The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-20
A1leoea B1ackuail.

From the Davenport Democrat we learn
that Wilton was the scene of great excite
ment aud riofous demonstration Thursday
evening and the town was still feverlsh with
the sensation this morning. The particu,
lars of the occurrence which created all
this irritation and STERN are. rather inter-
estlng. ~
About two years ago, more or less,
young girl employed at the house OF Mr:
L. u. Lane, at Wilton. filched the sum OF
fifty dollars from Mr.. Lane. She came to
Davenport and spent portion OF the sto-
| len money ia dry goods stores-and her
return with the goods led to her detection
of the theft, and sshe was charged with
the act She made confession. and i'm
plored mercy. A settlement was effected
without public prosecution-she to return
what money she had left, with the goods
she bought, and valuables in her posses
sion, and nothing was to- be said about the
4 matter. After that. too, there was hitch
and the girl was arrested-when Sanother
settlement was made. and the case never
came to trial
The girl went away, and her misdemean-
or was forgotten-never would have been
brought to mind again but for the occur
cnce of Thursday.
1t appears the girl, now comely
young woman, came to Wilton day before
yesterday, bride, on her wedding tour
to visit relatives and personal friends.
Her husband is a 6ne-looking man. aud
her friends who saw him congratulated
her heartily over her conquest. The happy
people were en- route for Muscatine, where
the sister of the bride resides. They were
at the depot yesterday. Mr.. l.. L. Lane.
accom- panied by L. T. Sheets. went to the
depot and demanded of her husband the
sum of thirty dollars, with the alternat}ye
/ OF tae arrest of his wife as a tibet II he
didn't hand over. The husband was
astonished, he asked bis wife about II: Fox
a few minutes she was in such distress oil
mind that it was thought she would &c
crazy. But the husband Quoted her
pulled out the money, satisfied Mr.. Lanes
demand, and took his wife away.
The above is the version of the story
that got abroad in Wilton. As it spread
people became excited. and the egoitemant
| grew until night aud thea crowd of ont
hundred or more men and youths, with 8
supply of fresh and spoiled eggs whict
were freely furnished by some of the best
! nitizans at Milton came across lmr. Sheet,
near the postoffice, and went for him
They dToVe him through tao postoiiice &c
bis livery stable on Fourth street, peltinl
him with eggs. hootine. jeering, and abus-
ing him ia every way that tongue could dc
it. He to,k refuge in his stable. The
crowd then started to fnd L. l.. Lane
several of them carrying rails with which
to give hin a sharp ride shogld they catch
| him which they didn't do. At late
hour he went to the barn of Sheets and
the last the Democrat correspondent knew
of the affair. both men were in the barn il
consultation.
MIR. Lane says of this affair. that the
cutlery against him is gotten up by lot Of
GhPster lawyers for purposes OF blackmai'
and that the case is not as stated in the
| Democrat. In conversation with an AR
GUS reporter this morning he says thai
when his side is heard it will change
| things considerably. He will be remem-
bered as the man who purchased Morey's
drug store, Moline, and re-sold it to its
present owner, Miller.