Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-05-08

tnaL TOau SAW l"O NheH i"o "l'HOeS0"
against us in Court. Passing them we
stopped at house where they were
butchering. Then we went on little
further, stopped in house and asked tor
work. The man said he bad no work.
We then went 10 the bl}cksmilh's shop
and asked for work there. He told me
he had no work for US. and we went on
down The Mannheim road 10 The neat house
and again asked for work, but suil did
mot ge, any. The kind of work We asked
for al al these places was chimney sweep
ing.
The next house we came to, lille
further on, was Isaac kaoh'mans. We
saw him and asked him for his chimney's
to sweep, We tol us he did not want
them cleaned. We then asked him for
something eat it was getting neat dinner
time, and one Of tile women gave us some
bread. | asked, in German, for oliver
wurst," (pudding) which made Harry
laugh. They said they had no meat, and
We left and went across the fields 10 where
the GaIber's lived. We didn't know
there was any money al Garber's, bet we
! had intended TO rob at one of them three
! houses, (Grubc's, kauliman's and Gar
ber's, before we got there, but we saw
no chance at the first and second, because
the men were about.
When we got to Garber's house, went
in first and Harry followed me close after.
A.. in the
kitchen. We had been in that neighbor-
hood before sW eeping chimneys, and they
may have known US but | dad not know
them by uame. Mrs. CARRIER had been
churning and had got the butter worked
up in Jumps ready for market the next
morning. 1t was laid out on board on
kind of box in the next room; l think
il was wood box. When we went III
| asked Mrs. CARRIER if she did no, want
her chimney swept. She said she did
not, and thought she spoke little cross
or sharp was in liquor at the time, and
felt it working in my head. We had
drunk all of the pint we got at the Black
Horse tavern but short time before. |
ten asked for something 10 eat, and Mrs.
CARRIER gave US bread and appebulter, and
asked if we liked buuer-miIk; we said
yes land she went and got us some OF that.
We sci down and eat our "plece," and
Mrs. CARRIER still KEEP, on ABOUT her work.
When we were done eating we got up
and started away. After we got outside
! the door we began TO feel dry, but we
had no more whiskey and no money.
Henry said we must have some whiSkey,
| saws s.leI US 90 back and | will ask her
for a levy" So we turned back and went
into the house to get levy 10 buy pint
OF whiskey.
When we went into the house the Sec
ond time we me, Mrs. CARRIER in the
! kitchen. She was coming out with a
buckle, Of ho, water in hes hand, which
! | think she intended TO take outside
to a kind Of wash-house 10 scaid the
cburn or milk pars. OF that | ain not
sure, but know she had bucket Of wa
ter in her hand. As we went III | met
her face 10 face and demanded OF her II
she had any money. She said no.
then said she must give US a levy She
again said she had none to give me,speak-
ING quite cross, much more so than be-
I fore, and was about To go out OF iae front
door, when stopped her and told her, IN
an excited way, that she must give Us
money or we must take 1t. This seemed
to alarm Mrs. Ream, who then go; up 10
90 ont; but il seems that when Henry came
| in after me ne locked the front door and
put the key in his pocket. Henry took
! hold Of Mrs. Rram and said she must give
| him some money before he would let her
cut. She said she had none TO give him.
and as she said that Mrs. CARRIER tried
once more TO get past me out the front
door. but took hold Of her or pushed her
hack with my left hand. and drew the
/ Ratchet ont of my belt with the other.
And then the big struggle commenced be-
tween US. She fought desperately, and
before knew what she was about she
| had ierked the Ratchet out of my hand and
struck me over the back of the head with
il. She struck pretty hard at me, but
kept il off with my arm. and IL dld'n, stun
me. then closed with her. wrenched
The ha,chet ont of her hand and struck her
over the head two or three with the pole
Of il, but did mt knock her down. We
struggled on over the kitchen a good deal,
and she broke loose from me ana made TO
run into the room where they had their
money but caught her in the next room
lust inside the door and threw her on the
floor: After she was down hit her on
the head with the hatche', and told hel 10
STAY in that room until saw what Henry
was doing with the other woman. Iel'
Mrs. CARRIER living there, stunned from the