The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-25
THE SUPERIOR CIVILIZATION.

During the middle OIL laSJ week the Gelecb
society of Clairmont county, o., was treated
to little sensation social episode, In fact,
which ID suggestive Of O moral. 1t IL said that
Mrs Atchley and her husband, o citizen Of
the aforesaid county, had n row. It would
have been better, probably, TO have said that
Mr.. Atchley and his wife bad D row, but the
good and heightened male citizens Of
Cairmont county had enough of the
chivaIrous old Adam In their natures to
say that the woman did this evil therefore
they maintained that Mrs. Atehley and her
husband had row" The conduct Of Mrs.
Atchley In creating such q disturbance IT
must be confessed was not truly eommenda-
bic, while 1t Is sincerely to be regretted that
she was not completely victorious In the en-
suing struggle with such creature. How
ever It is sufficient to say that "Mrs. Atchley's
husband" vanquished the weaker vessel and
pillDg all her household goods In the ROAD
told her ITO CO. The difficulty OF home
less, shelterless, penniless weak woman S
"going" under such circumstances does not
seem To have entered her brutal husbands
mind.o But she left her home. taking Win
her only q few personal effects, and wisely
tried To remove from the country 70 seek her
living III d more hospitabe region. And here
another party enters the scene. it appears
that man, Story by name, took pity on the
elected woman and offered to aid hef 70 r.
moving to St Louis. It was alleged by the
law-abding citizens Of Clalrmont county
that Story's motives In Offering this Wofully
needed help. which not one Of them had
offered, were not good Thereupon story was
arrested, charged with the theft of the few
personal effects tho poor woman had saved,
probably to pay her expenses.
About 8 o'clock on the morning Of May 81
a band OF one hundred men, brave under the
consciousness Of their numerical strength,
and brutal beyond ordinary comprehension,
violently took the man Story from jail,
dragged him to where bridge lowered fifty
feet above the channel or stream, slipped
the moose OF O halter Zone end Of which was
fastened to a beam of the BRIDGE around his
neck and flung him over into tho chasm be-
low. 1t was fortunate thing for tho poor
wretch that these rulffans had miscalculated
the strength Of the rope they used,
or the neck they meant it to break.
The rope broke, Story fell
forty-five feet INTO tne river anu efhWlea OUT
alive The mob, disgusted with their bung-
ling failure IN committing this attempted
atrocious murder dispersed, and soon, to use
the naive expression of the telegraph report
Oh, fall was serene In Clairmont" Story es-
capped death after cambering up the bank OF
the river Gle had a hearing subsequently,
when general compromise was effected.
Story was discharged Atchley agreed To take
back his wife, and 1t was mutually agreed
that the iayhawkers who hanged Story
should not be prosecuted"
The community wherein all these occurrences
have lately transpired boastfully claims that
with Northern communities In common with
It's people arc the representatives Of asuperior
civilization, which protects persons, prevents
lawlessness and Furnishes crime.