Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-07-28
CAPTURED.
CAREER hAOhO'
villain With Many Aliases Identified and
~ Run Down.
,,O7BBR CHAPTER OF CRIME
J. c.,.,tb Poor Dupe Recognizes Hl'
Picture.

fO1 p.,tlav WOrthlngton, aii'' ~
~ ~, n Word. alias Eugene BAnnsr'On'
~ % nfo0s;sur Bsnnstian, alias A'linS'O-
'09 1nas;Dgb.m S, wadswOrtb, alias %' n!S
|aa Du'N o,slsy Wood, alias Judge j. YAK
4 l.O. lO'rsr C,.wCord, is not near through WIN
/ tro1bIes. The expose Of his diss''V'
career is complete. and establishes lns
81 that Mrs. PIuakett's present sour >
! s,su and editor Of the cAr''''aH Se''''''
- il none other than the disTepu'a-
..onOdrel who has victimizsd people
D'' len States. Since the New YORK
''S' ~, first expose, Mrs. Plunkett has
II b%b her spiritual mate closely concealed
Ng. YORK city. he refuses to see any
{. o .n5 although the house in which his
z ,,;,-,s carcass Is deposited has been close
thS .obed. he hiss not been seen. Before
lntM .;me some of his numerous dupes
have placed him in the hands OF
oe7 r, World says: Mr John J. Plunkett
I'd a letter yesterday from Mrs. A.
emI Wand Of Grand Forks, Oak, the sew
. siis Of WOrthington. Iuclosed in the
so sss photograph of Gen" Ward.
Ward af.er rObbiDg his young wife of all
, n q. r,Opsrty, amounting to over Sl2 900,
tNd 4, Ter penniless and in destitute cir
III --...anees The photograph is a true
- 80 of Major Horace Oakley Wood,
f, ,ss now a wife in Griffin, Ga, and
a L. HE IN rrp ?
Artrait 20 he that OF the preseat
,3 sof Mrs Plunkett-W WOrthineton.
rsrt saws in her letter that II Is q
AZ ssnes5 Of her tugliiVe nusOAnu' a'-
h- she, she first met him be wore
N hs,rd, and at the time OF ms disappear
'c a0es -oua Dakota he wore slee ~hiskers'
fvbls TIE picture shows "Aru WIN
Nhayy mOus'aehe.
IL 1T Is DUB "JUD6E"
a1 ,r,;o, Horace Oakley Wood was the
- the accomplished Judge Crawford
"A undsr when ia Georgia, and the
sl .rudge and Mrs Plunkett.s present hus-
sa are undoubtedly one and the same.
.[ following Charleston special gives 8
ie1 lpls.e account Of his transactions when
ar that city. Mr. Dane, the gentleman
ose pocket the slick Judge" relieved
g 900, is known by reputation TO half
people in West Virginia:
HIS CHARLESTON CAREER.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, July 25.-In
EDscembsr. 1885, a man registered at hO-
tel in this city as S. o. Crawford, and with
him were two women who be said were his
.Nsisters. In the following February he
, Ileased fine estate near the city, purchased
IA horse and carriage and went into retire
es4ment. because, be claimed his health was
4 kvery bad and he wanted 10 be in retire
knent. as the sir OF the Eastern resorts did
j not agree with him. he refused to see
a sny one for some time, but as his health
n improved he began to form acquaintanees,
Wand charmed all who came in contact with
him. In the year 1886 he was introduced
tOJ. f Dams, an extensive coal operator
2 here and who wss also interested in q
srze and valuable tract Of timber land 10
Il one OF the back counties. Crawford said
could sell the land, and told Dana great
II stories OF his moneyed infuence IN the Est,
NurnCcally in New York. Dana offered
Ihm hs aod and Crawford. who had by
bs lne become Judge John D. Craw-
4 ford o. ait housekeeping and took the two
II .|..... away ne MAWtc Olu4 lANlA VIC
H AN House, New York, that the land
Ess old, aId then returned 10 this city,
where be showed 8 contract for its sale.
sntlemsn in Washington had an option
the land, and ss Crawford wanted to
isummate the sale at once, he must be
night of.
GONE WITH $4,000.
Crawford went TO Washington and on
bis return showed a receipt for money paid
4 the gentleman. Dana, aud all who were
/ in the land deal, knew the gentlemsn's
signature we'll and believed it genuine.
There was an Undivided interest in the
land owned by q Mr.. Miller, who resided
in Nebraska, and to push the sale Dana
gave Crawford 50 600 to buy this interest.
hCrawford left here then, and it was the
last heard Of him till he turned up in
VGrifiB, Georgia.
From letter written by a professor Of
NColumbia Law School TO gentleman here
Iii appears that Crawford has served term
b. the penitentiary. Crawford has made
- kwindlipg study. He would write letters
IstO James G. Blaine and other prominent
3ner, post them and then show replies.
The fellow knew several persons in this
Z fity when he came, "a he had been
MON soldier and was wounded in q