Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-30

wors ed very carefc Is howc,sr,s. the san g
tine keeping bright lookout for the
s,rng.
AZ length Inc screws wore ent, ard ,hs
80 very tafefolly lifted from ~ pace.
.ls-esi Gnl IN Heaven :" tarst 'icri The
iils 81 TIE Cammo 'orc.
"B, sam HYDE" dropped IKE then.
Der sp from the ,oeguc 81 Young Dan
God bless ycp. uao - .a,d ths tsmnc.
do,o
Il lest-i 1, - u'tc,cd psr.
Tue ,0e men ~fo,d f,r snonvnt and
g.1ed ia,o tho c, Hin The,s was no deed
man tie c, but IN place thereof there were
materials Tor the death OF ascose. The col.
I'm vas filled With gunpowdsr aad pitch
wood Upon - light framework 10 the
centre were arranged four pistols, ell
cooked. AMI the string entering the CONN
from without, communicating with the trig.
ger Of each.
The frst movement OF the Commodore
Was to call for water, and wh,n i, was
breugh. he dashed three or four buckets
full int the informal contri vance, and then
he brss,hed mere freely.
No, no he uttered, as he lsavsd from
the hold. mo. me- my men. De no hing
rashly. Let me go into the cabin first
You may iollew me-"
Commodore Tucker strobe into the cabin.
ga ked up to the bunk where his passenger
lay. and graspng hold oi the female dr,ss.
tie dragged its wea'er out upon the floor.
There MAS sharp resistance, and The pa
scueer drew pistol, but it was quick,
knocked away-ths gown vas torn of, aad
tho man came forth from The rrmpAuls oil
The cshco and linen.
TIE fellow was assured that bis whole
plot had been discovered. and at length he
p.n.d that it hsd been his plan 10 tur'.
out IN the course Of tho night and get hold
If the bal OF t~ine wtich be had lsf, IN a
CONVEX lent place; he then intended to have
gene AFT, carefully unwihding the airing rs
ne went along: then TO have got into the
coat, cut the falls, and o. the boat fell into
be water. he would have pulled smsrtly
upon the t~ins.
And think you know" he continued,
sith . WINGED look, "whst would have fol-
owed. l shouldn't have been noticed in
she fuss-Td have got out Of the way with
The boa', and you'd have been in tho mex,
world in shsrt order. Aud oil con say 10,
I'm CORY didh's do it,
| 1t was with much difficulty that the Com
,nodore prevented his men from killing the
vil.in on the spot. he proved to be one
Of enemy's fleets, and he was to have q
heavy reward II he succeeded ia destroy Ing
the Commodore and his crew.
| Tho prisoner was carried on deck and
lashsd 70 the main rigging, where he was
told to remain until the vessel got into
| uorf.
"what horrid death that villain meant
for US, uttered Carter.
Eyes. he did," said Tucker, with q
shudder.
"lIs belongs to tbs came gang that.
been a robbin' and burnin' the poor folk :
houses on the Eastern coast" said one VI
he men.
Yes" kaid Tho Commodore, With a
".-- n>twi,ch Of tie muscles about the
mouth.
tier curse from toe prisoner here
broke upoa the air, and with cln:che d
list the { mmedore wen, bclow.
In the morning, when Tucker cave on
''eck. S.guin was in eight upon the star
Dosid bow, but when he looked fer the
prisoner he wac gone.
Garter, where is the villain | laShcd
hefe 'a-t il.ht
Pm sure don't know where he is,
Commodore. Rrh1ps hes Jumped, over
y AID "
tn. old con"oaoro rocked sternlv in
| Caro- : eyes and he saw q twinkle OF sati,
faction cleaning there. He hesitaied .
omeat-'h,n he turned away, and nut.
er 10 himself
| well. wcil-I can't blame them. Ii
the murdefous villain. gore to dea,h, he's
only met fate which he ,ichlv deserved.
Better lar It be for hun than that my nobls
crew were now all in oceans GOLD grave.
The Muscatins Courier learns tbs,
Lora, the female friend Of the notorious
Ben Langell, ~ho recently broke jill .,
Wappello, has been jailed on suspicion Of
conniving At the escape. From what W
have learned, Ben WAS foolish in remaining
there as long As he did, for it is stated tina,
he was suffered 10 90 out in company with
one Of this officials and walk around town
visiting the billiard saloons and ether ia
vorits haunts whenever he "f-ltl like it,
Bes des. he was occasionally receiving cloth
lag. &c, from Muscatine. lie finally, hav.
ing taken h;a time to it, got out by cutting
one of the bars Of the jail window with an
Instrument made of = piece Of wire taks n
from hoop skirt.
On Monday the 24.h, Lansing. in Al.
lamskee county, was the scene Of a bloody
ARRAY. resulting in the murder Of man
By hs uncle.
TITO particulars Of the lafIair. says the
Dubuque Herald, are as follows Frank
and Charles May. Englishmen, who have
resided at Lansing during the past tsn or
twelve years, are farmers, owning and
working large trac. Of land on the lows
river. about six miles iron Lansing
Frank May is man Of about forty years Q,
age. and Charles. his nephew, absut thirty
| Another nephew has bssn associated With
them, ws learn, in their farm
ing operations, but was not engaged in ,hs
difficulty which on Monday resulted 10 tbs
death Of Charles May. In addition to thsi,
own land, the Mays have been in the habi,
Of leasing farms in their nsg hborbocd, and
being men Of capital, have carried on !
large business. They have also It times
purchased grain in the Lansing market
During the past year they rented farm on
the Iowa river. and worked il in psrt.sr
ship. Ia dividing the grain recently, I
dispute arse between Frank and Chsrlee
- to fair division. On Monday, Charles
went over to remove the last Of the corr,
The dispute was renewed. and Frank sho,
him. killing him almoss instantly. Frank
then vent 70 Lsnsins, but on Mssday nigh,
put out. and since then no trace has been
found Of him. AZ soon ~ the murSer was
known. officers started in pursuit Of ths
m urderer.
Use Epeer's "Ssan dard wine
Dlssers.''
| The chnabter Of Spser'e STANDARD Wine
| Biuers" is such, that oil may ne to main
tam the Stamina Of their sys,em, sr to IN
vigora'c il. when they become debili,at d
being mildly 81 nulating. diurst,c. sudsriiic
ard tonic .n.ficial Ia affections Of the
kidneys and chronic diseases with genera
debility. Give them trial, and they will