Litchfield enquirer., 1852-04-22
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EsHAA ef eActsSMSue 'As
 ~pa,sa in the higher classes of the Au'
 trsaa Capital by the remarkable an
 ~omswhat romantic develOPementS Q
 numerous heavy ro6beEies. vh'ea '"
 wears past, have bssp cOm@iteed n SN'
 near the Metropolis. by one CT @ess saal
 ..seiors. whose whereabouts < vss sa
 possible to trace oat h esdss to g'S'
 a thorough insight aAtA the a;Altee, "
 must begin at a Rssiess SAsa the eSis
 ,encs of tAa gang Eas RAk psSNsa p
 ,heiF actioaa>
 Towards lAa elOssoS QSs0eess Es4&
 during a lae and sseaxs aSalIalsal night
 he traysiag eaEfiags0s hrs Edward c
 8rOoks. a wsalaAy RsssllaasQs LQadoa
 who then was oas fia way baclsto Viaani
 f on a lopgg tour in Uppese ltals aud tlls Lombardic Psoyinesss. VAS stopped wisllr ,a .hree. naiisas ol. Viaaaas, in the aQsl :, opulatsd part of the country. One man only, presented himself at tlles coach N Nindow, and c0aat ateaGssy, bal tisaaly,. do
 nanIed the surrender of whatsveE vsaal ah,ea the inmates of the conveyance poss> .rssed. With Mir. Brooks there Wete TWO ladies. his wife and her younger sis> ,s, inc hsaer of WhonA had already axw. her parse. and was ia the act el hxplfing h ts the highN ayman, when her .ytenaea nrn was fractured by a pistol .bot from MT, Brooks. who without havinr perceived the movement of his s,;;s.ev-In- law. had from the back seat of the carriaus quietly taken aim at the xobher, with . view of answering the imnuaent demand. A scene of terrific confusion then ensued. The report of tte pistol brought besides the two men, who guarded the coaehpaan and horses, ,hree mo;e individuals to the support of the highvayman tae traces were cut ,n an instaat. the coachman was lashed to bis seat, and tk { ighwaymen prepared themselves to aveBss the death of their leader. who lay. apparently inanimate. sn the ground.
 The doors of the celesbe were torn open. but the spectacle which chere pre-. sented itself was such as to make the sobbers pause before they launched out upon the mission of revenge. Miss Perry, the wounded lady. lay in the arms of her sister, whose speechlers agony, proved tie horror which she felt at the occurrence. Mir. Brooks, still ignorant. ehat it was he who inflicted the injury. had nevertheless abandoned all lideas of resistance. and was endeavoring Co stauneh the blood, which flowed in tor. rents from the ghastly wound. For some minutes the highwaymen looked at this nournful scene. until low moan from their leader, reminded them of the nO- eessay ef giving him that attention, which his condition perempterily called for. A few minutes .suficed to prove hat he was not dangerously wounded ihe bullet after fracturlng the slender arm ,i Miss Perry. had spent itself against p.s chest. causing what the Germans call 3 PrelIseh9s. and though it did not pens. rate the flesh. had still force enough to ,reak bone or two without any other utward sign, than small black spot on inc place where tho leaden messenger truck. The chief soon recovered and vas able to ride of, whilst he left his blowers in charge of the carriage, giv- ng strict esdsrs, however, not to plund- r the Rnghsbman and his family, but p give them every assistance to enable lem to reach Vienna as early as possi- ,'e, that the young lady might obtain aedical aid. The orders were executed , the letter Mir. Brooks saw his horses
 tt to tho carriage by his late assailants, hot h 5ited tho mess respectful bearing
 wards him. and seemed rather to wish
 m good than evil. So much indeed r as he taken by the conduct of the men. 'at on par ting he gave a almond ring Of ]
 eat value. to hina who had been left in | : armand by the Chief. sith orders to
 md t over to hts ppaster. as a token of 1 ''s gratitude for the consideration which | N'i been extended to the suffering | i.Iy.
 The occurrence caused an sxtraordi "ry sensation at Vcnna. Apart from ! lHs boldness of the act, the standing of | Fir. Brooka and his energetic action. the | .rSult of the encounter, 60 far as Miss ] erry was concerned. gave sufficient in l. rest to the matter for It to remain the AndiDg topic for many weeks. As for s"e injured lady. she suffered greatly t'nm the severe wound, but recovered 'thcut the loss of her arm. which. at es'tit seemed impossible toaavs. Though ar. Brooks discountenanced all efforts to 'aes cut the individual who stopped his slage. the police nevertheless caused ee most minute inquiries to be made. s"' WMnout any success.
 A month or tive passed ouiellv bv s hsn the news of another a,taek n ,be lshway. this accompanied v;,h ! " ,ah a0 | v to . heavy amount. stsr,lsa % ,S. l .'lice from their apathy. to which ,h"o "o Ia alahsndonsd themselves since ,hev ss !,