Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-04-09
KENOSHA, WIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 8

| INSIDE OF the door was not furnished with han
die, and her only chance Of keeping it closed
was By fixing her fingers tightly round the lock
and 50 pulling il towards her. This she did with
ali the energy OF desperation. But al the best
| OF times, this would have been difficult thine
to do; and now that she had to contend with the
! unnatural strength Of a maniac, her chance oil
safety was poor indeed. Fear, however, and the
J love OF lite, gave new vigor to her Frame and
/ sustained her in those terrible moments.
/ Helen had got the handle Of the door on the
/ outside, and was trying 30 force her Wayin, while
I Fanny chung the more tightly and despairingly
/ to the lock, we'll knowing that upon this depen-
ded her safety. Dutn a few seconds the sever
/ lty Of this excrton had bathed her hands in
! clammy perspiraton and with horror scarcely
to De described she felt thar the security of her
hold was relaxing. The door opened slowly
but surely, and swung backwards AMI forwards
with her attempts to countegact the force the
maniac was applying toit.
As the figure of Helen was thus revealed to
her, her dark hair tossing wildly over her night
dress, and her arm making ihrusts with the shi-
nlng blade through the partially opened door, the
/ courage that had hitherto sustained her now gave
way, her Weared hands re!apsed their hold, and
nterng but one more piercing shrek she fell
back senselass on the closet floor
II 50 happened that the dressing-room in which
for that night, had been put to sleep, Joined the
bedroom in which these scenes took place One
OF Fanny piercing shrieks had aroused me, and
| started from my bed in terror impressed with
the idea that the house was on fire, though not
knowing from which direction the alarm had
proceeded. In a moment had partially dressed
myself, when another and another shrek told
me too plainly from what quarter they came.
The second door OF the dressing-roOm which
opened into the bedroom. would, Of course, be
locked Without losing time by trying this
picked up a heavy portmanteau, which had, for
tunateIy, not been unDacked, and swinging ii
round me at the the lock Of the door, with one
heavy, crushing blow that burst open the door,
and threw down dressing table placed against
It on the other side, sprang into the room.
| shall never forget the scene AT the closet
door was Helen Warrington, with madness in
every look and action, her night dress in canfu-
SION aud her hair diahcvclled HAIR falling down
over her shoulders. Her leftarm supported the
passive form OF Fanny Stanley, who lay sense
less and motionlass in her grasp, while her rignt
welded the knife, which She appeared about to
plunge in the white bosom on which the moon
light shonc 50 purely. To note all this was but
the work OF All instant, in another instant | was
at her side
She Ind turned to me as came Up, and with
a sort Of saudened, reproachful look in her wild
dark eyes, said
Would you stand between me and God p
Before She could use the knife on Fanny's
torn, or anticipate what was about to do,
wmr.ed the knife ont Of her hand. At once she
threw Fanny from her, and rushed to the bed
SIDE to re-posScss herself Of her weapon, bat
threw myself upon her and held her firmly To
the floor. Others had come to the door, and
were trying, Intellectually, to obtain admittance
Amangst them, heard Sir Georges voice, cal
ing III despair on Ills daughters name for he
had recognised her alarming cries, and had fed
along the corridor in agony OF terror call
ed loudly to him to 90 round by my room, which
1t seemed, in the hurried excitement of the mo-
mrut, no one remembered as communicating
with the bed room. Directly afterwards they
joined me.
It wanted TO words to explain the sad tale,
and poor Warrington, who was one of those who
had rushed in, was the first to assist me in Sc
curing bis sister. Others assisted Fanny, who
was still in a swooning state, and bore her FROM
the room.
need not pursno these distressing details fur
thor. The physicians were called in, did all they
could but human skill was Intellectual for one
who was now d confined maniac