A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > New York > New York http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=708 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=45460 Submitted by: SandyGen Article Title: New York Daily Times Article Date: January 9 1852 Article Description: Various Article Text: Thursday Jan 8, 1852, Philadelphia, a man named Thomas McCreary, of Maryland went to the premises of Joseph Miller, of Chester County, Pa., a day or two since, and took a colored girl by the name of Rachel Parker, known to be free, and drove off at a rapid rate. Joseph Miller followed Thomas McCreary to Baltimore, Maryland and bound him over for kidnapping. The next day Joseph Miller started for home, but there are suspicions that Joseph Miller was dragged from the platform of the car, at one of the stations and murdered. ***************************************** Baltimore, Maryland, Jan 8, 1852, We learn from the New Orleans papers that a difficulty occurred in Upsher County, Texas, between Jesse Miller and a Mr. Cleveland, in which Mr. Cleveland stabbed Jesse Miller, causing instant death. One of the sons of Jesse Miller, age 12, on hearing the act, procured a gun and shot Mr. Cleveland dead. The boy at last accounts was at large. ************************************** Jan 4, 1851, John Downing, age 34, drowned. He was a seaman in the late Arctic Expedition, in search of Sir John Franklin. **************************************** Susan Armstrong was arrested Jan 5, 1852 on a charge of bigamy. In August 1851, she married William Symons, and in October 1851, she married William Brown. Miss Ann Peters was a witness at both marriages and upon her affidavit Susan Armstrong was committed. *************************************** Catherine Pool and Anna Smith werre arrested on Jan 6, 1852, on a charge of stealing $20 from Lawyer William Harned, while on a visit to his office on New Year's Eve. They were discharged from custody on Jan 8, 1852, William Harned never appeared to give evidence against them. *************************************** Andrew Patrick and Catherine Hughes were arrested on Jan 6, 1852, on a charge fo stealing clothing, valued at $100 from the house of William Patterson. They were committed for examination. *************************************** Jan 8, 1852, Charles Shutz and Rudolph Klugs were arrested for a charge of perjury, they having it is alleged, testified falsely in a case lately tried in the court of common pleas, in which Mr Edward Hart was plantiff. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com