The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-05

yonder, with a ragged fur cap pulled
over hisCeyes. Didyou ever see mor'
perfect specimen Of the dilapidatec
countrymsng' -gsE7UyF
Vi i smiled; IScould hardly help it
What Is the casegs AksRE
"a murder-a man and his wife and
two little children-their Threats cut
rlast, night, and the house set on fire af
wards" Z Ea-0 w lss
Great Heavensl what a monster
We had continued the conversation
througheutin q whisper, scarcely above
tour breath, and now the conductor rose
land left me 10 study the. faces of my
fellow passengers with curious dread
and horror,
someh ow, often as l revolved the
matter in my mind, my fancy would
settle on coarse, gross-looking man
opposite, with a bushy beard and q
shaggy coat, with the collar turned up
around his ears. I.sfelt convinced that
this man with the heavy hanging. jaw
was the Cain and as / looked furtively
across caught the wide open blue orbs
of the fair little girl.
Obeying the instantaneous impulse OF
my hearl, arose and went over to her.
You heard what we were saying,
my child?"s
"Yes-a murder-oh, how horrible"
do not be frightened-no one shall
hurt you"
She smiled up in,my face with sweet,
confding innocence
Our stay at Exmouth was but brief;
but during the delay could see that
the watchfnl detective had changed his
seat for one nearer the british man in
the shaggy coat.
"See," taltered the young girl, they
locked the car doors at Exmouth they
are unlocking them now"
She was right.
Probably they were fearful that the
criminal would escape" ! remarked in
an undertone.
viii you-7may | trouble you to
bring me glass of water 2
| rose and made my way toward the
ice-cooler by the door, but with difficult
", for the train was again under rapid
motion. To my disappointment the
tin goblet was chained to the shelf.
NO matter" said she, with a win
ming smile, 81 will come myself"
l drew the water, and held up the cup;
but instead of taking it as she APP
preached, she brushed suddenly past
me, opened the door, and rushed out
upon the platform.
stop her stop her. shouted the
detective, springing to his feet; "she
will be killed Conductor, brakeman,
hsld up"
There was rush, tumult, a hustle
l was first upon the platform but it
was empty and deserted, save by half F.
frozen looking brakeman, who seemed |.
borror-stricken.
"She went past me like a shadow,
and jumped off as we crossed Cairn
road" he stammered.
Jumped off the express train. Wei"
said the conductor, struggling his
shoulders, "she must have been Killed
What mad folly =
ats FIVE hundred dollars out Of my
pocket" said the detective ruefully. Il
didn't want row before we got to Bays
water but ! was COMPOUNDED fool. A
woman concerned will do anything, ! !
believe"
"What?' l CALCULATED, you surely
DO not mean that child"
Il mean" said the detective calmly,
that child as you call her, is Attila
Barton, married woman Of twenty-six .
years Of age, who last night murdered .
four persons in cold blood, and was try
ing to escape to Canada. That's what
! mean"
The train was stopped, and party Of
US, headed by the conductor and de-
tectire, went back to search for any
trace of the beautiful young creature,
whose loneliness and apparent inno-
cence had appealed to my sympathies.
Nor was it long before we found her,
lying quite dead by the side of the
track, frightfully mangled by the force
of the fall, and mutilated almost beyond
recognition.
We'll, she's escaped justice in this
word, if not in the next, said the de-
tective gloomily, as he stood looking
down upon her remains.
do you suppose she expected to be |
able to spring off the moving train with
out injury p | asked.
Without much injury; women are
creatures. But ! never
dreamed of such insane folly, or |
should have taken prompt measures
to prevent it."
They lifted mp the dead fair
thing, and carried it to the nearest
place Of refuge--a lonely farmhouse
among the frozen hills, and we returned
to the train, reaching Bayswater only a
few minutes behind our regular time.
And when in the next mornings pa
pers | read an account of the murder
ess, thought of the slender creatures
blue eyes and rosebud mouth, with a !
OF rap,,o ,,;ir;o, III ill ~ INV baort