The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1865-01-19

recover IOr nlm lhs BUICK, his HOUSE,
his lands, the balance at his bank
ers, and nearly everything that
was his, should he at my disposal
whenever chose TO visit the neigh.
borhood of Gainesborough, where,
it med, he resided.
'Pvc seen somewhere, it's forty
shillings for getting INTO carriage
willie the trains moving SAID my
companion. III give the guard
Itwop poaaass sswillingi y and snlsit.sa
he said, pulling out his purse TO be
ready, for the train was stopping
for collection of tickets at Peter
borough. 'Dy"jingo, there it goes!
She's finished somebody. and the
money ratified to the bottom Of the
carriage, as | leapcd to my feet, for
the sharp crack of pistol was
heard from the adjoining compart-
ment. All, was Instantly commo.
tion. Thetra stopped, and every
window was crowded with heads;
the women shrieked, and the men
shouted, l opened our door, for |
was horriied to see man in rail.
way uniform stretched on the tick
ell platform.
is he a tiakct collector? Itho't
he was rutiian!' uttered my aunt's
rough and now agonizcd tones, as
she leaned out OF the next window,
with the revolver in her hand
Then, a long, loud scream escaping
from her, Sue loosed the daddy
! weapon, which ratified down among
the wheels, and closing her eyes,
ehe grew very pale, and subsided
Within sw60n.
A number of us hurried 10 the
man in the railway uniform, who
still lay on the platform quito MOI
tionless. Upon raising him he was
seen to be wounded on the upper
part of the forehead. A rivu'e ct of
blood trickIed down, and the front
locks of hair were singed and trz-
zled. | believed, for the moment,
that my aunt had eloaded the pis'
tol, and startling visions of trials
for murder fitted before my eyes
But the man almost instantly raj
lied, and u surgeon. who was
among the passengers, pronounced
that the wound was only a skin
Craze from the wadding. Tn col
lector, in answer to the fifty ant
one inquiries made at once, ex.
planned that as the train was stop
ping, he put his hand On the car
riage door to ask for the lady,
titket. when she instantly littet
her arm and shot him! Aunt Tab
amidst all the hurly-5urly which
prevailed, was lifted oat of ihe ear
riage, aud carried down to the sta
tion, where sne was conveyed t.
the station masters room, fortu.
natcly remaining unconscious the
while. | got my Gainesborougl
friend (who in the interval ha;
: contrived to secure his stick) to &C
company ME to the mead official
} and relate what he had observed
of the iady's demeanor, urging thi
in corroboratlon of my own &C
count OF the craze my aunt ha'
been encouraged in by that ridicu
,ous Mrs. Lcc.on.
From my unlucky relatives Owl
story, when she had little COM,
round, it appeared that sho hat
bocn lying back in the carriage
with her eyes shut, ruminating ol
tte narrow escape she had had frou
uuheard-of peril by the forced
fight of a cowardly assailant y
! Huntingdon, and as the train slack
ened for Peterborough, che opene,
, her eyer to find u mans face at th
window, whereupon she raised tn
pistol, and pulled the trigger in
, stantly. 1t was very fortunate To-
the man that | had extracted tn
/ original char e, AMI rs no bullet
were found in the other barrels, tin
charges OF which were at ohc
drawn, | represented that my aunt
only object was to raise an alarm
. The wounded man. however, init
mated that it was not part of hi
, ordinary duties to be shot ut b,
/ lady passengers even with blanl
5 cartride; and my amt. overjoyeo
/ to see him alive, wished to presen
) to him her portemonnaie. tool
t care that lie was handsomely com
: pcnsated; and, indeed, we parte,
t on such q friendly footing, that
}, winklng shrewdly from underneath
1 great patch Rf sti1king'plastel
/ he said he would not mind bein.
shot at again upon the sam c terms
After some two hours delay, ,lurin
t which time my aunt was examine
t mentally by three local doctors, i
was graeionsry decided not to cal
| in magisteriai interference, on th
condlt on lhrt ut once couveye'
!, my rclat;es back to London, am
r pledged myseIf to place her untie
= proper medical coutrol. y.alge
/ and the crushed hdv. accord