Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-22

-.vr on TO CoURT.-James Love-
"a a. alias Tipto or Tattoo, who is
i.5s ar, with enticing Mary Jane
f TiSa ~ from her home in this city for
L. n,a!Tal purposes, was brought into
l llPoiire Court last night and sent on
!a' ,bs Corporation Court. From the
10 ,;5 Ian il appears that George Lively,
ssa f,ther ofthe girl, resides with his
' InI and two daughters, Lilly and
MARY Ti,r on Montgomery street, near
G ;lI,; in this city. Mary claims
.Sat Nordly morning about eleven
we. "'"iock Loveland called at her home
onJ induced her to enter his wagon,
S.stng that her sister was waiting
~ .se her at the watering trough,
u.or Hunting creek bridge, south
u uS the city. She also testified
.bot after she entered the wagon she
m .ra. held prisoner, until released by the
nicer. She said she believed Love-
I,n1 had taken her from her home for
immoral purposes, but denied that he
%ad taken any liberties with her. The
s, Of the capture of Loveland was
,o5 by Constable Webster and his
S 1y Mr.. Herbert Knight, and was
IN substance as published yesterda.
n Dorng the progress of the examination
woman with little boy in charge
To.itiyely asserted that she was Love
lands wife, and that she was married
10 him in Elizabeth, n. j., in 1882 by
Rev Philip Brooks. Loveland denied
the statement and said that he had
lived with the woman, but never
married her, as she had a husband
living. He pretended he couldn't
understand why he had been arrested,
and he claimed to be guilty of no
oilense His alleged wife asked to be
ejyen possession of the horse and
wagon captured yesterday, averring
that she had purchased it out of her
earnings. Loveland at first objected,
but later agreed that the property
be turned over to her. The
alleged abduction seems to be gu GER
sort of affair. A year ago war
rants. it is said, were issued in Washing
ton for every member of the Lively
family, who lived at Congress Heights.
George Lively and his daughter, Lii
Ian. had, it was alleged, enticed little
girl from her home in southeast Wash
ngton and carried her in wagon
through several towns of Virginia,
where Lillian told fortunes. A raid
was made on their house and three babes
were found. Mary Jane, who appears
to be a woman at least twenty years
old, who was found in the wagon Mon
day night with Loveland, was sent
down to the workhouse. George Live
" and Lillian escaped to Virginia,
where they lived in the vicinity of Rich
mOnd. They led a wandering life and
later were joined by Mary, and month
ago moved to the outskirts of this city.
The men in an adjoining gypsy camp
had met the women of the Lively fam
lily near fredericksburg, and there was
a sort OF intimacy, which ended in the
alleged abduction. These men make
living by going through the country
and telling fortunes, the gypsy men
using the women for that purpose. 1t is
thus that George Lively, it is said, has
made a living through his daughters.
Two ofthe men at the camp who be-
came struck with the two Lively girls
decided that they were needed in their
business and negotiations were begun
10 that end. The father, however, was
not consulted. Hence the excitement
which followed. The girl found with
Loveland, it is alleged, has been mar
RED once and when arrested in Wash
ugton had a child, which has since
died. From this it will be seen that
the thrilling stories told at first of
two little girls having been stolen by
gypsies" is very commonplace affair
and devoid of anything startling or
sensational.
The statement made yesterday that
Lillian Lively and Tippet had been in
tercepted and lodged in jail at Fairfax
Courthouse was incorrect. at last &C
counts they had not been captured.
The Alexandria authorities have ceased
TO manifest interest in the matter, it
being apparent that the entire affair
was magniied unduly.