Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-11

X hnotntt Veanefk ues ptou ~
trlbuted to me, that the man who
stabbed me had an awful look upon
his features. I never made the re.
mark. l simply ssid that l remsm
bered that the one who stabbed me
had very white teeth, as they were
cleuched. / do not believe that the
gardener Of Capt. Brocklehurst could
hear me call out, az the place where
he said he was pottipg g%eraniums lies
on the other side Of the road, between
which also intervenes q very high
wall. Naturally, struggling | could
not shout loudly, but I shouted as
loudly a. I could. the words being.
Beau, heIp!' I do not believe 1t pos.
sible for any n standing on Mr.
Pennioott's lawn, however near the
water, to see the place whore / was
attacked, as the ground Of the Hi.
lows, a. well as the houses and stables,
intervene As to the soldier not hear
ing me, I am not At all surprised, as he
must have been more than 400 yards
Always at the time ] was attacked,
and clean cut OF sight. IL
was market day, / believe, and q great
many carts were passing; II 10 net,
therefore, probable that # these mon
made their escape In q cart they would
DO especially noticed. From what I
ssw OF their dress It could be quickly
changed, and though mon disguised as
women would look very tall, they
might not have looked so remarkable
In mems clothing. think II q most
monstrous thing that doubt Is cast
upon my word OF honor, simoly be-
cause government Off oisls should have
been unable for three days to trace
the perpetrators OF the attempt. /
might add that when L,rd Frederick
Olvendish and Mr.. Burke lost their
lives, although there was every chance
a following up the olew-such as q car
dashing madiy along-ihe police
we're unable 20 follow II up for
many months afterward I may say
there are dark marks upon my right
shoulder and arm, which are now be-
ginning to show strongly, and which
can not be otherwise accounted for
than rs being the result Of the strug-
gle, as I have had no other fall or 40
oldent, care not to discuss this
matter further. The gentleman who
laugh In the house Of commons and
the correspondents who circulate false
information arc certainly not soiicitous
Of Englano's honor. Those who know
me aud those who have honest minds
will bell I've me, while l am not In the
least anxious to convince those who
do not understand what trdth and
honor are"
TIE excitement which has prevailed
In Windsor since the occurrence has
now nearly subsidized. The police have
continued their Investigations unre.
mittiDgly, but their efforts to unravel
the mystery have been btfl sd AZ every
point.
Mr.. Thomas Pennicott, tho proprl.
etor OF the Surley Hall Hotel, which
10 situated near the spot, has made Z
further statement. He ID now oon
WINGED, he says, that from the point
where he stood on the bank Of the riv
er at the rear Of Surley Hall when tn,
assault was committed he could no
have obtained q view Of Lady Florence
Dixie and her assailants.
Agnes Carlisle, Lady D.xie's maid
has also made q statement. She said
"When Lady Dixie was brought Int
the Fishery on Saturday she seemed
to be very exhausted, and was % whit,
% death. ! noticed mud on her face
- II she had been pulled along tn
ground. l think I saw the mud OF
both sides Of the face, around tn
mouth. There were also traces O
mud on her LAdyship's teeth An,
gums. The mud on the face SCENE
to DO dry, so far 90 coul
judge ct the time. Her LAdyshi
ct n ce went to bed, and In the con
fusion We did not take of the littl
jersey which she wore uader her 90,
set. The jersey was not taken of ar
til Sunday night, 80 that II did not z
with the rest Of the clothes to SCOT
land Yard on the Sunday for eIamins
ton. 1t was, however, sent on subss
quently. I am positive that befor
her Ladyship went out on the Saturda
there we're no cuts on any OF he
clothes. As We took of the cloths
We ut once noticed the manner l
which they we're out about, spparentl
by some sharp instrument. Their
were traces Of stabs In several plsos,
When she had got into bod I asked hs
Lsdyship what wss the matter, an
inquired II any body had attacked he,
The reply she made was, the tw
men In woman's clothes, above .
things, tried TO do for me, and the dc
Hubert saved my life. Then Oh
added: Yes, and the struggle was
hard one At the back Of her head
discovered some dry mold mixed wit
the hair."