Amador weekly ledger., 1857-12-12

IN relation to the author of her misfortune,
she promptly charged it upon her brother-in-
law, Mr.. Craig, and followed it with an afi-
daylt detailing the circumstances attending
her seduction. Mr.. McKbben and his fami-
ly not doubling the guilt Of Mr.. Craig, pro-
ceeded to prosecute him, and took Mrs Craig
and, her children -four in number) home
again. She has remained with her chileren
and separated from her husband ever since,
and has resided in the family mansion near
this place for two years past, with her blight
ed sister as her companion. The suit is still
pending in the Allegheny Court having gone
over from term to term until now. Soon af-
ter the seduction of Mary Jane McKibben,
one of her brothers fired once or twice at
Craig in Pittsburgh, but without effect. Since
then no violence has been attempted upon Mr..
Craig until Tuesday last, though | do not
know that any of the young McKibbns have
met him in the meantime.
Some time last summer, two of Mrs. Craigs
children (the Oldest boy and girl, were play
ing in one of the rooms of the house, where
loaded gun was standing, and the boy by
some accident fired the gun and lodged the
contents in the brain of his sister She was
OF course killed instantly. She was beauti-
ful and intelligent girl Of ten summers, and it
was terrible blow to the already more than
widowed mother. Mr. Craig was advised of
the death Of his child, and came on to CHAINS
bersburgh with his father to take the body to
Pittsburgh for interment. He asked, thro'
his father, for permission to see his wife and
children, but he was forbidden by Mr. Nc
Kbbin and his sons to come to the house at
the peril of his life, though they allowed his
three remaining children to be taken to a
ncighbor's house to spend an hour with him.
1t was truly sad time, for his youngest two
had never heard his name since they were
old enough to know what it is to love and
be loved, and they parted with him without
knowing that they had been with their father
AS great fears were entertained that the
sons Of Mr. McKibbin would take Mr. Craig's
life, should they meet at The depot where the
body of the child was put upon the cars, Mr.
Craig took private conveyance to Shppens-
burgh the evening before, aud there took the
cars and met his father, who had the body in
charge.
The little boy who had accidentally killed
his sister was permitted to accompany his
grandfather and father with the body of his
sister to Pittsburgh, under the solemn prom
ise of the grandfather that he should not be
detained beyond given time. According to
promise, the boy was brought back to this
place by his father on Tuesday last The boy
went out to his mother, and the other chill
dren were sent to Mr.. Crag's hotel, and per-
mltted to stay with him until he should leave
in the return train for Harrisburgh. In the
meantime, the Hon. JOS McKibbin, from
California who happened to be on visit to
his sisters here and Robt r. McKibbin, ESQ.,
young man Of twcnty-three years, who re-
sides at the mansion near the town, and is
student at law, learned of Mr., Craig's arri-
val in town. They resolved that the wrongs
of their blighted sister should be avenged.
and armed themselves with a revolver each
They were, however, dissuaded from their
purpose by their father, and detained, as they
all supposed, until the train had left town
Mistaking the whistle Of the locomotive, when
the engineer was bringing it out of the shop
to attach to the train, for the signal of de-
parture, they walked into town, (not over
quarter Of mile, and their route posed the
Cumberland Valley depot When they came
to the depot, they found the cars still there,
and in the last ear there were but two pas
sengers, Mr. Craig and the President Of the
Middetown bank AS soon as they saw
Craig, they seemed only to remember their
widowed and dishonored ones at home and
the author of their sorrow, and having their
pistols with them, they at once attacked him.
Joseph, who is very large man, stepped in
to the car through the front door and fred
at Mr.. Craig. Robert stepped to the side of
the car on a platform almost level with the
ear and fred through the window. Craig
returned the fire of both almost simultane-
ously, with a revolver in each hand, and thus
some twenty shots were fred in almost as
many seconds. Passengers about the cars.
and the gentleman who was in the car with
Craig, rushed into the depot at the first hos
tile demonstration, and all thus escaped dan
ger. Mr.. Craig received one ball from .Jo-
seph in the right groin, and one from Robert
in the back over the right hip. Robert es-
capped entirely; Joseph was very slightly
wounded in the right arm Each party fired .
until their shots were exhaused The McKib- /
bins then walked away and the train left.
with Mr. Craig as one of the passengers. He
went to Shippensburgh, where he stopped to
receive medical aid One of the balls has
been extracted, but the one in the back has
not been found. Neither of the wounds is |
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 their separation.--
While unwilling to reproach her brothers for
to ayenge the wrongs of herself