Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
From the Fairfield Ledger.
WICKED WRIGHT.
A DastardIy Plot Almost Carried
Out.

VIM. F. Wright, or Bill" as he is
generally called, is q hard case; al
though young in years he is old in
villainy, and is skilled in the ways of
the wicked. He 10 brother of John
Wright, who assisted in the shooting
Of Hill, at Batavia, and . worthy
member of the Batavia band. He
was first brought into prominence
here by his arrest for forgery. He
was sent to the penitentiarY for safe
keeping, staid there for six months
and seemed to like it; was brought
back here, and at the November term
of court was sent up for six months.
He had only been out ten days when
he was arrested for stealing $6, 80, and
sent to the county Jail for thirty days.
His time was out the 18th, and he
was released. About the time Sher-
i'll Hughes turned him out he was
warned to keep q watch on Wright,
as he had expressed deter
mination to 60 through the Jail and
release the prisoners. Thursday
night when the family were prepar-
ing to retire, Mrs. Hughes in making
an examination of the house, mott ced
man under one of the beds in an up
stairs room. Placing the lamp on q
chair, she quickly but quietly stepped
outside, locked the door and went
down stairs for her husband. Telling
him her story, he quickly examined
his pistols, went up stairs and pulled
the sneak out-and he proved to be
none other than Bill Wright, and he
had come prepared to carry out his
plans. A bottle containing some
fluid was found on his person and
he had a loaded whip for a weapon.
The sheriff turned the keys on him
that night in the securest cell, and
the next morning Mayor Cummings
bound him over in the sum of $500 to
appear at court on the charge of bur-
glary.
The plot as nearly as can be learned
was laid by and between Wright and
Arnold, q pick-pocket who is now
confined here. Wright was to slip in
administer chloroform to the sheriff
and his family, release the prisoners
and then plumber the house. Wright
got into the house successfully, but
this was as far as the plan was carried
out-for the sheriff was too sharp for
them. Both these worthless are now
fed at county expense, and it is prob
able will be sent up by Judge Win
slow in good style. Two wretches as
villianous as these deserve punish
ment, and we hope they'll get what
they merit.
Congressman AckIen, of Louisiana,
is bound to fight. His "honah" has
been touched, and nothing short of
"pistols and coffee for two" can make
amends. If the Washington scribes
know what they write, this Acklen
Wiley assaulted lady in Walkers
restaurant, and in response to the
cries Of the lady, General Rosser
rushed to the rescue, and kicked Ack-
len out doors. Now the latter feels
that he was thereby insulted, and
will challenge the former to q duel.
Acklea admits, say the Washington
papers, "that he seriously compromis.
ed the lady and processes willingness
to make her the only reparation in
his power" That probably means an
apology. He should also apologize
to Rosser for the trouble caused him.
If man should insult lady in your
presence, gentleman reader, and you
should practice ON the cowardly cur
with the toe of your boot, and he
should claim that you had insulted
him and must fight, would you accept
the challenge--put yourself ON the
level with dog? Still we would
not interfere with the Southern code.
Acklen and Rosser are both relics of
the "chivalry," and the more code
there is piled up and set fire to
around such, the better for humanity
in general.-Chicago journal.
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