The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-01
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From tho Cat In His Thront--sforc About
3EfT wy tho Girl Lulu Criss. faHf|

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s'lt tho Oil Lulu Criss.
James Williams, the quadroon who
cut his throat as he was being taken to
Jail by Policeman Bell last Thursday
afternoon, and for whom It was thought
at the timo there was no possible chance
Of recovery, Is apparently mending rap
ldly and his condition Is such now that
there appears 10 he no doubt as to his
anal and complete recovery from tho
effects OF the awful CASH he cut In him.
aeli. He is still al the Hospital, but II
he continues 10 improve as no has
been he will DO removed 10 the
jail In two or three days, or at least
carefully guarded at the Hospital. Yes.
terday Sheriff Steenrod ind Chief OF
Police Delbrugge made q careful ex.
animation OF his trunk and other effects
found In the room on the second floor
Of tho Meriben building, on Market
street Just above Tenth, which Williams
and John Dlckey occupied for the carry.
lug on Of their picture framing business.
1t was thought that possibly some letters
or papers might be found that would
indicate whether he had over enticed
girls away from their homes or to what
extent he had carried on the felonious
business Of supplying houses Of III. fame
with women, this being the ofiense
with which he Is charged and on which
he was arrested. Nothing Of the kind
was found, however. fE1
There were found two large reyolvers,
bank book, indicating that he had d
balance in the National Bank OF West
Virginia, anda memorandum book from
certain entries, in which 1t Is supposed
that he was born: April %, 1866, making
him now "a years old, and that his
mother is ann Btankenchip, OF James.
town, Russell county, Ky. This entry
asks the one finding 1t 10 notify her Il
he (Willlams) should happen to be
killed. !6N T''r0 gt
Williams is able 10 be about his room
and can now talk as we'll Ms ever. What
induced him to cut his throat still re.
mains a mystery. wa
The more that is learned OF Lulu Criss,
the Uhrichsyille girl who was taken
from Williams by Officer Short las,
Wednesday, the less dependence Is to be
placed in tho story OF innocence she told
at headquarters. The following special
from this papers correspondent at Can.
ton, supplementary to the one sent last
Friday evening and which gave the fret
authoritative news about Lulu's career
tells its own story:
CANTON, ONO, March 3l.-Furthel
investigation into the character Of Lulu
Crisis, the Uhrichsville girl, leaves nc
doubt but that the story she told the
Wheeling police was wildly exagger
ated. She has been arrested numerous
times and has eloped with number Of
strange men, among them one Samue
Loos, they passing as man and wife fol
some time. She is down on the police
records OF Canton rs IN adventures and
she has also figured in shady cases al
Dresden, Orrville. Warsaw and Mas
sillon. Her mother, Mrs. Kate 3. Rusk
is well respected resident of Uhrichs
vile and tho girl has had the advantages
Of good education, but her Maynard
disposition has always kept her in
trouble" s's5s,; +
Officer Short was busy yesterday
hunting up evidence to DO used agains,
Williams, John Dickey and Mrs. SADIE
Tracey when they have their prel;mi.
nary examination before Justice Dayit
next Monday. Dickey is still in jail
and very much in want Of laudanum te
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