The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-07
A BRAVE WOMAN.
A NEGRO BURGLAR CAPTURED BY AN VI
LOADED PISTOL.

NEGRO BURGLAR CAPTURED BY AN UN-
LOADED PISTOL.
Mrs. Davenport is spoken of the brave
woman of New Orleans. snd has really given
the female heart, wherever it may be found, a
shining example OF courage. At least so
says the st. Louis Republican: She lives
alone on her block, and therefore ha no near
neighborS, as this term would apply IL a
city. Her little son came running into the
house about 4 o'clock one afternoon and told
her that there was negro in the woodhouse
loft. In view of the many burglaries and
robberies that daily and nightly occur in New
Orleans, she naturally concluded this fellow,
if her son was not mistaken in his man, was
a burglar and a robber. Having never heard
of one being caught in New Orleans, she re-
solved to catch this one fit cost her the prac-
ticing of "a weak deception. She therefore
armed herself with an old rusty duelhng pls-
toll that had not deem loaded or used IN a fight
since the war, and went up ladder into the
woodhouse loft, holding the dangerous
weapon before her, resolved TO conquer or
perish. She indeed saw large Unlocking
negro in the lott, and standing on the ladder
told him liz the Hottest style. to follow her and
the pistol down stairs, or prepare to die.
The negro came without a whinper of OBJ
lection, and looked down thu cobwebby
barrel of the pistol as he tremblingly de-
,cended the ladder. Mrs. Davenport covered
and told her boy to go and call any body but
policeman. The boy happened to meet
couple of men who were passing and told
them his mother wanted to sea them in the
back yard. They were curious and went to
see what was wanted. They saw woman
apparently in the act of fling at a negro,
ard without taking her eyes off her prisoner,
! asked them to come and relieve her of the
duty of standing guard. The gentlemen
approached and took hold of the negro who
was as meek as a lamb, and then Mrs.
Davenport breathed again. Sheexplained in
the hearing of the prisoner that her pistol
was not loaded. This made the negro feel
sorry that he had made himself SUCH lpsu-
/ brious ass, tor he had very good anu
highly charged pistol in his POCKET which ne
| did not dare to teuch for frsrof being pierced
/ with remorse at tne hands OF the resolute
woman. The amateur policemen took their
1 prisoner off to the station house. but the
police will probably let him go if they dc
not arrest the gentlemen tor playing officer
| without uniforms Tne woman got credit
| for heroinnI, put that negro is spoiled as III
subject for the next woman TO bullyrag anC
arrest.
The length of flash of lightning is gener
ally greatly overestimated. The longes
known was measured by VI. F Petit a
Toulouse, France. This flash ~s' ten anC
a half miles long and Arago once measured |
series which was from seven to eight miles
in length. Direct researches have shown
that a storm is seldom heard greater dis
| lance than from seven to ten miles, while
the average are barely heard over four o
five miles off, This fact is more curious a
cannon may be heard double or trebl,
that distance, and in special cases mucl
J further.