Daily News Batavia, Genesee County, New York State September 27-1897 Girl of Many Names. David STEGER, a Rochester officer, arrived in town on Saturday morning and spent nearly the entire day searching the town for a young girl going under the name of May HUNTING, alias Mabel BLODGETT and Mabel DeVEAUX. The Monroe county grand jury is considering the case of a man named BLODGETT, who is in the tolls charge with seven burglaries. The girl was a material witness and badly needed, as it was claimed the plunder was found in her room. To avoid testifying she stepped out. STEGER had a subpoena for her. The officer had a direct tip that the girl would be found at Mrs. METCALF's hotel in Batavia and upon arriving here secured further information tending to show she was in town. Accompanied by Under-Sheriff SOUTHWORTH he visited the hotel, but the girl's presence was denied. They searched the house, but without success. Later in the afternoon, accompanied by Officer McCULLEY, STEGER made a second visit and the girl was found. The subpoena was served. * Death at the County Farm Michael Sin GEORGE, who for many years was a resident of Bergen and subsequently lived in Batavia, died on Saturday night at the County house, aged 78 years. He had been an inmate of that institution for several years. He had no relatives. The remains were interred in St. Joseph's cemetery in this village at 4 p.m. today. * Started a Dangerous Blaze Some unknown person perpetrated a dangerous trick about 10 o'clock Saturday night, which might have resulted in a fire. Last winter little Joe METCALF threw a stone against the window of the vacant store of the Opera House block. The stone made a small round hold in the window. Recently posters have been hung in the window and on Saturday night somebody stuck a lighted match through the window and fired the posters. The blaze communicated to the curtain and a hot blaze was in progress when W.F. HAITZ was called and opened the store door, which was locked. The woodwork was scorched. * submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************