The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-06-21
THE CORDS THAT HUNG TAwELL.

"A1OAL M M CN 4UO.
THE CORDS THAT HUNG TAwELL.
The following thrilling passage Upon The
power of the magnetic Telegraph 10 from
ncw work by Sir Frances Head. After
pic,uriDg Tswell, who had gust committed
murder, seated in the railroad car for
London, he says:
'whatever may have bcen his fssrs. bic
hopes, his iancies, or his thoughts, there
suddcnly flashed along the wires Of tho
electric telegraph, which were stretched
close beside him tho following words: A
murder has just been committed Il Salahili,
and tho suspected murderer was seen 20
take first class ticket for London bv tho
train which left Slough d III. 42m. P. NJ
He is in the gafb Of Quaker, with brown
great cost on. which reaches nearly 10 his
feet. He 10 in large department Of tho
second first class carriage. And yet, fast
~ these words flew like lightning past him,
the information contained. with Ill its do.
tails, NJ we'll ~ every secret thought that
had proceeded them, bad already consecu-
lively flown millions Of times faster indeed
At the very instant that within tho walls
ofthe little cottage At Slough, there had been
uttered that dreadful scream, il had stimuli
taneously reached tho judgment seat Of
heaven!
On arriving II the rsddington station,
after mingling for seme moments with the
crowd, he got into On omnibus, and - il
rumblcd along taking up ono passenger,
putting down another, 10 probably fels
TINT his identity ~ss every minute bscom-
ing more confouodcd end confused by o..
change Of fellow passengers for s,raaecrs
that was taking place. But all the time ho
was thinking, the cad of the omnibus-a
policeman in disguise-knew that 10 held
his victim like . rat in caee. Without.
however, apparently taking the sliShless
notice Of him, he took one sixpence gave
change Tor shilling, hsndsd out this lsdy,
stuffed IN that one. until arriving a tho
Bank. the guilty man, STOPPING 40 no walked
towards the door, descended the ssers, paid
his fare, crossed over 10 tho Duke of Wei.
lingion's statue, where Pausing Tor mo-
,nent, anxionsly 10 gaze sround DO pro-
cecdcd toihe jerusalem coffee house, thence
over London Bridge 10 the Leopard cofIee
house, in the borough, finally tos lodRina
house in Scots yard, Cannon street.
'lIc probably fancicd TINT, by making %
many turns and doubles, he had not only
cdectuaIIy puzzled oil pursuit, bot that HE
appearance 1t % many coffee houses would
assist him il necessary, 10 proving On alb;
but whatever may have been his motive or
his thoughts, he had scarcely entered tbs
lodging, when the policeman-who like
wolf had followed him every step OF the wsy
--opcning his door very calmly, said to him,
the words no doubt were infinitely nors
appalling to him even than tho scse,m thar
had been haunting him-.lIav'nt You Just
como from SIoughr Tho monosyllebIe
No. confuscdly uttered in reply, subssan-
tiaicd HE guilt. Tho policeman made him
his prisoner; hs was thrown into jill, tried,
found guilty Of wilful murder, and hsoeed.
A few months sfier~ srds, We happened 10
bo travelling BY rail from PaddinQtou 10
Slough, in . carriage filled with people, All
strangers TO one another. Like English
travellers, they were I'll mute. For nearly
fifteen minutes no one had uttered q single
word, until . shost.hodied, shoss-necked,
short nosed, exceedingly respectful Looking
man in tho corner, fixing his eyes on the
apparently Aecting posts end rails II The
electric telegraph, significantly nodded 10
10 NJ Ire muiiercd aloud. Theme to cords
that hung John Tswell'.'
Scraps, at tho Tuscaloosa Observer.
10 queer fish. Here ID Lis last. h oush6
10 he his awl:
Scraps used 10 manage Tho business a.
fairs of IN uncie in Ptisbuss, VIM, amoa1
other pccuimri,ies, wss very economicsl of
words. Ono day, the old eenslssssa, hear
ing TINT there Vas boat q tho wharf, BY
which he wished TO msko large shipnses
Of coal, ~rose thus 10 Scraps:
Dear Seraps:
board, Yours, Nexrrs.
Scraps beat him, though, q his ows
game. lie wrote back:
Dear Nsse:
ExPlanstion-Se-mi-col-on (Sss ny 60
ool board. Col on (Coal on.)
OxE M,sslxe.-The Rev. r. Coyl, 10 .
lecture on msmosy, delivessd ~ kdslaids,
(seportcdi il he South Ausiso1iss neaislss,y
instasccd stage drivers, Whose memory of
The asdess and 6isecsieas Gives shsm y ~
maskable. lie oacs ps6e ouasids With ~
owner sod driver afa ssaee from Troy -
tbs land Of ihs K0icAssbockss; The driver
could not have ~ jsss sksa 6Ay parcels
and messages % dslivss b. - wsy itse -
vas At . lnss-he kssv 10 bed Soe0aesea