Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-22
FLING INTO THE RIVER.
Seeking Legal vengeance for a Ter
rible Experience.
ISL. Louis Rapphlican.

a tail, Well-built man, with pleasant pOad
natured face. has for a long time worn blue suit
a halfmoon star. and carried good sized nick
DRY stick, In and about Esher's Alhambra thea
tire. on st. Charles street., All theatres of the
KIND have their ''bOuncer,r and W Allen jr
the man described above, holds. or rather did
hold that humble position in ESherS establish
ineht. Last saturday night at about closing
tine Mr.. Allen remarked that he would not BE-
on deck the next night, whereupon those who
heard the words fall asked him why. and won.
dered whether he intended crossing the last
dlich or taking Jump off the big bridge.
Iof when he SAID .'on deck' he looked a trlie
desperate and determined.
I'm going over to Batavia ClerDont countv
ONO" he said. Ito pnt five men through for a
lla.le Trick they served me one night iii June a
Who are the fve?" some one asked SAND
what did they do?' :
..1ney are five roughs. aud they pulled me
out or BED one night, walked me uown TO the
Little Miami bridge, and cnuckef me Off OF if
INTO the river with rope around my neck
Just as you'd take and hang and drown
Il dog =
And You didn't drown. You must have
come pretty near 1t though? Tell lis the whole
story" said RepHbltcan reporter who hap.
pened me-
well. It's not a long one so Will Ioyned
farm In Clermont county, and sold II 10 a
man named Charles NJ. Atchey. He paid me
some money down, and Was TO pay me the oal-
ance In 1nstalmentS An nStalmenI came due.
ana went up TO Atchley's from Cincinnati TO
collect it. After finishing ny business no
there got ready TO leave, and just about that
time Mrs. Atchley said she was going to Clncin-
natl too
There was a WoInan in the case. then, as
USUAL said a listener.
Yes. as uSuai," continued Alien land AZ !
said, she was going my way and although
there as no Invita- ION or anything OF thatkind.
She went on from the farm TO Batavia VITA me-
and from there 10 Cincinnati. Upon our arfl-
val In Cincinnati we were arrested and taken
before the CHIEF OF police. and after night In
laii we Were taken back TO Batavia. It ap-
Va lrS fah1n La n
ner huspands consent, and he supposed she
had eloped with he. That is why we were ar
rested. Twas charged with running away with
the maDs life. and when they got me back In
Batavia they placed me on trial before a Justice
OF the peace. The Judge thought the case a
pretty thin one and was released before the
settlement OF the case upon my own recogniz-
ance. The night this happened slept In a no.
tel kept by one Frank Munson, and Slept wei
until O'Clock In the morning when | was
awakened by loud voices, followed by crash.
The crash was caused By the kicking in OF my
bedroom door. and following the noise came
ten men marching into my room. Ii was dark
and could not see their faces, but saw that
they were all armed. some with pttchforks and
others with knives and reviewers. They told
me TO put my hands up, and when looked at
them without obeytRg their order, they placed
reviewers at my head and said, Put up your
hands. or Wen blow the whole top OF your
head OFF, | obeyed the order this dime aud
then they took ropes and bound ME hand and
foot.
Did they gag your
no. they Just tied my hands and legs so
that could hot use either. Then they picked
me up and were going TO carry me, when they
found me SO heavy that they set me
legs. and said l would walk with them where
ever they wanted me to 60. This was all they
wanted, and they united my legs and | walked
only few hundred yards away from Mulson's
mouse. and they steered me straight for it. As
5 l walked along was convinced from hints
o n tnat they intended to throw me Off It
ana .t INTO The river. ana knew II they threw
,iie IN WIN my hands tied l would drown. 50
worked hard to get nv hands loose. and sue.
Teeaea, OUT kept them behind my back In the
p ositlOn Ihey had tied them In. When we
i haic the bridge they tied one end OF a
hhaisolhch rope to my neck and the other tn the
T T1ase 1 TAI, Ihen knew what was colu ng
T They were were going TO hang me to the bridge
tney Drought me TO the edge of the bridge snd
eo ot ieaHy 10 throw me over. knew ii | didDT
INV hea sda or rope with my hands 1t would Jerk
T W1;l it. and felt pretty queer teu Won ~
y, 1 1no stooo there thinking Jim Griffin one
no von men e,I, IN the crowd Said 10 the others:
Inen LOOK hold OF ana threw me OF t, htdo ol
DOM som. .nn o. ~, stood by, and when went
threw Stones at mem ma hIed shots While Others
it broke and let ms fall headlonp u in II unIa
listener. -. e"iu ah attentive
o, NO didn't. When q man is in his n,yht
SUIT ana me waters all right, he's not dsnSn mr
all right i,., w. got out
How all rights"
wen, swan and waded to the rtver n,r,-
anu men MD In the bushes until the cr"uS
INA. nao served me the trick were out or sitrbt y
ana what thenw %. Jan vi Sight.
,otS wel IN the morning walked ,ip to tha
notei dressed and went TO breakfast a. "s, .ne
Lnsle were some people around OF course who
Int ansn,: Atter breakfast went about f,nl1inS
oHo VINO no ne men were that had walked me and
ssv6 6n e sucn an early bath. and accumulated
men!s Ior assault to kill against five Fney Ara
Wader n M A9cMaiey Jim Griiith Alfred Fitz
morrow am going on to ATTEND their tri. so-
l mink get any sort OF q fair deal that Ihev
WILL 90 70 the penftent1ary for fifteen years,