Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-02-21

ma.Y .s,erdav aliernoon about two o cloc k
ma horsr carriage containing a lady ant
o.ntlen,n ,vas observed in The Third Ave
nue nrnca.d;no ou,vards but nj such nae,
no ~ svc;,e 10 cur;os,v S,nrceIv however
had H.. r,;one i'm. m lsov. Tsn,h stre.
whan o,r n2,,man, frs, ,o,;,.d i,-,hs,
a gen,le,nan in b;gb STATE Of excitement
and n,oon,sd ON = nowerful bov horse. cam,
I'm r;a;no f,r;o,slr and bay;ng made brie
.p,,,;s,t ral,,;,e ~ he na,,v ;n The csrriuoe
ahJ l,.oroad ,bey ,ysr,. = short distance in adj
vancs b;,, dashed off At fan speed. This
occnr,.nc. n,,nrallv Suppressed IN. idea oil
an elooement--or something of tina, sort
md oecordinelv. Mr. Isaac Osborn. 10 whom
,years ;odeb,sd for these narticulars in com.
ra,v Win ano,b.r gentleman who CHANGED
~ bs n,ss;no n, ,be lime started in pursuit
nresumino. and Justly thu, the head long We.
Iocity and strong horse Of the single rider
would soon bring the chase to an end. Thus
they continued running in Jog irot, until
they had passed Fortieth street. when their
attention was attracted by the clatering Of
horses hools, & in a minute after, the strange
horse, but without its rider, dashed madly
by them in the direction OF the city. Their
curiosity now becoming more ardent, and
with more certain hope OF being gralfled,
Mr. Osborne and his companion increased
their speed to galop which they continued
until they reached Seventeenth street. where
they found the dismounted horseman lying
on the road side, in a state OF lnsenstlllty,
and man and woman chafng his temples
and rubbing his hands, in order to restore
him. And on further examination, Mr. Os-
borne discovered that the unfortunate gentle
man had received severe wound, apparently
given with heavy. blunt instrument, on the
side of the head and the thumb Of his right
hand was broken He further perceived
heavy club lying on the ground, which he
remembered 10 have seen in the hand OF the
gentleman who was now before him. Mr..
Osborne then questioned the man and wo
man and obtained from them the following
particulars
,rbev Ind nsr,e;ved the carriage DRIVING
ON NJ a rand mace. and The single Gentleman
in nursui,-and m. moment the TAI.
ter came I'M with III. vehicle. he struck a,
one of the narties within with his club
The gentleman in the carriage then snapped
pistol in the face OF the rider, but II missed
lire. whereupon he Jumped out oil the carriage
and at the same instant, the horseman sprang
TO the ground and grappled with hlin.- The
parties then Struggled fercely with each
other lor about hall minute, bat the single
der,beng by much the largest most pow
eitul man, flung his opponent to the ground,&
put his knee upon his brcast.&was common
eng TO beat hun violently upon the lace with
his clenched hand, when suddenly the lady
threw herself ou' Of The carrlage-&, having
selzedthe club which had fallen from the
hofseman shand she dealt his horse lremend-
Gus blow. which caused II 10 dash oil as II
mad 10 The direction oil the cny. She then
advanced upon The struggling parties, and
struck at the head OF her late pursuer, but he
parted the blow with his right hand thereby
receiving the injury in his thumb In The
following instant, however the lady effected
her apparent purpose for her second
blow took effect on the side OF the wound.
ed mans head, and caused him To
loose his hold, and fall over quite senseless.
The heroine OF the scene then assisted her
companion, who appeared TO be considerably
~ III '''." u'o'e Oh
u.s. % '"e "o'S0 'ou'' gary 'ne'h'
Mr. Osborne further informed us hat after
considerable exeriion the wounded man was |
sufficiently restored to walk with assistance
TO the Bowery, when he had his head and
thumb dressed BY Mr. Stacy and on the way
nau INJURED MN was MS own niece who had
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