Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-19
Sage Brush News.

Sage Brush News.
% Gold Hill News of June 10th. j
,RpIY ATTEMPT AT RAPE.
Knight On Friday evening
BAN having his features dis.
with burnt cork, entered
broom in which was sleep
o wife of Dennis Sullivan,
o at Shaft No. l, Sutro
After reaching the
"a bedside he made a des-
but unsuccessful attempt
tage her person. Failing in
be tore one of the muslin
Wing on the bed into
and with the strips or
res proceeded to tie her
Together, and her knees and
NTH other fragments of the
he gagged her mouth and
set fire to the pillow on
her head reposed, telling
hat he was going away; If
brvived until his return he
hang her; but assured her
1 she would accompany him
Srm would befall her. The
carried his diabolical pur-
bartly into effect, tn 1T is, to
ktent of leaving ner to per-
\ the flames. BY a super
In exertion the woman sue
h in tearing the bandages
| her mouth and shrieked
zinglv for assistance. Some
J neighbors hearing her out
entered the bedroom and
ed her from her terrible situ-
On entering the room they
| the poor woman lashed to
bed nearly blinded with
|e, bleeding freely from the
hi. On the following day the
. woman decided to pay a
|to her mother { Mrs. PIERCE F.,
Ing in Lower Gold Hill, and
bunicate the particulars of
terrible affair. Her father
mother accompanied her
" home, on her return,which
ened at about Il NJ. on the
day. For fear Of a second
X the parents provided the
|g woman with a short dag
Scarcely was she out of sight
(r parents when the atrOcious
in sprang out from behind II
lin a rock and confronted ner
eond time, remarking, Now
We got you" Grasping her
!, he dra gged her a short dis
+ from the road and made an
+ assault upon her, the heroic
again foiling him in his pr
In lhe strus gle the monster
uman form tore all Of her
ling off from her waist down,
the exception of a white
'rskirt. During the melee
Young woman stabbed him in
shoulder with the dagger,
which he left her to make
way home as best she could
describes the man as being
er tall and thin and wearing a
t goatee. The young woman
'ssessed of more than average
onal attractions, and is only
eeG years of age. She is at
ent in a critical condition. A
y of men were out last night
revolvers securing the foot
In the vicinity OF Shaft No
search of the scoundrel, of
m short work will probably
lade in the event of his cap
'EAM LIoN.-We were yester-
shown a model of a new in
.lon III the way of a road
mer, and which bears the
lncent title of the "Steam
L. 1t Is a recent invention OF
an IN Illinois, and if it proves
llail as effective rs it promises,
'ne most wonderful and pow
! invention on the face Of the
II; The machine, complete and
al working trim, weighs about
/, pounds, or the weight of a
! morse, Is seven feet in length
, on three wheels, and will
el anywhere that a common
ol VI. can, it tracking the same
VI. 1t Is intended to take the
! ol horses to IA great extent,
v; .ue way of heavy hauling,
,lhS' and work OF a similar
III; aie' 1t is said to be capable OF
y, VII Z illteen tons or more at a
''e load up through Gold Hill
over the Divide, will plow
Ivy acres a day with ease, or it
,o. oe used as a stationary engine
'0fA any kind of machinery.