The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-12
4 DEAD .BEA1ys ak'rESaiE.

) tity- Df. Diaeknail Lost Carried On Nv
n'a'oohs I'M -ta'l"re Of Mr:vorhe. " Shot.
1h"7toHe Jotrnat. DISORDER, J,.z13.It
NeWsW a harruwing episode Whfch
ocrErfiW at 'Mororchd City oM 'Fritihy
{, cfi,ig and by which the Whole 'f1W;,
Ma* thrown into state Of f'conster,,n-
ton and a happy household wns
E'unged into the deepest depths jf
despair 'reathcd ilsis city TGsfdrtjoy
i'r:, Geo. w. Blaft mil is no more.
~ least ic is not oi tle cArth earfhv.
;ahd only ts'e ruler of the Wills and ttidd
hcaf".:S knows Of his Whereabouts,
Or. B'atknall met his fate in sinDti-
rr manner and through tho .dinbolical
Piott'hg Of Capt. George G.. Iaylor, Of
h'chmond, Va3 who had been staying
at G'c hotcl for tie past two months
any WHO owed DR.. Dlacknan h board
Diil or $l20. The Watuhttflness of DR..
i:tacN'iaiEsevcrnl times toilud Iaylor in
MS attempts to jump his board bill,
asnt at lust Iavlor, eXaspcfhted at his
failure to give the DuCtor The slip. do.
tcrlnincd to do away with iIfih thrn,fGh
q deep laid and diaGoiical plot. 13n
tho afternoon in question, s. strollinw
Italian made his appearance at lho
ATLANTIC Hotel with n large bunch Of
tlic>c little rcd toy balloons. Dr.
l,lacknnll aud his enemy were. .:sittiuw
on ulu porcn alone, when Captain ZaY-
:lor offered to bet the Doctor that tic
bunch Of balloons could lift him NDr.
/ 5'lacknalD off the ground. DR.. Black
Hnll took tho wager and the designing
ilcnd tied the strings that held the bal
, looms ar0nnu the Doctors waist and
gave him II slight loss. His design
succeeded. The Doctor rose slowly at
n nj al,
ground, when his watch druDDctl from
his pocket, and relieved of this weight.
hc shot upward with fearful rapility,
Vie whole population turned out in
alright rs Dr. Dlncknall went yltliitr
through the air, and the widest excite
mcnt prevailed, though the Nrn,;is,
, were utterly powerlrsS to uu ANYTHING
save stand still and look on as the un-
fortunate hotel proprietor was carried
further and further away. The bal.
looms clrfira HIM in an cuStcrlv tlircc.
ton, ont across old ocean, and at thc
time lie went over Shackcllord banks
II was estimated that he wus Il mi.r int
the air. A part& uf BiNt,nic,,i were n,,t
short distance from the coast. and
! one Of their number, MIR. Charlie
Voorhees,, .whp had a Winchester r,..
! pcalng rifle Wi,k 1iNi, nouvcivct, ijr
/ idea OF firing ut tile balloons and
break enough OF them to lessen their
buoy nncy SO that they would descend
with them prrci"ns freight. l,f tired
el"lit shots but the h,lnuus continued
g'irg higher and higher, until finally
! they were altogether out Of reach.
Alter the fifth sllok a small object was
seen iloating down, and OH being
rlrEcd up from the water; il proved to
be DR.. Blacknall'S taroritr GRAY lock
that was went to adorm his pate, and
Indicated how c0sclv Mr.. Voorhees,
shot had come to letting the mas ont of
lilc l!o"tors head, instead OF one of
the balloons: Mr.. Voorhees,. plated the
iock IN his bosom and, with tears in
his eyes, ordered tlie men To row for
the shore.
In the meantime the baiioons h.d
gone nsn>rst ont of SIGHT win ,h"ir
burden. and appv"rcd TO be a Here
! sl"ck in the sky. Nn n,.,S :S." :i%.;
strained at it, until il suddcmlv dMisSS,se. dMiSI,e
pearc't from sight. Tie . f.f OF tho
people was insignificant in comparison
10 that displayed by the lt"iian ovct
lie loss of his balloons. lie ravcd and
&""rc a;:a ripped a.nmn.l n ~ terrible
rate, and it, required the combined
ior;c OF ten men to sub,Iuo hun and
, lock NM up. .Lnvlor, the Author of
oil this mischief, took advantage Of the
cXPitcmcnt incident to the occasion and
robbed the hotel sa ft of Sl5,0o0 In
cash., besides n lot OF t1iaimoi,td, and
jcwr'ry bci0nling to the guests, and
escaped with his booty. lie is now 1T
large, and while DR.. Blucknal! Has
been left to his fate; Ill! efforts are
being directed EDWARDS The Capture Of
The Atlantic Hotel has bcci closed
rtld Grape put on tlc door, and the
grief stricken guests have t,cpartcd o
their homes. Dnsnlatiijil MD grief
nov reign supreme All Mnfnl,;,nd,
where but yesterday an was mcrri-
ntnt and brightness.