The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-18
(From the Auburn Daily American)
Attempted Murder--Suicfde of the
Assaflant.

Near the inlet of Lake Owasco. in the
town OF Moravia, and some fourteen miles
from this city, resides farmer named VIM.
Clark. In his family has lived for months
past, young man named Albert Wood, and
young woman named Shaw. They were
employed as servants in the house and farm.
They have been very intimate with each
other for some time past.
On Tuesday night last, Mr.. Wood and
Miss Shaw were in conversation with each
other in Clarks's house as late as ii O'Clock,
and parted with apparent good feeling Yes
terday morning they We're again in company
with each other as late as 10 O'Clock, and
there was no manifestation of ill-feelng OF
misunderstanding. At this hour Wood en-
tered the room where Mrs. Clark and Miss
Shaw were sitting. He had pistol in his
hand, and commenced loading it. He tried
a ball, and found it too small: Miss Shaw
volunteered to procure patch for it. She
did So The patch was not large enough,
and she procured another, and the pistol
was loaded.
Wood then said. "What shall I shoot /? -
Some one said, '!Shoot into the wood box"
He replied, 81 won't do that" Mrs. Clark
exclaimed, "Don't fire in the house. Ifyou
are going to shoot, go out doors and do it,
At this moment Miss Shaw cried out, eff
you want to shoot, shoot me, and shoot me 50
that ac0nt kick more than once !"
He turned towards her deliberately. and
placed the muzzlc of the pistol against her
breast, and fired The bali entered her body
Just below the heart, and she fell to the floor
with shrek.
Mrs. Clark exclaimed in horror, You have
killed that girl Go call the mel hbors."
Wood then took two letters from his pock-
ct, and throwing them on tie floor, directed
Mrs. e. to show them to the Coroner. He
said nothing more, and paid no attention 10
his victim, who was lying on the floor in an
apparently dying state. He commenced re-
loading and Mrs. G. rushed from the house
to alarm the neighbors. After she had pro-
ceeded few yards she heard another pistol
shot, but ran on. The neighbors turned out,
and on reaching the house, found Wood dead.
he having shot himself directly through the
heart. Miss Shaw had recovered sufficiently
to converse. She said she heard Wood
breathe several times after he shot himself
She produced one of the letters that Wood
threw upon the floor, and directed that it
should be read if she died, if she did not that
it should be burnt
A physician from Moravia probcd the
wound and extracted from it the ball. and
nook and eye that had entered it from her
stays. The ball evidently glanced off from
contact with some resisting substance 9th
erwise, instant death must have been the
result. Coroner LumbaFd left this city last
evening to hold an inquest and obtain all the
facts in the case. At daylight this morning,
lieved possible for her to survive. She re-
fused to converse in regard to the matter, Or
give any information relative to it's cause,
The incidents connected with this dreadful
affair would seem tc indicate very clearly
that it was the result of a mutual determn-
alton on the part of both the actors in II,
We learn that circumstances of domestic
nature, at present kept private, will, when
nrOmnlpafed confirm this bvnOihaSic