Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-30

business the 29h and 30th September and that Ms
" and Mrs b. were intimate ard confidential friends
that Mrs. d. had been spending some two weeks as
boardcr with Mrs. Vars, going hrougha Of medical
treatment under the Of Dr. Clarke Var.
ished and indignant learning what intmaious "old
shst Baxter bad made with regard to him-said that no
had made any such threah her any other
son-ihat he paid attentions to Mrs. Budiek aud should
have married her, IL her family what they are
thought to be-that he had always respected her SC.
vars's wife a highly respectable Young woman niece
OF Graz, Esq-her father Bethel Gay, Esq-her moth.
10 the daughter OF Heman Carter and OF Aaron and
Heman Carter Jr good and truth loving citizens all resd
ing at Geneganset corners about three miles West Of
Greene village. Mrs. " had been staying over week at
her fathers ia Ill health. This Mrs. V. was wsdues-
day abducted and the particulars OF her seizure which
| she has testified. are mainly as follows;
She took knife and the field in sight Of
the house. To get certain kind Of bark constituent part
OF syrup she was about mske-her mother advising
her send rather than 20, she unwe Think
the air and exercise would benefit her she resisted the
treaties She did not ind the bark where she expectedgot
two thirds Of the way the woods tired and
on log, facing her home, and schoohouse. &c. about
noon was considerably windy, and she heard other
noise until hands were laid her from behind quilt
cd hood she wrapped tightly round her mouth
handkerchief tied It, aud then she hurried of by
her assailant', who dragged her part Of the way.
when they stopped they bound her hands behind her.
and tied another cord around her legs her desshen
one ct the rufans made demonstrations, when the
other said, op that or will spin your d-u brains out"
and he dessed They then removed the covering from
her mouth, and compelled her TO swallow liquid. by
holding her and hand her mouth Al this
n nct-how
than 10 have made tho attempt the night before. &e-one
saying 10 the other, Snow hand the twenty dollars"
The reply che could distinctly hear. One remarked
ave had better put her eonreRE THE other said "No
dead mea tell no tales
Before stepping down TO the water Tho Geneg
one said, "By Cd, she shan 90 with handkerchief"
he having used his first binding and gsggng her
They then took hers from her sdepocke and
II Ia the place OF the other On approaching the water
the one having her by the shoulders tire her him.
and she wen, under head foremost the other appearing
hold her legs and she thought his pushed him
She knew nothing after this unUl she found herself on
the ground her head lying in ones lap She could
breathe and speak, but She heard but
after this The said, "lf spare you will you islll"
She replied. live TO get home will tell how have
been used" lie said it might cost his life, &c.
lie then unasiened the cord with which her legs were
bound She inquired what they compelled h,r swallowed
lie answered that nothing that would hurt her. rs
she threw all up She says she hes tasted audanum and
that this so bitter. He then put Oh her hood
baekside foremost pinned IL back with several pins very
hghty-unbound her hands, and she heard him go eff
through the bushes She saw neither OF the meu-loosened
the hood and the handkerchefsaw and knew the place
where she the bank OF the stream and found her
shaw. mot weJ and the two cords, lying there also
She gathered them up and m,de the best progress she
could TO the house, something lesshana quarter Of mile
The family had become considerably alarmed her alb
sence which about hour. She entered the dwell
log drpngy wet, her hair dishevelej-comb beads pencil
and KNIFE gone, dress torn, &c. She said. "You would
not blame me If you knew what have suffered since
went out" tell on a bed and swooncd.
Tbs cords are not like any known by the family or
heghoofs; hight linen line was used believe the
wrists. from the size of the wales on then She was ex
hausied but has her entirely IL thought that she
knows certain things that Mrs. Burdick knows through
her. but # 80 has yet dvuged that this some
thing ,f anything, IS the Of her stalking off,"
The citizens Of Greene rallied with promptiude and pro-
eeedei 10 the place Of the murderous assault but did not
succeed in hnding the cuprts Their tracks discov
ered and two that afternoon skukiug be-
hind fences in the lots by individuals uniformed Of the
facts.
-"'s' oua'Hs now 4 manisc and will not probably
I've IRrN nd snl sal..na
Is the horrible of the day she taken gagged
and placed in the sHaIap dieI
No doubt exist in the where the crimes
were committed, that they in way connected with
the disappearance OF Mrs Bolt Hcw far or in what way
have no means oiudging OF thing after understan-
ding the particulars OF the late ouuages convinced
that two deliberate and premedatcd attempts Nrkptk
were made But the whole IL shrouded in mystery, dark
and lupene rable.