Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-02-14
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A VILLAIN FOILED.
The Cashier OF a National Bank Insults
Young Lady ON n Railway Train--
Hfe Is Thrown from the Cars.

Tho Cashier OF a National Bank Insults
Young Lady ON a Railway Train--
He fs Thrown from the Cars.
.r from the Cleveland Plaindealer.1
Villainy, im the guise of respectability,
was very efIectually foiled last Wednes-
day, on the Atlantic & Great Western
Railroad, between Salamanca andxthis
city. Tile occurrence which we shall
relate took place on passenger train,
Bound for this city. In one of the cars
was young miss, perhaps fourteen Wears
of age-a mere child, pretty and attf6c-
tive. From her artless conversation, the
fact was apparent, that she had been
attending an Esetfrp hpardipg lschosl,
unattended by.frisnds. sxszfr,srsszrrs,ysss,
Among the male passengers was the
feputed cashier of n Natjoral bunk ,Vin
WaEiBgton=-ai man at leust 4 forty five
<tAts ofiage. Hewas person of pleasing
4{' Fces, and presented every conventioh-
ts \ k>fk of the gentlemant The car was
crowded, and II 30 happened that the
cashier shared the girls seat with Her.
For time she was, very naturally shy
and uncommunicative; but this reserve
Eventually wore off, i'm view Of the gem
tlenian's agreeable manners ndthOught-
full attention to her comforts. He was
attentive, without. appearing officious,
and in a manner to leave the Impression
that his care of her was merely the
prompting Of a. kindly nature. Thus it
came about that the gentleman soon
appeared to the young lady more in THE
light of pleasant acquaintance than in
thatof total stranger At several of
the stations, he alighted and procured
her refreshments acts that excited her
gratitude, and caused herto henceforth
receive hisatteutjpn nperfectconfidenc
Soon after daft, however, it became
apparent to the passengers that all was
not as il should be with the couple
The man seemed to be paying attentions
to his charge that were far from warran-
ted--so much so, as to apparently distress
the young lady exceedingly. Their con
versation, that had heretofore been
carried on i'm an ordinarily loud voice,
was now hushed and low, and was borne
principally blythe man. Once or twice
something like a sob seemed to come
from the girl, but as yet none of the
passengers had been particularly attract
ed to the couple, as the car by this time
had been thinned out, and the two were
considerably removed from the rest. a Al
last the young lady arose and proceeded
to a vacant seat in another part of the
coach. AS she did so, she lowered hel
veil, and wasapparentlyw weeping bitterly
For some time matters remained in
statu quo. Finally, however the man
Joined her. The eyes of the passengers
were now opened to the fact that the
reputed cashier was playing the part of O
villain; and the time for interference
camfe, when the poor girl suddenly broke
down into uncomfortable weeping, and
begged for protection from the scoundrel
whose devilish advances had well nigh
driven her to distraction. In nm instant
the man was seized by three orfour gen.
tlemen, and dragged towards the real
platform. The train was going at 8
moderate rate ofspeed The fellow strug.
gled fiercely with his captors, and tried tt
draw revolver; but to no purpose, for he
was quickly landed upon the platform
and thence dropped gently to the side OF
the track, where he was left to reflect
upon his brutal conduct, whilst walking
tothe nearest station. .. r'i-i-.
UniversatUerdict- him right.