Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-03-13
VOL. XHHI-.No. 664

and on the neck that staggered me about
twelve feet into large office chair, which
fell over, and | with it. By the time /
regained my feet, | felt the grasp Of a
hand on my shoulder /; we closed, and /
got what wrcstcrs call the under-hold, but
it availed ne little; was thrown with
great force upon the floor, and my anita
gonist on top of me. | kept my arms
clasped firmly around him, and pressed
HIM closely to my chest and face, that l
might prevent him from striking or using
his knife, if he had one. In moment
he said 81 am stabbed" and the warm
blood poured so prouscly into my face,
that turned aside my mouth and nose to
free my breathing.
lie grew weak at once, and turned
him off from me, and half rising, with
one knee on the floor, received blow
on the pit of the stomach that deprived
me of ali farther apprehension and cons
ciousness, and when l awoke / found
myself solus, and in cold pcrspiration,
with no other suffering but sickness and
vomiting. Vomiting seemed to restore
my circulation, and became warm, and
in short time was able to get in the
Cd story, and ring for the servants, who
slept five stories above the ARRAY. They
furnished me with warm water and dry
night clothes, and went TO bed less ex-
hausted than agitatcd, and slept but little.
When daylight shonc in upon the battle
floor, it presented a terrific scene. The
hall, from the front door to the Office door
a distance of - feet, was covered with
blood, and in many places SO thick and
cottcd as to cover the floor cloth. The
Office chairs were overthrown, papers
scattered about and despatched with
blood. About 20 square feet Otthe carpet
was red, and about square feet was
soaked in blood. Out on the steps to the
side walk it was traced in streams, and
on the opposite Greene street corner it
was renewed, and from there, in the
centre of Greene street it was traced to
Fourth street, and again in Greene, near
Houston, the position Ot d man sitting
marked in blood
have received no very serious injury.
The stab in the arm has wounded but
slightly the tendon of the biceps muscle,
and as a precautionary measure, | hang
it in ribbon to keep it from motion and
prevent inflammation. The stab in tho
side was stopped by rib. The heart is
under obligation to this rib for protection,
kind to God for placing it here,-The
blow received ON my neck causes most
pain, and tatigues it in carrying the head.
My nervousness and agitation was cured
by nine hours Of good sleep.
l have every reason to believe that
there were four men in the house; that
but one followed me into the basement
that the man guarding the upper front
door, suspccting what was going on below,
abandoned his post and fled !; that the
man in the office was in subordinate Ca
pacitv of carrier of booty, as he took no
part in the allray till retreated there on
my way to the window and that he was
unprovided with lights or weapons, as he
used none that the knife found in the
blood where he lay was dropped by his
companion, when the mistake was disco
vcrcd, in the uttcrancc of his friend, " |
am stabbed :" and that am indebted to
this circumstance for the blow which ended
the ailrav, instead Of the knife.
Their va, d remarkable agreement
among them in the conccalment Of lights
and voices. The last light that | saw was
the light thrown upon lis in the ARRAY at
the basement door, when the man first
came down stairs, the light ofmy anita
gonist being already cxtinguishcd in the
scuille. There was no voice heard, en-
ccpt the one | have alluded to, 81 am
stabbed"-and my own preservation is
owing to the observance of their rule,
"periect silcnce," as in their way tho
man was stabbed by his friend. If they
had light left them to ascertain my far
Their ability for resistance, single glance
would have satisfied them that it was all
over. My night dress when dry, would
stand alone from the stiiicning of blood,
and my face and Grey hairs were of the
same color. My iaintng continued till
was released by vomiting.
The crime OF house breaking and rob-
bling has been 50 common that every re-
ilccting man has thought of it, and thought
of what he should do in such an event.
had marked out my course with great
GOODNESS and precision, never doubling
till | was put upon the trial that | had
courage enough, and 10 spare, to meet all
emergencies. But this experience, and
the amount of all my experience IN life,
satisfies me that man cannot anticipate
what he will do, or how he will act, in any
given circumstances that have not tried
him, and when he thinks he is acting for
himself, and in his own might, he torgets