Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-20
A Husband sheots his Faithless
Wife, and then Shoots Himself
An Ohio Man. Implicated. =.

Wife, and then Shoots Himself
IAN Ohio Man Implicated. ~
The telegraph from the last California
overland arrival at ST.; Louis, stated that o
man named David Wand, at Sacramento,
having caught Mr.. Melony, the Comptroller
Of California, in bed with Mrs, Wand. shot
at her and then attempted 10 kill himself
BY the overland mail we haye received the
Sacramento Uaion Of Dec. 10 giving the
details of this affair, BY which, il appears
that some man has made. the Cleveland
Post Office medium, for his villainous ef-
fusiens to the miserable woman whose Grim
inalityg has caused the tragedy. Wand
made the discovery of the faithlessness of
his wife, and procuring a six shooter return
ed 10 his house. n The Union says: :a;s. ,srs
4 Wand thereupon returned to his home,
and, entering the kitchen, and finding. his
! wife there, standing at the table, drew the,
pistol, and sayiug: Il am going to kill you"
or S"going to shoot you" shot ather. a The
cook was present at the TINS, and- states
that the wife screamed Immediately, where
upon Wand ,retreated to the outside of the
kitchen, saying "good bye" and placing
the pistol to his mouth, discharged it, tile
ball plowing his tongue ashort distance,
and lodging, probably among the muscles
and tissues of the neck, on the left side,
Immediately after the shooting Melonya
was seen at the doorstep, ana it is presumed
that Wand intended to shoot him, but not
discovering him, proceeded into the house,
and finding his wife in the kitchen, in his
excitement concluded to kill her. The wife
left the premises soon afterwards, but re-
turned about 10 A. NJ, and seemed to be
very solicitous thereafter for the recovery
of her husband 1t is impossible yet to
conjecture, the result of the wound infiet
ed, although it is, necessarily Of a serious,
nature Mr.. Wand, although unable TO
speak, seems TO be fully conscious, retains
his hearing, and writes with facility, that
being his only medium of communications
to his visitors. Since the occurrence, he
has expressed great solcitude for the wei
fare of his daughter, about seven years of
age,and has, we understand, delivered to
one of his friends certain articles Of jewel
ry, aIid rendered n statement of his proper
~, with the view that it might be secured
for her benefit. Wand married his present.
wife in the State. Of New York, between
eight and nine years since. He is jew
and she of Christian descent-an Ameri-
can-quite prepossessing in appearance and
fond ofand show frivoIity, and hence, prob
ably, inviting to men of the world .5l SO
We have had enough of this icentious
invasion of the family sanctity by men in
whom the passions Of youth should have
been at least put under restraint BY years
and position-by fathers and heads Of fam
lilies. = Our Slate and society have been
dishonored and degraded by these shame
ful exhibitions of untempered lust. Our
name has gone abroad scared and Scared
with the brand of too many adulteries and
adulterous divorces toleave it optional for
the press to remain longer silent in this
matter. Unless such conduct rs with
which the present State Controller stands
charged receives the severe and high repre-
hension of alb good men and women, we
may as well bid our Eastern brethren and
those to whom we are looking to come and
make their homes among us, to receive
these things as a just and fair and even an
official exposition of he condition of soci-
ETY., and the indulgence to which men Of
family and position are commonly addicted
in the State of California. 'a8 81 yrai iH..l
The following statement. is madeiby Mr.
Wand and published in the Onion: 2a1 ~
To THE PUBLIC: have committed this
acf, and expect to be Judged accordingly.
l was forced to do it. When my wife
came to California, Immediately after her
arrival, discovered correspondence be-
tween her and man from Ohio. His
name was Lyman, although he signed all
letters E. W., and the letters that 1 got
from my wife, sent 10 him, were addressed
to Edward Warren. t.iH sr s.aisa A-i'm
By these lettersI discovered that my wife
lived in New York with this man as man
and wife. They put my child, in the
meantime, in a convent. Il forgave' her
and tried to forgetir, for the sake of my
child, although she never treated me as a
wife should treat a husband. A. R. Me-
lony fand his son has been stopping with
us for about two months. Byiatheir his
actions for the last four weeks | became
suspicious. I found them within closed
doors several times. For the last ten days
my wife has spent nearly day and night in
his Me!ony,s bedroom !; he being some
what unwell a few day ago. At the festif
val of the Presbyterian Church, my wife
acted so strangely that | was convinced
all was not right. He Melony] bastaken
her out of the theater every night since,
coming home about, midnight, and then
they had it all their owa way down stairs,
whilst l.. withan,y child, slept up stairs.
TIE night of the 7th inst, my wife and
child went to the theater. q He Meloney]
brongllt her home about half-past eleven.
He went off again and did not return until
yesterday morning, when he came home
drunk, and, under the plea of being sick,
laid in bed all day, and my wife attended
on him all day. Last night | retifcd first,
whilst my wife was in his bedroom. Short
IL heard them lock the door from the in
side. | had a hole in the wall made op-
posi,e his bedstead, which 1 pasted over
with paper. Through that | saw what |
consider is enough to justify any man to
do wbatI have done. May God have
mercy on my poor innocenct child
,'l''l' .lf- A3fsf9 % s2A D. WAND.
The letters Of which Wand speaks, as
having been r. written to his wife, are dated
at New Haven and New York, but the