Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-26


have kept as close watch as possible con.
S.S;cnt with other dulcs. and have cvco
their nciShborS and Trends 20 assIs III keep
in5alooA, IL 40 one has se' II he coal thrown
It IS always done JUS, at the momon.
when 70 one happens to be. looking. Onc
Iar-e piece OF coal came through the win.
dow, and struck he head Of the gil Hing ia
tie lmilv, fourteen or fifteen Years ofagc,
iurtilg icr considerably. OAc day, the
giri wus placing a ClOtIns horse hung full
OF clothes, ag; lSt ona Of the broken win.
dovs, wAcn suddenly q hand was thrust
through the broken pane, and carmen;
pulled from the frame through the window.
lne alarm was gwen AMI Two or three ran
! 10 tie door--;hc gArmcm Iay OF tAc ground
near but though s'r:ct search WIS made,
! the rogue WAS 40; to he lounj. The mis-
! chiI."s almost a! hapPrncd IN tho ats nee
Of Mr.. Carl; himself, while !.c has be N in
! his s,orH, or about lis business; jut on one
! occasion a window was broken Will, he
was ii The house. llc l0s'an y ran ou;,
Jumped q fence or two, and looked in every
| d;ic :tion. without setilg any oac, bu. ius;
as he WAS cn'c!inc he house in lis return
voice at a lille distance I'd !rcsscd him.
.D'va owe if unp "No. not vet" sail Mr..
| G. AMI started ara;o in the direction or1he
voice. bat WIS the second time obliged @
make his return non est. This WAS early
O, briolt moonlight evening. Olc dav
las. week, as the girl before mentioned was
p9ss;ur aloar a space-way towards the
Kitchen with bundle of some kind in her
hand, she observed t! at The door leading
from the soocc into the cellar was partly
Omen =. d on ai.cmp.iag to shu, i, she tcIt
same one pressing against il; on looking.
she s:vs she saw Il larg2 negro on tie Gel.
lar st.2s WHO threatened her lie if she
made aov no5c She screamed aud I;linc
Mrs. c. ran and lound the girl lying on he
floor. and on examination tic back side
doors we're found opcn-thcy must have
been opened from tic inside. Since that
time. the doors OF he cham5ers IN the Sc.
conI story have been mystcrou'y thrown
open several times. Ga Sunday, las, Mr..
Clark and his children had gone to church,
leaving his wife and the girl at honc.-
Mrs. c.. as has been her Gus ON, since the
commencement these Transactions locked
the outside doors when her husband went
out; AMI then boI;ed all the chamber doors
except one where sic drove a large mai
over the latch. About fifteen mInu cs aEef'
she though: she heard the front door swing
ing. Upon looking, she found 1t open ana
the nail which had fastened one CT mem
broken short oil IN the door. WHO htd
done it was the question, and on the oniy
answer WIS, uho! lUcst'ay afternoon. al
Ter Mr.. Ci-rk lad gore 10 ih@ ore. Mis-.
c.. locked tie front door and pat the krys
in bureau drawer in the sit ;ny rocm.-
She then went into the kitchen, where the
girl was at work. Having been occupied
abou, fifteen minutes, she returned and
found The front door wide open, and the
keys on the floor beside il! A.cr tea the
same night Mrs. c. was in tie sitting room
and he girl busy in the back room. Sud.
denly the q RI was seized, Gas sil" a!terward
stately hand placed over her face ard a
tow cloth twisted round t,er neck. She
rave one sc.clm, and MIS-. c. instantly
ran ou, found the girl lying on heap OF
coal in ,Lc room. the cloth round her neck,
and scarcely able 10 breathe. The girl
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