Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-06-10
Diabolical Outrage upon a Young Female
in Hoboken.

in Hoboken.
The city of Hoboken is certainly gaining
u very unenviable fame fer wickedness and
corruption. Within single year two
bloody murders have occurred, and ten
times as many rape cases and burgaries -
Yesterday afternoon, at & o'clock, II new
case came up for public gossip. 1t appears
that three young LADIES, the daughters of a
retired merchant, were walking towards the
Elysian Fields, and when near the SYPHILIS
Cave, they were hailed by two very we'll
dressed young men, who were enjoying n
sail in a small "dinky" row-boat. One of
them invited the young ladies to take sail
but they MI refused except the youngest,
| fine looking Miss about II summers Her
companions endeavored to persuade her
to remain with them, and not go on the
water with strangers" hut she replied that
doubtless, they were respectable young men
who where boarding in River Terrace, or
some other fashionable locality, and were
perfectly honest in their offer. She accord
ingly got into the boat, and had no sooner
taken her seat, than the two young men
pulled away to the New York shore. She
became frightened. but the fellows told her
they were merely trying their speed, and
| would not row out beyond the middle Of the
river. This pacified her until the centre of
the river wassgained, when they turned the
head of the boat towards "IIighwood," tho
residence of Denning Duer. the banker,
when she again suspected something might
be wrong and began to scream loudly for
help.
Her companions, on tho shore, had con-
tinued their walk to the Fields but kept
strict watch on the boat On arriving at
the hotel there, they inquired as to the res
portability OF the young men, and upon
their giving u description Of them, they
learned to their establishment that they
were notorious black legs from New York,
who We're in the habit of coming over in
boat and decoying unsuspecting females
| into their boat for the purpose of ravishing
them. The remaining two young ladies i'm
| mediately offered o reward to any one who
would go out and rescue their companion.
John Kinney and George Walsh, two shad
fishermen, volunteered. They then put off
in small boat, and when they had come
within one hundred yards of the scoundrels,
one of them fired pistol at Kinney, with
out taking effect.
In the meantime the fellows had thrown
the girl into the bottom of the "dinky," and
| each ravished her person. Kinney aud
Walsh continued to follow the boat, which
was now nearing the New York shore
They were fired at several times, but fortu-
nately were not touched. The unfortunate
girl was kept in the bottom of the boat
while her prosecutors rowed for the foot Of
Thirty-first street, where they jumped on
| shore and made off, and have not since been
seen or heard from. Kinney and Walsh
soon came up in their boat, and transferred
the girl to their boat, and returned to Ho-
boken. She remained insensible until late
last night, and it ia feared she is so badly
injured death may ensue.-M. Y Day Book
A DEATH CLocK.-We have recently been
informed of truly wonderful clock, which
is said to belong to a family residing In
Newport. We relate the peculiarities of
this clock as they were related to US, leav.
ing our readers to arrive at their own con.
clusion as to the mystery. Our informant
is one who can be relied on. The clock is
of simple construction, and belongs to the
family Of Mr.. l. Y, but all the efforts
OF the clock makers have not been able to
make 1t keep time-consequently it has
been permitted to rest in silence A few
l OSioi vic uchtu VI uT6. L. sISVeT,
which took place some time since, the clock
suddenly struck one, after silence of many
months. 1t thus continued to maintain its
silence until another of the members of the
family was Frustrated with a fatal malady,
when it again struck one, and on the follow.
ing day the child was buried. A wear
elapsed, when o second child sickened and
died. The clock was punctual in sounding
one few hours before its DEATH A third
child--a little boy fifteen months old-was
afflicted with scrofula, which baffied the
skill of his physician, and on the third day
OF this month its remains were derosited in
the grave. The clock gave the usual warn
ing and struck one. 1t has never failed in
sounding death-kne]i when any of the
family in whose possession it now is were
about to die. There are stranger things
in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamed OF in our phllosophy.-Cncinnati
| Gazette.
IA calf ate minister's shirt the other
day ct CoIoma, California, with one hundred
and foustsen dollars In gold, which was in
pocket Of the sAirk The minister Rives