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Show Determined to Kill Her. The authorities of Ashtabula, Ohio; and the people generally are much interested in-terested in unearthing the individual or individuals who have made four consecutive attempts upon the life of Miss Lillian Hawkins, a young lady of that place, whose reputation is of the highest. So far the mystery remains , unsolved and meantime the young victim vic-tim is slowly recovering from the shock of the fourth attempt upon her life. She declares she knows no person per-son who should seek he life, nor any reason why she should be attacked. Last December the first attack was made upon her. Shortly before Christ- mas while visiting friends in Rock Creek, near Ashtabula, she was left j alone in the house one day. When the family returned they found the. girl bound and gagged, lying on the floor, and with a mark around her throat where a cord had been tightly drawn. She had been attacked from behind and while being choked she became MISS LILLIAN HAWKINS, unconscious. . She did not see her assailants as-sailants and the authorities who began be-gan a prompt investigation of the case failed to discover the criminal. A few weeks later after Miss Hawkins' Haw-kins' return to her home she ate an apple and was taken suddenly sick. Only prompt medical aid saved her life, as the apple had been poisoned by strychnine. The next assault upon her was made early in the summer. One evening she was holding a lantern for her father in the back yard when a quantity of vitriol was thrown in her face. In the excitement, the miscreant escaped and no trace of him was found. The last attempt upon her life was made last week. She was eating supper sup-per with the rest of her family and while partaking of sliced peaches she noticed a peculiar taste. Her suspicions suspi-cions and those of the family were at once aroused and investigation revealed re-vealed that the peaches had been dosed with laudanum. Medical aid was at once summoned and her life was once more saved. Her condition is still serious as this latest attempt on her life has completely shattered her nerves. . Thorough investigation of the matter mat-ter is being made, but neither she nor her family can throw any light upon it |