The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-20
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Tuesday RfernlnG,. Jassary 10. gs61.

Love, JEALOUSY AND MuRpER.-The murder
of Geo. Gsrnhart In Gallon, Ohio, by q jeslous
husband named Starr, has been published. The
Gallon Democrat, Of the l4th inst, gives the fol,
lowing history of the affair:
A difficulty had existed between Garuhar RI and .
man by the name of Starr. ia relation to at.rys
wife, between whom and Gsrnhsrt q warm attsah
Starr had threatened his life, and but abort tims
before his death, 0arnhart received An anon vmons
letter stating that Starr contemplated taking hs ne
and although he was boarding at the sau1e houss
with Starr and on terms of intimacy, he beearne
alarmed and applied to his friends for advice. He
proposed leaving, but those with whom he counse i.
barking dog never bttes."
Duri0s Friday. the youngsters of Gallon were In.
yited to attend merry making at the house Of Mr..
course Of the day, young Garnhart ssked permission
OF his employer, Mr.. etsntz, TO attend, which was
granted and shortly after o'clock he left the store
went out q msment aftsrward, and started toward
the depot. About fifteen minutes after 0srnhsrt
left the store, several young gentlemen passed by,
of Mr.. kbet, they discovered person lying in the
middle of the wagon track, who they supposed to be
drunk; and after making several jesting remarks,
one, with lantern in hand, approached to scan
more closely his features, when Judge their horror
and astonishment, they discovered It to be their
friend, George Garnhart. Immediately upon hear.
ing of the fTightful tragedy, the friends of 0srn-
haft unanimously rested their suspicion upon Starr,
and immediately repaired to- his residence for the
purpose OF aIresting him, but he not to be found
Search wss Immediately instituted but it was una
Vainng Teiegraphic communications were then had
with all sections OF the country, but yet his
whereabouts has not been discovered.
After Starr left the store it 10 that he pro-
oeeded In roundabout manner and came up on his
victim in the hollow below the house, and shot him
in the side.
While our e. Unable citizen Mr.. Peter stentz was
arendent OF plymouth, Shelby county, an attach
ment sprang up between his daughter Mary, then q
place, but quito youth Starr proposed marriage,
was accepted, and applied to Mr. Stentz for his con-
sent to the match The old gentleman refused on ac.
count OF their extreme youth. Starr then proposed
TO go to California, and marry his return. Mr.
stentz agreed to this and shortly afterwards he de-
parted for the Golden State.
During his absence, Mr. Stentz moved TO Gallon.
and entered the dry goods business. Young Garn-
ha1t had lust returned from California. and Mr.
stentz employed him a. clerk in the store. After
his engagement as clerk, Garnhart boarded at the
house OF his employer, and being thrown constantly
.osetner, an intimacy sprang up which ripened
INTO an ardent attachment and esulted in an
ment Mr. Stenz observed the drift of matters and
cautioned his daughter against centering her ssc-
tlons upon Garnhart while she was engaged to Starr
but gave her POI mission to keep bis company provid
ed she would write to Starr and break the engage
ment, but this she refused to do
Last June Starr came home and demanded his
bride. The lady objected to filling the engagement
ne insisted and her parents insisted that she should
not thus trife with him, and being prevailed upon,
they were married in July and moved immediately
to Davenport, Iowa. After their marriage Garnhart
and Mrs Starr exchanged likenesse and kept up
regular correspondence, she directing her letters to
Geo. Sims" Garnhsrts daguerreotype was found
by starr in his wife's trunk, and sent no ne
Gallon (OAioj Democrat