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bis wife made 30 more noise, that she was al
ready dead. grsppled With bin. As lie did SO
some instrument cell With a heavy SQUAD 10 the
floor.
A desperate struggle ensued, the parties be-
ing nerved on one side by fear, on the other by
desperation and resoluteness o~fpurpose, Both
we're strong men. but the result Of the grappls
for life proved Mr.. Fowler superior TO his an
tagOnist. GrasPing him tighhy b.. the throat.
with one arm about bis waist, Mr.. +. forced
Christine back into the corner. The door O.
pened from the pressure upon i, and both par
lies cell, struggling upon the floor Of the outer
room John meanwhile dealing Mr., f.. about
twenty heavy body blows. At this i%uncture,
Mrs. Fowler. who really appears to be a very
brave woman, bad recovered from the effects
Of the stunning blows inflicted upon her. and
rising. proceeded 10 the assistance Of her hus-
band. The assassin sill fighting vigorously,
caught her hand between bis teeth aud tore out
a piece Of the fleshy portion, The wound,
when we saw il this morning, bore the appear
ahce of being highly i%nfsmed, as il inflicted
by a rabid dog. However, after a protracted
resistance, the assistant was overpowered.-
The children having been alarmed light was
procured, which left no doubt Of Christmas j.
IDENTITY.
4 Iiule boy was dispatched to the yard. to
! obtain a chair and rope, with which he was
securely bound. This accomplished, the near
est neighbors were alarmed, aud one OF them
Mr.. Hinckley--at once came dowE, and in
formed Marshal Beam of the occurrence. Ia
king a cutter, be proceeded TO the scene OF the
transaction. where he arrested Christine and
committed him,lo Jail. He is still there;no sx-
animation Of the case having been had, on ac-
count Of the inability of Mr. Fowler and has
wife to attend.
The instrument with which the blows were
inflicted, was a heavy wood axe, belonging to
. Mr. Fowler. 1t was found lying on the floor Of
the bed room Immediately after the occurrence
Christine having dropped it there, when he
grappied With Mr.. +,
The wound inf cted by The first blow upon
$ Mrs. Fowler's breast, was followed by another
evidently aimed at her husband, bat it struck
? wide of the mark, falling upon her shoulder
This is accounted for by the fact that the room
was very dark, and the assassin bad nothing
to show him where to direct his blows.
Christine says he had no intention to muir
der the family, aud did not dream of anything
like crime when he entered the house, He
hal. he adds, been at work for Mr.. Fowler
lie engaged to him at the outset at half a dollar
per day, and after working for this pay eight
!, days, was to receive his board until spring.
After he had worked two days for his board
Mr.. +. Quarrelled with and discharged him, re
rusing to pay him any wages, He says It wa
r for the purpose of demanding bis wages tina
he went 10 tho house. The family were i
g bed, lie awoke them and demanded his mon
! ey. High words and a scufle ensued, whe
). the servant girl we saw none, and we're in
formed there was none, ran into the shed an
= brought an axe to Fowler, Christine say
that Fowler struck him several times; that Tia
u women got hold of his arms; and thai, IN h
10 efforts to get away from them, he bit Mrs, |
on the hand and probable struck her with h
tIOUW. lie hIso says 'h"I VIZ
ID chain which be got into his mouth ard twiste
m around his head in such a manner as to rend,
J. him almost insensible, and that Fowler tol
the girl during the scuile several times to III
ana get a knIfe with which TO cut his throa
He was then bound hand and foot, and MAJ
shall Beam sent after, who took him 10 jail,
Mrs, Fowler is still very weak, and says sh
: feels it will be some lime before she is hel
self again, although she is content to have e'
e capped, even thus narrowly with her life. Nj
s Fowler, AS we have said. is very lame an,
{ sore. For a day or two after the occurrence
it was feared he would not recover from Ii
j. effect Of the blows, excitement and over excl
tor. but he is now getting along finely, an
d hopes to be able to come down TO the city b
Tomorrow.