Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-08-31
A sNeAK THlet CAUGHT.

She Stole Dress and Cried with Fear
When Arrested "A New Shirt Factory.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETowN. August 81 LEI Sophia
Brown, young colored woman, was ar.
rested on Saturday evening, while She
was purchasing few articles in w. s.
Letherbury's hardware store, on Main
street, charged with having stolen a
dress and several small articles from the
house OF Rev Joseph Beers on Cochran
street. that afternoon. Sophia has been
employed as a domestic there In the
place Of another colored woman, who was
called away two weeks ago TO her sick
child, and when she returned home
on Saturday afternoon she
found her dress missing and ut once
suspected Sophia as having taken e. She
ordered her arrest and Officer Craddock
found her In the store. When he grabbed
her she screamed and offered TO give the
dress up right there IL he would let her
60, but 1t did not work and she was
placed in the lookup. Sophia began to
steal several weeks ago and has been
caught in the act several times and was
given good lecture by the person who
caught her, but was never arrested until
Saturday. Sophia will be taken to New
Castle jail this morning to appear at the
September term Of court.
A special meeting of the residents Of
this town. who were interested In the
shirt factory, was held in Mcwhorter's
Hall on Wednesday evening and proved
to be the best meeting Of the season
Everyone present was awake and wanted
the factory, and in a short time $500 was
subscribed, that being the amount neces.
sary to establish it here. Nathaniel
Williams donated the land necessary for
the site. The building will be 40 by 100
feet, and will be ready for occupancy by
the last of October. 1t will EN- ploy 100
hands. and will prove an addition to the
town. Thomas Vaughan Of Salem, N
j., will have charge of the factory, and
will shortly remove his family here.
Wallace Holten, composltor of the
New Era spent yesterday with his
friend, John Biles, at Thurlow, Pa.
Cochran, Talbot & Co, preprietors Of
the creamery, are making 5000 pounds
of butter per week.
Dr. William R. Pearson, a former
physician OF this place, who has been at
Colorado Springs, Col, for some time
past With the hope Of bepsatipg his
health, returned TO his home in Greens.
boro, Md, few days since in eery
weak condition. having derived no bene
fit from his Western visit
The young men Of this town will give
the last private dance of the season at
Augustine Pier this evening and q most
enjoyable time is anticipated
Howard Downs Of Mt. Pleasant was in
town on Saturday
swtt - H.
/ very drunk on Saturday afternoon, but
Officer Craddock escorted him to the
/ lookup.
Wells, Herring s. Co. are putting up
i ~, 900 cans of tomatoes per day
William H Lingo Of Wilmington spent
yesterday with friends here. =
OfIiser Craddock was kept busy for q
4 short time on Saturday afternoon by
placing three drunken tramps in this
lookup to sober up. They were released
on Sunday morning
Miss Jennie Jones is visiting relatives
near Smyrna.
Mrs. William Bolton and children ari
visiting relatives ct Nil ngton
| Mrs. Rebecca Emerson Of Philadelphia
is spending few days here with her son
]. II Emerson
John E Roberts is again at Cap,
| Henlopen City for a few days
Walter s. Letherbury is rusticating a
/ Atlantic City for a week
+. a. Bloomer and Miss Lula Caull
are spending few days with friends il
Philadelphia.
Edward Tatman Of New York is visit
ing friends here.
Edward Burnham of Dover is spending
few days with relatives in town.
James BurnhRm of Dover, who ha
been IN at the home of his aunt Mrs
William Burnham on Broad street, is re-
covering
b. Howard Craddock, a compositor o.
the Transcript, is spending his vacatio
at Baltimore. Md