Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-30
SAD END OF THE ROMANCE.
tr,om ,hc syracuse Standard, June Is

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r, ,vas u min 10 record the tragic and melancholy
Termination ri the romantic attachment ana marriage
of Fletcher Woodward, OF this city, with Mlss susan
Dc,,in. the actress. Mr.. Woodward Ia" resided III
Svracusc nearly nil his life: aud though Young III
years, he has always 'neritei the cohhnente ani g.
to.,n NJ those who knew him; and we believe all his
n.nruin;surcs will svlnpathi'o with hun III hlt I'M
nIrnsnu, position. Mrs Susan DENIM was III actress
uf rurc merit, Whose cducatlnll nnd cnriv hsS"cia'""T
,y,.rn~ souewlnt peculiar, and who i!Hd little opportn'
nifty to learn anything OF human la,"n mh;,h , i, y III.
horu unj educated. While wc condemn her conduct.
In, y. throw the mantle Of charity over her fnnltS, ana
attribute them 10 the circumstance. li'at snTr""':'!c'i
her rom her birth, rather thun any innate propensity
~ y;rr. Bu: the mischief has been lone. ma cniilot
l.. r,,n.il;,d and we shall welcome Mr.. woodward
to on- ciry. nnd hope in the excitement OF business hr
m,v forget the false one ii he does hot forgive the Sc
Queer. o-y,,, ,l.,
W. m ",.rI from California, which does not differ
n,,,or;oiIy from that given by the Troy BpdSf.-
ITublj,Led IL the Enquirer OF Wednesday,
S;nre tho uboyc was in type, We have conversed
with Mr.. Van .Alstvnc, Of Liverpool, who returned
fnm California on the same noat WIN Mr. w "n"mara'
,;,, between MIR. Woodward and SUSAN previous 10
,o = San Francisco, but thu; Woodward was dis
nIe,sci nj the intimacy existing between his wife and
bingham, aud desired 10 bring her nome 10 her friends
Eot, did no, leave San Francisco, but remained i'll
GnI;;fo,n;n. ON the passage, considerable feeling was
,vinccd by the passengers who had become familiar
with ,hc circumstances. They cndenvore'! to ier-
susJc Woodward to shoot Bingham, bu, he refused.
and the messengers would have killed him themselves,
Int The captain intcrpuscd, aud agreed 10 deliver him
IN 10 our consul OIL their arrival NJ Pannma., The
consul had 10 jurisdiction ntlie case, and was Obliged
10 act him free. Reviewers were exhibited !y Bling.
ham during the whole time, and Mr.. Van Alstvnc
states thu, Susan wns also armed with a revolver. NJ
AspiuwalL, while the passengers were on their way
from the cars to The hotel, about Ten O'Clock III the
evening, Bingham wns shot in the bnck, the bnll eli,
,eriur lust above the hip. He immediately fell, and
wos taken to the hotel, where n physician examined
the wounds, aud declared there was no hope this re-
covcry. Ii is no, known who shot him and various
surmiret are uloat. .,
BINGHAM is represented 20 b. n married man, with
4 wife and two children, somewhere III the Atlantic
States, and another wife in California, whose father
heurd uf his former marriage AMI Obliged hiih 10
leave. Ills name wus probably assumed.
Susan refused 10 come "n 10 New ork, ani " aod'
ward was also DESTROYS OF remaining, but IN: prs
.euntrs took him BY force ind put him aboard IN.
steamer. The waiting mat! was also brought away
by force. ~,
Mrs. Arnold Woodward arrived LONE from \. iorE
Yesterday AFTERNOON, aud informs us thu; Fletcher and
bis father might be expected last evening. She uisG
states that tho runlort are greatly exaggerated, and
that Susan is expected home on the next steamer
when, it is hoped, matters may be arranged Satistac'
forily.