The New York herald., 1872-10-08

MISS Feweii informed the conductor that while
her father was searching the train she was near
shc had secreted herself in the water closet and
although her father opened the door In his search
exandria a carriage was In waiting and the young
grl entered II and drove away The watchman at
te ts Hep9s sna sS wom thew as sma
man with light hair and light mustacne. He t0lQ
the watcnman he was .. Ill
and had been seen waiting there with his carriage
Tor two nights before. The hand -trunkman told
couple or From Alexandria ali traces Of the fugr
tives were lost until the first depot peyopd WASH
ington was reached. The agent OF TINS depot IN
formed Mr.. Merchant that young couple answer
ing the description had taken the train there the
day before and the agent accurately described both
which was recognized BY Mr. Merchant In the mean
time Miss Fewes friends at Manassas, satisned
that she was not on the freight train, concluded
that she had clOped with some young man In the
village and her numerous beaux and admirers
were awakened from their slumbers, but when at
suspicion @ was Was aroused that all OF Clark's move
ments had been but q cover for his eopement with
this girl The mail and telegraph were brought
into requistttOn, but nothing could be heard rOm
the missing girl. Hours heightened to days and
days to weeks, but no tidings came. In the mean
time tho Postmaster received
COMMUNICATION FROM CLARK
dated Memphis July TO- and postmarked Memphis,
asking that n ms oe With the en-
turn to J. t. Green, Baltimore, Md.n Very few
days passed but some letters were received from
and other places In the Southwest; but 1t was no.
ticed as Q remarkable fact that none or them were
coad g. sxosps $ Sss @
ters, which came at the same time, postmarked
Memphis. Tenn. In one Of his letters he requested
to be remembered to his friends at Manassas and
among others mentioned miss Fannie" A letter
written to the Postmaster at Memphis brought out
the fact t. that Clark's mail had been forwarded to
FIRST TDINas or THE PARTIES.
Ta @ ese oH%ra sas from 70 he sg parties @
anerctat Of August 10, which gave an account OF
lady found BY the police IN that city calling herself
husband had been In Mexico Mo-, for some days,
ana that her husband had come East, with direc
mean ana the police paid
through to Washington on her way toher friends
In Virginia; About the same time CLARK lark
his friends expressed himself in the most decided
terms in reference to the rumor regarding Miss
untrue; said that he had not seen Fannie Feweil
and that the moment he had heard the reports
against his character he had returned to set him
self right. Up to this time there was not the
first scfntilla Of
LEGAL EVIDENCE AGAINST CLARE
anc9 on the stage. Mr.. Clark was arrested and on
the examination Miss FeWell gave her testimony,
which was as follows:-
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lgng this was before ths removal his family King
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another Te
Clark In which he stated that he had separated from his
e @s nq'ss e wn to %
SIs Ss Ssd rssy IYS that i;$
cerny haS o@
81 CLARK @ ps Ssa, her about II sp msde 80 " ny S S
promised to marry me when got to Washington.
UNCoNTRoLLABLE EMOTION.
When she reached that point her emotions on
account of her nervous condition, became uncon-
trolable, and the Judge and counsel found 1t neces
sary to withdraw It seems rom her subsequent
by the way Of Baltimore, Eimra, Buffalo and other
places, until they reached Mexico, Mo-, promising
At Mexico they got out Of money, and after trying
to obtain money from the Masonic order and falling
IN that Clark left Miss Fewel and travelled East,
about the same time with his companion in guilt.
Clark was confined In the Brentsville jail on the
charge OF "abductng" Miss Fewell, from which he
CLARK's APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
know how sensitive public opinion is and how easily
b 0ne @
C rs S s1 s s y
SsIIiE doe: !sis e rsh. which can esaS es
ss 1Es'
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ys g ia sa
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a@ no sa
s.:sS Iy dSysSpsd sss
that law punish me through M ecosxed ad saw so e'
Ia am IN the custody Of the law and
charged IN any other way JAMES +. CLARK.
:. On the morning Of the slst Of August Rnoda
where he was engaged in the business OF putting
up lightning rods got OF the train at BristOw sta
horse from colored man and rode toward Brents.
vile. The horse came back in short time without
rider. II Is supposed that RhOda concealed him
self IN the pine woods immediately behind the |
court house and jail. About eight O'Clock A. M. a
man was discovered by persons sitting on Mr.. |
front door OF the jail and observed to enter These
persons M paid no attention. supposing him to be
were heard, and Major Thornton and Mr.. Lips |
comb, Deputy Clerk. both hurried to the spot, and
hand in the act OF firing through the iron grated
debtors room in the upper story OF the jail and |
placed in cell on the ground floor, the door Of
T0ah opens On the right as you enter the
the debtors room. and not finding him there, ex- |
lmlned all the cells up stairs, and then came
CELL Fewell had shot 1--WE or six times be-
fore any one arrived, and was in the act
of firing his last shot when Major Thornton
seized him and attempted to take him away but
lid not succeed owing TO the fact that Fewell had
us left arm bent on the inside of the door and with
lis left hand fired the last shot. He then walked
o the door and escaped in the direction he came
On opening the door OF the cell there was great
confusion. Clark evidently had used every means
y his disposal to defend himself; pitcher ink
tand and heavy glass saltcellar were all in num-
,erless fragments about the door, and he had used
table as Shield but to no effect. Clark after he
vas shot, got on the side OF the bed, perfectly
atonal and requested somebody would stand out
de and guard the window, as "he was AFRAID
'hoda would come back aud shoot him; !" said he
vas
SHOT IN TIE BREAST;
Ind on an examination OF the wound II was discov.
leart and in close proximity to 1t and lodged in
he back bone. Upon subsequent examination
he physicians found another wound ia the back,
he second ball having penetrated q short distance
nto the flesh. This DR.. Simpson extracted, and it
IAx.al fa lnn hnll