The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-05-07
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BY THE NIGHT PROWLBRs-HURLr
ING STONES AT HOUSES, SOAR
ING THE SERVANTS.
And Making the Night HideCu'
when VIII 1T End?-SeV-
eral Arrests.

Nocturnal outrages have become
too common to excite much comment
or surprise. The nii?s continue to
naint the town rel IL their own Pc
culiar and dl4bolical way. 1t is the
same old story-the room of ser
yant-girl or cook entered at a late
hour of the night, a pistol or razor
presented, screams, threats
of killing, more screams,
the master of the house aroused in
time to see the rufiian run away, and
prolonged screams.
1t is certainly singular circum-
stance that lot single one Of these
brutes has been harmed. The STATES
MAN has time and again spoken of the
necessity of keeping firearms, in order
to give them a warm reception, and
yet, night after night, they keep up
their attacks on the serving women,
with the utmost impunity. Their
luck in escaping, so far, has not been
the result of any lack of reckless
ness.
At 4 o'clock, yesterday morning, the
residence of Mr. r. w. Finlay, who
lives j st north of the Governors
Mansor, was invaded by big
black fellow, who went to the
room occupied by the cook. and
demanded to be let In. Mr.. Finlays
room looked out on the servants
apartment, and being awakened by
the noise he went to the window
where he had fair view of the intru-
der, as the moon cast a bright light
over every thing outside. He yelled at
the fellow to leave. He should have
poured somelead into him, but unluck-
lily had no gun. The gentleman sought
his bed, but was not long afterwards
aroused a second time by the outcries
of the cook. The audacious scoundrel
had come back a second time, and
tried to effect an entrance.
THROWING STONES.
At Mr.. Domains. residence
on Lavacca street, not far
was hurled at the kitchen window
SCATTERING the sash and smashing the
glass to atoms. A big white hat was
picked up in the adjacent alley next
morning.
The next episode was at the house
of MIR. j.. M. breckenridge, at 405
West Mesquite.
This gentleman was awakened by a
saw his cook, an elderly colored Wom-
an, engaged in a struggle with burly
negro. The woman was clinging to
noise made by Mr.. Breckenridge. he
freed himself from her grasp and fled,
leaving his coat in the hands of the
cook. A rusty black hat was also
picked up near the scene of the strug
gle. In the coat were 1926 in money,
knife, drink check and sew
eral other articles. This fel:
low also came back and instituted
vigorous bombardment, both of the
room of the woman and of the main
house. with rocks. The cook said the
fellow had got into her room, demand
ed mrr"y, and threatened to kill her,
when e jumped up caught hold OF
him.
SOME SHOOTING.
Many people must have been arous-
ed between one and two o'clock by a
rapid discharge of fire arms on Rio
Grande street, near its intersection
with Pecan. This time it was at the
residence of Mr.. j. ii. Robinson. Some
outhouses occupied by colored wo-
men were visited, window paneS bro
ken in, and the inmates frightened
nearly 20 death. Their screams
aroused the family. Mr.. James d.
Sheeks fired couple of times at the
retreating form of man, and cred,
a hackman who lived near by emptied
his pistol at another one. Neither OF the
shots took effect. Mr.. Sheeks thinks
the man fred back once as he ran off
The home of Mr.. Lawrence, on West
Mulberry, did not escape the gang
but here again the intruder got off
Several other places shared similar
experience. but it is monotoDous tc
recount them all.
ARRESTED.
1t will be remembered that s
couple of hats, coat and its
contents were found on the premises
of Mr.. Breckenridge. The contents
were identified and claimed by Dock
Tobin, a colored barkeeper of thu
First Ward, yesterday. The white
hat also belonged to HIM. The things
had been stolen from his house.
Later in the day, Sergeant Chenne
vile arrested two negroes, Andrew
Jackson and Henry Wallace; suspi
cion pointed to them in connection
with the performances of the pre-
vious night. Charges of vagrancl
were preferred against both. 1t i.
thought that while they may have
had something to do in tae de viltry
that the main perpetrator Is still a
large. In the mean time, the advic
is again protfered to everybody
Keep loaded firearms where they cal
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