Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-07-08
The Terror
SIZE Is A CANDIDATE FOR THE
PENITENTlARY,
4-a. Aoua Johns Arreated On q Charg q
Of Seadlsg Obsceue as1 Delaaatory
Letters Through he Nails.

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Letters Through he Nails.
Tho Terror" has been removed
1t 10 gone from our gaxe-vsuished-
! and tho haunts that have seen her &
long will know her no more.
During the past Eve or six years
with the exception of . few month";
spent in Rocky Bar and in Nevads-
there has lived in HALEY . woman
named Johns-Mrs. Anna Johns =
who has been looked upon q = per
feet ''t-rror," that il, . most thoroughly
anmitigssed nuisance. She has =
daughter who il equally we'll known
with herself; but ~ she does mol
figure in this case il 10 unnecessary e
refer to her more At length.
How "rhe Terror" lived no fellow
could ever find out. She not only
seemed to have tho necessaries, but
many of The luxuries Of life. Among
the latter we're team and . covered
spring wagon.
In this wagon herself and daughter
would leave town at nigh'fall. and
although no ono would see them come
home, morning would find them back
in their dwelling. Where had they
been? What had they done? How
did they live? These questions were
frequently asked. but remained un-
answered. as 60 few persons ever
spoke to then, and such much
smaller number ever visited them, that
no "n- could penetrate the mystery
surrounding them. As q neighbor
she Was SO outrageously d;ssgreeable
that no one cared to live aexr her, and
the owners of adjaceu. property have
freeu entity had cause to regret her
vicinage
Last fall, herself and her daughter
started out with the team and cover
ed wagon above alluded to. They
we're gone some days, and returned
Snnoticed. Hence it was supposed
that their return occurred at night.
A day or so afterward . story came
up from below. 1t was to tho effect
that the WON an had been caught by
. ranch owner, IN the center OF his ii.
falfA field. At night, and carrying
away an armful OF this Oh dice grass.
He followed her to her covered wagon,
. short distance away, and found
there the daughter and wagon we'll
filled with osbbages, onions, carrots,
pumpkins, squash-s, etc., the whole
covered with alfalfa. But he did not
see any horses.
"What has besome Of your tesm?"
the rxncher asked.
"Oh! they got away" the angel
responded; land ale in your alfalfa
field yonder."
The woman had evidently been
laying in her winter supl>,es. The
1anoher did not prosecute; otherwise
we would have had to bear the loss
Of this charming ornament to our local
society last win. er.
AZ above stated, she was especially
dreaded BY neighbors. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roo lived in her dwelling Ut the cor.
ner Of Walnut street and First avenue,
for awhile. They Afterwards returned
to Greeley, Iowa, their home, where
Nj. Roe kept banking house. She
followed with letters adore ssed to tho
local paper aud tho postmaster, de-
flaming Mr.. and Mrs. Roe and charg.
ing them with beastly crimes, theft,
etc. That 10, it 10 not known that
she wrote these letters, but she IL
supposed to have written them.
Last March Charles Angel, foreman
Of tho TIMES, left for Coupeville,
Wash. to found . newspaper. Let.
ters followed hin, there, and to HE
former homo in Wisconsin, charging
him and his family with unnatural
crimes, theft, etc. He had occupied
the second house from hers, aud man
aged to incur he's enmi,y.
Postmaster Ed. Angel, brother Of
ChaPlaa. livad near har. Ha hacama