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tbis(lby the girl Anna, who pointed out some house up the road and said she thought they might find work there. So they walked up the hill find turned up the road from the Avenue to the right just beyond Karr’s house,* This road is not much frequented,~ and is quite lonely, benig through the wodds/indthere being but Ono housO bn it—that of Mr.Y. * Roberts. , There are a few dwellings,however, not very far from it, among themHint of Mr, Ged. W. Sears. t --As Mr. Sears was prepairing for bed thatTuesday night, .about half past nine, he heard several cries of distress, each succeeding one being fainter than the last.' Comprehending that somebody needed help, and that it must he immediate to. be of service,without a second thought, Mr/^eurs started.almost naked as he waI, thrdugli the woods in the direction whence the cries seemed io come. When ho reached the scene of action he was not a little R'stohished to find one wb-man holding another i down .and evidently bent on choking her to death. He at once pulled tht^virago.hfFhJcr victim, but the hitter was so exhausted tjmt she was unable to got out of the way before the fury broke loose from Mr. Scars $nd pounced upon her again. And this time she fastened upon her throat with all the tenacity of a bul 1-dog; s‘othat Mr. found it impossible to agaitr'pullher off. At length, finding the case desperate, he struck her 11 blovt with his fid jn«-l behind the? ear,’Wd that served to lobsen her gripe, when the two women x^cro again £ep-nrnteffi By this time Mr$i Sears had arrived on the ground,; and helped tho. injured woman up and nssiated her to her (Mrs. S.'*?) house where she could he taken, care, lt;f{.tt So l(ng as her victim was in «ight {/Hr. Sear3l had difficulty in holding his captivd, who was a strong vigorous woman weighing at least 180 pounds. She was as franti(j.and as eager os a hlo.od-hound to get qt lier ppev;but the minute she had passed out *df‘pghtthe woman’s nature asserted itself; she ’wilted completely, and became t\s easily pian-nged as ft child. ..Leaving her in the charge of Mr. V. Roberts, Mr. Sears came to the village as soon as possible and procured the Sheriff and an . interpreter to go up to see about the matter,— It was found that tho injured woman;.was Mrs. HaUslcr, and her assailant no ot^ei than the troublesome member of her family, Miss Anna Rosiene Ilelm.' Tho story. Mrs. H, told was that after enticing her up, this lonely rbfid tho^lrl h«d sltuok her »on ,thchead with a hatchet which'she had * krowgliifrom home, and then attempted to choke he*to death/ And this story was corroboratedby a bad but not dangerous gash oiji the back and upper part of the bead1 laying open tfciscalp (ox some inohos but probably Plt;
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Wellsboro Agitator
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 19, 1872
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