The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-10-09

ANshsF naoesn SITS Daughters heaa,
49, sho9.,hg enaAF oceursea at unlon fidgc last
nave been ibid aud published about n ON rofr~ss
nsns rs that Joint sendsus the following AZ.
eye,. " sosfset version Of the AFFAIR aud the
r, Late Il tho afiern1ou Of Friday last the town az
,a,,,, @ wa thrown Into All excitement ~ the
~ tAt aefdenai unsneii had shot Dick stevens
aud broken Ills arm The erouunsialct.s II iie ,,es
may e stated a. follows -Riehard sievens fataiu
ATTY knoNn In town as Dick Stevens. 4 y5pne man
aDoua twenty -our years Of age who has i0f sayee
menthA past been acting "a hOstlef al Western
M,afyland Hotel IN Union Bridge. has been paying
w aalfyssea " daughter Of Mcrdecai Gosncii
blAgks'nlth Ia the employ Of the Western Mariana
haiiIoad Company. Oosueil, on hearing that M.
nssd W. Esepng company WIN stevens siren
i nans nov kindied in young hearts. but only sci
,hela y devise means whereby they might be able
daughter had not observed with due respect M IA
rental inlunciions, is said 70 have admonshed her
hh sieia . KS psoyssb lie thai perc,h the rod
nAss sth tba child Tho daughter thinking that
such almontlon was more than she ought u be,,r
On the night o. the Nth uiI, sought the pfOtceto al
hsbita,,n snss nlf ,s nsisef hoise home, nor
himself bufdened with a bundle OF bliss lue
loathiul couple, borne up by that simplicity peeu.
na ~ injurious lovers iAborng under the haiiuei-
nations that they are suffering under Dame For
tunes seSefest froWns, speAt a cold night IN buggy
mieh slooa " sheh IN town. when, BY iheuse 81
li1tle sober sense. each Of them might have slept
comfortably in their respective fathers houses Ne
may sufnse that their coglailons in the buggy were
q, for hone a hOrsei What would we give tjr A
honc! Next day Thursday the girl was found
anu lAken home. On the following day tFridsyj
stevens went u uosilels house intending ~ leave
package belonging 10 his aweet heart When ste
sehs shocked st the door he was answered by
iosnell who, on seeing that IL was stevens began
10 strike him with lists and tl.et Stevens ofrcd M
reslstence. but fed About O'Clock D. m. on tic
sane Day lsi inst uosnell came into Squire Jones'
Once and made oath 10 the following charges,
fist-Richard Stevens, Of Union Bridge Mary.
iand. did on the night ofsepsember nth issO en-
wee my daughter LadoFa oosneil, oleave her home
Is under age, sec0nd-fhe said Richard Rteyeus
did on the ist day Of October lsSJ, draw revolver
On me ana threaten to shoot me Signed,
Annmbcr Of witnesses were snminoncd The int
witness sworn was Lud0fa Gusnoll who snid that she
W. bet hNme of her own trec VIII because her
hther had whipped her and that Dick, meaning
stevens, mover asked her 10 leave her home she
slsS said that Dick did not draw revolver ON her
lnther, neither did be Try 10 hurt anybody. The
| other witnesses testified to the same effect Mr.
Jonta finding that the changes against Stevens wer,
not sustained, dismissed the case About . o'clock
on the same Afternoon, uosneil came into Mr Jones
ONCE very much excited, and asked Mr. Jones II he
Jones could not compel the people to turn out and
help him search for his daughter. that she had gone
again, Mr.. I0nes told GOsnell that he J0nesJ bad
no authority 70 do any such thing but suggested {,
him that lac should ask one OF more OF his acqhAnl
anras 70 go with him, Gosncil went To Pctfe, Tho
druggist who after some hesitation consented 10 as
slst him, After come inquiry rctre learned tha
| steven. had gone In the direction OF Quaker Hi
which lies about six furlongs n the south east o
/ Union bridge. Pcirc started after him and soot
saw him walking slowly Bl0ng the read shnF
distance ahead. Petrg m0tioncd 10 him and steven
/ turned aud walked back till he met Pttre whef
they both sat down ON bank by thc roadside
fetre asked Stevens who're the girl was seyes "a
he did NOT know. PetTe Insisted that he did know
aud said that he ought 10 tell HIM stevens strnnRl-
| denied having any knowledge VI her whereabout
whatever II seems that amer retfe started In teArcl
| OF the girl. Gusnell went aud borrowed q reyuiVc
/ nun Harry Crook, and then followed Petrc. Will
fctre and Stevens were sitting talking as above
| stated fetFe looked up aud SAW. GnsIlcli comm
alnug tle road toward them. Pcgre said % steven
here comics 6osncll. sou had better get cut Of hi
way o. something " that effect Stevens replied :
mhined sitting who're they were Hosnell cnin
walking along "a II he did not thcm TN he cam
opposite 10 where they were sitting when be tufne
about quickly aud said 20 fetrU you have fOuu
lshifn, but before fctre could make a reply G0sne
said 10 stevens lyon are my meat, pointed his p
yuivef and hfed. Stevens tntuitlEely threw up IA
len arm IN ftont Of his bfnazt The bali struck his ar
aud shntierpd both ZONES. When Goaneli fired 81
Veus ,ell down. aud white he was lying tioanbi or,
a secOnd time but the pistol missed. stevens got h
nud started 10 run, while GOsne kept firing Al hit
0oHnell shot at stevens four times stevens cssap,
thrpa OF the bullets Peire, who was an eye witne
10 tic shooting believes thai II krVens had not y
his arm anras his breast he would have been shi
through the Heart Afterwards Stevens came 10 tow
followed hy Gosuell. who went To crosk and 4
inanled moro cartridges, which Crook refused
give G0snell was arrested the same evening und
a warrant from Squire Jones. and was held 10 b,
Ia $50. MssstG bgurge 4. Buckley aud David Xii
hart being his b0ndsinrn
tosneli took his daughter TO baltimore city on i
BUD instant and Is said 10 have placed her Ia 1
institution Of -1lss Good shepherd