The Nevada journal., 1852-05-22

two men who guarded the coacEman
and horses, three more individuals to
the support Of the highwayman; the
traces were cut in an instant, the
coachman was lashed to his seat, and
the highwaymen prepared to avenge
the death OF their leader, who lay, ap-
parently inanimate, on the ground.
The doors of the caleshe were torn
open, but the spectacle which there
presented itself was such as to make
the Iobbers pause before they launch
ed out upon the mission of revenge.
Miss Perry, the wounded lady, lay in
the arms Of her sister, whose speech
less agony, proved the horror which
she felt at the occurrence. Mr.. Brooks,
who was still ignoront that it was he
who had inflicted the injury, had new
ertheless abandoned all ideas of resis-
tance, and was vainly endeavoring to
staunch the blood, which flowed in tor
rents from the ghastly wound. For
some minutes the highwaymen looked
upon this mournful scene, until q low
moan from their leader, reminded them
of the necessity Of giving him that at
tention, which his condition perempto-
rily called for. A few minutes sufficed
TO prove that he was not dangerously
wounded; the bullet after fracturing
the slender arm of Miss Perry, had
spent itself against his chest, causing
what the Germans call PrelIschuss,
and though it did not penetrate the
flesh, had still force enough to break
q bone or two without any other out
ward sign, than small black spot on
the place where the leaden messenger
struck. The chief soon recovered, and
was able to ride of, whilst he left his
followers in charge OF the carriage,
giving strict orders, however, not to
plumber the EnglisIman and his fam
lily, but TO give them every assistance
to enable them to reach Vienna as
early as possible, that the young lady
might obtain medical aid. The orders
were executed to the letter; Mr..
Brooks saw his horses put to the car
riage by his late assailan.s, who exhi-
bited the most respectful bearing to-
wards hum, and seemed rather TO wish
him good than evil. So much indeed
was he taken by the conduct of the
men, that on parting he gave dia>
mond ring, Of great value, to him who
had been left in command by the Chief,
with orders to hand it over to his mas
ter, as token of his gratitude for the
consideration which had been extend
ed to the suffering lady
The occurrence caused an extraor-
dinary sensation at Vienna. Apart
from the 5oldness Of the act, the STAN
ding Of Mr.. Brooks and his energetic
action, the result of the encounter, so
far as Miss Perry was concerned, gave
sufficient interest to the matter for it
to remain the standing topic for many
weeks. AS for the injured lady, she
suffered greatly from the severe
wound, but recovered without the loss
of her arm, which, at first, it seemed
impossible to save. Tho Mr.. Brooks
discountenanced all efforts to trace oui
the individual who stopped his car,
riage, the police nevertheless caused
the most minute inquiries to be made,
but without any success.
A month or two passed quietly by,
when the news of another attack on
the highway, this time accompanied
with a robbery to a heavy amount,
startled the police from their apathy
to which they had abandoned them
selves since they saw their efforts to
trace out the perpe traitors of the pre-
vious robbery, fruitless. Attack fol-
lowed attack at or weeks intervals,
and they were directed only against
the most wealthy, with a sagacity and
prudence which dcied every precau-
ton on the part of the author tiles
Years thus passed without the least
success against these depredators, and
late i'll the fall of 1851 three robberies
were committed during one night, not
one of which led TO discovery, though
the booty consisted of such articles as
could not have been disposed of in the
Austrian empire without establishing
suspicion against the seller.
In the month Of January, Miss Per-
ry, who. since receiving the wound
from the pistol shot of her brother-in-
law, had been married to Welch gen
tleman named Trewyth, arrived at
Vienna with her husband, where her
former adventure was by no means for
gotten, and was frequently spoken a
bout in company. Among those who
seemed to take the deepest interest in
The matter, was Baron Pregli,a Lom-