Totten's investment scheme ends in exposure of brass brick
The death of Mortimer C. Totten of Piedmont reveals a swindle where he was duped into paying $5,000 for a supposed gold brick. Totten, a Piedmont real estate owner and ex-legislator, was lured by a stranger claiming an Indian camped near Charlton possessed a valuable brick. The brick proved brass, the attacker vanished, and Totten's estate held worthless notes. The tale uncovers a long-running fraud and questions Totten's business acumen.
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Woman arrested for infanticide after baby found in basket
Lilly May Hardy, about 22, was arrested at Stephensons Friday night by constable J W Stottlemeyer and jailed in Winchester on a charge of attempted infanticide. She bought a Summit Point ticket, rode the night train, alighted at Stephenigons, left a basket on Mr Robert Sowers porch, and a crying infant was found after the watchdog barked. J W Jones was arrested for complicity. Both were committed to the alms-house after a hearing when medical testimony showed she was irresponsibile. The case follows a separate medical note on a remarkable stomach operation and a report on B and O station porters in Washington.
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