New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-15
Gross Outrage 10 Northampton.

From the New.Hayen Courier Of Tuesday morning
RoRTgLNP1oN, Sunday, August II, 1870.
This usually peaceful village is the theater Of a
great excitement this evening. Jost after sunset,
groups of men were asse noed IN the streets, talk.
liz in sn excited way, when suddenly there was &
general rush Of some hundreds Of men into the
new Town Hail. when Q. P. Huntington, Esq made
the following statement to the indignant citizens
This morning, between the hours Of IL aud half.
past IL, Miss n irthA Cochrane, the edess dsugh-
ter Of widow lady Of wealth, long a resident IN
NORTHAMPTON, was awOke by the rustling OF
Lewspaper laid on her face by man wnO hal on
tered the room. Immediately her face was covered
by pillow, either 10 strsngle or to prevent her
screaming The rest Of the family were at church,
and abe had lain down ar fales asleep.
In the struggle which enIued he caught her By
the throat, and in the endesvor to overcome her
resistance be cut the blood vessel over the juguar
vein with his thumb nail, when the blood FL we'd
profufely, and covered her dress, the pilo r. bed,
&c-The lady caught him by the hair, and in the
horrible strife, the pillow was removed for al To-
slant from her mouth, when she asked him II he
intended to kill her, and saying il he did he would
suffer for it. He said, "NO, did not mean that
it was an accident"
Perceiving the blood, he apparently became
alarmed deEisted from his purpose, and said,
"Who is your family physiciau-Dr. Fisk She
feeby said Yes when he Jumped on the green
house and down to the ground. From the momen.
tsry glimpse caught by the lady of the villain, he
seemed to be young, slender, aad rather tall man,
plainly dressed, with long, dark brown way hair,
coarse and bushy, which corresponds with the hair
found afterward on the bed, mingled with the la
dy's blood. He was stranger TO her; she repre-
SCENTS him as having pale face, and also has the
impression he wore glazed cap
On the return Of the family from church, DR.. Hall
wal sen! for, who found wound in the neck about
the length Of the nail, the blood from which was
with difficulty staunched, both arm and neck black
and blue pool OF blood in the bed and the lady
herself in a very faint state. The fellow spoke IN
rather weak voice, and like an American.
After this preliminary statement, Samuel P. Ly
man. ESQ was cal ed TO the ch air, when the entire
meeting resolved Itself into vigilance committee
with particular reference TO the respective school
districts.
A committee, consisting OF 0smond Baker Esq.
G. P Huntington, Esq, Messrs. Delano, Wells
and Wright, was appointed to whom the partcu
lar Of attending to the business was entrusted
1t seems the house was under repair at this time,
and the other chambers beside this back one were
locked A ladder had been left by the workmen
on the front Of the house, which may have been
used, and the lady bed observed through the key
hole before he entered the back way.
An outrage OF this kind on one Of the most re-
spected ladies Of Northampton, occurring on Sun.
day, within a stones throw Of the churches aud
" it'll other houses near is almost unexampled. No
one at the meeting had observed any Suspicious
character about during the morning.
The villain muit have been covered with blood,
and probably bis face may have been scratched by
the iady's resistance, and it seems impossible he
can escape. With the excited feeling which pre-
walls, he might, ifcsught Immediately, suffer sum-
mary punishment
Every effort will be made for his apprehension,
and if caught, the lady thinks she could identity
him. The heroic lady thinks her struggle success.
fully to resist the scoundrel mast have lasted eight
or ten minutes.