Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-22
Htm The .No,Ioh Hoaid, Sept. l6.
sIlOC KING AlURBERl

Tn Saturday oveling last The peaecnblc and orderly
community o Suffolk nrte thrown inoa state al nnpaf
all'hd csttailun and 'Heltr meut by cold,l uodel
aud nrlarn'iy em'ilIa'ed mulc'r rrrpetalcd oy Inn.
fp mn. resident al thai iuND. uron Mnjof Robert
ltddlck smith, 81 Soncf We learn thai Majur
smith had given III ler Ia II by refusing 10 apfoiul
hlm Caplaln u IaIfale guard which he had :" ail,J
lof duly, and on Saturday eytni"t, hl1c so,, ~,
chtk, While The oTheg Was slino in the pi M, If the
'" ss'e1@h iloel, I'M approached him. AID wilhou,
manfsinp any lhmg Ike dsltasufr, requested hnn 10
take shuf walk "nh him; The Nlalrr immediately
ruse, aid both OF them lri the hotel ioueihef IN !.
slut int alter, SAITH Was alone about GO feet
ium tie huIc aud rising tron ihr ground bun AS soon
ms hs had sen he Il Il again. lhosr ho had lsrtyed
h" eh ran !" las asssiance, but 10 lrif eager enqn,
rlcs az 10 Mha ail,d hlm he made 10 Te6ly Tie,
roised him again. aud supported him while they carried
him ihu the hotel and was sometime before he recoy.
rfrd his scoch sufficiently NJ H. the hsunlshinu dis
cl' sure thai Hunter lllll had ssbhed HIM He then
STAT d tiat when he aud I'm were alne I'm commea.
"d ooh'crsh"n about the Tattule appointment; and
Hmi lie (smith frankly stated his n as1s tr what hf
hren governed making the appointment hy any personal
eeHg towards HIM, III he took 10 f,flh,t exceptions
bel Win ht lSmuh,) rse To l,lutu To the hotel, I'LL
assai!ed lam nih so,era angry mud abusive cpihers
aud drawing dnk lfum sword cane which he held IN
his baud he plunged II lhln the body OF Smith aud then
n"nitd his nurse and rode IA. The weapon passed
hhleh HE lungs, and Tie aperture II made Mas 50 small
as scarcely 10 be perez he only ew drops If blood
eNnd'd from it-iho hemoRpe heng all internal Mai
smith survived until the next morning at q O'Clock
when he expired.
Thus has a,bc, generous heated citizen. the de-
light o ihe continuity IN which he lived aud ever
mnng The loremust IN public usefulness been cut Oh II
the meridian OF lite. Maj. Smith was The most popull
RAN III his county, which he had several times t,ptp
secuted in the Virginia leg islauic.
we have nee received the follow inr con,nu
fon highly respectable gentleman OF Suffolk:
COLD FLOODED MURDER
Ilnntor ll n man about feet To 8 inches hi,h
black hair. large black eyes. dark complexion, full face
Stout and rather sood-loakng, aud tailor by lrlde-as
Fascinated Major Robert L. Saith uf this county abou
Z. O'Clock last night.
lie ln,lhd MAJOR Smith ost Gom the Washirulo,
Hotel pioessedly 10 have some conversation with him
aud when short distance from the Hotel stabbed him i'm
ntdalely over the heart with dirk drawn from sword
zane, .n. Smith no notice VI lis intention to ST, D..
he bow. lie q immr dlacly and mad, his escape be
tore he could be arrested Maj Smith died this morn
ing aer having given full account Of The circumstan
ces Of the murder.
II Is surpassed uat Hill has gone eher 10 Gates on
way North OF South, by the way Of Wilmington, Ra
leigh or Petersburg
The relatives Of the deceased offer reward of FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS, Tor the ares, and deliver,
10 the proper authorities OF the assassin
Maj Smith has left amlie and Two interesting children
and large erce OF relatives and friends 10 lamenl hi
uh,imely end
SUFFOLK, Nansemopd CO., Va. Sept ii, 1915.