Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-11-06

Mr.. Gouldy is about fifty years Of age.
He is trustee in the Methodist Church,
OF which Rev. Mr.. Crawford, The man
who was shot al in his pulpit by an in
sane man. week ago last Sunday eve
ming, is pastor. He was formerly lum-
Der merchant, and had retired from busI-
ness with an ample fortune. He was
esteemed by his church as an exemplary
Christian, and by all who knew him, as
an upright and honorable citizen. His
wife and daughter. We believe, are also
members Of the same church.
Frank, n. murderer, was awakened
by the revival last winter, and joined the
church on probation, or "on tTlaP' as il is
more generally called But he soon ap-
pareully lost al interest in religion. and
returned TO the habits which lis father
noped lie had renounced forever. 1t is
sand his father has urged him 10 attend
family prayer in the evening; but that he
has of late refused 10 do so. But Frank
is..>poken of by former acquaintances as a
good fellow" They say he was never
regarded as bad young man, although he
was rather wild. Others say the family
feared his habits would lead him TO some
desperate act.
1t is, Of course, impossible TO conceive
any adequate motive for this wholesale d
hornd bu,chery. Two theories are pre-
senled; one, that he killed his father for
the fancied injuries he had received al his
hands, and lrenzled by the bloody deed
killed all that came in his way. Another
is, that he intended TO leave no witnesses
Of his crime and no heirs TO his fathers
fortune, and finding that he had not sue
ceeded either in destroying The whole fam
| liz or in concealing the evidences of his
guilt, killed himself as soon as he heard
he officers enter.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger adds the following:
"Francis A. Goulhy, was an intense
specimen of young New York, and one
of the fastest Of the fast youths in which
thegreat metropolis so abundanllyab abounds.
Bad liquor, bad company and bad training
have had their legitimate fruits, and OF
these the devil has nowhere more plen-
ulul harvest than he can find in this mod
ern' Gomorrah. We have hundreds Of
just such young rufians among US yet
only the time for the perpelralion of their
crimes is not yet come.
al the inquest, which was held al late
hour this afternoon, Mrs. Gouldy, step.
mother of The deceased murderer, testified
that he had been out Of employment for
some time past; he was clerk with Sui
llvan d Hyatt, hardware merchants in
Plat street; laterly, he was in the nabIl
Of coming home always at ten oclock al
night; his father was very strict in that
pect; last evening he was al tea, in his
usual good health and spirits, al 6 o clock;
after tea he went out.
The slepmolher conlnued:-After he
was gone, his father discovered that
bank check book for $40 had been taken
from his desk, and at once suspected the
Geceased; on the return Of the latter al 10
o'clock, the father let him in, asking him
If he had opened his desk. Deceased
said he had, because he had right 10 it,
! it being in his own name; for this the falh-
er reprmanded HIM sharply, after which
deceased went out Of the room laughing.
1t was not pleasant laugh, but rather
iendish and exciting.
Witness went on to say that after de-
ceased left the room, she went to the IN.
ner bedroom Immediately in The rear OF
The front bedroom where the above con-
versalion occurred and, in about a quarter
of an hour afterwards, heard her husband
Ial on The floor, with heavy groan, at
that moment deceased rushed into her
bedroom with an axe upifted exclsiming,
."Molher oh molheT!" as she raised her
hands and exclaimed, "What is the mat
ter, Frank" deceased seized witness and
struck her with the axe, cutting her Sc
verely she then rushed into her hus.
bands bedroom. and saw him lying on
the floor, wounded. close by her little son,
Matte, fourteen years of age, who was
knetllng over his father and kissing him.
Witness raised The window and called for /
help. In al here were six wounded,
and during the night the deceased was
found dead in his own room.
The Jury returned verdict Il P. NJ
that deceased came to his death by wounds
inflicted by his own hands"
Terrible Western Storm
The St. Paul Minnesolian says From
the country papers and other sources, we
learn that on Wednesday, lst ult., one Of
the most terrific storms ever known in this
region, was experienced at the village of
New Ulm. some thirty miles west OF 81.
Peter, on the Minnesota river. Although
if lasted but afew minutes, such was its
violence, that six buildings we're entirely
DESTROYED, and not single building in the