Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-02-15
ANOTHER GARDNER R-FURNIss AFFAIR

FROM the Cincinnati Enquirer, February6l
day or two ago something of an excitement at
was created ON Sycamore street by the appear
ance OF man in a single garment making a
p precipitate retreat, in broad daylight, in the
direction of uptown. This ill-clad individu al
had scarcely passed before another-in full
costume, howeVer-was seen in hot pursuit,
breathing threats of vengeance, and holding a
notwithstanding revolver in his hand The
pursued disappeared in the doorway Of a house
near at hand, and the pursuer disappeared
there likewise, but returned, after half an
hour, with the air of one who has sought and
failed of revenge.
The cause of this unexpected apparition is
thus related: A certain shoulder-hitter. who
has distinguished himself in the "ring'' had
become too intimate with the wife of one of his
boon companions, proprietor of coffee-hou
in the thOroughfare mentioned, and in one of
his visits. and when he supposed the husband
absent from the city, he was surprised by that
gentleman himself
room for more than fifteen minutes before the
husband appeared upon the scene, creeping
Stealthily through the hall Of the house on
murGerous purpose bcnt. He tried the door
1t was locked, of course-and then, without
further preface, he kicked vehemently at the
portal, but so strongly was it secured that it
did not give way. Reused to a pitcb of f,en1v
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no doubt, to kill one or both of the inmates,
A loud scream was tho response to the sharp
reports OF the pistol, and the husband thought
he had been successful in his purpose; but
hearing great commotion in the apartment,
ne again Piled his feet until the door gave way,
just IN time to afford him a glance of a white
garment disappearing through windhw. He
nred thlrd shot without effect, and then rushed
alter the retreating man Of muscle, who es-
capped into the street. Again he caught
glimpse of the destroyer of his peace. and
pulled the trigger of his pistol, but the can ex-
ploded, and before he could repeat the expert
ment, the pursued had taken shelter in the
house to which we have alluded.
where the shoulder-hitter went after that is
a mystery, especially to the liege lord, who
hunted from cellar to garret without finding
him he sought, with the most intense desire to
blow cut his brains. Fate however. was on.
posed to this most amiable design, and though
the vender OF liquors declares it to be his de-
lIberate intent to kill his false friend as soon
as he sees him-tO shoot him on sight, as he
expresses it-he has thus far been prevented
from the ful6lment of his sanguinary threat.
The shoulder-hitter, it i, supposed, has left
the city, little inclined, though travelling on
his muscle, to be the target for a revolver in
the hands of the man be has disbonored.
The coffee-house keeper, We believe, has left
his wife, and intends applying as soon as po.si-
bio for divorce, being like "0thello" in one
particular-though doubling his spouse's f.
delty upon no poisonous suspicious whispered
IN his ear by serpent "Iago,n he has believed
only IN the evidence Of his senses, and declares,
II he could slay the man who has so irrepara-
bly, injured bim, that he would willingly die
oy the hangman's hand. A capital Jest that,
to talk OF dying by the hangman's s hand in this
community. Very droll, is it not