The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-12
THE HERALD AS A SHIELD AGAINST THE
ASSASSIN.
From the Newark Journal, April 1O.l
SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

Nearly forty years ago, when the late James Cor
don Bennett raked out OF the ashes Of the basement
re in Nassau street the institution which has since
grown to be the worlds leader in live and enter
prising newspaperdom, he planned out, doubtless,
a grand field for future work. And during his after
life OF arduous labor and usefulness he fully
realized and gave form and shape TO ideas that in
the beginning were regarded as Ut0pian in the last
degree. The splendid Abyssinian war feat outside
the newspaper office was something never even
dreamed ofup to the very moment Gifts accomplish
ment, when the winged lightning did service as q
HERALp's herald OF the war news The Stanley
Livingstone expedition was more than nine
days. wonder, and who up to the hour OF ITS sue
cess and the far-nashng OF the glad idngs thereof
would have conceived such a neld for newspaper
work except the son OF his father The sending OF
correspondents into the Lowery camp, the Modoc
camp, the camp Of Cuba Libra, and, last of ALL into
the submerged bowels OF the wrecked Atlantic Off
fated Meagher's Rock, to interview the CHASTITY
corpses laid out there through the grasping greed
OF company aud the criminal careiessness or in
competency Tor both) OF a captain-a grand un-
dertakings in themselyes-sink into comparative
insignfcance compared with the affair OF Central
Africa But great are all these enterprises there
is one thing that the great journal founded by Mr.
Bennett has achieved which was never dreamt Of
in the most enthusiastic moments OF either Bennett
pere or Bennett MS. And this most marvellous OF ALL
the HERALD itself is entirely unconscious OF having
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, indeed, with that native, In
bern and characteristic modesty for which IL has
ever been celebrated, " has determined that Its
wondrous light shall shine under abushel-unless
1t has delicately refrained from blowing It's own
magic flute. Mnch AZ we admire rare modesty and
fine feeling like this we do not feel warranted in
keeping the world longer In ignorance OF dis
covery we have NADIA discovery second.only IN
Importance TO the HERALD and to the scientific
world-to that OF DR.. Livingstone himself
II has been made known to US that the great
journal has, here In New Jersey, shielded ehectualy
"a human being from the knife OF the assassin. We
are not speaking metaphoricay, dear reader,
but giving voice to matter OF well-attested facts.
The details, briefly, are as fOllows:-0n the night
oil the 18th ult. William Hendrickson, conductor
OF the Monmouth branch OF the New Jersey south
ern Railroad while on his way home TO Red Bank,
was suddenly set upon in lonely place by several
ruiians, one of whom thrust long dirk-knife into
his side. A wedirectcd blow OF Hendricksons
lst tumbled over the miscreant, and the wounded
capped. The local paper, whose account OF the
affair inspires the Journal to these remarks, says
Mr.. Hendrickson "had a NEW YORK HERALD
In the breast booklet OF his Overcoat, folded
With sixteen thicgnesses, which saved his life,
As the instrument just penetrated through the
coat and paper.o But for that sixteen tnicknesses
OF HERALD a friqhtful murder would doubtless nave
to be chrOnicled by the great newsgatherer itself.
Here isthe HERALD in its newest rOie, actually
turning the armorcrs out OF job and becoming
itself breastplate against the dagger OF the MUIR
dererl In the case OF Livingstone IL proved O
timely succorer; In the case OF Hendrickson ~
proved a timely savior-actuay slipped In between
the conductors life and the knife OF the assassin.
robber. Shades OF the Crusaders think OF q mod
crn newspaper being transformed into arm0r plate
OF the most effective metal Napoleon the Great
used to wear a coat OF mail beneath q military
frock. What pity there was no HERALD IN ms
day with which to Dad and shield himself What