Croft, Mrs - 1889

A Wandering Woman

A woman tottering with age and infirmity slowly descended the steps leading to the lockup in the Allegheny Mayor’s office a few nights ago and asked for a night’s lodging.  It was given her.  Her name, she said, was Mrs. Croft, and her home Leechburg, Armstrong county.  She wished to stay overnight, and intended to walk toward Leechburg next day.

She said she had walked from St. Louis, where she had friends, and wished to reach her destination, which she calls home.  She is a very tall woman, with white hair, and said she was 74 years old.  Some six months ago she stayed all night in the lockup on her way to Leechburg from Cincinnati.
~ Jeannette Dispatch, Friday, May 24, 1889, Page 1, Column 5