Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-09-15
Tragery ileSles County, Illinois.

:. From the Ohallsston (pl) Courier, Sept. 81 s
Sunday afternoon, Clifford Brown and
Joseph March, both of this county, met
at q singing School held at Prairie
Chapel, near. Kansas, when the latter
invited the former to take q walk with
him The invitation was accepted and,
the two leftsthe crowd and went around
into the rear of corn6eld, about a
quarter of a mile from the meeting
house. Soon after the discharge of q
pistol was heard in thai. direction, and
March came running in q very excited
manner towards the meeting house,
mounted his horse and dashed of. The
bystauders rushed in the direction of
where they heard the report of the pis-
toll, to see what had happened. On ar
rivingeat the spot they found the lifeless
body Of Brown lying weltering in his
own blood. sazsss -
A gentleman who happened to be
riding up insfull view of the two, but
who Was uHpetceived by them, states
that at the time. of the tragic occurrence,
Brown was standing with his knife ont
whiting onsgs fence rail, when March
deliberately drew his pistol and dis
charged it, thesball taking effect behind,
the left ear, sand producing Instant
death. This statement was coroborated
BY the. fact that the knife was found
lying open as it fell from the hand of the
dead man; fresh notch was also OBJ.
served in rail. 40.
This scene at once accounted for
March's excited manner and rapid flight.
Pursuit. was Immediately given. The
fugitive was chased about half q mile
when be was pushed so closely that he
left his horse and took to corn6eld.
This was surrounded and then the inte-l
rior explored. The fugitive was soon
found concealed in a pond about the
center of the field, his head and Shout
ders only protrnding from the water.
He told his pursuers if they would not
shoot he would give himself up, and &C.
cordingly did so, and was placed under
guard Justice Bond held an inquest
over the dead body Of. the murdered
man. sEA2s4so+A -AllEtE-
Both parties had been. soldiers.
Brown was formerly "a member of the
70. Illinois regiment, but was discharged
and returned home some time since.
March had, but recently returned. 1t
is said he had been engaged to marry a
girl who resides in the neighborhood of
the tragic occurrence, who on the re-
turn of Brown plighted her affections to
him. bsis1 .staie1 zsaso % saIos efia fs,i E
s March rode up to the object of his pas
sion Sunday afternoon, just as she was
coming out Of the gate leading to her
fathers, residence, and asked her if be
could accompany. her to church. She
told him that hecould, bat that her COM
pany was engnged for the return. He
asked her "by whom, Brown7" and on
receiving an affirmative answer. and
having previously learned that the par
ties were engaged, he replied that he
''intended to kill him before sundownH
Sung to the quick by the reply, with
the green eyed monster, jealously, rank
ling in his bosom, he dashed off, only
thinking of revenge, swift sure and ter
rible.
The young lady intended to commu.
nieate the threat to her lover, but unfor-
tunateiy no Opportunity offered, and the
exasperated and defeated aspirant to
her hand, seized upon the first opportu-
nifty to execHte his deadly threat in the
SUMMARY amer abovs narrated. -
The examination of the prisoner be-
fore Justices Court was not conclu-
ded till Tuesday afternoon, when be was
brought in under a guard of four men
on the six clock train, and committed
to jail to await his trial before the next
term of the Circuit Court.