The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-07-31
MR.. COVILLE'S COMPLICAT-
EDM ISFORTJJNE.
From the Dandury Neaos.

carpenter say tnere were, so many
shingles on the roof of his house be-
came the roof contained so many
square feet, Coville doubted the
figures, and when the carpenter went
away he determined to test the matter
by going on the roof and counting
hem, And he went up there. He
squeezed through the scuttle-
Coville weighs 230-and then sat
down on the roof and worked his way
carefully and deliberately toward the
gutter. a
When he got part way down, he
heard sound between him and the
shingles, and became aware that
there was an interference some way
in his further locomotion. He tried
TO turn over and crawl back. but the
obstruction had him. Then he tried
to move along a little, in hopes that
the trouble would prove but
temporary, but an increased sound
convinced him that either nail or a
silver had hold of his cloth, and that
if he would save any oft be must
use caution. His folks were in t g
house, but he could not make them
hear, and, beside, he didn't want to
attract the attention Of the neigh
bors. So he set there until after dark
and thought.
1t would have been an excellent
opportunity to have counted the
shingles, but he neglected to use it.
His mind appeared to run into other
channels. He sat there an hour
after dark, seeing no one he could
notify of his position. Then he saw
two boys approach tie gate from the
house, and reaching there, stop. 1t
was light enough for him to see that
one of the two was his son, and
although he objected to having the
other boy know of his misfortune, he
had grown tired of holding on to the
roof, and concluded he could bride
the strange boy into silence.
With this arrangement mapped out
he took out his knife and threw it so
that it would strike near the boys
and attract their attention. 1t struck
nearer than he anticipated. In fact,
it struck so close asto hit the strange
boy on the head and nearly brain him.
as SOM as he recovered his equilibrium
he turned on Coville's boy, who, he
was confident, had attempted 10 kill
him, and introduced some astonish-
ment and bruises in his face. Then
he threw him down and kicked him
ON the head, and threw him over into
the gutter and pounded his legs, and
then hauled him back to the walk
again and knocked his head against
the gate.
And all the while the elder Coville
set on the roof and cried, Police"
but couldn't get away. And then
Mrs. Coville dashed out with broom
and contributed few noyel features
to the affair at the gate, and one of
the boarders dashed out with double
barrelled gun, and hearing the cries
from the roof, looked up there and es-
plying figure which wasoundoubted-
ly burglar, drove handful of shot
into its legs.
With a howl of agony, Coville
made plunge to dodge the missiles,
freed himelf from the nail lost his
hold to the roof, and went sailing
down the shingles with awful veloci y,
both legs spread out, his hair on end
and his hands making desperate but
fruitless efforts to save himself. He
tried to swear, but was so frightened
that he lost his power of speech and
when he passed over the edge of tbs
roof, with twenty feet of tin gutter
hitched to him, the boarder gave him
the contents of the other barrel, and
then dove into the house to load up
again The unfortunate Coville
struck into cherry tree, and thence
bounded to the ground, where ne
was recognized, picked up by the
assembled neighbors, and carried
into the house.
A new doctor is making good day
wages picking the shot out Of his
legs. The boarder has gone into the