Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-14
Mrs. Calvert, OF Centralia, Arrested
On the Charge Of Stealing SIo5
From the Room OF Boarder.

Last Tuesday evening a woman ap-
peared at the Omaha hotel in this city
who gave her name as Mrs. Calvert. and
her residence as Centralia. She repre-
sented herself as peddling some kind OF
notions and came up to see her son, who
she said was in this vicinity and from
money. She said she had no money
but desired to remain over night. She
was taken in and given supper and a
room for the night. In the morning. as
the elder Mrs. Weld, mother of the
proprietor of the hotel was upstairs do
ing chamber work, Mrs c. offered to
assist her, and the kind old lady think
ing the woman was willing to work, in
formed her that she might 60 into rooms
No. and s and do up the work, which
she did and then returned to her own
room, turning the KEY which looked g
little queer to Mrs. Weld. Along about
IL O'Clock the woman came down to the
office and offered to pay Mr.. Weld fol
her nights lodging which he refused tC
accept and wanted to know why she
would not remain for dinner. She in.
formed him that she had some shopping
to do before the P. e. c. q n. train left
and she would 90 at that time. Long
about noon, Mr.. Kenningston, an insur.
ance agent, who had made the Omaha
his headquarters, occupying room No. 6
came rushing iuto the house and run
ming upstairs to his room. Returning
be Informed Mr.. Weld that he had losl
Sl05. He said that he put his pocket
book into the pillow slip; that the pocket
book on one side contained $105, and Oh
the other $50; and that he had Just dis
covered that the $l05 was missing. A
warrant was at once sworn out for the
woman, and the police at Centralia wired
to arrest her. It. was found soon after
that she had S. bill changed here at
one Of the stores and had safely alluded
any suspicion and was on her way home
AS the p. +. G. Il n. has no telegraph
line, the woman could not be intercepted
and it is learned that she left the train
at a crossing about a mile this side OF
Centralia, but as soon as she showed up
in that place was nabbed and searched
$50 was found on her person. Mr. Weld
once to bring his guest back to the
scene of her crime, arriving here with
hel yesterday noon and at p. m. was
arraigned before Judge Hirth and
pleaded lot guilty. Bail was fixed at
$500 for her appearance at the next
term of circuit tcourt.-Marshfield Times
This lady is more to be pitied than
prosecuted. While we do not desire to
excuse the theft, if it was Willful on her
part, but from the facts we have come
in possession of through her husband
we are satisfied that she is not so much
to be blamed as pitied. What a mother
will not do for her offspring is noted
among the impossibilities. She loves
her recreant son with devotion and love
only possible with a mother. For him
she has sacrificed all-even reputation.
To those who are apt to condemn hastily
we would say withhold condemnation
for tie true inward facts are not known
TO the world and may never be known,
even though she has to pay the penalty
of sin by going to states prison, she has
our pity more than our condemnation.
Forgive her for she did not realize what
she was doing or the eHormity Of it at
the time. We are all apt 10 sin on the
spur Of the moment-or when tempta-
ton is placed before lis.