Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-25


All elegantly dressed lady, accomra-
MED by Il we'll dressed gentleman, en-
tered tho store of prominent jewel
Ter and asked to be shown some dia-
mo"ds. A costly tray w:is handed
them by the gcntlcmaniy and obligins
clerk, and rs they were examining
and choosing, comparing and reject
ing the clerks attention was attract
ed by the entrance of a man who
bcckcncd him cautiously aside, and
showinga star concealed beneath his
coat, Informed the clerk that he was
an officer, and that ho had been
watching the couple at the counter
for some time. lie advised tho clrrl,
not to interfere with them. but show
them what they asked for, and if they
attempted to sccrctc any thing hc
would arrest them. The clerk soon
noticed that tho suspected couple
quietly slowed away several diamond
rings, and at this iuncture another
person entered the store, also bearing
u star beneath his coat. and mt once
gently tapping the gcntccl pair OH tn"
shoulders, blanL!y requested tie
pleasure OF their society at the police
station. The first officer told the
clerk that tho prisoners would have
fn hn h,{ La ~ I
then return the stolen property in the
course of an hour or SO. Tho comtid-
ing clerk asscntcd, and the prisoners
and cartors disappeared. The pro
prictors have thus far looked in vain
for the glimmer Of their returning
diamonds, and the men who have Il
right t. wear stars arc looking after
the pretended policcmrn.'
a New Orleans correspondent Of
tho Cincinnati Enquirer grvcs ti.c fol-
lowing particulars Of y most di.:-css-
ing affair:
l have just heard Of the most heart
rcnding: and yet unavoidable a!!nir,
which it has ever been my lot to re-
cord. 1t is nothing more nor less
thau the trightful reality of:being
buried alive. y most csti naLlc lady.
Mrs. Crane, whose husband is a book:
keeper in Fleming Il Co.'S drug store
in this city, died suddenly last u!y,
of what Wars pronounced sunstrollc.
She was Il school teachcrin one Of Our
most popular schools, In the after
noon, after school was out, she went
to visit !: neiyhbor Oh Felicity street, J.,
and just as she entered her friends
houSe she fell inscnsible and expired
to all appearance, in about two E.i:i-
utcs, the doctor pronouncing it sun-
stroke. Her body WAS Inferred The
next day at ten o'clock, and her moth
CT an old lady about fifty years OF
age, and her husband and one little
son, went home almost brol1cn-hcart-
cd, and having since been nearly dis
tractcd, being ut times unable to
sleep, and in fact lcading.a most mis-
cradle and disconsoiatc life; and we'll
they might, as the sequel will slow,
had they known what they had done,
Well, one night last week the moth
or, after passing a most distressing g
day, fell asleep late at night and
dreamed that her daughter had been
buried alive. She jumped up in a
frantic state and rushed to her son-in-
laws chamber, crying MY daughter
is buried alive! Oh, my daughter is
buried alive! What shall | do?" TIC
sleep any more that night was out Of
the question; she still crying that her
daughter w;ts buried alive, whenever
her son-in-law would try to quiet her
At length the proposition was made
to have the body disintcrrcd, tho
grave was opened and the coffin rails
ed. Oh, what horrible sight met
their view! Pen is powcrless to por
tray the scene which followed. The
body which had been placed in me
talic coffin, was turned over, the glas.
covering the face was broken tt
atoms, the ends of her fingers boine
beaton and battered all to pieces; he1
f hair torn out in han dfuls, and tn,
lshrond torn in many places-all pre-
senting the appearance Of one Of th'
most desperate struggles to free her
self from the terrible misfortune. !
any Of our readers could have seer
the relatives Of this unfortunate lady
when this condition of what they sup
posed was the perpetual silent tom
had been brought to light, it woul
have forced tear from the mos
stplid and adamantine heart.
f CURIOUS DISCOVERY IE.MEDIcISE.-D
Humboldt, nephew {" the la,o illustricu
n L.