The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-12-01

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YOU'VE GIRL RUINED BY VILLAIN,
VINO ATTEMPT TO TAKE HER LIFE
The following narrative Of the brutal
treatment of a young woman Is taken
from the Brandonville correspondence
of the kingwood Journal:
About 9 o'clock on Sunday night,
three gentlemen stopped at the "Ha-
gans House." and inquired how far it
was to Kingwood. After being po-
litely told the distance by Mr.. Ha-
gans, their peculiar actions excited
his curiosity, and he asked them the
cause of their apparent haste. They
then stated they were looking for a
lost child, saying that about two
weeks ago man and lady with child
about three weeks old, had passed
through our place, and that they
crossed the river at Ices Ferry. They
left the child at a house near the fer
ry, the man saying that his wife had
died recently, and that he was looking
for home for it. They refused to
keep it without pay in advance, and
he left $50 with them. He took the
lady within about four miles of Nor
gantown, and there left her in the
road, and returned and got the child,
paying them IS for trouble, and
brought it to Mr.. Eli Walls, and left
it, stating that he would return again
on Thursday; then came through our
place again on his way to Grantsville,
Md, where he resides.
The woman got to Morgantown
some way, and from there to Fair
mont, at which place, after her con-
diton was known, she was furnished
q free ticket to Grafton, where she
had an uncle living, who kindly sent
her to Frostburg, aud from this
place she got to her home again at
Grantsville.y
The father of the girl, who was one
Of the three gentlemen, told Mr..
Hagans that the girls name was
Smouse; and the name Of the man
who had wrought her ruin, was
Columbus Shaw, a merchant Of
Grantsville.
l have subsequently learned that
the parties stayed all night on their
way, at Mr.. A. McNear's, a few miles
west of this place, and that before
starting in the morning he took the
top off his buggy; and subsequent
actions would warrant the suspicion
that he did it for the purpose Of ex-
posing her to the inclemency Of the
weather so that she might possibly
die from the effects Of exposure. The
woman's father told Mr.. Hagans
that she was badly bruised about the
face, and was now lying at home in a
dangerous condition. further learn
ed that about three months ago this
man Though he doesn't deserve the
appellation Of mani took the woman
from her home at Grantsville, and
brought her to Mr.. Umble's near
Markleysburg, Pa, where she was
confined, and that about two weeks
ago, in the absence of Mr. Umble
from home, he got her in buggy
with the child not month old, and
left, passing through this place as
above related
The three gentlemen returned on
Monday, having found the child, a
sprightly little boy, at Mr.. Eli Walls !,
who, with his kind wife passed
through ourplacc en- route for Grants
Vile.
From az Oeeasionai co,ysspondsnf at By.eefss.
A young man by the name of Shaw,
a merchant at Grantsville, Nd, had
been on too intimate terms with a
Miss Smouse, daughter Of Daniel
Smouse, a blacksmith also of Grants
vile. The girl, about II years Of
age became cncicntc, was taken by
Shaw to a Mr. Umble's, near Somer-
vile, Pa, where the child, fine boy.
was born. The girl remained two or
three weeks, when Shaw came with q
buggy representing that he was GO
ing to take the girl over about Nor.
gantown and marry her. He had told
Umble's to take good care Of her, as
he intended to marry her when she
got we'll. He starred with her from
Umble's and all seems to have gone
well until on the mountain beyond
Eli Walls, in very lonely place, far
from any house, he put the girl out
Of the buggy and drove in the oppo-
site direction with her child. Arriv-
ing at Eli Walls, he stopped and
requested Mrs. Walls to keep the
child a few weeks, which she refused
TO do. He then asked her to keep it
two or three hours, until he drove to
Bruceton and returned. This she
consented to do.
The child was left, and the man
did not return. Instead Of going to
Bruceton, he returned to where he
had left the girl, and after a little
conversation with her, commenced
to beat her with his buggy whip,
kicking her in the side and abusing
her at terrible rate. He told her
he would mash her right there"
He left her almost or quite insensi-
BILE, with a very black eye, lip badly
cut, side bruised, ETC., and returned
home. The poor girl, thus left in the
lonely mountain, almost helpless with
fright and pain. managed, with some
assistance from the ferry, in making