Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-08-29


on Saturday evening.
| BURGLARY AT KINGsvIILE.-The house of
DR.. ]. H. Parshall, centrally located in the
village of Kingsvllle, has had within about a
week, three several sorties made upon it by
burglars The first was on Thursday night of
| last week, when the front roonl-used as a
library and music room, was entered through
a window, and several drawers rifed-with-
outplunder 4 door from this communicated
with the bedroom of the Doctor, the knob of
which was tried, awakening him, and putting
him upon his guard. With pistol in hand he
stood ready to receive the parties, should the
door which was hooked be forced. The en-
terprise however was carried no further at
this time, and the burglars retired as they
came. On Saturday evening, another attempt
was made to enter, and the works of violence
were quite plain upon side window, This
is about all that is known of this effort. These
successive attempts at robbery induced the
| Doctor to prepare himself for any further at
tempt. Alarms were set to the windows of
his sleeping apartment, a siX-shooter procured,
and doubled -barrelled shot gun liberally load
ed and ut hand Instructions were given TO
the female members of the family in case of
| further disturbance, to keep their beds and
raise no alarms. How well these instructions
were followed will appear: On Tuesday eve
ming of this week, the daughter, about sixteen
years of age, who occupied front room in the
second story was aroused between one and
two o'clock by the growl ofa ,whiifct dogcurf-
ed up at the foot of the bed, and rousing up
she heard the window, close to the head other
bed raising After cutting and silencing the
dog without getting up she reached out and
pulled down the sash and held it, and with
her hand still upon it got out upon the. floor.
By looking between paper curtain and
muslin one before the lower sash, she was en-
abled to see the form of a man standing upon
ladder on about the same level with herself
The man finding himself baked at this point,
| descended the ladder and carried it around to
the side of the house and laid it away. Passing
around to east side of the house he met con
! federate, and the next attempt at entrance was
at 4 door from back piazza to the bed room
of the Doctor who was awakened by the hand
| ling Of the knob In the meantime the young
| lady who had been so unceremOniously AVA
| kened, passed across the room to q small win
dow overlooking the yard, and directly over
one of the windows to her father and mothers
room, and noiselessly opening it, she found
herself directly over the two men, whose
operations she was enabled to watch. One
man was standing some half-a-dozen feet OBJ
liquely from the window of this room, while
the other applied an iron to force it open.
While this was going on, the Doctor, with his
revolver in hand, was before the window, and
by slight and cautious movement of the cur
tain he was enabled to see both the men and
understand their intentions. The man at work
at the window afforded good mark, and the
Doctor was enabled to draw for him with per-
feet confidence of bringing him. After ma
king sure OF his aim, he drew his body a little
to one side as precautionary measure, and
then pulled, and the fellow at the window was
seen by the young lady to throw up his hands
and fall. At almost the instant of the shot,
andn no doubt aided by the light ofthe flash,
second reportcame from the other man on the
out side. The ball of this discharge passed
through the same lightof glass as the Doctors,
and only about some four or five inches from
the same place. Two or three more shots fol-
| lowed in quick succession from the Doctors
pistol, while only the first seems to have
taken effect
The wounded man was carried across the road,
where halt was had, and as near as could be
judged, third and fourth party came up
Their outline could be seen beneath the fol-
age Of the trees, and the remaining charges of
the revolver, and the contents of the shot gun
were sent across after them, but it was discov-
cred the next morning, that the aim was too
high, and the charges lodged in the buildings
before which the rascals stood. The amount
of blood that marked the retreat, is pretty good
evidence to all who saw it, that the wound
must haye been fatal one These bloody
marks were traced through the lane opposite
the scene, but seem to have been intermitted,
as from this point no other traces were found
except upon the fence upon the cross street,
running up from the Spring Mill. No alarm
was raised, and the burglars made good their
escape, which seems to be a most unfortunate
and unnecessary finale to such an otherwise
splendid affair We should say, perhaps, that
Mrs. Parshal occupied the bed that was left
by the Doctor, and was silent witness to the
cross shots through the window.
If any one about the vicinity, or adjoining
towns, find hole through the carcase of any
of their neighbors, perhaps it may be of in
terest to know that the Instrument that made
it, can be found on inquiry at the residence of
DR.. ParshaH. D. .r
Dr. SAGEs CATARRH REMEDY-This Remedy and
NODE oi treatment is peculiar eonsists of the Inha
ation or snufnng up the nostrls from the palm of the
hand, of a mild soothing liOuid which pives