Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-10

MaFksaaAshlP en- she Stage.
MIS-. YRANKL1H's VERSION OF THE KILL.
INC or voLAErE IN PAWTUcKET.
N, Y. Buh.l
MrS. Jennie Franklin, advertised a.
The daring shot, and principal In The
terrible catastrophe and:innocent kill.
ing Of 9 woman on the stage In Paw
tuckel," Stepped on the stage Of Tony
Pastors Thealer, at the matinee, yes
terday, gun In hand. She 10 five and Q
half feet In stature, and 1.-THE and
straight a. an Indian. A blue velvet
cape, knotted TO her shoulders with
ribbonS, hung janntlly down her back,
leaving her AFms free. Blue short
SkiEts snow white tights, aud blue leg.
gngs adorned the rest Of her graceful
figure. Before che shot VOlante, 6 lit.
10 more than three weeks ago, her
checks were rosy and she weighed l57
pounds. Now she weighs ll9 pounds
and her cheeks are pale.
Mira. Franklin's twenty.nine pound
gun was held with the steadiness Of q
Creedmoor rifemau. Her husband
fastened apples on the face Of q target,
and she split them In two with bullets.
She extingnished q lighted candle and
broke aelay pipe. The range was the
width OF the stage. At last, turning
her back 70 the target, she pointed The
gun over her shoulder, and taking aim
over ihereAection OF the gun in q mir
roE, ct the reflection Of the apple
missed. She tried three limes without
sncceaS, and then bringing her gun to
order arms, With an angry pont, bowed
and retired, The spectators heartily ap.
'spuiS hsvs bit The lppls,p Sbs, s X.
plaineds IN The green.ro0m, "if the au-
dIenee bad kept still. Just as / was
raising The guR ! could hear people
1rhSei the shot she killed vOlantO.
ln,d gasElrsly @.
10 had 10 miss then. eau hear
what psople cay II he only . whisper
10 Ne back Of the room. Then sOme
ladies IN one Of the boxes made re-
marks about me, / want people to
know one thing, Tint l never shoot be-
low the mark. II Iimiss, the bullet 81.
ways goes above II. ! think VOlante
mnsthaye bFeathed 90 drawing q long
bFealh), after getting of the trapeze
that night, and that threw her head up.
laughed when she fell, and sat en- The
floor With her hands on her knees, /
thought she was making believe, as she
had done before, 10 scare the audience.
Thea said my Godi" l went over
to her, and ! knew at once the bullet
had come out again. l sSw q few
drops Of blood under the hair just over
her forehead. The wound IN her FORE
bead where the bullet went in didn't
bleed. / wanted then 10 wash her
head and let her 60 10 sleep, but
the doctor inserted o probe,
which cut the principal vein that
carries the blood all through the
head. The blood came out in 9 stream
and It continued TO bleed. They
W0uldnit believe me when / told them
that The bullet had come out, but they
bad 10 afterWard. II was | that cut
snO Aoih away AEOu tuo WOuuu WnoT0
i came out. attended her, and when
her right side was paralyzed she tried
70 talk to me, but she couldn't shape
her lips to speak the words. She
would take my arm in her left hand
and draw me to her, and when I stood
olos0 beside her, leaning over her bed,
she would put up her hand and raise
her len eye 90 that She could zee ne.
VI am paying IS q week for the board
ofa woman, who used 10 stand for me.
She wants 10 do 80 again. l have 10
support my child, aud It IL all l can do.
1 can't save anything. You look at
me here and yOu don't know me, but
you would know me we'll IL l should
tell Tou the name Of my family in
Brooklyn. That 10 Q secret l have