The Republican journal., 1873-08-07
ATTEMPT OK W,pnr>. Ir,

ATTEMPT on WARDENs LIFE. Gen
Chamberlain. Warden OF the Mas~achu-
sets State Prison. was the victim OF i
murderous assault by convict on Tuesday
a convict named Whelton, for Il violation
of rules was ordered to cell, when the
| following scene took place
Whclton asked in IN excited manner if ii,
was to be locked up. The Warden told him he
! WAS, Whcreupon he ran and seized a large
/ shovel standing i'll one corner of the shop used
! in handling coal. and ran toward Gen hambel-
| liam With the weapon raised above MS head n
1 if he intended to strike him.
4 1t was but the work Of n minute for The War
| den To draw the small sized revolver which he
had in his pocket. and covering his man, waited
! for him to come nearer. he intended TO wait
| until the motion TO strike was actually made
and then shoot the man,
Wheton, however, suddenly stopped and
with lightning like rapidity hurled the shovel,
blade first full at the face of the Warden. For
this the Warden was lnprepared and he ruilld
noi escape The blow. The blade of the >ho> Fl
after cutting through the brim and crown of his
straw hat, which had the effect to lessen the
force OF the blow somewhat. il struck him per-
pendicularly on the right side of the face cut
ting open his eyebrow and opening his face
near the nose quite to the bone making What at
iir>t appeared to be mortal wound. Halt
stunned and half blinded rs h. wt- he aimed
his pistol al the convict and discharged it. The
ball entered his left side side. and striking lhr
tenth rib cracked il, ana then glanced into the
1leshy part of the body, where il still remains.
No sooner had Whcton received the shot
than he ~prang for second shovel. when Gen.
Chamberlain fired again, the bail HITTING the
shovel and "ancin" OF. niurino no one.
Before he could advance upon the warden
with his second weapon the conyicS in the shop
grabbed the wnuld-bemurlerpr and although
he struggled violently to free himself and r.
new the attack. he WAS held until the arrival Of
an officer from outside the shop.
An affecting story of love and suicide
has Just been chronicled in New YORK.
Some time ago Young Girl came to this
country with her father from Germany
Her mother died when She was but eight
Years old and she was left alone in the
world Her father had been Il weIl-to-tlo
shipowner, but had lost his property, and
the family We're :" poor she had to 9" out
to service. Three Years AGO She married
Charles A. Muncks who j. a bruShmakcr.
and lived with him very happily until re-
comfy. when her husband discovered that
She was on terms of intimacy with his
nephew, John Moncks. The husband did
not attempt to Interfere until short time
Since. when he learned that his wife had
drawn all the money he had deposited in
a savings bank and nun away f. Boston
with his nephew He made inquiries and
learned that the couple We're living in Bp,-
ton, and that they had no visible means of
support When their money was conc
they returned Ia New York The belief
that they could not hide themselves from
the injured husband di>piritel them, and
to this source of anxiety was added the
fact that their means Were reduced They
Were without employment. and nearly
every article of icWtlry either possessed
had been pawned Finally Mrs MonchS
gave John all the money She had and told
him to buy pistols and prepared to shoot
themselves when he appeared before them.
The husband begged them to olr-i~t from
their rash purpose when he saw them. but
Mrs MonckS replied mo, we Mill die 10
gether we've spent everything and paNned
our .iewelry" Monck spran4 to seize her
pistol and in the struggle it was diSchar4-
ed, the bail passing through her left
breast Her partner in guilt heard the
report and believing Mrs Monck had
shot herself placed his pistol over His
heart and fired the fatal shot.
\ correspondent Of the Boston Herald
At SkoWhegan gives that paper the details
of am affair which was recently alluded to
in Il somewhat ambiguous WAY hy 4 cor
respondent of the Augusta. Standard
The present Sheriff of the (SomerSeD
county is Sumner f. Williams OF Athens
His predecessor who held the office for
several Years. was Joseph F. Nyr OF Fair
field Al the end of each term of the
court the sheriff collect, of the county
treasurer and pays over to such Of Mis-
deputies ;> We're in attendance upon thr
court the sum of two dollars for each
days attendance There are noW twelve
deputies in the county, though this is Il
larger number than in prrNinu years.
NNc. some ten years ago, began Ia render
in bills for the attendance moi of the three
OF four deputies vino were actually at
court, but Of the whole force, and this too
for seven days in the week Ih extra
amount collected went into hi. own peck
ct, not those OF the deputies For n fit
teen days term of court I'VE would thu,
obtain 500 which he had no right to-
There are three terms of court Il wear.
When these facts leaked out last wear
some talk was made, and one of the dep
utcs made Nye hand over what he had t;t-
ken in his name. Then the matter was
hnshed up until the Standard recently re-
ii'rred to it. and very few people know
anything about the facts and no steps
have been taken for the restitution ot the
5000 or $4,000 Of the peoples money N.yc
and his successor have taken by this ~N~-
tenn Of false returns 'rhe whole affair is
only another indication of the recllle>~nc,~
of those in authority or in place. OF trust
in dealing with other peoples money, and
of the lenity with which the offence i
treated