The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-23
REAL TRAGEDY IN A THEATRE.
4 WIFE SHOOTS HER HUSBAND.
THE WIFI ELS S TOR Y.
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The Chicago papers OF Wednesday last contain par
,,.,la-s of Terrible tragedy fes,ouph n an n three
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volume mover inc "os' nafo~ns uesof'p'oo) WHICH
occurred In city the eveaing prevcus. We quote
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uuaen,n n real TRAGEDY which MAS mot Announced in
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nence wss nresent 10 witness Whila the actors wera
fretup ana strurtinc their hour IN ght comedy ON the
s,sge 1here WAS preparnr behind The SCENES an Act
which, could IL have been presented before the
audience would have caused greater sensation than
the killing OF hundred Poaonuses The Following Is
sketch Of the ARRAY as u occurred witha slight history
sf the circumstances which led toit:-
AN rroprvrNr Ann r~s cx,xsrnrrxcrs
Ahout twelve rnonths .vc ,,,uy man named f,eorce
70 R"o, %n h ss - S, ,"ss ~ a , a' ,,ross =.
sion Was raving HE n nc of 1hcago,s
aaughters Aueusta Have Randall daughter of Mr. AL
fred Raudail bookkeepcr Who resides at No 81 Pine
street THE g,r had mi than attained her
wear and the parens were averse 10 the Young couple
entering the bonds Of wedock But love laughs at lock-
su,the "a well ms the threats of uarepts and one One
moonliaht night the Connie eoped were married and in
Few DAYS n CHICAGO The married life thus in
auspciousy began did prove happy one and the
honey moon had waped for some cause or other the
couple parted the cr going TO visit some friends in
Buffalo while Beach accepted an engagement asa ''uti
" man. in Colonel Woods theatre He has been
eaged at that establishment in the same capacity the
past ten or twelve months
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BEACH Ar rr FOX .t pavUncE, -o..,,..
few weeks ago, from some nioImauon ne received
Heermination to sue out bill OF divorce from her In
~, a,S ,hot sho had haan ar1v nS sdn,arw The an
thai se such b had Seen fled WY.
- Io wa ~. r. ida,a Iss pM Taas e. Ch;
s~o "rr,vno hers IN ha latter nayt az sst weeE She
sor1b, an intarve,v With her Husband and
in the strongest terms said urged him withdraw
the divorce BILL promising the time that she
would return andlv with him. He appears according
10 the accounts 81 several of his 70 have
fad IN ia
left him he changed his mind and declined TO withdraw
the bill
On the Afternoon of Monday Mrs Reach met her bus
hand in front of the museum and thew walked together
over Clark h street bridge and thence TOWARDS wa, DIS, Chicago
urged her husband to withdraw the BILL and he refused
from her nocEet and told him that unless he agreed to
Nh, sh had nrnnosed sho would shoot him down on tho
spot She told him She was determined to anticipate the
hi nrioss 10 ,hirayv a. Einding h;msef ronpnetav
q; ,ha o~,ar ~ uonna ho.mtr,i lint da.rmnad littio
,xomsn he re,nctsntlv consented and thew returned
I rrs ,ao, and yord anna,sn,iv on GOOD tsrns
a, the Snnsannn N iN' 'N' ''F'' - o. ''''
rup rp.nrnv
she learned ina, Reach had mot fulfilled his
promise and that the bill was still before the court She
have then determined the dres revenge She
loaded the pistol and placed eight ten cartridges in her
pocket in might not prove efectual She then
posted herself early in the evening In the vestibue OF
the museum She walked backwards and forwards i'm
patiently apparently as If she were waiting anxousiy for
some Officer Edwards, who is attached 10 the
tablishment knew her by sight, and that she
was waiting for her husband to make his appearance.
nad sod MN ,na ne was greatly troubled ny ner
S ~, ,t s bi a -, has Ions . ~o. INA
s' srav;o,a a, srgcasod thot tha T".,sa.
1 i,1 h ay 40 E oIJ sS. 1 s
,r,u k hndina Il; Reach ~;shet Reach "r ,,U
not ,nc,nnd hnrn,n- ~ nrocoaJ a. t,s aStrc;, '
NJ ,h na,, dud ~ l'o00ea W 's oA''y'
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About eight O'Clock last evening Beach entered the
vesbue Of the theatre and found his wife waiting impa
tienty for him. BY strange coincidence they retired
N ha cto do pnff I'm
President Here they stopped for about half an hour
and, thedoor leading to the open the door
keeper heard high words pass between them They
on. ogetner seasn telling ne, thas y was tme ior MN
room,, door which was Standing onen The woman fol-
lowed and exclaimed In an angry tone Wil Won once
for All withdraw thai bIIISI He fnrned and repcd No
S;us will NOT do M Tben In xe tbatiu sbe crie2 and
IeyclIng her pistol she fired The bullet lodged In the
mack of her victim near the spna column and he fell
1at on his face Ocer Edwards rushed forward 10 mick
nm the wounded man and the girIor she IL IN reality
nothing but gir-turned her heel cool collected
M II she had done brave action Officers William III
TupnclGe and Thomas Moore were entering the theatre
at the time and the instant they heard the report Of the
pistol they turned and the girl almost ran into their arms
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O0Bcer runnicliGe observ,nc the man living nm tho
ground with the blood ooz,ng from the wound in his
requested officer Moore 10 attend TO him and called
On officer Edwards to send for surgeon Both orders
were strictly obeyed Tunnicine asked the girl what
she had done with the pistol when she replied with
pleasant smile ~ threw Il on the door: WASH L fool
shfi She seemed TO be highly eated nj the deed She
had done
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HER FATHER WISHES TO FINISH THE JOB.
Among those who came out OF the theatre into the
Sestipuie was mr.. aired handan the iatner OF MIS-
DeAcn. INC homcn' ne Was maoe AWAKE o WHAT ma
s"hen P,eoo nc nqucu ~ an eAonca .one ~ peach was
seaa neceNing iepy ~ ,ne negative no expressed
We'll W nn'sn tne Joo winch us mao oeeun As
ne was very eac'eo, 1aP'n JONI Nceon VINO mad ar
.s ~ wig 'i, oue, ~ oeo. o W 'aA al, n' nv"
cSssody ana convey MN 20 ,ne central ponce station
~. paden n,.s I,axa,S -, c..n,..s.s. T.., ne
Can,s,n Mclean having st.taa I,, ~ had NJ chsras 80
r4Ser against him ana hsd onv n.caa h,r, in cns.ot
h.cansc 6a ,as axci,od "a I;aya A., ca,a. h...S -
she n.sc az IN shs tSaes. anu '"'' W 'o '''n VI
THE GIRLS CONDUCT on HER WAY TO THE STA
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