New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-18

the guard. reason as NOulu, uo"tSel,
I felt more and more uncomfortable, and
determined that at the first stoppage !
would get some alteration made. little
knew where my first stoppage was to
be, little did ! think OF the nature OF
those who rode behind me. or OF the
doom that hung over me. Suddenly l
thought that the thunder of the train be.
came fainter, and the motion OF the
carriage less rapid. While I was
trying to solve this matter the carriage
seemed 70 stop, and then 70 move on
again. looked out. Good heavens :.
the train was considerable distance
ahead. and was being rapidly carried
back toward W.. Faster and faster
sped the carriage on its return, and more
terrified did I become. The motion of
the carriage became as swift as it had
been when behind the uail-nay. even
switzerland my heart sank within me:
my very knees shook under me. and my
hair seemed to bristle with the terrible
suspense Of those moments. while big
drops Of cold sweat fell from my face.
On, Oh we sped, and then the motion be.
gan to slacken. Good God what should
do: The carriage stopped; a click as Of
a key in the door near which stood, a
moment, and the light Of the carriage
lamp fell upon the face saw outside the
bank. The man or fend pointed pistol
at me. / drew back a step, and was seized
from behind; my assailant had entered
from the opposite door. The one with
the pistol advanced across the floor Of the
carriage; made one frantic grasp at him;
saw him raise the butt end Of his weapon,
and then felt dizzy, and attempting to
grasp his arm tainted away.
When I came to myself, was lying on
the floor ofthe carriage, too weak to move;
the doors were open, and the bitter storm
beat in upon me in all its winter fury. I
could not quite realize my situation: all
seemed confused and muddled I only
remembered that ought to have been at
M, but that some terrible violence
had Frustrated me. Presently heard the
whistle OF an engine, as if coming from
M, and, confused as was, knew the
fate which awaited me, if in the storm the
advancing train should be upon me ere
the driver noticed my carriage. made a
desperate attempt to rise, but ill vain.
The shrill whistle sounded again, still
nearer, and this time it was answered by
another Of deeper tone from the opposite
direction, and caught in lull of the
storm, the sound Of wheels of the APP.
preaching engines. ( became sick with
horror. and closed my eyes in dread.
Then the advancing engines whistled
again and again, and, o joy! could tell
that they went slower, and then stopped.
Then lost all consciousness once more.
When / again became sensible. felt my.
self sitting up, and some one holding me.
I felt, too, that the carriage was in motion.
opened my eyes, and found myself with
Mr. Wilmot and the cashier. The porter
Of the brink and the station-master Of
W were also there. tried 70 speak,
but could not. made motion with my
hand, to try to make them comprehend
that could not speak.
''He wants something to drink, said
Mr.. Wilmot. HAS any one got some
brandy"
No one had, but in few minutes more
we were at W. and ! was taken into
the refreshment room and placed under
the care of surgeon. Under the effects
of warmth and stimulants soon revived
sufficiently 10 give an account Of what
had happened so far as understood it.
The station-master stated it as beyond
doubt that the men who attacked me We're
prepared with carefully considered plan,
which they had but TOO well succeeded in
carrying out. They had evidently got
along the foot board Of the carriage. and.
when ascending steep incline. they had
undone the couplings, so that the car
rage ran back on to the level. Their
place had been well chosen, as it was a
very lonely part of the country. and far
from any station. The fact that the turn
pike road approached the line at point
some three hundred yards from where the
carriage stopped had possibly facilitated
their escape. / was unable to account for
the arrival of the two engines, which evil
IDENTIFY came to search for the missing car
riage. This was soon explained. AS re.
garded the engine from NJ, that was
sent back as soon as ever the train reached
the station. because the carriage was i'm.
mediately missed. The engine from
W.. with Mr.. Wilmot and others,
started on account of discovery made
by Mr.. Wilmot, which caused the utmost
CONSERVATION. This discovery was nothing
less than that the telegram from NJ
was a forgery. Mr.. Wilmo: had tele-
graphed to Mr.. Dane TO say that the relief
asked for had been sent. To this an.
nouncement Mr.. Dane replied that he
could not understand it: that something
was wrong, and that he should await Mr..
Wilmots explanation at the station at
M. The false telegram had been
craftily conceived, and, unfortunately for
me, was in the private code of our bank.
When il was telegraphed from M that
the train had arrived minus my carriage.
the case against me looked doubly strong.
and the two men who entered at W..
were set down as confederates. who were
to help me carry off the booty. When,
new light broke in upon the minds of
my rescuers, and it was seen tina: was
the victim, not the chief criminal.
It remained now 20 try 70 discover the
daring scoundrels who had planned and
executed this nefarious deed, and. if pos
sible, retake the booty. This seemed a
very hopeless task. Men Of proved skill
had been taken to the scene Of the outrage
from both W. and NJ. with the
special engines which came to the rescue,
but it was very doubtful whether they
would find any clue. A second time was
the special engine sent from W., and
ere long returned with one of the detec-
tives. This man had found gold watch
on che ballast near where the carriage had
stopped on the level. Now this watch
did not belong to me-mine being still in
my pocket-nor indeed to any among our
party. 1t was therefore very evident that
it had been dropped by one OF the thieves
in fhe Scuffie op in cpattinp the cases off
The detective handed the watch to Mr..
Wilmot and Mr.. Dane. but they could not
make anything Of it. By this time news
Of the robbery had spread into the town
though everything was done to keep it