, 1866-11-07

millinery shop, and to tho date Of her death
supported herself by its profits Leach WIS
IN idle, worthless fellow. and followed the
Tedr 3L Of earpentcring and joining for living.
of his wife, and had withdrawn from her his
protection, get he scanned her actions with
no casual eye. OF late be has continually
watched her. Mr. George .. Brownsanl Mr.
Hoicomb were the fEst persons In Coldwatcr
who aroused his Jealousy md angry pas.
sions. -Four weeks since lie met Hoicomb.
and. after o few words Of expostuIatlon.
drew a revolver on him and threatened To
shoot him. He was not quick enough, how
The deadly Weapon from lis grasp. o sinss
the date OF this event Leach repeatedly men
aeed the two objects Of his Jealousy; but, as
the man was most despfsed, no heed was
given to his threats. Last night the two
When about to 60 horne (she lived With ller
luther, Mf. Dougherty, about half a mile dis
tnnt1, she requested one Of them to accom-
pany her. brown accepted the invitation,
and the two started Of. Mrs. Leach. it ap-
pears, stood in fear Of her husband, and It
Was on THIS account more than any other
that she requested protection. When the
two had walked up Ehicago street AS fur as
the Oriental Hotel they were overtakeu by
heae thsS Me vas not 9bss,ved by them, and
fate until too late to prevent it. Leach,
with revolver In his hand, stepped up with.
in four feet Of Brown, aimed the pistol at him
and fired. Startled By the report Of the
weapon, Mrs: Leach turned around mud faecd
her tFenzied husband. Before 3 word was
uttered be fred at her, and scarce two min
utes had elapsed from the opening of this
awful drama till two Of its principal actors
lay On n the ground struggling in the last ago.
The discharge of the pistol aroused the
neighborhood. 4 crowd OF excited people
Immediately gathered around. and the mur-
deEer Was secured. The wife's father arrest
ed Beach.
On examining the wounds Of the victims Of
this horrid tragedy, i was found that both
must prove fatal Mrs. Leach was shot in
the breast, one inch below the left nipplc.
the ball penetrating the heart and causing
almost instant death. Brown received the
fatal missile in the LETT side. It entered De-
came out between the seventh and eighth
ribs. lie WAS removed to home, but died
within twenty minutes after being shot,
! THE EXCITEMENT
IN the town was perfectly impctuons and
the women and children rushed from their
honlcs into the streets, ran lither and thithcr,
and finally gathered together In small
Of tie bloody scene. &cly's Han, which
was crowded With respectable audience
witnessing the less bloody drama Of the
tulseS na9Sas no tic stlees aeea oF Thos
| eager inquiries increased and kept alive its
| excitement.
| THE AFFAIR
! took place between uinc md ten o'clock.
but 1t wis long after midnight before the
quiet Of the town was restored.
MRS. LEACH
| was woman Of thirty -four years. handsome.
| vlrtuous, and we'll educated. She was never
known to have committed any act which
could have called down SO summary ven
| gcance upon her head. She leaves two
children, a boy Of fourteen aud girl Of
eight years.
GEO. o. BROWN
was young man Of but twenty summers,
very popular aud Intelligent. His family is
one OF the oldest in the State, md his death
| will be deeply and widely lnmented, He had
just graduated ut the Ann Arbor law school,
but had not yet been admitted to the bar,
His attentions to Mrs. Leach were but those
Of gentleman 10 lndy, aud 1t Is not likely
that boy of twcnt y could fascinate mar
r1cd woman OF thitty-four.
THE EXCITEMENT NOT ABATED.
To-day Sunday excitement has not abated,
and the numerous groups of citizens visible
fn the streets show how this horrible affair
affects the town. No sympathy is felt for
the murderer, but the deepest hatred is cx.
hibited for his damnab1e act.
A CoRoSER's INQUEST
Was held on the bodies to-day, ard ycrdicts
in accordance with the above facts returned
BY the jurits.