Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-18
IS, 1866.


%, went at once to the rooms, imp lied by
some shapelesssuspicion,o of what scarce
ly knew. The door, was now unlocked,
and | went in to find them both eagerly
engaged in the manner represented to tne
H by the servant and as, to all appearance,
they had been ever since his visit, left
them to themselves, though declare l
think shephards OF, wllQ suspects, but
is not quite certain that some yagabond
ours have been worrying his masters
I sheep, and longs to fly at their throats,
l. mustteel very much as | did. 81 .f
J. "An inquest was duly held. All the Or
dinary indications OF death by drowning
were OF course exhibited, and there was
nothing more, with the exception of GER
Tain bruises about the right ankle, joint,
(which might have been Cccasiohed by
striking against the rocks!or stubs ip the
lake, though, as one of the jury casually OBJ
served, they presented Il remarkably circu-
lar and band like appearance.l,l was my
self present, and good deal struck at the
time, by the words. They escaped, hOwey-
or, without comments and as ! could not
jcQhnegt them in any way With, anything
leading to SUSPICION OF foul play, nothing
further was said, aud tue circumstances
passed from my mind. To return, however,
with terrible di-tiuctnCSs and meaning
thereafter, Asuddcn seizure of cramp was
takeu as the cause of death, u verdict re-
turned accordingly, and young WcstcrtOn,
just about to step iutO the arena Of aGtlYG
life, was laid stark and di,Ggured in The
vault Of his f0retathcrS, .,.....,s ......g.
III this were IA ordinary tale / am nlr-
rating, ought, suppOS; il tlis place, TO
descdnt upon tie dreddIul shock (hOp2h
that Tor a while H. certlinly was) This sad
event OccasiOmed to the bercAVed bridg-t0
send her with dsheyCcd hair into the
woods, or to find her lying liiclCss ut the
foot of some lriGutlul prctipice. Thrrc
rises however, jimmy minds eye the vision
of Hftill cOmGly dame not, Without sun
dry olive branches springing around her,
Which quite prccludes the prOpriety OF that
usually orthodox termination, Not that
his intended wife was hcartlcss or untpel-
ing. No; Whilst she mOurned for him, she
mdurncd for him sincerely; but time with
its allevations, tempered, though it might
not obliteratc, the sfndrt, and his rtmcm
brance faded into oiic of those gentle soi-
rows which we must of necessity cause TO
stand. apart from those active duties life
still brings with 1t. As to the hCart-slruck
and hopeless old fither, let us draw over
him the veil of deep AMI silent sympathy.
More than two years now passed away,
and 1 was on the banks of the burnln :
the lesser towns on the river where time
soon began to hang rather heavily ON my
hands. Occasionally / would, out OF the
merest idlcness, turn into the court justice
there, but was seldom rewarded IN my
quest of adventure by anything more than
tue most petty Illustrations of the doin2s Of
the Indian ThGms. AT last there came a
change, and OF so startling character,
that HeTther during tue remainder OF my
soiOurn there nor for a lOng time after, had
Ianytlling to complain of in the way Of
listlessness or apathy 1t chanced that !
one day entered the court house at one door
just as Il mixed group Of guards and offend
erS we're leaving it by another. had just
+ time to recognize amongst them the, to me,
unmistakable features Of the llindOO GhO-
lab, but whether there as Il custodian or in-
tractor of the laws ] was then unabletO
make out. 1t tnattered little, however, as
l. knew where to obtain caSy and certain in
formation of any AID everything connected
with the administration of Justice.
"On my return to my quarters, l found
that the very men whom / wished to meet
with were there, and were then discussing
with some brother officers the details of Il
crime OF an extraordinary nature, which
had just come to light in that district. Sew
eral Indoo girls had suddenly aud mys-
teriOusly disappeared under the waters
when performing their ablutions in the sa-
cred stream, drawn under and devOurrd by
alligators. Such was the general belief, un-
til the body OF one of them chanced 60 he
picked up lower down the river, totally
unmutilated, and deprived of CERTAIN yaIua-
bic ornaments, which the young deVOtce
was known to have had on when she went
TO-. For a good while justice was complete
ly at fault but these ornaments having been
traced to the pOSSessiOnyOt two meu, over
whose dOngs the sgrietest. watch was pre-
served, the result was, thar they we've APP
pretended in covered boat moOrtd in the
center of tue stream, almost in the act OF
despoiling one OF 6heirv victims. ltwas sup
posed that askillful diver, watching the ops
| poItunity of one being separated from the
rest, rose through the waters. fixed strong
ligature to one of the lower limbs, and then
| dived oil, whilst contederate IN the boat,
by means of u rope and hold or purchase of
some kind ut the bottom of the river drew
the struggling swimmer iEresiStiOly down,
when death soOu put an end TO all efforts to
escape
"Whilst these PARTICULARS were being
narrated became more and more a2itated,
until l could no Ippggr Keep my seat ~ ny,
Major said one, 'YOu seem diSturbe | I; can
there be anything in the doings of these
wretches OF sulflcieno9p pdngcncy to quick
en--' .slHN II r.ri .sgfyIl. ....I
stop said |, for saw he was about to
quiz my equanmity, don't treat this mat
ter1ightly, | confess AN not little agi-
tated ora little. confused a5 present., but-7l
have heard all you say, and, what is more,
| Ilhave seen--'J a. ..tu! ..s .-suut- -iuH,sr
Il i"'What have you seen?
/ l"'l have seen the face of q man, whom
never thought, and certainly iiever desired,
to meetaSain.' .'- .N.l"' .'' 7'Ia'.
|. "'Otiwhom do you speakHyrt, G -,,t
n "tGholab.' oicl,l4e. 1p, BIZ 7,.-.. -5frfiji
"'Why, that is the name of one of the
villains accused, as have Just informed
you. 1"' u I"'''.. .'''. 'y' .nt."'I
]. "'Great Heavens 2 exclaimed !, hut no,
|, no, it is impossible he could not approach
! a running stream, h5aless--and here,
here, of an places; his dread of water, his
pitiable shrinking away from its vicinity--.
"Something very like a burst of laughter
from all assembled in therOOm here greet
p ed me. = ullj jp}'a Uoilj asl Io, 91uG q
b "My good Major, dread OF water Pitt
liable shrinking away from dts vicinity
Why, this fellow Gholab is one OF the most
. Qf not tie most) daring, skilllul, and en-
| during divers Of the East q" az h ~ 'h
\ I'm a fever of agitation | demanded to
! be shown the remalnsUf-the latest victim.
| was taken to where they lay. The rat-
tendants were about TO .disrobe the upper,
part of the bodys but pointed to the feet,
and bade them Uncover ittthere. Fhey
! lifted the mat with Which IL was concealed,
and there, round theslendeT ankle, was the
/ circular band7like mark, the exact counter