Indiana State sentinel., 1846-10-29
The Richmond Tragedy.

of it. Its developments are altogether more aston
ishing than any thing ever imagined by romance In
order to present concise view of their outlines,
avail ourselves of brief summary given by the
Pittsburgh Post We omit the letters alluded TO, some
of which we shall give hereafter:
WM r. MYERS, Esq, of the city of Richmond,
married to Miss VIRGINIA POLLARD, daughter
Of Major Pollard of that city. All the parties were
highly respectable and pussessed large share of the
good things of this EARTH Mrs. Myers is said to have
been exceedingly beautiful and accomplished, and
although she at all times apparently seemed to be
devotedIy attached to her husband, yet during his
absence from the city she received visits from DUDY
MARVIN HoYT, Esq, dashing young fellow who
had never been married The firtations of Mrs.
Myers and MIR. Hoyt continued for long time, with
out the knowledge of Mr.. Myers, but not unobserved
by the public. clandestne correspondence was
kept up for considerable length of time, some forty
letters having passed between the parties. These
letters are burning with the flames of love, and
the perfect specimens of soft soder" we have
ever SEEN
We now come to
ACT II,
in this wonderful Tragedy. Mr. Myers, while busiy
engaged in his usual avocations and never dreaming
of the infdeliiy of his wife, received through the
post Office the following anonymous letter:
Mr. MireS | want you too look too the conduct Of
your wife. She sees Mr.. Hoyt very often, and gets
many notes from him. He will be at your house to-
day. Doc stop him from it, or you will be ruined.
| | am your friend
AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN.
Thursday, 10th April.
Electrified and thunderstruck with astonishment,
Mr.. Myers Immediately went TO his dwelling house,
where he then found Mr. Hoyt in close conversation
rrih his rife! He handed the above note TO her to
read, and without saying word left the room and
retired to bis Office MIR. Hoyt soon after followed
him. and declared the contents of the note were bascy
4 false-that Mrs. nj. was pure and sanity woman,
and promised to prevent any further suspicion, that
his visits should at MIR. Hoyt then left
/ for his room in Exchange Hotel. Not long after
wards, Mr.. Myers, in company with his brother and
Mr.. Burr, went to the OF Mr.. Hoyt, and de-
manded that he should sign the following note
/ ], D. Marvin Hoyt, of the city of Richmond, do
hereby pledge myself leave the said city forthwith,
and to return to oit-acknowledgng at the same
time the penalty for any violation of the pledge to be
the forfeiture of my life.
Richmond, Va, Sept. 2Sth, 1916.
What occurred after this will be seen in the follow
| ing affidavit of Mr. Hoyt:
DYING DECLARATION OF d. MARVIN HoYT.-State
of Virginia, City of Richmond, to Widths day,
d. nj. HOyt being duly sworn, deposelh and sayeth,
"While being asleep, between the hours of six and
seven o'clock this morning, some knocked at the
door of my room, and told them come in--the Office
being open, the servant having just been in the per-
son entering was VIM. S. Burr who handed a
paper, saying he called on very unpleasant business,
handing me paper at the same time, and hoped |
would sign il, it probably would prevent any
further difficulty, saying that the public against
While in the act of reading the paper, Colonel
S. S. Myers and his brother William, entered my
ROOM Col. Myers wished me to sgh the paper
Immediately. declined signing it. VIM. K. Myers
Immediately presented pistol at my head and snap
ped it. 1t missed fire. He pulled the trigger again /;
but whether it exploded, am unable to say. imme-
diatey jumped out of bed, and while in the act of
getting out, Immediately after got out the pistol
fired two three times near as can recollect
| received one or more balls in my head and one in
my thigh. 1 fell TO the floor, and rolled down
the step III my room. Shortly after | fell and rolled
down the step, the two Myers left the room. VIM.
S. Burr, have recollection of having seen, after
the swapping of the pistol While lying the floor
and not expecting TO live many minutes, and in the
presence of the two Myers, said that was innocent
of any crime, and the lady in question also, and
now repeat the same, and SHALL to The moment of my
DEATH" D. M. HOYT.
! Witness, E. H. CARMICHAEL,
FRED. BoYDEN,
THOMPSON TYLER,
i L. b. PENDLEToN,
M. B. PoTlTIAUx, Jr.
Sworn and subscribed to, at ten minutes before 10
o'clock by d. NJ Hoyt. and in the presence of E. N.
Carmichael, Frederick Boydcn, Thompson Tyler, E.
B. Pendleon, and NJ B. Potitiaux, Jr, this 2Sth day
of September, 1916, witness my hand and SEAL the
day and date above written.
= JAMES EVANS, ]. P. [seal
Mr. Hoyt fingered for several days, but at last died
from the effects of the shot Mr.. Myers his brother
and Mr.. Burr Immediately arrested and are now
on trial for the murder of Hoyt The examination of
witnesses has been going OH for several days past be-
fore the Mayor Of Richmond, and the illicit cores
pondencc and intimacy between Hoyt and Mrs. Myers,
has been fully established. The numerous letters
which passed between them have been read at trial,
an extract from one of which we publish above.
ACT. III.
The Richmond Enquirer of Saturday contains the
following announcements
" We learned last evening, upon authority which
we cannot doubt, that express to Major Pollard
reached this city at three p. NJ yesterday, bringing
the melancholy intelligence that his daughter, Mrs.
! W. r. Myers, had put end to her Life with lauda-
Thus ends another of the awful tragedy -
The other Richmond papers announce that she was
raving maniac, and only prevented from committing
suicide by manual force.
OTWe observe that the State Sentinel is making
up list of the papers friendly to holding an Edito-
rial Convention on the first Wednesday after the
meeting of the Legislature. The Sentinel may add
the Indiana Blade to the list, and with the
that it will be represented that important occasion,
if possible.
Whilst upon the subject of the Editorial Conven-
ton, we will state that we should be very glad TO see
the Convention take the proper to carry out
a suggestion made some time since by Mr.. Clarkson
of the Brookville American, which is, in substance,
the following That each editor in the State send a
copy of his paper regularly the State Librarian,
condition that the Legislature make provision
for keeping said papers in good order for future refe
renee. Will brethren of the press think of
tbisi-Indiana Blade.
Come on my hearty. When we are all here. we
will try what can be done with the above estion