Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-08
MYSTERY In MADNESS.
AN INSANE GIRL AT CINCINNATI IN
Wolves A PIrTsBURGER.

He Was Paying Well to Have Her Live Con-
tented and In Luxury-She Fell in Love
With Thief-A Thousand Dollar Rob-
berry.
CINCINNATI, May IA pretty blonde
girl, dressed in black, entered police head
quarters at o'clock last evening and set a
small valise, which she carried, on the desk
In front of Night Chief Casey
"You must get my watch for me, she
said excitedlv, and soon showed symptoms
of lunacy. She was sobbing Historically,
but suddenly screamed at the top of her
voice: "What shall 1 do? My Will is
dead
"Will who?" asked the startled Sergeant,
while Detectives Allen and Toker started
f rom their chairs in astonishment.
''Will Henshaw." screamed the woman.
"You have got to find out who killed him.
Just then the woman caught sight of De-
tective Allen and madly attacked him.
Later she told the officers in a comparatively
rational manner that her name was Ella
Dawson and that she was living with a TAM
lily bv the name of Honington, at 392 West
Third street. Sergeant Casey and Detec-
tive Toker started to take her home. assur-
ing her that they would find her watch.
She went, but was violent on the way and
had to be taken to the House of Detention.
A few minutes after she had left Mr.. Har-
rington, at whose house the girl had been
staying, appeared at police headquarters.
He was very anxious ior her welfare and
said that she had been suffering from hys-
terra for several days, and had been under
the care of Dr. DeCourcey.
The girls story as learned from Mr.. Har-
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is startling one, and includes the details
OF big jewelry robbery which has never
been made public. In Cincinnati, where
she has lived for two years, the girl has
gone by the name of Stella Stewart. She
lived in a strictly private boarding house
on George street, and her board was paid
by a well-known and highly connected
merchant of Pittsburg, who made frequent
business trips to this city. Whenever he
was here he was constantly in the society of
the girl, and she was generally recognized
as his wife.
Some three months ago the girl came to
police headquarters and reported the theft
of her handsome gold watch, which had been
given her by her rioh Pittsburg admirer
Officers were detailed to investigate the mat
ter and they were astounded when they
learned the true state of affairs. The girl
had fallen in love with loafer and general
"beat" who visited her when her Pittsburg
admirer was not in the city. He had stolen
her watch, and not only that, he had stolen
several hundred dollars in money and 5000
worth of jeweiry from the people who kept
the boarding house. A warrant charging
him with grand larceny was Immediately
issued, and vigorous search was made for
the missing lover, but in vain. Since that
time he has not been in Cincinnati.
Ella Dawson is the girls right name.
She came from Winchester, Ind, where her
parents are well known and highly re-
spected. She has had numerous admirers
In this city, and her name has been spoken
of in connection with that of prominent
physician, who is a believer in Spiritual
ism, and who met the girl at a seance.
What she meant bv her strange reference
to the death of "Will Henshaw" puzzles
the police.
From the treatment which the girl re-
ceived it seems clear that someone was
ready to paw we'll for her care, and that
there was a strong desire to avoid all pub
licitv concerning her affairs. The supposed
theft of her watch was purely vagary of
the girls disordered mind. The watch was
in the satchel she carried.