The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-09-15
A Fiendish Attempt at Murder.


throw the cars off the track on the Ohio
aud Mississippi Railroad. The villains
were known +; detectives got into their
confidence; and they were thus shared,
and one was caught. The St. Louis
Bulletin of the I'd inst thus writes:
By agreement with his confedcrates,
one Of the detectives took the train back
to Vincennes, where he agreed to take
the nine o'clock express train for st.
Louis. This was the train which was to
be destroyed and p:undered. The
avowed object Of the detective was "to
pick out the Birds" and before reaching
the place Of the catastrophe, he was to
leap from the fated train. The second
detective was to conceal himself with
one Of the villains near the chain, and
await tho crash. At the same time anoth
er confederate in the scheme took his
station near the bridge. Thus the plot
was prepared, and an awful slaughter
determined upon. The train neared the
place between 8 and 10 o'clock Wednes.
day evening, the conductor and officers
Of the train being alone in the secret,
which was to snatch the passengers from
frightful death.
As the train neared the spot Of the
intended disaster, it was suddenly stop.
ped, when the detective by the roadside,
presenting q revolver at the head of his
companion, sternly threatened instant
death in case he should stir limb. In
an instant Conductor Miles leaped from
the train, and assisted the officer in Sc
curing the villain, who was Immediately
handnfed, and placed as prisoner in
the tf1ih he had hoped to plunder. The
excitement among the $50 or 200 pas
seogers was, as may be imagined, most
intense. Propositions were made to
lynch the rascal, and it was with some
difficulty that the friends Of law and or.
der finally persuaded the indignant pas
sengers to allow the law to take its due
course. The officers are in full pursuit
Of the remainder of this desperate gang,
and they will doubtless Be brought to
speedy justice.
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Tue NEXT CENSUS Arrangements
are being made by the General Govern.
ment for taking the eighth census of the
United States, to be completed in 1860.
We have suggestion to make to our
readers, especially to the. farmers. It
10 to make memoranda Of the quantity
aud value Of crops Of the present scasos
IN order that the questions to be asked
BY the ccnsus-taker may be readily and
correctly answered. This would facilit-
ate the business Of the Marshal, and at
the same time give much less trouble, At
the time, to those who are required to
give IN account Of their product and the
value. This preparation to make returns
BY other persons, manufacturers and
business; men geuerally,is we'll worthy Of
their attention.
THE LOST SnEEP.-A preacher Of the
Methodist church Was travelling 10 one
of tho back settlements, aud stopped At
q cabin where ~ old lady received him
very kindly. Aftcr setting provisions
before him, she began to question
him: II
Stranger, whore mought you. be
from?'
'Madam, I reside in Shelby county
Kentucky" ~
"Well, stranger, hope no offense, but
what mought you be doin' way up
here 2 .453e 8a. a
"Madam, / am searching for the lost
sheep Of the house Of Israeli
!. ssJohn John !" shouted the old lady,
'sccmo right here this mint here's .
stranger al the way from Shelby county,
K Kentucky, hunting stock, and l'lljust
bet my life that tangle.haired old ram
that's been in our lot The last week is
one O. his'n."
A SELL.-That was : horrible affair
the murder Of Dean, and the sealing