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Show Charge "Woman. "With Horse-Stealing. LA PORTE. Inti., No.-. :0.-What in believed be-lieved to be the nr3t arrc3t of a -woman in tho State of Indiana charged with horse-stealing Is reported from Fremont, a little hamlet in Steuben county, wl'cre Mrs. Cora McCone is In custody. The crime of which ?Irs. McCone Is nlleged to be guilty waa committed October 2"J. IM2, when the woman Is aald to have visited vis-ited the livery-barn of Frank Barber, In Quincy. Mich.. ;md hired a horse, stating that she would return Jt the following day. The rig was never recovered nnd traco of the woman, despite vigorous search, was not secured until Barber positively pos-itively Identified Mrs. McCone, who Is the wlfo of a wealthy farmer, as tho woman who engaged the rig, and ho declares that he will convict her In vhe courts of horsestealing. |