, 1873-03-29

AAete ID notAinT particularly now or 1ntoseHe-
Ing to report about tho Adamssatroet myBtory.
Young Anderson, tho victim, has neither Inn
proved nor grown worse. Though not altogether
unconscious ho is still almost spooohloss, tho
shock to the brain having caused partia! paralysis
OF tho tongue. Tho manner Of lfs wounding is
still unknown. Tho police have advanced =
theory, and stoutly maintain It. They claim that
he WAS kicked In tho head by vicious losca
while standing near tho bar1l-door; that tho
forco OF the kick sent him rooling toward
tho centre Of tho barn; that ho fell In front Of
tho ompty stall, cutting tho right sido Of Ills
{aec>; and that strength and consciousness
enough remained to onnble him to crawl into
tho empty stall, and 8trotch on the hny which
covered tho floor. Tho authorities do not ao~
count 30 easily for tho fact that tho barn door
WAS fastened on the outside wlilo Anderson 1ay
wounded within. On this point thoy speculate
as follows: Whom Andorpon waH hurt tho barn
door was opon. II 1t Ind not boen tho place
would bo 80 dark that ho could not do anything.
boy entered tho barn boforo tho ono who dis
covered Andoraon. Tho latter, boing stretched
| at tho bottom OF = dark stall, was not observed
by him, and WHOM he won't out lo fastened The
door behind him. Tho grocer's boy came along
ton or fifteen nainutos attorward with his horae,
andaB Anderson waa lying In the stall occupied
by tho animal, he was Of necessity found. This
is all very we'll far aa itgooe, but 1t doosn't
20 quito far enough. Tho boy who fret
onterod tho barn sayB he found tho door
fastened, and did not notice anything un-
usual in tho interior. It vas about ton minutea
past IA when ho was In tho barn. Fifteen or
twenty minutes afterward tho grocer'a boy went
to tho barn. Aftor opening tho door, his atten-
tlon waa Immediately attracted by mans hat
and pail which stood in the middle Of tho floor.
I'm ftat hnu 10 &4,o5 4i.nr ~
thore. whom 10 was In tho barn, and ho ia
equally positive TINT hc found the door
fastened. The accident or assault, which,
eyes 1t ia, must have. occurred after tho
first boy loft the barn and before tho grocer's lad
entered It. The tiue was short 1t ia true, but It
has not been satisfactorily accounted for. II
Vhat the boya aay is true, tho police theory ia
entirely upset, md tho caso ia as much mystory
aa Il 1t had not boon investigated. It ia not at
all likely that tho unfortunate young man was
kicked by horse. Tho doctors who hayo boon
attending him aro unanimously Of tho opiu-
ion TINT tho wounds, in the hond woro
are unab1e to aay what oort Of an instrument did
cnu8o them. There Ia only ono Aoras in tho barn
that was ever known to kick, aud 1o will not do
II unloss when teased. This animal waa not in
tho young mans disposition. he would not be
apt to interforo With mattor which did not con-
corn him. His own statement that ho was
stabbed, when taken In connection with other
EilNHu6LAlGGd E0luLtu Out ADOTtt OubQt tO
DO sufficient proof that ho VAS not
Ackod Ho WAS not raying when ha mado that
statement. It has boon ascertained that Andor-
son had Bome words with one or two Of tho
stablo-boys Lost Sunday, about tho removal Of
manure, they exclaiming TINT ho did not throw
Il for enough from tho barn, or something to
that effect It is also said tint ho caused tho
ejoctmont Of man who was sleeping In the
barn on Sunday. 1t is also aaid TINT the drivor
Of Il coal wagon obsorvol two mon hanging
about the barn OH Thursday about noon,
ono Of whom carried D npado oyor
his shoulder. This indefinite Information
ia given for what 1t is worth. None Of tho resi-
dents in tho neighborhood saw tho raa1, or hoard
my disturbance In tho burn. Hopes arc enter
nation docs not set in and thoro appear to bo
no symptoms Of 1t. Tho fact that ho WAS tom
porato in bis habits, aud Of n quiet disposition,
is greatly In his favor. Should ho aio before
getting tho use Of his tongue it is more than
probable that nothing will ever be known of
what transpiroa in the barn before he was found.