Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-04-05

| negro, at the houss of Mrs Jones, on Liixis
Griffith. The Mayor visited the house shortl,
after the occurrence aud the injured cir
stated that dark brown colored man enter ed
her room between three and four o'clock last
Thursday morning when she was started out
of her sleep by the striking of q match. She
| asked who wac there2 The man came to her
bed aud said hush, hush, ana kept repeating
hush until she laid down. 1t was then dark
lie asked doyou SEQ my pistol, and said be
! would drive she coa:onts through her head il
| she uttered a word. She told him that she
would make no alarm If he would leave the
room. He said he did not know the way out
aud asked her TO show him the door. She
told hiai IL light candle and he would fiud
| it in the corner. He lit the candle aud stood
over The bed holding weapon b. hi. side
de asked if widow lady lived in the house.
She answered yes. He ashed If there Was
man thers aud where he slept. she sail in
the little room out there. no replied ! did
not come here to iujure you; hut came 10
drive = ballet through that mans health 1t
he had given him sauce. II laid his hand on
the bed, when she pushed il away; he thea
sad kiss me; she replied il you Interfere with
me, will halloo. He sid halloo till can
hear how Load you eau baloo. she told him
to leave the room and she would not halloO
or make any alarm. He asked her il she was
prepared To dle. sac told MIN that sho did
not think she was That her life laid in the
hands OF Almighty Cad, and ii he was bad
enough TO take IT, she should be conteut, as
she had never injured him or any one else. -
He said he would not injure a hair of her head
that it was not her that he came after He
SAID good night | icer | may never see you
| again He WAITED her to light him down
stairs, when she declined to get ont of bed
| He asked her name, when she answered Mary
Shannon. He asked where she came from,
AMI she ans yered from Ireland, that she had
been over about Two mOrtLs. He said she
| was " fine girl she replied that she did not
| want bin to ell her that she wanted him to
| leave tho room H. asked if The bedrooms
| we're all IN front of tho house. and holm, an
swsred in the affirmative, he said he knew
| the, wore, rs be bad lived there. Size d
cot seq h,m raise his hand; the first emf he
CAV. Aar bong ON the throat wl on she was
| not lookiug She sere4Iaed murder when hs
| drew The KIN {. ACROSS her temnle. Amor the
third bow he ran out Of the room. She cot
| out of her bed with the blood running Jnwn
into her haui3, aud raa un sta,rs al tbe
laItes' doors " ar, c ored and she ran 10 Tho
upper story, tLiaking all the time that he was
At her back The uiris doors weye all r4sten-
ed and sac ran back, when she saw Mis- .Innes
on the stairs Tho reirhhnrs ware thsn
slariael and DE- Derrlcks5n. ,,ra. Ciout snd
Others c m, in aud searrhei iba 'houso hut
tne villain h id fed and c,uIj mi ha fnrnd
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