Ellsworth American., 1876-05-18
General News.
The Attempted A--a--innfion OF Senator
Twitrh~II Of Ioai. Ana.

\ Cou,ha'ts La CORE, .oIsicnt OF the =.
Louise Democrat zise- fs- following psrticu-
lar- ~ iI.- ,a,4.Iu- u senator ". II. Twch-
e.l and tl- A.iHn- Of HI brothrr-in-law. George
II. King. At ihal place, On the II u May:
AZ quite an early hour thi, morning 5
stranger wa> noticed ding into town. Iii. Pc
GA l4r attire and appearance attracted consider
able attention. The collar Of bis rubber coat
wa- turned up, snd tn. rim oi his soft ielt hat
turned down. He also wore green goggles,
aud il was hi evident intention To conceal as
much Of his face possible. He wa. spoken
10 uY several citizens during the morning. but
lowed no one to get good look at b- feat
uTe>. The stranger Wa- armed with a repeat
ius rifse AMI siX-.hooter.
lie visited the blacksmith shop, and after
asking the price Of shOeing, said that hi. broth
er would be alOng soon, and that he would
wait FOR hun before deciding whether be would
have heavy or light shoes put on his horse. He
aid that he would sit by the window OF the
shop until his brother came. Thi. window
commanded view OF the river for some dis
tance up and down. and there he remained for
some time-an hour or two-and was spoken
10 by several parties, 10 whom he replied in
such ! manner - to imply that he did not care
10 converse, and al no time did he uncover his
face fully. About O'Clock senator Twichell
aud his broiher-in-lsw, q. A. King, rode down
10 the ferry and crossed. The stranger mount
ed his horse and slowly logged toward the
point where the skiff must land. and when the
,kiff had reached the middle Of the river be
Wa one hundred yard. from the landing. The
man dismounted, tied his horse and walked
toward the river bank in a careless manner. As
the .kiff struck the bank, or landing. he COM
meuced firing upon the party with hi. rife.
The fret shot missed. the second struck one Of
Twichelrs arms King had by this lime drawn
hi pistol. and was firing in return. when the
stranger changed his fire and killed King W ho
fell in the boat. The negro whs Was rowing
had managed TO get the skif thirty or forty feet
from the bank by this time, and Twiehell jump
ed overheard and hurg TO the side Of the skiff
with his remaining arm, and was struggling to
protect himself with a board.
The stranger. however. kept UP the shooting
with clock-work precision. and managed TO
break TwitehelFs other arm. and he drifted
away from the boat, helpless and drowning
Al this time Gen. Mudgett, who was awaiting
the return of the skIff to cross, commenced fir
ing at the stranger, but did not hit him, and be
apparently paid no attention 10 him. Several
persons in town had run over to see what was
the matter, and had been ordered back Final
ly the stranger walked toward his horse, re-
loaded his rife, mounted, and was about lrsy-
ing when he saw negro boy pulling Twchell in
the boat under the directions Of a lady who
stood on the bank. He rode to the bank again
commenced firing, this time with his revolver
One shot hit TwicEell IN the leg and another
struck the negro in the hand. The lady legged
ofthe man to desist. but apparently he pail no
attention to her The lady asked the negro if
Twichell was dead, and upon hi, r.plyipg in
the affirmative the stranger turned aud de
out of Town. He passed several parti who
knew nothing Of the shooting, but their allen
ton was attracted to him for the reason that be
kept them covered with his six-shooter until
he bad passed them some distance. Meanwhile
the negro had reached the bank from whence