, 1870-11-11

fane"ed Ak&oat EnEEAnd, oMtuK
10 new supp1ies Of arms, uniforms. powder,
boots. and ether aid furnished tho French.
The Germans have t'tle respect for ths moral I
pretepeiops of Et gland except 'k8 very re-
spectacle pretennona-
;: A woMAa's REVENGE |
~ Il
OF u Prominent sam
FrAncEAce Lawyer bY II Notorious |
yromnus
Fspne The San Ftnmetsep carmie,s, Nor. 4.
The 5:l5 p n boat that le't this city for |
Oakland carried, among it's precious freight Of |
Of human IEee. the eminent lawyer, a. r |
c1ittendan. nethew OF the tllustrioas s.stes-
meet h1H wife and daughter, they having been |
East for eeveral months, and EXPECTED !
On the Oakland train that vas to meet that |
bost 1t Oakland. The Ell Captain carried an |
other passenger, q lady, aud N intimate &C.
qusintanee Of Mr. cr1ttendeu, hut who, by |
nained to tho end Of the tip undiscovered
By him. Mr. Crittenden'e two sons, ono boy
Of about u, dreased In the uniform Of cs-
det, tho other u1an Of Is, had gone over on
Tie o'clock boas to meet their mother and
sister 1t simrson'a Station. The train. with
Mrs. C. and her daughter and sons, came
rolling down tho long oakland wharf. till it
stopped 1t the ferry landing precisely It
twenty-five minutes psat p. N Ten min
utes later the boat that wsa TO take them
arrived, bringing nj. Critteuden. IL
sterped ashore, and in moment vas atIec-
tionstely embr1ced BY bis devoted wife, and
fonoly kiAsed By his loving md beautiful
daughter. Tbs greeting vaa mott happy
one, the family circle 50 long broken vas then
TO broken again, this time perhaps forever.
TIE wife and daughter walked down the gang
plank on boHfd the boat With Iii that elasticity
Of step, ard JOY. Pictured on their counten-
stces., characteristic Of those who. after
long sbsenee, are rapidly nearing '.hnms-"
The father and SONG, who Were by their sides;
licked equally happy. Mr. Csittenden took !
seat outside Of the saioon On the upper deck,
with his bsck agAiLst the wheel house, hia
wife nesi1ed closely by his side. C1osa to
LIS mother'a beanlng faee, as il he could
never gaze enouKh-her absence from
his home had been III age to him. 4
few feet further back was seated Miss
crittenden, young lady Of about 49, Tbs
elder brother, Parker Ctittepdsn, 'tho for the
the Central Pacific Railroad, At the San
francisco wharf. WIS on the lower dock look
ing after his mothers baggage. Nearly 81
the passengers who came aboard the boat
sent into the ea1oon- EI Governor Stanford
and his family and cue or tHo friends occQ-
Iectly In font, or facing Mr.. and Mrn. Crit
tardeD4 The Ralzay Eing, the President OF
the Central Pacific, had come down from Sac
Iamento on the same train that Mr- Clifton
7en's family were on. To The left, with her
back TO the saloon and facing Miss cfistendea,
sits woman alone by herself. dressed in i
loose suit: Of black, With long cape hung
frym her shoulders, under which she care
fully conceAls her lands. There Ia, besides
thick veil over her face, a. large
nuffier which completely eeneea's ber
unnoticed and unobeeved By any one al
though two or three remarked that she must
be m invalid, from the was she was bundled
up, and thought it strange che should
be sitting. ou'side in the cold raw ar
the tsilisht bas begun rapidly 10 deepen. When
the last trunk has been taken aboard, and the
last passenger {of the four or fire huudred
thtt are going acrpss) steps OF the wharf, the
p1auks sre drawn in. and FL Captain sseams
Away. Her great eiae-whcels hare made about
twenty reTolutiona atd Bhs Is but fairly out
into deep water, when aaah ia seen, and the
sharp crack Of q PISTOL heard. It 1inga through
al the toat. tr1nging everybody to their fost.
The CRY is almost instantly heard that some
one haa been muidered7 and men and woucn,
VII ll.nehsd sheet .rs s,ss seen ~ sndns IN y.
pursuit OF tho murderer. 1t ia fktght{ul
scene. There, on The floor, UNCONSCIOUS OF ali
that surrounds him, lies Ctittenden. His wife
has fainted qute away. The daughter, On
her kneee. clasps bis hands, and cries On. Bit
ter'y: "Paps. spesk to me. Oh: speak to me-
once more. You will not die, will you, pspa7"
| but he toes not answer. Onl5 low
curg1Irg sound ia beArd--the wounded man is
| gasplng for breath Let uH here turn for
moment from tho victim, and speak OF her
| 70 man. and. there are traces in her face winch
ipnicaie that she var orce beautiful: but ehs
| looks hzXRatd and faded now. She had prob
ably val ed long fnr this opportunity to
| ~Hsk npou Mr;: CHttenden her revenge. To
ehoss lin u the sssest Ia q 6 to W. ~ sas
t was no ono to eco her, Vas altogether too tame
| proceeding for her. Sho must needs wait
till eho finds him with his family, With his
| hesrt full OF bal pipese At tAeir safe return !:
and NO before be had enjoyed ten minutes Of
,heir society, then and there, surrounded as
be WIS By hlA family idols, ahe advanced up
| on him. and, with nerve and coolness worthy
Ut Nllke. Booth, placed pistol within two
feet Of HE hreast. fred and rau, getting into
| The crowd Of pal ae:,ge1a. She managed to es-
cred from ibe owe, whelmirg shock. and could
po ut her out, as The ~as the only pereon who
i raw her every movement from the time she
rose In her seat till abe hsd fired and fed-
The bail entered Mr. Crittenden's right
breast; under the, nipple. He sat for fea
and then 1880 and Tell sense1ehs to the noof;
1t vas dsne 70 suddenly that neither his wife.
por eon nor cauEhter, who Were netr him
uld realize what bad occurred till the5 sAH
him proattste and bleeding before them
After firing the shot abe dropped the pisto
| upon the deck, ran, aB wo bare said, and Wal
seen by little boy, who WAS standing By. K
| Bit down at the otbcr end OF the sA'oon- 4
student At the college picked up the pistol
| Captain Eeutzell. Of the Hatbor Police. hap
I A-k ftS<
pany with the almost ctazed daughter, b
searched for The wnuld-be uurdetess It wa
fn1}y hveuinutee before bhewAs diseov e1ed hnt
then sho was found standing, In cool and col
Lee Cd manner, among the cEoEd usulty On th
evening boat. On being charged With n!
did it, certainly. Yes. / did it. iwas looking
Ter the clerk Of the boat to give myself up
lie has tulned me and my child, and mean
10 k,.l him."
, A We have already said, Parker Crittenden
the son, vas On the lower deck At TIE time Q
! said, Immediately, al know who did It..
knew it would come to this" he waa te1rihl
excited, and, when be came fare to faco vii
Mrs. Fssf- it vas With diligently thst he coui
be prevented from wreak1nE biz Eevengetu
custody of her. She was taken to the ofaee c
, the Hatbor Police, and thence to tho CIT
J Fntpn, where che Wxs entered upon tho pTls
, on books aa charged with an attempt to mul
der. Then, for the frat time, perhsps, sh
, had do. e, when the found herself enclosed
! | tic b2ry Of i prieon house.
B An eminent surgeon, Dr. Powers. Of Me-
!, York city, who WAS just returning from vis
+ to the Yosemite Valley, fortunately w1s
, hoard The boat, and hastening 10 Nr. Cri,te1
: till the ehore could be reached. The Captain {
= | the Ell Capisan room had y mattress for II
t | wounded man to 1ay upon, and rope stretcbe
q around him to keep back the excited ePect'
: tors. Governor Stanford and f. Curtis. vt
l. ware with h,u, did everything poesible to cor
l. life Of Nj. C1ittenden Till he should get hon
r | IT least.
H~vire eeeu7ed an express Wagon With
j. comfortable ted in it. they had him careful
e "ves s. Mrs. critenden .nd her son, p
< PoWers and Mr- Curtis. he was carried to
, reaIdsnce, No. S9l Eni- street. He w1a thong
II the wharf.
;: Inmediate1v On the arrival Of the a1no
r ina1irnate form at the house. several phst
ciaDa we're summoned to attend, amc1g othe
y Dts. To1and. Sawyer. and Douglas, 1t "
D hardly be credited when re Enenton ne =.
If that, with = moaning au4 apparently iatn
II mother and daughter wsiuGing their aanda
e agony and beseeehtpg them with tears to .
&c Fin, these docters disputed among themsels
s | 'he question Of precedence in attending to Il
J. caae! For fully half An hour theJ discuss
questions Of etiquette, IN spite Of III the =
r treaties Of the unfortunate mans friends u
il | they would forget etiquette and Fememb
1t onlx humanity At LIST u! but Drs. Tolai
10 and Do-Slas retired without seeing Mt- Or
IL | tendeu, and these two gentlemen prooeed
= to make partial examination. The exa
,e | peeifion Of the bail waa not discovered, but
10 / u believed to nave ranged do*u~atd from
g. lYeatt. The wounded mans condition Is co