Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-18
alallg empire,
Ilaom the st. Leas Press, April ol
Desperate MAN Caught. Love
and engs-nlurderer SiN
Months at Large.

ANeNAN - -
Six months ago one Of the wealthiest ant
happiest families in Tennessee resided ia
Montgomery county, about seven miles IRON
Gainesville, on the Tennessee river All
that wealth, numerous family gud inauen.
tial connections could doio make life hap
py and ondurable we're in their possession and
/ the nsme ofZ T. Poor. the head of the fam
/ ly, was honorably and extensively known.
I His family were noted throughout the com
munity for their benevolenee, and il any char.
ity subscription was to be started, it required
only iheirfluence of the lady members ofthis
| family TO insure the success
| Ellen Poor, the eldest daughter Un ipride
| Of The family aud neighborhood, OF course,
had many admirerand followers, and there
was none more persistent 10 his attentions
| and devotions than her cousin, Daniel W.
| Poor, who devoted his whole time in paying
| homage TO his fair cousin. Her parents
| thought nothing of the intimacy which existed
between the two, never dreaming that any.
| thing serious would grow out of it until a
| year ago, when they became alarmed and
determined to break of the attention, as
they never could consent to marriage be.
cause Of the blood relationship ia which they
Stood toward each other. The daughter was
hrst approached on the subject, aud, TO the
great yelieEot the parents, they found that
she had sOther feelings toward the yohng
man than those that one cousin should have
for another The young man was nterro.
gated, and he avowed his attachment forbis
fair cousin, and declared bis determination
to win her, aud no poaor on arth should bre.
vent him from possessing her He had loved
her hrdently for wears had grown 40 With
her, and his love had become part OF his be
ing No arguments could dissuade him. and
no logic could be brought 10 influence his
mird aud show him tie probable unhappy
consequences Of the marriage Of two SO near
akin II e was immovahe in his determine.
ton, and would only ielinuuish his purpose
with his life
At last the father forbade his daughter ace.
ing her ardent lover, en- in the presence of
the family, and as dutiful daughter, she
READILY obeyed, for she became herself alarm
ed at the condition OF affairs. and the gentle
man was notified that his visits must be dis
continued, and not renewed ON any account
lie sought, unknown to his uncle, aa inter.
view with his cousin, which she would not
grant, and in his desperation be Joined a guer.
rilla band which was then passing through the
country; but he did not absent himself long
at any time, but made visits to the naighbor
hood at least once a week
Learning on one Of these periodical visits
that his cousin was receiving the attentions
Of an old rival of his, he became almost a
demon, and swore they never should be unit
ed, il he must commit murder TO prevent it
Lettering in the neighborhood for the pur.
pose of personally seeing the parties togeth-
err he was not long in observing the object
Of his passion and his hated rival emerging
from church, and from their happy and con
tented air and confidential conversation.
which indicated they we're living in world