The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19
The Attempted Assassination Of Sen
ator Twichell of Louisiana.

A Coushatta (La.) correspondent of the
81. Louis Democrat gives the following
particulars of the shooting OF Senator w.
ii. Twichel, who will be remembered as
member of one of our Vermont regiments
during The war, and the killing of his
brother-in-law, George Ii. King, at that
place, on the I'd of May:
cat quite an early hour this morning a
stranger was noticed riding into town.
His peculiar attire and appearance attract
ed considerable attention. The collar of
his rubber coat was turned up, and the
rim of his soft felt hat turned down. He
also wore green goggles, and it was his ev-
ident intention to conceal as much of his
face as possible. He was spoken to by
several citizens during the morning, but
allowed no one to get a good look at his
features. The stranger was armed with
repeating rifle and six-shooter.
He visited the blacksmith shop, and alter
asking the price Of sheeing, said that his
brother would be along soon, and that lie
would wait for him before deciding Nhe'l-
er he would have heavy or light sho, II
on his horse. lie said that he would ~
by the window of the shop until his broth
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| of the river for some distance up and down,
| and there he remained for some time-an
| hour or two-and was spoken to by seve-
| raj parties, to whom he replied in such a
manner as to imply that he did not care to
converse, and at no time did he uncover
| his face fully. At9oclock Senator Twich-
| ell aud his brother n-law, G. A. King,
rode down TO the ferry and crossed. The
stranger mounted his horse and slowly
| logged to the point where they must land,
and when the skiif reached the middle of the
river he was one hundred yards from the
landing. The man dlsmounted, tied his
horse and walked toward the river bank in
a careless manner. AS the ski1f struck the
bank, or landing, he commenced firing
upon the party with his rifle. The first
shot missed, the second struck Twich-
ellis arm. King had by this time drawn
his pistol, and was firing in return, when
the stranger changed his fire and killed
King, who fell in the boat. The negro
who was rowing had managed to get the
skiff thirty or forty feet from the bank by
this time, and Twichell jumped overheard
and hung to the side of the skiff with his
remaining arm, and was struggling to pro-
tect himself with board.
The stranger, however, kept up the
shooting with clock-work precision, and
managed to break Twlchells other arm,
and he drifted away from the boat, help
less and drowning. At this time Gen.
Mudgett, who was awaiting the return of
the skiff to cross, commenced firing at the
stranger, but did not hit him, and he ap-
parently paid no attention to him. Several
persons in town had run over to see what
was the matter, and had been ordered back.
Finally the stranger walked toward his
horse, reloaded his rifle, mounted, and was
about leaving when he saw the negro boy
pulling Twichell to the boat under the di-
rection of lady who stood on the bank.
He rode to the bank and commenced firing
this time with revolver. One shot hit
Twichell in the leg and another struck
the negro in the hand. The lady
begged OF the man TO desist, but apparent
ly he paid no attention to her. The lady
asked the negro II Twichell was dead, and