The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-02-01

band TO come that might tell him all,
and consult what was best 10 be done,
to prevent robbery and perhaps blood
shed. At last, 10 my great relief, saw
him coming ran 10 the gate 10 meet
him, and told him what had seen and
heard the night before. " Now"
said, "willyou ever laugh at my 'fancies'
againP"
"No, my dear little wife," said he
81 never will"
We then arranged that we should tell
his mother and sister every thing; and
he was TO 90 the nearest police station
and arrange with the chief officer 10
have number Of men ready in the wood
near the honsc at IL O'Clock that night
that after dinner we were 10 say "good-
bye to Mrs. Benson, and drive home
but would return and join the police in
the wood, and wait there until we saw
Martha leave the house t. meet her hus-
band. We were then TO 90 in and wait
until the thieves came in, when they were
to be surrounded and taken prisoners.
My husband wanted me 10 remain AT
our own house; but would not do so,
as said would only be imagining all
sorts of dreadful things; besides,
knew his mother and Mary would ike
to have me with them.
II all turned out as well as could be.
The night was very fine; and just nj IL
O'Clock Martha stole down 10 the place
where had seen her the night before
then we all, about dozen policemen
and ourselves, went into the house.
The men were stationed out Of sight in
different rooms, waiting for the robbers
entrance. Henry came up to Mrs. Ben
sons room, where all Of US women
were, including the two servants. With
breathless anxiety we watched and wait
ed. From where stood could see the
way they would come.
II was about ? o'clock when saw
Martha coming up the walk and four
men with her "Look I" said ssthere
they are" They went around TO the
back door, and we heard them stealing
along the passage in the direction of the
plate-closet Then sudden russia
scream from the wretched Martha-im-
precations loud and bitter-a shot AN
other scream,
MAY God grant no lives will be lost!r
we prayed
Poor Mary nearly tainted. At last we
heard the officer call Henry TO come
down. The four men were well secured
and taken to the police-station. Martha
was taken there, too. She confessed she
had let them in for the purpose Of steal
ing the silver. One of the robbers was
slightly wounded in the arm. but no
one else was hurt. Very thankful was
| when found next day that none was
the worse for having gone through such
a terrible scene.
The house where Martha's husband
lodged was searched, and the case Of
diamonds and many other valuable ar
tcles found there. This immensely re-
spectacle gardener had been disgrace
TO his family and his profession. Left
very much TO himself through the indul-
gence Of his employer, he had contract
ed habits Of tipping with low associates
at the neighboring village, and became
so completely demoralized as at length
TO assume the degraded character of a
burglar. Now came the reiribution
which attends on wrong-doing. The
thieves were all tried At the next Assizes,
and sentenced to various terms of i'm
prisonment.
IL is now many years since all this
happened; but can never forget what
went through those two dreadful
nights; though remember with thank
fitness, that through nv dream and the
warning voice heard, was the means
Of averting great wrong. and perhaps
murder. do not impute any thing
supernatural 10 my dream. 1t may have
merely been the result Of tension Of feel
ings, Supported by some condolences.
At all events, the results were such rs |
have described -Chambers's Journal.