Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-04
From the Chicago Tribune, July 2S
Ffendish Attempt at Wholesale Murde

Ffendish Attempt Mt wh0iesale Murder.
About week ago the superintendent Of track
repairs from Laporte to Chicago, Mr.. Oakley,
| finding one section of his beat was not kept in
proper shape, determined to dismiss the whole
gang OF men on the section, and accordingly did
So and from the talk Of the men when discharged,
promptly reported to the general superintendent,
Colonel James Moor, at Adrian, he was afraid
there might be trouble on the section near Bailey
| town, Indiana.
| Colonel Moor Immediately communicated his
| suspicious to Pinkerton & Co., who forthwith con-
centrated their detective force in that neighbor-
hood, under the personal supervision Of Pinkerton
| himself. From the movements Of things on Mon
day evening last, MIR. Pinkerton was led to place
an additional force Of railroad men along the
track from Mller's station to Calumet. The
night was dark and rainy, just the kind of a night
| for such demons to go to work.
| Stealthily the watch stole along the track
every nook and GRANNY was carefully searched, and
under bridge at Baileytown claw-bar, such as
is used for drawing spikes, was found. AS one
| had been missing upon this section when the men
were discharged, who when questioned by Mr..
| Oakley as to where it was, denied all knowledge
Of it, Mr.. Pinkerton took up position as to
watch if any one came for it.
| About eleven o'clock two men were observed
| to come cautiously up the track; short CONVEX
sation in whispers was held, and one of them took
the claw-bar from its hiding place, and proceeded
with his confederate east upon the track; closely
| followed by p. and the others barefooted. The
country in this region is wild and unsettled, and
on arriving at favorable place near where the
| track crosses the Calumet river, undoubtedly
selected by them, for its dangerousness, they went
! to work with the bar, drew the spikes, and slid
the rails on one side, making perfect switch.
During the time they were at work, Pnkerton
and his men lay within few feet Of them. As
they started to return, one of them, observing
something dark to lay'by the track, stopped to
| pick it up. 1t proved to be only Mr.. p himself,
who Immediately sprang to his feet and seized the
william by the throat. The fiend fought Justify,
but the other men coming up, p passed him
over to them and put after the other, who with
the speed of lightning was fleeing west upon the
| track
Finding he was going te be distanced Pinker-
ton, dernier resort, fired upon him, when the
william halted and fired at Pinkerton, and again
fled, but this time ran directly into the hands of
the reserved force, placed west on the track, and
who, hearing TIN firing, were Fastening TO the
/ scene.
| He was Immediately captured and brought back
| to where the other prisoner was, when, slipping
out of his coat and leaving it in the hands of the
officer, he wheeled upon Mr.. P. struck him vio-
lent blow, knocking him into the ditch, and ran
up the bank like bird and disappeared in the
woods. and although closely followed by the men,
aided by the darkness made his escape.
He is probably dangerously wounded, as blood
the woods. The wound is supposed to be some
where about the body, as P.'s hands were all
| covered with blood in the scufile. The other
prisoner fought violently until securely ironed,
when he was conveyed to Calumet, little over
three miles
He proved 10 be an Irishman named Peter
Welsh, ono of the gang who were lately discharg-
ed. Welsh says the one who made his escape
was also discharged track hand.
An express and mail train was due at the point
where the rails were moved, within half an hour,
and it is truly fearful TO calculate what might
have been the loss of life If the depredations had
not been discovered
On the arrival of this, man was despatched
by MIR. r. TO Chicago, 10 his partner, MIR. Rucker,
who despatched some more detectives out to scour
the woods laying between the Michigan Central
| and Michigan Southern Railroads, and at day
light energetic effort was made in every direc-
| ton from Calumet TO find the rufian.
SINGULAR ADVENTURE OF LOST CHILD.-On
Saturday, the 18th instant a child Of Henry Mich
olson, residing about two miles north of Rocka-
way, went into the woods with an older brother
to hunt the cows. The boy was only about five
years DID, and by some means got separated from
his brother, who came home without him. The
mother then started in search of him, but he
could not be found. On Sunday, the parents,
aided by few neighbors, searched in vain, and
in the afternoon some seventy persons turned out
him. On Monday probably over one hundred
| persons were searching the woods in all direc-
| tons, and on Tuesday and "Wednesday, il is
| said, that two hundred were searching, but with
out discovering him. On Thursday morning, a
| young man from Denmark Forge concluded he
would search, and accordingly went from his
own house TO Beach Glen, directly across the
| mountain, which overlooks the Glen On the
| top Of that mountain lying on a rock, he found
the child alive and bright, but very thirsty and
hungry. He had lived on berries, and told his
discoyercr that he was looking for The red COW,
and had not found her vet Being very timid
It is supposed that he had heard the calls Of the
men looking for him, and hid himself, for they
went several times through the mountains where
he was found. For the same reason he had not
dared TO approach the houses at the Glen, which
were in sight When found he had given up
hope of finding his way home. He had been
without food from Saturday noon until the next
Thursday forenoon, about five days, except the
berries he picked in the woods. During that
time, he had not bad a single drop Of water The
little fellow was disnclined TO tell his adyen-
lures, but called loudly for bread and water,
which were given him sparingly at first The boy
is now as well as ever.--gN1cark IN j. Advertiser.
The Rsndall's Island Children and the
Shakers.
We stated last week that deputatou from the
Shaker village Of Lebanon had visited Randall's
Island and selected twenty children for the pur.
pose OF taking them 10 their settlement. Yester-
day was the day on which they were TO call and
take them away; but learn the Ten Gov
errors have concluded 10 look n little further INFO