The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-05-24
ARE TOLD
TO SKIDDOO
Band of Gypsies Fired Out
of the City.
WINDOWS ARE RUE D
Owner OF a Diamond Mars
Fine Plate Glass.
Mrs. Nettie Edwards Draws a $50
Fine-Two Boys Suspected Of
Stealing Pair Of Shoes.

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an ali and aggregating thirty-six in
number, arrived in Marion, saturday
morning and proceeded to work their
clever tactics upon local people. The
DARK SKINNED Nomads tIamped the
streets, telling fortunes Tor piece
OF money and ilim-tiamming the pub
ic out of change at every opportun-
ity.
Monday morning several people
complained to the police that they
had been robbed. They claimed that
they had placed coins in the hands
of a fortune teller, whereupon she
had ran with 1t. The police immedl-
ately rounded up the gang and gave
them orders TO leave town at once.
They obeyed instructions without de-
lay.
The gypsies claim to be bound for
Columbus, where the spring conyen-
ton of their race is TO be held with
in few weeks. They went towards
Delaware which will probably be their
next stopping pla,e The chief OF
police of that town viii be instructed
as 10 their tactics and their stay
there will be very limited.
The gang came here from Buoy
rus, where it had the crooked -
practice. At Crestine, they were
mixed up in quite serious trouble.
s. G. Brown, we'll known insur-
ance man of Canton pad fifty cents
TO one Of the women TO have his for
tune told. After she had gone, he
missed his wallet containing $40. The
Crestline officers pursued the band
in an automobile, overlook 1t ana
demanded the money. The members
fatty denied having stolen the pock-
etbook, but finally admitted it by TAX
ing up a collection and paying the
amount.
When brought up on the carpet
in local mayors court Monday morn
ing the gypsies claimed that they
knew nothing OF the Crestline at
fair and declared that they were
working on the square and earning
an honest living by telling fortunes.
They declared that they were not
gypsies, holding that they came to
this country from Brazil about eleven
years ago.
The superintendent OF the gang
was we'll dressed and spoke Buglish
very fuently. He seemed TO have
plenty of money and offered TO pay
the court the amount of money which
was alleged to have been stolen.
Mrs. Nettie Edwards. who was ar
rested Saturday on an affidavit
charging her with selling or having
in her POSSESSION intoxicating liquors,
was arraigned before Mayor Scherff
late Saturday afternoon. She en-
tered plea Of guilty. and drew a fine
OF $50 and costs, aggregatng in all
TO S52 so. She arranged TO settle
the assessment and was dismissed.
One of the most abominable tricks
that has been performed in the city
for some time occurred Sunday night
when about $1,000 worth Of plate
glass windows were practically ruin
ed by the work OF the owner OF a
diamond.
The party commenced his dirty
work at the Claude Walters cigar
stand on West Center street and
proceeded to slash deep cuts In ey-
cry window on the north side Of the
street, west as far as Baers piano
store. The windows in the Warner
& Edwards dry goods store were
practically ruined. The large plate
glass surface was cut in hundred
different places. The initials ID. W.
". were cut in large sweeping circles
aud checker board line we're inn
printed on the lower part OF the big
windows A score of other win
dows were badly damaged.
The police were notified early this
morning and are working on clue
which may lead to the detection OF
fhe guilty party, The man who did