West Virginia walking beam. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1879-188?, 1879-08-13
NO. 32.
John Huls0n's Axe.

, via hlTS- null W rs nlurupFrO III n'
bod. An ngcd lady at Pclhnmvillc. near
New York, was tied by burglars, who
searched her house. having first taken
her oath on her own family Bible that
she would be quiet and not ring the big
dinner bell which sl,c kept Mt her bed
side for the purpose Of awakening her
ncigllbors in case of need. A Brooklyn
man heard burglar coming In by the
why Of the bark parlor. lie shot the in
trlldcr. who crnwlcd homr md died. 4
physician near New York heard burglars
in his house nj three O'Clock a.. tho morn 9,
ing. They got hwny with biz rigtr.. .urd
-"In" "nr@l".tl instruments hu: a.no ipk =
ar,rral bullets which tho doctor lod yrd
in their fugiliv" bodi', hs they made
good their escape. A Long island thief
rhi0rofOrmcd nm old lady and extracted
li"r sevcnty-dollar srt Of gold teeth. =
The use Ofchloroform in dental opera
tons Innt always attended with com.
plctr success. In this c:,sr N reaction
took place. and, although tlr thief re-
capped, hp wn- nltrrwari arrested. lie
Is now in jail md the teeth ARE safe ut
home in The old ln,lya mouth, Three
lone ln,lics. WHO wcr' nDn-residonts,
were awakened 10y tho sound of burglars
on tlrif por1ico roof. They opened The
window and gave each Of the burglars n
tract and made them wait to listen 10
the reading Of aclhlpter from tho bible.
The women who stole tnc Chinese
washorman's, hundred dollars from his
pnnialoons pocket slipped away in the.
confusion, while poor Wasiicr gotta bui-
il in his cheek which laid him on Il
New York hnspita! cot. Thus with
various success and sometimes with no
success at nil no thhrrS and burglars
prosecute their business.
The power Of the s,lddcnly-cntcrins
thief. either by day or night. seems little
short Of supernatural. A spare and di-
luinutive burglar can inspire some pco- ,
Pile with rs much terror rs regiment OF
soldiers ought to cause. The fact that
there IS n man in the .iousc " is sufficient
in many instances to render whole fami-
lies helpless. If, instead ofone burglar.
there are half q dozen. who stand in :.
row by the hclsidc Of partially
awakened househnldcr the effect is niorr
terrifying. a black muslin mask over
.hc burglars face and deep bass voic"
from his throat TO the effect Of "yors
S.:..:.-T c. --,- 'ifc" g r-t 49,, ,;lltcli to
t'r:u" TIP tho spirits of tho person nd
{''r,s'!i. Sous: ';'nf. howell, thc, in
s"ndcd within 10 H'rs,d 10 desperate.
decd Of sclf-dcfensc. Thus il w:rs with
John Huisof, Of Western Pennsylvania
John is well-to-do German, living by
himself Thieves came upon him while
eating his solitary dinner. They dubbed
him, bound him. tossed him on tIe
wood-pilc rs 80 many pounds of useless
lumber. and proceeded to rnnsack his
house. The brave old man wrisglcd out
OF the ropes and silently seized the sharp
axe with whirn he was accustomed tn
split wood. With this in his hand hc
went for his enemies. In n moment he
had chopped all the fingers from the
right hand ofono sroundrcl and taken
steak or two out Of the flesh Of another.
Dead men are said to tell no tales, but
wounded ones do. When these fellows
applied to n ncighboring doctor to he put
in repair, tho marks whicl: John Hui
solr had put upon them told the story oi
their misdrrds. They were put under
arrest and will be- sounhly punished for
their sins.
The axe ism clumsy weapon in mIst
hands, hut is very effective one when
skillfuHy used. John lIulsolr did good
decd 10 using it on his nssailants. 1t was
~ il n public proclamation had been is-
sucd to all the tramps, thieves, burglar
and assassins in tint section. saying thc
people will defend themselves TO the nj
tcrmost when attacked. The lesson
taught to these fellows will not bc
thrown away on the profession. To take
the law thus into ones hands is dis,-
grccablc, but the men who dare to DO it.
are masters Of the situation. 1t Is rca
sonably certain TINT Mr.. Hulsof will
not again bc attacked by this class OF
niiscrcants. Had hc killed the intruders
nobody would have blamed him. II
such men were sure OF just such re-
ccption ns this in every house which
they might illegally enter, tho profession
would decline in profit and incn ase in
risk. until 1t would not he worth follow
ing ng.-Ihtiattciphia Times.
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