The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-09

Harrisburg. In the mean time, the Hon. Jos.
McKibben. from California, who happened to
be on q visit to his sisters here, and Robert p.
McKibben, Esq, young man OF 70 years, who
resides at the mansion near the town, and is
student at Law, learned Mr.. Craig's arrival in
town. They resolved that the wrongs of their
blighted sister should be avenged, and armed
themselves with revolver each. They were,
however, dissuaded from their purpose by their
father, and detained, as they all supposed, until
the train left town. Mistaking the whistle of
the loco motive, when the engineer was bring
ing it out of the shop TO attach the train, for
the signal of departure, they walked into town
(nOt over quarter of a mile,) and in their
route passed the Cumberland Valley depot
When they came to the depot they found the
cars still there, and in the last car there were
but two passengers, Mr.. Craig and the President
of the Middletown Bank. As soon as they saw
Craig, they seemed only to remember their wild
owed and dishonored loved ones at home and
the author of their unmingled sorrow and hav-
ing their pistols with them, they at once attack
ed him. Joseph, who is a very large man,
stepped into the car through the front door and
fred at Craig. Robert stepped to the side of
the car on platform almost level with the car,
and fired through the window. Craig returned
the fire of both almost simultaneously, with a
revolver in each hand, and thus some twenty
passengers about the cars, and the gentleman
who was in the car with Craig. rushed into the
depot at the first hostile demonstration, and all
thus escaped danger. Mr.. Craig received one
ball from Joseph in the right groin, and one
| from Robert in the back over the right hip
Robert escaped entirely; Joseph was very slight
ly wounded in the right arm. Each party fired
until their shots were exhausted The McKib-
bens then walked away, and the train left, with
Mr.. Craig as one of the passengers. He went
TO Sbippensburgb, where he stopped to receive
medical aid. One Of the balls has been extract
ed, but the one in the back has not been found.
Neither OF the wounds are dangerous, and Mr.
Craig is much better to-day
Mrs. Craig, on hearing of the tragedy, and
not knowing the extent of Mr. Craig's wounds
took the train on Wednesday, in company with
her father, to see her husband for the first time
since the separation. While unwilling to re-
proach her brothers for attempting to avenge
the wrongs of herself and her deaf and dnmb
sister, she felt ii to be her duty to attend him
in the hour of dangar, and soften his pillow,
even when suffering under the terrible retribu-
| ton of O crime which, when viewed in all its
revolving aspects, has scarcely any parallel in
| the criminal annals of our State. When he re-
covers sufficiently to go on to Pittsburg she
will return to her home near this place to drink,
with her sister, the cup of sorrow, and wait for
the day when it shall be full.
The McKibbens reluctantly entered into bonds
for their appearance at the next Court, to an
swer to any charge that may be preferred
against them. AT the instance Of the President
of the Cleveland and Vcksburg Railroad Co.,
they have also been held in $4,000 each, to keep
the peace. s