d w
Hin gave him q g. nots ~ "ue ere Mr.
TICKETS for the party. Wbspp u'ceas
half way to Philadelphis sbe u saL sooul
Tor the change and he h.nS ssse1 hln
DOLLAR, although she knew Nv aef
have more than that. 10 mus
Upon their arrival thew wen, II.
taufant and had breakfast. aiisr ~ n a ies]
jacobs piloted them to the Citv T Mn
and engaged aocommodations f., holeY
nut when Mrs. Hill Learned ,bs ,nem
she took her family and went 70 ~ sefS ~
James Hotel, where they war, u 'ue ~
lower. Jacobs called on her sUi %uCi
mat she would have to nav 'f hI1
exPenses, and also give him
dollar and a half a day in adrar,.
II ste wanted him TO do anr,h,
Tor her, and when she refused IN s on,1
10 the Sc terms declared his detsrnjsn
ton not to have anything fnr,ber ~ y.
with the case. While in Mrs H II
company he had asked her 50 nan,
questions about her house, how mrs,
money she had In it and how msn,
vaiuables, that she became snsnic'orI
and telegraphed to neiehbor to tesn \
sharp lookout, for fear he would rrtn,n
IN her absence and rob her,
Since she came home Jacoho b,,
called upon her several times, and aha
testified that on one occasion he mt his
arm around her and made iupronrr
proposals. He also advised her n mt
the children on farm, as she could get
along better without them. Ye.terdav
he called again aud told her that la hal
insured her and her children IN tbs
Prudential Company, and that when
the inspector called she must tell him
that 1t was all right, and then 90 mn
stairs and pretend to hunt for her book
and return and tell him she did moi
know where 1t was. After he made The
improper proposal to her she became
afraid and had him arrested.
The prisoner conducted his own case
in q manner which clearly demohstla-
ted that he Ia consumate sharper or
about hal: demented. In ADDITION to
interrupting the witness Lumber Of
times, he frequently laughed so immOi.
erately at her testimony that the Judge
admonished him that unless he con-
Quoted himself in q more becoming
manner he would impose fine for con.
tempt. Thii had the effect Of settling
him tor a time, but he finally burst out
laughing again, and pushed his hand.
kerchief in his mouth TO keep himself
quiet. He asked that the case b. post
poned until he could employ counsel,
aud as his request was Rot GRANTED, be
made a motion that he be discouraged, as
he claimed that nothing criminal had
been proven against him. He also al,
legged that Mrs. Hill was ocazy, and
asked the Judge to appoint medical
commission 10 inquire into hsr sanity.
lie informed the Judge that he ia a
general agent and csnyasser, and i'd
mitted almost all the charges made By
Mrs, Hill, except that OF making i'm
proper proposals and keeping her
money. Upon his promising not to
modest Mrs Hill again, anu to stay
away from her house, the case was dis
missed, but before he could cave tie
dock Charles IL. Leferts, tie inspector
of the Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany, took the stand ana preferred a
charge Of fraud against him, In signing
Mrs. Hills name to insurance papers
for the purpose OF OBJ aiming a commits
sion from the company.
Mrs. Hill testified that che had never
anfhnrizal him IN sign her name, and
the Judge committed him in default OF
$500 bail for a further hearing on Non.
day morning. His singular questions
and strar ge antics While the hearing
was going on conVulsed the spectators
with laughter, and nothing ouE the re
quent admouition OF the Judge, WIN
threats OF fine, kept him within Inc
bounds of propriety.