The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-11-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CHICAGO, October 26.-Cleveiand G.
Arnold has been arrested by a postof6ce
inspector for novel method ofswindling.
He would watch the columns of the
various marriage journals, and when he
saw an advertisement that suited him
would write to the advertiser. Els vic
Tins were always men, while Arnold
assumed the role of an innocent and
gentle girl desirous of finding husband.
IDclosing portrait of a handsome wo.
man Arnold was sure to receive reply.
A correspondence would then be opened,
and in very short time Arnold would
receive sum of money from his distant
admirer sent for the purpose of defraying
The railroad expenses of the young girl
on her trip to her admirers home. The
girl, of course, never arrived, and the
Would.b be husband soon discovered that
he had been swindled. Complaints have
been pouring into the postoftice authori
ties for some months, but twas only
few days ago that Arnold was caught.
The young man has been in Chicago for
about two years and during most of the
time was in charge OF soda water foun-
tain.
CHICAGO, October 30.-A burglar Sc
cured an entrance to the residence Of
George M. High, No. &c Bellevue Place,
Monday night, and seeing his image in
a large plate glass mirror became so badly
ratified that he drew his revolver. The
man in the mirror did likewise, and in
moment the burglar was blazing away
With precision that was hard on the
mirror. Mr.. High end his family were
at dinner on the floor below, and when
the shooting was heard, together with the
noise of breaking glass, there was q sud-
den loss of ofappelite on the part OF every
one at the table. Mr.. High grabbed
poker and headed procession up the
stairway, and when the large rear
b edroom on the second floor was reached,
n othing was found but the broken mirror
and an open window. By this Time the
whole neighburhood, one of the most
fashionable on the North side, was in an
uproar. Private telephones were get at
work, and the East Chicago avenue
patrol wagon, with load of officers, was
summoned. The arrival ofthe police
added to the excitement, and there were
rumors that q double murder had been
committed. An investigation showed
that some one had placed ladder against
the rear wall of Mr. Highs house and
had effected an entrance by forcing the
window. The room door was open, and
the light from the hall fell upon the mir.
ror in such way as to give the impres.
sion that some one was approaching
through the door. It was not the fault of
the burglar that he did. not commit
murder.
M1DDLETowN, N. Y, October 27.-.The
village of De Ruyter, on the line of the
Ontario and Western Railroad, was
deprived of it's Sunday quiet to day by
a vigorous discussion of the question,
who cut off Miss Bella Stillmau's hair !?
Miss Stillman is 18, one of the bellies Of
the village and daughter Of Jesse Still
man, a merchant. Among her attrac-
tions was wealth of beautiful golden
brown hair, which fell below her waist.
On Saturday evening che threw light
shawl over her head and shoulders and
tripped up the street to make call.
About 8 O'clock she started home. She
had only about fifty yards 10 go. She
had Tipped along perhaps half the dis.
tance when suddenly some one who had
approached her noiselessly from behind
seized her around the neck with his arm.
She tainted. She could not have remain
ed unconscious more than FIVE minutes,
but in the meantime every lock of her
hair had been shorn from her head. The
hair was cut 30 close as to leave the scalp
partially exposed. No other violence
had been attempted. She did not see
her ausailant. When she reached home
an alarm was raised and pretty much
all the village turned out to hunt for the
robber. Not trace of him has been
found 30 far.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. IA romance in
real life was made public in the divorce
court to day. Mrs. Sarah j. Hopkins,
a handsome woman of "a years, obtained
legal separation from Thomas J. Hop
kins, wealthy mill owner of. 73, from
the same Judge who three years ago made
them husband and wife. The strapgest
part of the case is that the wife desires no
alimony. She is only anxious to get rid
of her husband, and thereby hangs tale.
Three years ago Sarah j. Riley was
the prettist girl employed at the Allan.
tic Mill in OlneyYille. She was also the
belle of the place, and had long list OF
admirers among the young men of that
end of Providence. There were also
some students of Brown University who
had become enamored of her. Among
the we'll known wealthy men Of Olney
Vile is Thomas J. Hopkins, who is q
mill owner and has share in some of
the largest corporations in the city. He
became smitten with Sarah one day when
he saw her on the way to the mill.
Hopkins waited upon her, and. marriage
followed in the fall OF 1887. Hopkins
wanted the ceremony to be elaborate,
and he employed Justice Matterson OF
the Superior Court to tie the knot. ln
less than year Sarah began to complain
that her aged husband was misery and
that she did not have as much pocket
money as when in the mill. Matters in
this respect, pretty Sarah alleged, grew
worse instead of better. Her husband
had plenty of money, but she could get
none of it, so she sued for divorce ab
solute, and she wanted no alimony. She
considered her aged husband so misery
that be ought to have it. She sought
only to obtain her freedom Before
Justice MattersoD, the man who married
her 10 Hopkins, she came to day and told
the story of her misery. She was divorc
ed and her maiden name was restored.
CENTRAL, S. c., Nov. IA negro boy
about fourteen years of age, q son OF Cato
Sherman, was almost instantly killed
Saturday afternoon. He was hunting
and climbed tree for squirrel and fell
a sheer fall of about forty feet. Friends
undertook to convey him home but he
died before they reached there. His
father was one of the famous Central
"lynchers."
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 9.-Advices from
Fayette Court House, Ala, state that the
people of that county are greatly excited
over many conversions made by two
Mormon elders, assisted by a handsome
young female preacher. This morning
a mob took the elders out, whipped and
tarred and feathered them, and forced
tha,o RI lava the cnuntry under the