Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-23

The Family Of q WldeE Professionally As-
saaltsd BY unksosss RFsiaas.
eItIzsas csIisd Upon to Aid n sapprsssIna
the 0atrage.


For upward of three weeks psst the
the famfly OF Mrs. Nellie Perkins, relict
OF DR.. Perkins, formerly a prominent
druggist OF this city. have been kept In q
state Of constant alarm and apprehension
by the persistent annoyances and perseeu-
tions Of some party CT parties, who up to
the present time have conducted their
Operations in 30 mysterious q manner as
70 defy detection.
In an interview with Mrs. Perkins, YES
terday, we CLEANED the following psrticu-
lars OF the mysterious system Of 0ntraees
to which she has . subjected.
THE SCENE.
~She owns the house on The corner OF
Wslker avenue apd the fernando road,
where she resides with her family, the
only male members Of which are 9 son
nearly grown, whose business keeps him
In the city at night, and another son, a
nervous, exeitable boy Of twelve OF fonr-
teen years Of age.
THE BEGINNING
at the affair was on Friday night, July
18th. About ten O'Clock, as Mrs. Perkins
and a lady friend were preparing to retire
for the night, something was hurled
through an open window and struck
Mrs. Perkins IN the head. Her compan-
ion and she examined the missile and
OhA ~ ~ Do n BABCOAA LAC0l1 nCa
and freshly baked. They supposed that
it had been thrown in by some of the
neighbors' children, and no more was
thought OF it. The window through
which Il WIS., thrown was closed, but Just
as the two ladies' were going to bed an
other. biscuit was.hurled Through a bro
ken pane OF glass. They retired as usual,
and during the night another biscuit and
an apple were thrown into the room.
ErOna that rinht nm tn uQatnrdau ra0Fn-I
ing there has not passed q day, we might
say hardly an hour, that there has not
been something thrown at or into the
house, rl
..f --s THE MISSILES
varied at different times. A bar of lead.
glass tumblers, mustard pots, etc, have
all been thrown, but the fsyorite projec-
tiles seem to have been apples, biscuit and
marbles. OF the latter. there have beer
some twenty-five OF thirty thrown, and
from all accounts, apples and biscuit
enough to open q corner grocery with.
The fusilade has been desultory but per-
sistent. So far It has been harmless, or
nearly 80, only one or two persons having
been
STRUCK
On Friday last the wife of Judge King,
q near neighbor, came over in response to
q message from Mrs. Perkins, and
as b entered the front door she
was struck in the face with a ball
of dough, which stuck where it hit. A
few days before that, q young lady, mem
Der Of the family, was hit In the head
with a ball Of lead, but net seriously
hurt. Nor have the wretches contented
themselves with throwing articles at the
house and its inmates. Time and time
again they have assembled the steps and
walked on the porticos, shaking the doors
and windows, and on Thursday evening
last, some one
DRESSED AS A GHos
in a white winding sheet, and in the most
approved style of grave paraphernalia, |
stalking toward the residence from
a deserted house in the neighbor- |
hood, which is said to be haunted.
Mrs. Perkins called her younger son, |
who was at home, and giving him a pis-
babe him to shoot at his ghostship, |
which the boy did, and the ghost skedad-
died, Mrs. Perkins after him. He ran too
fast for her, however, and made his es-
cape. The next evening, about the same
hour, some one was heard to walk up the
back porch and shake the pantry door.
On running thither, no one was to be
seen, but folded up and tied to the knob
was
A NOTE,
which read as follows: "I warn you to
Beware 1t was written in cap
tails, and looked very "blood-and-thun-
This, we think, furnishes
THE KEY 1
20 the whole affair. Mrs. Perkins in
iorms us that she has q neighbor who
s~1extremely anxious to get hold of her
property, and she has no doubt that he
s taking this cowardly and infamous me-
.hod to brighten her away. She says,
however, that she is not to be frightened
n any such manner, and that she will
Itay there as long as there are two boards
If the house left together.
DUB ADVICE
n the matter is that her neighbors or any
gentlemen friends she may nave load
heir shot guns, take a stand and fill the
hide of the snesking villain Tor vi~llains)
IS full of buckshOt sit will hold. This
viii no doubt put a stop to the midnight
missiles.
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