Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-18

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i IN November Ian, while Nr. Blanehest, Of
Grant County, KY, VA ID the mOuntains hunt
ing, Young man named Peter Jones, ran ol
was under sge, and married her. TO sccon-
pIish his purpose, Jones committed : most ne
farious but singular fraud By bis procurement,
bio uncle and aunt went 70 the Clerk Of the
| 0sen County Court and represented themselves,
the one 70 te Peter Jones, and the other Miss
Blanchett, and asked tor license TO marry and
they beng both evidently oyer age, the clerk
issued the license without asking any questions.
They then EFT and handed oyer the license 70
Jones, who, in company with Mss Bianchett,
vent 70 Rev. Mr.. Sparrow, who married them.
The health and spirit Of Mrs Blanchett 1.-THE
mother Of Miss Emma as coon as she heard
OF what had occurred, became deeply affected
TO give her beautiful and lovely daughter up to
,uch wretch as jones' seemed TO her worse
than consigning her to the grave. Mr.. Blan-
chett went over to Jones's house and accosted
both him and his daughter, in friendly man
ner, and told the latter that her mother was very
unwell and deeply distressed, and that If she
would come home and see her, he thought il
would restore her. As for himself he said tie
had no objections 70 the marriage, but it was
preying upon his wife's mind and making her
very unhappy. II Mrs. Jones would only go
with him and stay few days, he would satisfy
her mother with her conduct, and she sould
then return to Jones again.
Well pleased with these representations, Mrs.
Jones went with her father, but remained sever
ii days longer than had been agreed on, snd her
house to see what was the matter; but Mr. |
Blanchett and family had gone visiting . near |
neighbor that day. Jones found where they |
were and his wife, who, 1t seems, did not meet |
him with as cheerful smiles beaining on her |
as were seen when they parted q |
few days before. He requested her to 20 home |
with him, but she refused, and informed him
that she would have no more to do with him.
But he was determined not ''to give it up so"
He then went away and came back the same
night with a gang of ruf6ans, mostly his rels-
tives, and attacked Blanchett's house, he and
his wife having returned home. They broke
down the door and rushed in, and then fight
In the melee one Of the Jones
party was shot in the back, and Mr.. Blsnchett
was struck over the head with the butt of a
horscwhip, which knocked him bleeding and
senseless to the floor. The Jones party, sup.
posing they had killed Blanchett, retreated in
haste, carrying away with them Peter Jones
wife, the object OF their visit. The persons in.
nred are recovering.
It is said that there were as many as twenty
Dr. thirty persons in the crowd who attacked
Blancbett's house. As many Of them as
:ould be identified were arrested the next day, I
md held to answer at the next term of the
irant County Court, to the charge Of an at
ernpt ut assassination. 4 y ssd
The Bianchetts are in humble circumstances.
,ut are people Of the highest respectability, and
heir daughter is one of the most beautiful and
accomplished young ladies of Kentucky.
fCynthiana News.