The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-31


she geaeHs AHtfl hsi, rfnlasiei ~ .
Faithful unai ftrFrsa Wnhaaf ssflsas
iA1Hff usHlfi ilai tng iflsh Ofa afnlts.
tb'H Had Ahgthlna ~ 10 witt the ts.
sault
insb1s. March a.
fafy flnfnro hiss Wat attached II Wlni.
or yesterday NJ two mon disguised IN womH
enf nluthra iief hfoia Was um with daEfafa
W snvefil places. bat sho received no lnlufg.
lHdy fiofunoo vas walking In secluded
trui neaf Tho words whom The mon asked hef
What time n wns she replied sho had no
vaioh, and Afterwards notlcod that. llsutHh
thei were IN womous clulhos, their facea had
beon shaved
Much alarmed she started 10 walk away, and
vas followed ny the mon, one Of whom acipei
hor She struggled inoecapc, but, seoinH ihalr
dnRrnfa, foil In q awuonl This occurred NJ tils
o'clock In The afternoon, Hho dld not recover
her aensos unlll bls
Lady Florence hna boon prontratod today
The story of The affair was aioitod from her
only NJ Intervals Tho saving OF her life IL
attributed 10 hor H. Iornari dor, which "a
supposed 10 have protected hcr while she lay
In u swonn.
Lady Florence gave tho New York nferuid
correspondent tho follow account of the af
falrl
81 returned from lrolnnd sls weeks ago, and
came hero for tho purpose Of retirement and
quiet, 90 hayo Htnat deal Of work 10 do,
though NJ this period OF fhc year | invariably
stay nj our scat IN Leicsetorshre. On satur-
dny Afternoon nj q quarter 10 fvs I sauntrrrd
into the plantation whlch ndIolns The Fish
erlos with my st BERNARD dog, and had
reached the gate opening Into Windsor road,
whom my attention was nrtt attracted 10 q
soldier and woman passing by. while look
Ing after them ani mentally romnklng tho
nno physique VI tho rnps,. was addressed by
what appeared 10 be- two tall women, dressed
n long cloaks Of dark atun and wearing volls,
who asked me 10 tell them tho time. I replied
that had no watch upon me, aud turned back
ngnln into the plantation was about crosse
Ing the stllo whom noticed that tho women
had followed mo. 'Ehis rvuaod my sus-
pldion, as the ground was private, 10 I
faced round 10 moot them. had
scarcely done 40 whom ono soisod mo
by tho throat and struck mo violently on tho
head, and thrcw mo on tho ground. ] called
loudly for help, whom they pushed clay Into
my mouth. then saw by their cloan-shavcd
ohlna that they wcro mon m tho dIsgiise Of
womcn's apparel while PROSTATE saw tho
other man raise knife and aim savage blow
at my right breast The knife struck tho steel
ribs Of my corset and glanced on. without
tutoring q word, he again made stab, which
caught In my left hand. ! remember seeing
him raise his hand TO strike another blow.
which received IN my right hand. ! also rc-
mombor hearing tho nolao Of q cart In tho
road and seeing my dog ny nj tho men. Then
swooncd. came 20 my senscs half an hour
nfterward. and found myself lying In the same
spot whoro foil. got ny aud walked back
10 the house. and told my husband and brother
OF tho terrible Outrage. They Immediately de-
parted for Windsor 10 lay the account before
| the authorities"
To tho noble animal Of tho IT, BERNARD breed
Lady Florence Dixie sttrIbutcs her marvellous
escape from tho assa-ain's knifo. II ID pro
sumsd that tho dog followed tho would.bo muir
doror for somo distance, a. II returned 10 tho
house after tho arrival OF Lady Florence
Dixie.
Your correspondent questioned Lady Flor.
onco "a 20 tho motive ~ The crime. Hho saidi
"Tho whole affair ID mus mysterious. lean
nscribe motive 10 no ono. AZ my sympathies
Tor tho Irish people have boon oponiy avowed
aud arc vol known"
| II was assumed that tho attack would bs
laid at tho do~- Of tho Irish. nm assumption
which she warmly rcpudistcd, nddinri "In
theso days ov7ry orims must bo OF lriah
origin"
| Later.
Lospos. March 10.
Lady florence Dixie. who was attacked sat-
urday by two mon disguised IN women's
clothes. says the men spoke no broRue. sho
remembers scoins her ~ iIcrnari dos dnr
one of them backward. The ansir I. puz<lns
every one. There IL M clrw IN the ss-sihmx
The gardener pottins scnniums thirty yards
from the scons neither saw nor heard any
thing of the occurrence. Lady rofencc rsys
shs called 10 her husband for help. She sfains
shs should be sony 10 attribute the outrage V
tho Land League.
snw YoHK. March is
o'Donovan-Iiossa said to-day he was very
certain that no Irish Organization had sny.
thing 10 do with the asssult upon Lady Flor.
enos Dixie. "frishmes." he said. . do not
make war upon women" In Dublin Mr.
forstsrs life was spared on many occasions
because he shielded himself behind women.
He very much doubted whcshor the asssuIs
had ever taken place. Lady Diric vas .
"ornnh." and perhaps hcr lore Of notorissy
had led her 10 pronuigaio tho story. bat he
|
llnEs" Of tho british Government had
.planned the whole AFFAIR for tho purpose sf
eroitins The british populacc against The
Irish."
Mr.. Sheridan, Who was seen IN tho once Of
The fri.h Horti, said II look upon the affair
a an attempt 20 disparaeo the Land League
and 10 pr.parr the public mind for tho con
tsmplstsd slaughter OF the men ~ho are now
on trial IN Dublin. bclievs the assault va
planned by some Of the cml>ssrios Of Dublin
Castle. DO not believe that Lady Florence
Disie vas . oopssntins party. ! have too
high an opinion Of her 10 imagine for mo-
msnf that she would lend herself to purposs
~ vie. Her mother. tho harchione>s Of
Queeusbury, n one Of the most popular
vomen IN ireland. LADY Dirie has proved
ths, she st least syrnpaihizss with the Irish
people. know Of no rsa>on vhstrvcr vhy
the Irisk people should entertain the smalless
di<iiks towards hcr. unless. indeed. the
ietfsu which she has rcccntly written
on fADd-feaEus matter& mixht be supposed
% furnish soune grounds for bo<fil> feelings
toward her," ulosc ioliofA. IN ny ep!alon-
wcrr q srvcr. and perhaps unjustihAhls crit
ioism Of public movement and iis ofscsrA
but At the sasno time tho criticism was par
donabls. ffthc Government should succeed
m establishing anything like desperate frct
lns against the Irish people IN Ensland. u
would only result IN increased de~true<ion Of
property and deeds of violsncs IN which the
upper ciasse. win Themselves suiFpr equally
With tho Irish. Thc rsbbse Of Ne Enssiah
cities furnishes an the ingredients nersannry
! for the formation of the most danssrous nn1
unoontroIlabis mobs"
nr. rs,riek Krsn was seen q . lsss hour -
the Grand Central Hotel. hsvins juss rrtnrned
from Waterbury, Conn. win rsfsrenee %
the assault upon LADY rorsnce Dsris hs ssii
that sfter reading vcry carefully an th> nrvp
paper nrports Of the .allexcd Occurrences -
had arrived st the conciusion that the suffru
ssory 4 either . lis out Of vkols cio>h ~ ~
the unforsnnsse lady y ~ vic>in q -
I hsliucinsfion. Ne wns certain list ~
: Iri<hmsn YOU'D b guilty q coward
|. J attach upon . d>feussiem vnnan
and regarded the sttemp< - ntvs eaj
political colorfss - ~ aeair - vsFy a1nsr1
, Iady Dfrts's recent unjust erif,r1sn q ~
. fnnd-T>ssus ie.derr had svnhrn<1 spas ~
. ins. but Il psrtoot rather q ~ an1 go
4 tampt-c>rfsiniy noe hostility. I'm vnsprgsuI
) that The attach really ~ oceufrsi. - sheu1
~ inclined 70 regard n - ~ fesult - -
family complIcs<iona Bat ~ v1o11 ~
2 Icokcd hishly imprcosble. n ~ a11a11 -
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