The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-03

of house in the outskirts OF the town,
where the hackman had gone the evening
previous. He had noticed that one OF
the men had carried woman in, but he
had thought nothing of it, as he had been
told that she was i'll, and it was none OF
his business anyhow.
The inmates were aroused, not with
out difficulty, and, frightened by the
intense manner of the husband, admitted
that a lady had come there the evening
previous in company with the gentle
men, that they had been shown room,
and that the gentlemen had gone away
soon after, saying that the lady was tired,
and not very well, and desired to stay till
morning. The proprietress of the house
declared she had never seen the gentle
men before; had no knowledge OF them,
that gentlemen were in the habit OF
visiting her house with ladies, but that
she never asked any questions. AS may
be inferred, the house was of disrepLtable
character, and the intelligence OF kind
to make the agonized husband fear the
worst.
He went to the room as directed, and,
to his horror, discovered his poor wife
almost nude, lying in bed, nearly insensi-
BILE, and well-nigh deprived of her reason.
She did not recognize her husband for
some time, and when she did, her mind
wandered off again, and, being once more
brought to herself, went into hysteria,
and tainted from the violence of her
commissions. She had been drugged in
the carriage-chloroform had probably
been administered taken to the den of
vice, her person outraged, and all her
valuables, even to her articles of wearing
apparel stolen. She had been richly
dressed and had good deal of jewelry
on her person, among other things pair
of valuable earrings, containing large
solitaire diamonds in her cars. From the
moment that she had been lifted from
the cars into the carriage she had only
semi.lucid intervals, everything that had
happened seemed like terrible night
mare. She thought, and her husband
thought so, too, that she would never re-
cover from that dreadful shock to the
nerves. AS soon as he could get some
decent raiment he took her where she
could be properly cared for, and, when
she had partially recovered, removed her
to her own home. 1t is said that she has
never been herself since that fearful
night, and that in all Likelihood she never
will be. Her distressing experience al
most unhinged her reason, and in her
sleep she often starts and cries out as its
memory returns to her in dreams.
The husband has made every effort to
discover the villains, but all to no pur-
ua laru in m.
ploying detectives, but they have gained
no evidence. The scoundrels, according
to accounts, seem to have been lost sight
of, as if the earth bad opened and swal-
lowed them up. Various traces and
prospects of detecting the criminals have
been reported from time to time. The
miscreants have so entirely vanished that
it is surmised that they must have left
the country. Their original and primary
object, no doubt, was money. They
were probably attracted by her diamonds
while she was waiting in the station at
Rome, and formed the plan they so COM
pletely carried out before they got upon
the cars. 1t may have been an Old and
well-matured plot which they had not
before attempted to execute, or it may
have been--who knows Zone that had been
already successful. They were no anna
tours; they must have been professional,
thoroughly trained villains. Their inge-
nuity, FEASIBILITY, and adroitness have
rarely been equalled, and it is million
pities that they can not be brought to
justice, which in this case, would be such
as Judge Lynch deals out in the South
west and the frontiers. -Ne,o York Times.