Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-02-28
The M yStery."

hDoulH, We sldic lidh sht u ~ Holllc !
Salina, Venango county, living with Ii
legitimate father, Mr.. Fish. After hC
narrow escape OF being housed at MOI
ganza, through the kindness" of an easily
gullible magistrate and few wonld-b
friends, she returned to kind, bat delude
friends in Bruin. She was housed, fed an
clothed and everything done to help he
live down the nOt0riety. but she soon be
came uneasy and moved to Mllerstown
! While there she had "one of her fits" bu
for once failed TO concOet any scheme
She returned to Bruin to the hospitabl
home Of Mr. Sutton. For reasons bes
known to herself and the owners she re
manned only a short time. In a hurry sh'
! left most of her clothes. After an eldps'
of a few days, a letter was received at th'
| Sutton house requesting them 10 forward
her clothes To Oil City The letter con
| tanned an acknowledgement from herscl
| that she was Anna Fish and not Adj
| SeatOn. \ few lines from Mr.. Fish, hel
father, were also enclosed in the letter
The stand taken by this paper in regard tc
the little girl from the first we had nC
reason To change, notwithstanding the
majority of the people were firm believers
in the little girls innocence" and ''plausi-
ble7 story. The denouement of this re-
markable case should teach people not to
be too fast in believing strangers and de-
nclncing those who could not conscien-
tionsly agree with them.
Att AGAIN.
The following is from the Pittsburgh
Times Of Tuesday:
Annie Fish, pretty, blue-eyed girl, was
admitted to the West Penn Hospital yes
terday in an apparently unconscious con
ditiol. Investigation into the ease de
veloped d remarkable story
About 10 o'clock last Friday morning
Mrs. Leopold, midwife, who lives on
Butler street. between Fifty first and Fifty
second streets, called at the Office of Al
derman McNeirney with the young lady in
question. To the Alderman the girl told
the following story;
"My father and step-mother, Mr. and
Mrs. William Fish, live on farm near
Franklin, Pa. Ever since my mother
died my father has i'll treated me. beating
me terribly for the least offence. | bore it
as long as ! possibly could, and finally ap-
pealed to some neighbors, who entered
suit against my father to have me taken
away from him. They lost thir case, how
ever, and after that ! received worse treat
ment than ever.
FINALLY becoming desperate / concluded
to leave him and come to Pittsburgh
though | knew not what / would do when
| got here. Last Wednesday night | Sc
cured suit Of clothes from my step
brother, who pitied me, cut off my hair
and, disguised As a boy boarded a freight
train and rode on the bumper of a car to
Pittsburgh, arriving here Thursday morn
ing.
II wandered about all day and slept
Thursday night in stable. | do not
know where the stable was. This morn
ing, having nothing to eat since leaving
home ! was so weak from hanger that
could scarcely walk, but managed TO get
to house nearby, where | told the lady
my story and asked for something to eat
She took me into the house and gave Inc a
good meal"
Mrs. Leopold then stated that she had
gone 20 the house of Mrs Kabel, on Fifty
third street, and found the girl there
dressed in masculine attire On the girls
request, she went TO some of the neighbors
and secured dress for her, which was
soon substituted for the costume she had
been wearing. She then concluded to
take the girl to Alderman McNeirncy to
see what should he done with her.
The girl said she wanted work aud Mrs.
Men eirney soon found her place at the
home of William Kemana JI42 Butler
street. She did her work well there and
all went smoothly until yesterday morning
when she was found at 8 o'clock lying
prostrate in the hall, apparently uncon-
scious. DR.. II. ID. Fulton was at once sum
moned, but could not revive her. The
patrol was sent for and she was removed
to the Seventh ward station, altcrward be
ing taken TO the West Penn Hospital,
where she revived about o'clock in the
afternoon.
Late in the afternoon she told quite n
different story from his statement to Al
derman McNeirney, stating that her par
ents had both died in Bradford, Pa, some
time ago, and that before coming to Pitts
burgh she had worked at the home of
William McVeigh, ut Kittanning. She
said she remembered nothing after going
to bed the night before, but stated later
that she did not even remember of going
to bed. She refused to say any more. Her
hands gave evidence of having done some
hard work. Her light brown hair was cut
short, but the cutting had evidently been
done hurriedly and was very irregular.
The nurse who attended her said there was
apparently nothing the matter with the
girl and that she was in perfect health.
DR.. Fulton said to reporter last night:
81 feel confident that the girl was not nm
conscious at all. hut was merely feigning
She lay apparently insensble, but when |
applied stimulants | noticed her face
twitch IA little. AS she could not be made
to revive, however, we had to have heI
taken away in the patrol wagon. | cannot
understand her object in feigning in
sensibility unless it was 10 excite sym
pathy."
The following dispatch was received
from Franklin last night
William Fish, father of Annie Fish, re-
| sides at East Sandy, on the Valley road.
The girl is crazy. She left here Friday
night, disguised as u boy, since which time
l,ar fail huu .,,t
| search for her"
Superintendent Cowan, of the West
Penn Hospital in Pittsburg, received Il dis
patch from +. Kueler, Of Franklin, asking
if Annie Blair, alias Annie Fish, was al
the West Penn, and stating that she was
wanted for larceny. Mr.. Cowan answered
the telegram in the affirmative, but as f.
Kueler is unknown to him and no order
has been received TO hold the girl she will
| be allowed to go when she chooses. She
had intended to leave Wednesday night,
but was persuaded by Dir. Elterich, who
had charge of her, TO remain till next
morning.
The proprietors of the n. Y. York Ba
zaar have rented Miss Gilkey's room, ad
joining the ono now occupied by them, and
give notice of big reduction in prices t,
make room for their new stock. See no
tice of Annexation Bargains" il another
column.
| Exclusive territory will be given t,
first class agents who will devote their en-
| tire time during the season to selling tn,