Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-19
FIENDrsH ATTEMPE FRUsTRATED.
Three ROughs Assault a Young Lady.
Narrow Escape and Pursuit of the
Villains.

Several days ago intelligence of one of The
most brutal and dastardly acts that ever
disgraced human being reached US, and
for reasons unnecessary to state we have
withheld any publication Of the facts until
to-day, doing so now because the public
have heard several rumors relative to this
incident. One day last week young LADY
living in Hickman county took passage
on the Northwestern train, intend
ing TO visit some friends residing
near Gardeners Station. Three roughs, who,
it is thought, must have ascertained this
fact, were On the same train, and it is be-
lieved they had formed plot to take adj
vantage of the young lady, Upon arriving
at Gardeners Station the three men went to
the netel and told the landlord that wo-
man of ill-fame had gotten off the train
and would come there to get lodgings for
the night, and that be should not suffer such
a person to remain at his house, which
would gain for it a bad reputation, etc.
Being ten o'clock at night, and her friends
being several miles from the station, the
young lady proceeded to the hotel near
by but was refused room. In vain she
insisted that she be allowed to remain there
for the night, telling the landlord who she
was and whom she was going to visit. Be-
ing turned away from shelter, a young,
beautiful and unprotected woman, know
ing no one in the place and having no
where to remain during the night, her con-
dition was pitiable, and it does seem re-
markedly strange that any person who has
sense enough to charge board bill, could
have been misled by the lies of the three
villains, whose act deserves the severest
punishment. Seeing the young lady turned
off one of these fiends offered to
escort her to neighbours where she would
be kindly received and allowed to
remain during the night. HayiGg
no alternative, the young lady followed
the man WHO led her TO a house and thence
into a back room where be endeavored to
commit crime, whose infamy thrills all with
horror. The other two men had been sta
toned at the door and with drawn pistols
prevented any one from going to the ASSN
lance of the unfortunate young lady, whose
half smothered cries as she struggled with
the demon were heard by several, and one
gentleman by bursting open an inner
door gained access to the room where
the fend was endeaYoring to throttle his
resisting, though almost defenseless vic i'm.
BY the time he entered the room the young
ldu1 luuHcuO llb VI bllluOH aLA blIC va
lain ran out of the front door. Several
persons being aroused by the screams of
the young lady, repaired to the house and
learning what had been attempted, i'm
mediately started in pursuit of the dastardly
wretches, who fed and escaped through the
darkness of the night. The young
lady made a narrow escape from q
fate more horrid than death itself.
The villain in order to subdue
the heroic woman had clicked her until she
was almost dead, knocked several teeth out,
disfgured her face, and inflicted several
bruises by means of blows. The young
lady was kindly cared for by the citizens
of Gardner. 1t is to be hoped an earnest
effort will be made by the police in every
town and city to secure these parties. The
father and brothers of the young lady are
now in pursuit of the villains who, if
caught, will receive their merited punish
ment.