The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-11-24


Iperson robbed having refused to prosecute
that the robbers had,o that case, thrown
the gentleman's horse Che also drove gig
: down by very simple expedient A lin,
was dropped in the dark across the road. at
tached by arunning moose at one end to The
stump OF tree, at about two feet from the
ground, which suddenly frightened as the
morse came swiftly up would bring dowr
Inc surest-tooted beast in the world, with
terrible violence. The same trick nigh,
nave been played upon this occasion,
was pretty sure it had been 81 and the othel
portion OF the clothes line might suffice tc
nang whoever could be proved to have hae
IL In his possession on the night offhe mur
der.gno InoI3 ga9s Ri ME- =
1 The place where the horse must have fal.
len was just the spot where such device
might be resorted to with success. The
| road was narrow, level !; the horse would be
gong at its swiftest pace; and there was
an oak sapllng on oneside, round which the
running moose could be slipped, and fixed
az any helght. One man, having the other
eno 4n has hand, and selling the exact mo-
nsens nor raising it, could throw any swift
morse down. Yes; but to do so was scarce
i y 10 De expected Of Cockney oil and coll
orman--one, too, prematurely feeble-age d
No, no; if thai trick had been PLAYED, il
was by some ohe whose eyes could see in
the dark as well as byyfdaylight one DOS
sessed Of nerve quickness, decision. which
would bring down a partridge before it b.,'
tiuttered its wings thrice. y
very clever plsaeh~-}ag Ir.lc
cara,sasS, ~. ~ : AIRS about here ~
- remarked, speaking to my brother
officer. s ~
Il should think so. Rum fellows to meet
| With of a dark night, too!''
a''Mr. Gibson the prisoner, can hardly be
one of that sort, should think ?' s5-a
| at'God bless you! no. l hardly think he
knows a snipe from partridge, except
when they are cooked; nor how to SO much
as load a gum -. r. s'Y5
slave you any first-rate moonlight fell
lows about here ?'' 4,9i si5
is gone out of that line-Jem Somers, as
lives at Stape Hill. He used to be an out
and-outer. He's not exactly such bad
Sort" continued the officer, '.as everybody,
or almost everybody [Mr. Blagden liked
him very much says he is. He's very sor-
ny, seems almost heartbroken about this
horrible affair-Mr Gibson and his daugh-
ter having been, he says, SO very kind to
him. He thinks, if he can't get q tolerable
situation, which he can hardly expect now
that Mr. Blagden is dead, Of going over to
America" i.3l4
America! Well he will have plenty of
sport there. suppose such tender heart
ed gentleman would be most grieved at
the fate of his old friend, Mr.. BIagden''
''No, really, no. He is most distressed
about Gibson and his daughter. Tears
come into his eyes every time he speaks
abQnt them. 'sWhy, continued the greenly
guleless officer, "Why, to get out Of him,
before the coroner and magistrates, about
what passed at Stape Hill between Gibson
and Blagden, when there was such row
because Gibson could not pay his rent, was
Ike pulling the very teeth out of his head. y
"Bnt it came out as the teeth would at
last. He's cute chap, too, | am pretty
sure, as well az soft hearted ?"
"'Cute | should think SO !" Catch a
weasle asleep, and you may chance to drop
upon Jim Somers whom he's got one eye
shut" i@-@ 80
s:He lives, you say in the same house
with the Gibsons o-~ 9id-
Eyes. but not exactly They have
place to themselves that joins on like to the
farmhouse, but yet separated from it, p
Il understand they have their castle
Every Englishman-the hpmhlest-likes
that, if the castle is wooden one, the roof
thatched with furze. Their own poultry,
pig and washing yard also, suppose?'
''4esI all quite distinct from the farm
house. Jims wife showed me over it the
other day"
| was pleased at that; for it occurred to
me that should like to see Jim Somers last
ssW clothes line or aohat remained OFF,, ns