The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-31

"He's very tall, strong man." he re-
lplied. - =
he bearW
"Well, can't say much In his favor.
so wou d rather not say anything"
II suppose he is not very much liked
BY his nefghbOrs z" ---"-
"You may well say that. Ever since
he attacked poor Mr.. Milford SO savage
ly, nobody speaks to him."
ssHe attacked the late MIR. Milford, did
hep"
"Yes. sir; most unprovoked assault.
1t seems that Mr.. Milford offended this
| man in some way. and enc day there
was sale in town, and Mr.. Milford and
Dorsey both bid for the same article. II
was Knocked down to the former, and 1t
was after the sale that the assault was
committed" II u 70
"Was Dorsey prosecuted for itg'
| "Yes, he was imprisoned for year,
and had to pay heavy fine."
learned aH l wanted to know, and
changed the, conyersalion.1
made inquiries as to the exact spot
where the witness of the Will lived.
1 learned that it was across the river on
4 small island, the whole Of which he
owned. procured boat and rowed
directly across-the river was not very
4 broad. then skirred along the shore
until came to a landing place. Alter
j had proceeded quarter Of mile,
/ reached a spot where the marks Of
horses feet were plainly to be traced on
the ground. It was evident that horses
had been embarked at this point on. O.
boat or raft, and had been conveyed to
The other side at the point from which L
lhad started.
i made my boat fast and looked about
me., found that the islasd was small,
land SO thickly studded with green trees
that could see but very little in ad-
lvance Of me. Takings however, the
Ihorses' hoofs for my guide, i came
J (which had evidently been built long an
Iterior to the revolution. It seemed to
be entirely unoccupied, for the shutters
: lwere closed. and thick grass and weeds
Igrew in profusiOn.
al I walked all round the house, but
/ could not find living soul visible, but
, was rewarded with a, sight which made
I Imy blood tingle in my veins, for II
served to- substantiate' my theory with
3 respect to clearing up the mystery, and
Ethis signt was nothing less than the i'm
preston OF a club foot many times re-
peated, near the front entrance of the
/, house, thus showing concIusively tha
\ Mr. oliver Milford was frequent visi
3 tor at Nj. Dorsey's.
rung the bell, and receiving no an
, Iswer ! opened the, door, which Was un'
| fastened. 1t was, evident That Mr.. Dor
sey lived by hiAself, Tor there was onl!
!, one room furnished, and that but msa
+ gerly. The first thing that L noticed wa
a candle and box OF luciier matches OF
d tine table in the room Although it wa
tt.n4 lfrHl Hos I'D hnf
y to explore the house. / first of all exam
Q ined The upper portion of it, but tounl
d nothing. L then examined the grounV
/ floor with the same success. i did no
. ieel discouraged, Tor l Ielt almost salts
fed from the TACT of the candle bein;
e there that SUCH would be the result.
l. next proceeded to examine the celia
i and had not descended half. q dezeI
!; steps before heard faint groan-
y, rushed forward and entered a spaclQn
J. vault. In corner of this damp, dar
d and dismal dungeon, reclining ON hea
D. of straw, with manacles on his wrIst
z and ankles. L saw an old man whom
u was satisfied was Mr.. Herbert MILFORD
2, IL held the candle over his hea
r. and saw that he was sleeping. a
this moment l heard the sound of foo
| steps behind me. and turning round, sa'
Is thai it was Mr.. Oliver Milford adyancln
toward me with all the ferocity Of
z tiger. A terrible struggle ensued, but
y was the younger mnn of the Two, an
finally succeeded in oYerpOwering hin
/, and in fixing the mauacles with Whic
y he had loaded his poor brother, on hi
y wrists and Ieet. s'sss .t" 9t
Ii The poor old gentleman was conveye
~ back to his! residences. aud was 500
ID gratified with his daughters presence
e. Young Waring was Immediately n
,r leased from confinement. ''9' N-.
Ia 4 may add lhat in month or tw
j. Eliza Milford aud, Henry Waring wei
married. Oliver Milford died after fou
le years confinement in the State Prlsoi
% where he had been condemned for iii,
Dorsey escaped. By some means h
g. learned that his victim. had been di
covered, and az once started for Ne
N York, need scarcely add that 1t wa
II Dorsey and Oliver Milford who ha
10 made the attack on Waring, and place
the watch and purse OF their prisoner, i
g. his pocket, for the purpose of causin
at him to be suspected of having murdere
=. / the old gent enlan ." l'...'t