Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-30
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4 Remarkable Case-A Man Warned by
n rrcsentiment Prevents n Crime.
On Tuesday evening last Bernard
Rolfe, n German farmer, residing about
nine miles from this city, on the Pontiac
road, had business with a hardware hrm
on Woodward He had a Ger
man laborer in his employ named Henry
Artles, and him Mr.. Rolfe left at home
busy with the team, and procured a pas
II g 10 with u neighbor. 1t was about
5 o'clock in the afternoon when Rolfe
left his home, and rs it was understood
that the ueighbor would not return be-
fore the next day, the family, consisting
Of wife and three small boys, knew that
they would be alone with the hired man
for the night. Artles was u comparative
stranger 10 them all, having been Mt
work for two weeks only. He was u
quiet man, aud spent his leisure hours
by himself,lnerer INDUCING in conrersn-
ton when not directly appealed to.
Still, neither Rsfe nor his wife found
fault, or ever had occasion to suspect
that the laborer was other than what no
seemed.
On his arrival in the city Mr. Rolfe
partially concluded hi, business with
the merchants, and engaged lodgings Mt
a hotel on Larned street. About 0
o'clock in the evening, while seated in
the Office smoking, Mr.. Rolfe says he
began to trcmble and feel nervous
shocks, which so increased that in II
short time he could scarcely hold his
| pipe between his teeth. He walked
| several times across the room, went into
the open air, but the feeling did not
pass away. His thoughts kept recurring
ta<he laborer at home, and he called TO
mind the features Of Artles, and the fact
that he had several times caught him
peering about the room where n bureau
was standing that contained money to
go towards putting an addition on the
house. At 10 o'clock Rolfe decided to
go home. He was laughed ut by his
neighbor, who told him that the feeling
was the first symptoms of chill fever,
and that Rolfe would 20 home next day
and find everything had passed of
peacefully.
Role hesitated for some time, but At
last started for home IN foot, promising
to return in the morning on horseback,
in time to secure the balance Of his
things before the neighbor should he
wanting TO return home.
He reached home about midnight,
awakened his wife, and TO her express.
sions of astonishment could shy
nothing, only that he felt that he ought
to return. Iuquiring rs 10 Artles, the
wife replied that he had performed the
farm "chores " as usual, remained
| about the house for Il while, and then
informed her, the night being warm, he
would sleep in the barn. Rolfe passed
through to the kitchen, where he found
q window up that looked directly on
the %barnyard. His wife was certain
| that she had shut all the windows on
retiring. As they stood for n moment
looking out, they saw the barn door
swing open, and Artles led out one Of
the horses.
As they watched, he led the horse
| through the gate, aud, going TO the
front, they saw that he had tied the
animal to the door.yNrd gate. lie was
within ten feet Of .Artlcs when the latter
espicd him, and giving ntterancc to an
oath of angry establishment, immediate.
" fed down the road. Rolfe pursued
him for some forty or fifty rods, aud
then gave up the chase. Ga returning
to the horse.block the CLEAN of steel
caught his eye, and he picked from itan
~usly-looGing shealh.knife. The open
window, the pretensc Of sleeping ! n the
barn, the horse and knife, all went to
prove that Ar,les intended to rob the
house, even if he had TO make use OF
the knife. The facts are given exactly
as narrated by Mr.. Rolie himself, and
the reader is free to judge Of the truth
or absurdi,y Of the presentiment. On
Friday, Ar,lcs had no, returned 10 the
ueighborhood, neither had the slightest
clue 10 his whereabouts been dis.
covered. Detroit Free Press.