VOL.XXYII. A CLEVER SCOli N DItKL WHO COMPLETELY DUPED A FOK MER JOHNSTOWN BOV, A. Bently Worthlngtou Was His Sum* when He Killtud the "Chrtstiiiiisefcs.ee Maga zine," nut He was Judge Crawford when He I>it|id Ed. Hoggs, nf Chailesl.m, W. Va. The New York World cent a week ago exposed one of the most notorious conti deuce men known in the annuls of crime. One day last February a stranger walked into the office, of the K'/iruitian Science Magatinc, and introduced himself as A. Bently Worthingtnn. lie was evidently a man of brilliant attainments, and was given a place at once oe the editorial staff of the paper. He tell desperately in love with Mrs. Pluokett, wife of the editor, and soon convinced the lady she was intended for him. Accoidingly she left her lusbaud and was married to Wurtliington accord ing to Christian Science tenets. When the World exposed him as a thief, forger, swindler anil confidence man gen erally, and besides had eight living wives, he fled the city. The following special troiu Richmond, Va., gives an aocmiut of his escap ade in Charleston. As the old fellow said " its mighty in teres: in' readin': " RICHMOND, VA.. July 38.—Since the World lias published so many chapters iu the history of the m-.tti with so many aliases, known as Gen. A. B. Ward, Major Horace Oakley Wood, A. B. Worthington, A. B. Wardsworth, etc., a chapter of which your correspondent has personal knowl edge will not be uninteresting. Id the Winter of 1884 there came to Charleston, Kanawha county, West Va., a man, tall, well proportioned, with thick dark hair, an auburn mustache, and dark gray eyes, lie was faultlessly dressed and his personal appearance was that of a thorough gentleman. The few acquain tances he made were captivated by the elegance of his manner and the charm of his conversational powers. He rented a house from Dr. Lawrence Carr. giving his name as Judge J. Oakley Crawford, of New York, and saying he had been ad vised to try the air of the West Virginia mountains, on account of the lung trouble with which he was afflicted. He added that it was his desire to he as quiet as possible, hence lie hud rented a house some distance from the town. He declined all social advances on the part of Dr. 1 arr, and for some time lived in seclusiou. His lung troubles, however, forced him to leave his rclicat, as it was necessary to have medicine, lie accord ingly visited the pharmacy of E. L. Hoggs. The " doctor" is a thorough gentleman and a thorough Republican, and it was with great pleasure that he learned liis handsome customer, besides being a brilliant conversationalist and a man of wide information, was also a Re publican and one who had done noble work fur the U. O. P. iu the Bluine cam paign of that year, ami who was, above all, according to his own statement, an intimate friend of the " Plumed Knight" himself. Alter the "Judge" had im parled this information lie relaxed so far as to bring for Dr. Hogg's perusal letters from numerous prominent Republicans throughout the country, and also copies of speeches which he had made during the Blaine campaign. When these speeches were examined they were found to lie able efforts, which showed that Judge Crawford was one of the finest . campaign orators in tiie country. So good a thing should not be kept, thought Dr. Boggs, so he culled iu other Republi cans, kindred spirits, among whom were ex-Mayor llulvey, Major Eugene Dana, Colonel E. L. Buttrick and tuc defeated Republican candidate for Congress from that district and others. They, too,were captivated by the Judge's many good points, and after much hesitancy, by the Jatter, lie was induced to mingle more freely among the people of the eity. Living in the house with "Judge" Crawford were two women whom he rep resented as his sisters, but who kept much , closer than the " Judge " had ever done. When the latter decided to leave his re tirement his " sisters" returned to New York. After their departure Crawford made his home at Major Dana's house, who was only too glad to have so churn - ing a guest under his roof-tree. While here the Judge received many social ai-i tentious from the ladies. Year after year the Republicans of tli" j Third Congressional District had nouii- 1 nated their candidate only to have him! snowed under on election day. Just no v tire clouds were the blackest, uud even • the most sanguine had almost ceased t<> hope. But suddenly the clouds were dis pelled, hope of victory arose, and the j faithful became radiant with increased ! confidence. Judge Crawford was their mascot. He was to turn the tide of biit-1 tie. No one could resist the persuasive eloquence of the personal friend of James G. Blaine ; besides, J. G. Blaine himself " might be relied on to aid materially where his friend. "Judge" Crawford, was the JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2. 1889. candidate. 80 enthusiastic did the breth ren become that .Major Dana cave a diu ner, which was ordered from Washington at a big cost, to which all the prominent Republicans of the Kanawha Valley were invited. They viuue. Champagne flowed freely, and when the praises of Judge Ctawford had been sung into the ears of ali present, one of the guests awse and re minded them of the clouds which over hung tiie political horizon, but told Ihetn " deliverance was at uaiid." At the nine of their strongest nppiesciott "the Moses who was to lead them op out of political bondage had e mr." and with Judge Crawford for iioir standard-nearer they would redeem tie third District. The "Judge" no destly declined, say ing lie did not wish to usurp an honor be longing to those who had borne the brunt on so many fields, .u. was not listened to, and they parted with the understand ing that Judge Craw-ford would he the next nominee of the. .party. Some of the gentlemen who have been mentioned were interested iu laud and eon) speculation, and the Judge was given pointers in re gard to a number of soft snaps. He showed his legal acumen by discovering flaws in land titles which the shrewdest lawyers of the city had not discovered. These gentlemen knew of a very valuable piece of coal land on Gauley river which could be had cheap, ami they only waited to be sure of rinding a purchaser af er they had obtained it. Tnis the Judge un dertook to fix. His expenses fo New- York were pain, and in a few days he re turned, bringing papers from well known capitalists of "thai city in which they agreed to take tue land at a largely in creased amount over that to be paid by the Charleston gentlemen. Nothing re mained but to secure the title to the laud and to do this it w as necessary to see one of the owners, who lived in Nebraska. He wanted £B.OOO for his share. This was raised, and as no one could so suc cessfully deal with the qmstion as Judge Crawford he was given the money and sent to Nebraska, lie was expected back on a certain day. The day came, but I lie Judge did net. It. is needless t' say that lie lias not yet arrived. He was traced to Cincinnati, but tin re disappeared as though the eavtli had opened aud swal lowed him. lie wiu not again heard of until lie had finished another chapter in is history, that at Griffin, Ga. Inquiries revealed the fact that the two women wish him, who were know n as his sisters, were not, hut that one had a husband ill Massachusetts and the other was without a Im-bind whom tin law recognized. Wiric here Crawford had said that he was a graduate of Columbia Law School, aud i letter to the President brought the infoi tuition that he was, but that he had several times been convicted of forgery. .For u long time "Judge' Crawford was the loeme of conversation in Charleston. '1 he ladies mourned the loss of a .social lioti, the land syndicate mourned tin loss i t -j!S,000, and the Re publicans yet fiigh for a political Moses u the Third Congressional District. DK/VTII OI.TOfIN C. IMKK. One f the Be*t-Etito\vu Democratic I'oli ticians in the State. J oli 11 C. Burr, brother of the late Col onel James P. Barr, editor and proprietor of the Pittsburgh Pout, died very sud denly in that city Monday. lie was at tending to busiuess Saturday, and the first announcement of his serious illness was made by Father Carrol, from St. August's Church. Even while the Reve rend Father was requesting the prayei s of the congregation for Mr. Barr, his life was ebbing out, and at 8 o'clock he died. The immediate cause of his deatwas h concussion of the brain. About five years ago he was sun struck and ever since his head has bothered him. On Saturday he weut to Greenshurg and drove out into the country five mules in a blazing sun. When lie returned in the evening he com plained, and when his physician was call ed, he at once pronounced the case hopeless. Mr. Barr was a man of remarkable abil ity, being considered cue of the best newspaper writers in the State. As a Democratic politician, lie was noted for his sagacity and his fund of political in formation was inexhaustible, lie was one of the managers of the campaign which made Robert 12. Pattison Governor, i Two brothers and four sisters survive him. D. O. Barr, Collector of the Port of Pittsburgh, is his twin brother, and another is Itcv. Father Hugh Barr, a member of the I'assiouist Order. A remarkable feature of the brothers was the fact the twin did not resemble Mr. Barr in the least while Father Hugh was often taken for him and vice versa. One of his sisters is the wife of Wm. Donnelly, Esq., of Millwood, Pa. His funeral takes place this morning, and it is likely his brother will preach the funeral sermon. He is a Heavy-Weight. The weight of every member of the President's family has been given to the public excepting that of Mr. Harrison himself. There arc those who say he is not a heavy-weight. COMMITTED SI-RUDE. JOHN S.NYDEI! ENDS HIS LIFE IN HANILEY & FRONHEISER'S STORE. lie I. est His Wire Anil Children til the Flood mill Hei-ame Temporarily Insane —Four Shots Fired, Only One of Which Takes K fleet. John Sin tier aged about thirty-live years, sou of Joseph Snyder, Sr., of Cone maugu borough, suicided at noon Satur day, in the hardware store of Bantlcy ifc Froulieiser, on Clinton street. He went into the store and purchased a 88-callber revolver from one of the clerks, who touted it fo.* him. There were quite a number of people in the store at the time, aud, ufici a short conversation with .Mr. Ed. Fronheiscr and Mr. J. L. Foust, the clerk who sold him the revolver, lie turned as if to leave the store, aud no fur ther attentioii was paid him. In a mo ment after he left the counter a shot was heard, aud everyone turning arouud saw Snyder with tire smoking revolver iu his baud. He instantly fired three more shots, the last one taking effect in the right tea pie. The people gathered round the pros trate form but life was already extinct. Mr. Snyder lost his wife and four chil dren in the flood, aud did not recover from the excitement sustained by his great loss. He obtained work after the flood at Moxham, ud attended to his duties for several weeks, but ultimately left aud went to Ohio. He returned about a week ago, but still mourned for his wife and children. No cause is assigned for the rash act, other than temporary insanity. The body was removed to the home of his parents in Ct uuinaugh borough, aud Coroner Evans was notified. The coroner, however, decided an inquest uuneccessary, as the case was one of plain suicide. The funeral took place yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock from the old American House in Concinnugh, where his parents live, and was private. The deceased was a wire drawer by trade, and worked in the Gauticr works. He was also a member of the Couemaugh borough Fire Company. He was much esteemed by all who knew him, and great regret is expressed that he should so sud denly end iiis life. ALOFT THI. HOKNEK.S. An Old Gentleman Wants to Know Some thing About Their Descendants. Our postmaster received a letter some days ago from Albion, without giving the name of the State, but it is probably iu Ghio. wanting information of John and Isaac Horner. The writer says lie is eighty-two years old,: id gives the name of Join: McMeaus. The old gentleman is not very clear in thu genealogy of the llorners, but as near as we can get at uis meaning, it is as fol lows : He wants to know whether there are any descendants of John or Isaac Horner, sons of Christian lioi , er, who was born about 1785, living in luis vicinity. The one lie is anxious to hear about married Catharine Sltively, daughter of Isaac Sliivuly, of near Coueuiuugli. He saw John Horner near Dayton, 0., a good many years ago, but lias not seen I mil since. He is anxious to know whether any of the liorucrs perished m the flood, and if '.his should meet the eye of anyone by that name, probably they can trace a re ationship to Mr. McMeaus. A Mother's Apt Answer, BlaJrsrille Enterprise. A lady traveling from the Bast with her little daughter a few days ago occupied u sleeper on the Pennsylvania Railroad and requested the porter to waken her when Johnstown was reached. The porter obeyed. The little girl was the first to getglimpse of the ruined city, and she exclaimed : " Mamma, didn't you tel me that God says in the Bible that He would never again visit this earth by a rain flood ? " Tito woman replied : " Yes, darling ; hut this ruin was caused by a dam flood." A ftry of Two Puppies. Robert Carney, of 147 Iron street. Mi ner.-ville, has two very tine thoroughbred silver-haired skyo terrier puppies that lie prizes very highly. And well lie may. They have r. history. The puppies were born ou the day of the flood, and with their mother were in a box. The box was washed away, aud while on its way lodged against a tree. The old dog jumped out on the debris and caught hold of the side and held on for all it was worth. They were rescued shortly after, and Air. Carney has named tliem Flood and Wreck. The iWttiitflon House. This well known hotel has been opened for same days, and under the manage ment of JtunefJ. Milligan, is as popular a hostelrle as in tiie days before the flood. Large numbers of people dine there ev ery day, and the table is supplied abundantly with the best the market af fords. Mr. Milligan knows how to keep a hotel. Go and see him. CUTTING AFFRAY ON VINE STREET Ailluph Graft' stubs Adam Rutin, of Peelor* ville. Monday morning about 11:30 o'clock Adolplt Graff, who came here from New ark, N. J., aud secured employment with Mr. Swank, the painter, got into an al tercation with Adam Bohn, of Peelor villc, lit the house of Josiali T. Evans, on Vine street. The result was that Bohn had to he Taken to Dr. Sheridan's office to have two very ugly gashes in his back stitched up, which Graff had inflicted oil him with a putty knife. Graff was arrested and taken to the lock up. In an interview he claimed that Bulin had accused liitn of stealing a knife, and knocked him down two or three times. Graff said lie got tired of that kind of fun and to protect himself, drew the knife and stabbed his assaileut. Sir. Bohn was removed to his home aud us his wounds ure not dangerous, he will soon be about. Our llrl i riff knew what kino of a crowd \m il telegraphed ft . troops. Before tie rifle company rear I the sc.- e a courier un ion need that mob wn lur.aiu.. to ;ake Ino prisoners out uud li northern f.the murder of Posiiiinsti-i v - two m.eks ago. The Sheriff wa- , res until tiie infantry a >i!riv,-J, wit i forty guns. As it is, there is danger of the mountaineers fighting anion, them selves. The two Buriuw.-us u t icr arrest and James Cash will be tried tu-niorrow, if Rube and ins gang don't tree them to night. The ISO 4 Hollar. " There is something curious about the American silver dollar aud halt dollar of 1804," said a numismatist to a Philadel phia PrtHa reporter. " There were about 20,000 of the dollars coined, but not one of them ever got into circulation. Two of them are in well known coin collections to-day, however, and they are the most valuable of all American coins. Why the dollar of 1804 was never seen iu circula tion after having left the mint is one of the unsolved government mysteries. " It is asserted on good authority that (lie two 1804 dollars now in existence, while having been made from the origi nal die, were in reality not coined for many years after that year, when they were surreptitiously struck, and, it is supposed, issued to u person high in authority, from who they subsequently passed into the collections referred to. " The half dollar of 1804 is surrounded by a mystery equally profound. There were over these coiQs, but not one of these were ever known to be in circulation. On the other hand, but 700 quarter dollars were coined in that year, and specimens of these arc in every col lection aud numismatist's shop. Johustow-11 Fund Contributions. The following additions to the Johus tqwn Relief Fund were received by \ Treasurer Win. 1!. Thompson yesterday: J Citizens of Chicago, §25,000, making in ; ail for citizens of Chicago §105,000, ex clusive of Board of Trade, which con- J tr i! til ted §16.012.01, and of the banks, ' which sent iu §7,250; old soldiers of Bradford, I'a., §100: Y. M. C. A. of J Chicago, (additional) §5; citizens of j Youugstown, 0,, (additional) §1,210,88. ' NO. 17. DR. HE ALE AND THE MORGIIGB. His Energetic nn many pets s daih*. It implies that "u ilillville Morgue i- i convenient, ■ .nt, aud appropriate place to exam • neiids than the depository of the uuk -at Xii. to i Lincoln .-tree'. I believe !i. Biiu..;er to lit in eri rim these points. DAVID BEALE. J t"./w toirn, July 30, lf ri). Tin" ?,'i. .v Miliiiibmi Town*. It is astonishing how rapidly towns are "priuging up all .ii.utnd us. i'eelorville lull w ill soon lie covered ail over with buildings ; Moxliam is assuming propor tions equalling a good-sized city; and Tip-Top (save the name !) hack of Kcrn ville, will soon rival the .Johnstown be fore the Hood. That is to say, they each ard all are sucli towns on paper, in which particular they remind one of a good many cities and towns we read of away out m new territories. Tliat some of them may ultimately be come such as they now appear on paper is probable ; but tiiat all Johnstowners will let their eligible lots lie vacant, and buy lots and put up buildings away front the business center of our once prosper ous, and in the near future more prosper ous. town is not at ail among the prob able tilings. With all that is now said in favor of high points for building purposes, we very much doubt whether they offer any "Superior advantages over the Johns town site, With deeper and wider river beds, and the removal of bridge obstruc tions, no apprehension of another disas trous Hood need be entertained. And with such a fear no longer a probability, few, we think, would be willing to ex change the conveniences of a residence in Johnstown for one in any of the out lying towns. While we have no particular objections to the creation of a dozen or two of sub urban villages, we would look upon the abandonment of Johnstown lots for hill ones as a very serious mistake, and one that would be followed fcy regrets by all making the hnsty exchange. Barring the Hood disasters, no pleusahter or healthier location for a town is to lie found anywhere than our good old Johns town. With this one drawback (danger of overflows from the river removed, as it will be, give us Jolmstown first, last and all the time as a place for good, quiet, comfortable living.