The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-23

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Am Attempt to Abduct a Young Lady.
The N. Y Times relates the following sim
gular affair: -
The neighborbood of Broadway, near
Blocker street, witnessed, on Monday after.
noon, the enactment of strange and excit-
ing scene, which, for the time being, caused
great commotion, and which has since given
rise to much curious conjecture. a Young
lady, the daughter of one of our most high
ly respected citizens, whose fair fame the
breath of scandal has never sullied, was not
long since engaged to bemarried toa young
Spanish gentleman, and the arrangements
for the wedding had already been made
On Monday afternoon she dressed, in ordsz,
to take a short walk on Broadway, and to
make a few purchases. just as she turned
the corner of Blocker street, into Broad
way, carriage drove slowly past, and stop
ing opposite her, she noticed two ladies upon
the inside, one of whom tapped with her
finger on the carriage window. and beck
oned to her. Not recognizing the per-
sons who were inside, one of whom con-
tinued to beckon with her finger, she hesi-
tated for a moment when the door of the
carriage opened, and the strange person ad-
dressed the young lady with" Come, sis,
get in here, we want to tell you something"
The young lady, who had now stepped
near enough to the door of the carriage TO
discover that the persons within were
strangers to her, replied: II do not know
you-what do you wish?n "Ohl come
get in, do,iand we will tell you; do get in,
just moment" The driver, at the same
time, importuned the lady to enter. Mis-
trusting some wrong, she shrank back,
and pursued her way upon the sidewalk,
wondering what the mysterious invitation
could mean. Shortly she was again over
. taken by the same carriage, when the driver
jumped from, his seat, the door again sud-
denly opened from the inside, and the lnys-
terious woman, now joined by her associate
and the driver, all besought her to get into
the carriage. Frightened at this last inn
portunity of the strangers, she fed into
milllner's store near by, in great agitation,
and related to the propretress her strange
adventure. After sitting a few moments,
she rose to go, and as she opened the door OF
| the store she was met by the woman whom
she had seen in the carriage, who sprang at
her with great fury, exclaiming: orl----,
you have been staying with my husbandl
In an instant she had torn the beautiful vel
vet hat from the young lady's head,
scratched her face, and inflicted several heavy
blows upon her face and eyes, sThegreaiest
CONSERVATION prevailed during the melee,
and in the midst of the excitement, and be-
| fore the assailant could be arrested, she had
/ fed. ad Ea4 as4
The assault was so sudden and unexpect-
ed that the young lady could make but lit
10 lfa cha oh in
stantly overpowefed Ii was some time
before she could sufficiently recover from
| the attack to think or say anything. The
lady of the store, however, ran out and tried
| to iind policeman-yain hope in such an
emergency. Meanwhile the female appa-
| rition jumped into her carriage and es-
capped. a H.. ,,
The outrageous conduct Of the woman,
and ne vile langnage which she made use OF,
| left out little doubt as to her true character
a carriage was sent for and the young lady
was conveyed to her home, where her ap-
pearance in such sad plight, and the rela-
| ton of her strange adventures, caused the
| greatest excitement and distress. What the
solution of the mystery can be no one APP
| pears, as yet. to understand. Was this
| young lady mistaken by some enraged
! woman LOT announcer person, supposed 10 stand
| in the relation of a rival? Has the young
| Spanish genteman--horribIe thought LA
wife already? What were the intentions Of
the two women; were they plotting an
abduction and murder of their innocent vic
| tim. -f -al
| The responsibility of the lady involved in
| this unfortunate affair, makes it proper to
withhold her name from the public---the
| facts, however, are vouched for as we have
| stated them. @@ st.