, 1877-02-21
CRIME.
AN ASTOUNDING STORY.

AN ASTOUNDING STORY.
K1kotna tfnn.) Tribune. Erifa. Fss. II.
On last Wednesday, Abraham johnson left
'is homo, IN Young America. on foot. to sec
str. Hunt, living thrcc mics from there In n
direction toutll Ut west. He held. a claim,
ugaiust slr. Hunt, which Was secured by chat
Tel mortgage, nnd his object was to get new
note with personal security, om!tttng tho
mortgage. lie arrived ut Hunts Just as tho
family were gotug TO dinner. anu ilo took dinner
with them. Afterwards, ho ana Nj. Hunt con-
went to tlic mill. istr. linnt nwns mill aeo.)
It VIVA aboat oc1oek when Mr. hunt left tlac
mill tn 70 a1nnng his neighbours 10 look ufter
tho personal security. Hc did not return Until
Tt'crc arc ecscral ans'rs In ttc roa.1, 70, being
atnnt 10 tr0ssel suno fields to shrtcn distance.
As slc ctline upon tho r0at, tnll1 or there
ato,Its west Ut Young America, ncar Nllow
Ewlng's, hu met three men who were driving
there was but ono ecnt. They spoke to him,
having stopped tho horscs, and, learning who
liz was,rcu.afkrd he WAS the man they wanted to
sec, as they lad n1i Improvement In mae'itilery
Of Tho evening. One Of the tneli took box
out OF tho wagon, another acted as X 1lc were
examining wleel, wh1'e Air. Johnson put L
foot nn the hub VI ii wilrc, and restcl bin cllln
on his hand In Il position to 1oo1s at the bax
It. Thirty hours after TINT time he Lccntne co-
Rciotls aud fund himself In larkncss, wrlgcll
In Il close ptucc, as close hk 1! Le Wera III q
Exayc. Dy degrees lle released himself, drnR.
EIug Ills buty atong, pushing chunks uf wool
mt Ot hEs way. aud by.a,,d-Iy emerged from a
hollow lug. Looking shout him III great hewil-
.icrncnt. ho saw 4 din light IN the tlfstat,cc,
anh naturally tuok that direction. liz arrived
ut tc house anil awakened tho family. llerc
l,o fui,nd out that llu WIS less than three miles
from Delphi, and frosR thirteen to itttutn miles
frun1 home; that It was 1uat past midnight Of
Thursday night, anu that It was thirty hours
men. The truth now broko In On lin. Tho
hr,llsc and lump the back Ut his hcatl helped
llfm to comprehend the situation. lie had been
knocked lown, haulel more thaM q dozen
inrs, md concealed In the log for dead, lie
only Ind III nhout him. and that was gone; but
It wis known In tile nefChb0shuMl tllnt lie llatl
engaged to 1nnkc a purchase un Which $:AU werd
tn have been paiI On Wednesday evening. lie
WIS served with refreshments Il. tho llIuse Of
tic strangers, antf WIS urged to remain until
lnernIng, but hc got the belt atTcrtions he
c.utl urul started at 1nee for honc. It secn,s
almost a staggering Thought that lso would t,o
The oAaa1let Ut that night and NIL the next day
getting uyer the twelve or fifteen miles bctwncn
that. In lis condition. thcre were chances for
Ercat bcwtldcFmcnt, and that hc did not, By
any means, pursue straight direction. Be.
sidca, through that part OF thu country, llo llAtl
ITO ncquaintances. Il WAS on the evening Ut
Friday lIefUro he mot any ono lie knew-John
lla,hpshir..--whu tuok him Into spring wagon
ana brought him to his hume. At i o'clocss
this nlufnug Afr. johnson was doing we'll, aud
hcis likely tq be "a well as ever IN Il few lays.