The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-11-23


nj Citizen Of OfManchester Attempts
TO shoot His Wife, KilRs EEis
Infant Geld, Seriously wounds
Isis mOther-in-layv,. and Cuts
Els own Throat.
= On Thursday evening, November 8,
at about seven o'clock, J. w, Myers, u
resident Of Manchester, deliberately
shot and killed his own child, and at
tempted to finish his bloody work by
numbering his wife. 1t appears that
on the evening in question he obtained
a pint Of brandy at n drug store and
proceeded home. He appeared to be
IN his usual health and spirits, and
partook. Of a hearty supper. .-t.,.......
After dinner he remark ed TO his
wife that he would address note TO
bis mother, and, having written and
folded the same, he putt in hispockot
He then kissed his wife in an affection
ate manner, stepped into the Kitchen,
took down 4 shot gun which had been
previously loaded with buckshot, and
deliberately fred upon bis wife through
the open door. The charge passed
over her head and through the front
door casing. He then passed out and
around the house TO the east window,
and pointing the muzzle Of his gun
through one Of the panes, discharged
the other barrel at his mother-in law,
who was standing in the front room,
with his babe, o. child eight months
of age, in her arms, He probably in
tended to kill her, but missed his aim,
the shot hitting the little innocent in
the back, and passing through came
out in the region of the abdomen, kill
ing IL almost instantly, and badly shat
tcring the hand of his mother in law
He intended to kill them all, and sup
posing that it was done, Returned
and fed to the barn; which stood near
by, and completed the bloody chapter
by cutting, with his own hand, his
throat from ear 70 ear. The whole OF
this transpired in a very few. moments,
and aroused by the discharge Of a gun
and the screams of the women, the cit.
izons rushed 10 the spot On bursting
into the house, a scene met the gaz,
that beggars description, and causec
the stoutest hearts TO tremble with al
indefinable horror. Up and down tn,
: room, frantic with terror, rushed tn
, motherrin-law, her dress clotted witt
! the blood with the blood which but
few moments before had coursed In tn
> VEINS of the child that reclined in he
Hap, while the young wife, stupe6ed b
: what had taken place, was more dea
than alive. In the uproar: and confui
: ion no one thought of making scare
for the author Of all the misery, and j
was supposed that he had fed, bu
! about an hour and half sfterwsrd, hi
+, body was found, life being extinct, hi
throat being fearfully gashed from ca
to ear, while around beneath him tn
floor was covered with crimson tor
rent. N
The escape ofthe wife was almof
miraculous In the side of the wal
!. opposite the place where she stood, cal
:. be counted the holes of twelve bucl
shot. He fred at her head but his OK
: citement prevented deliberate ain
:. and the shot passed over her harm
, less. q. afA' f'i-" ~
Mr.. Myers was young man thirt
!, years of age, a timer by trade, quie
= Industrious, of sober habits, and muc
: respected as citizen. His domesti
> relations, however" he acknowledge
Il TO some Of his friends, were very un
!. pleasant He labored under the belle
= that his mother-in-law was a bitter pei
: sonal enemy, who was forever seekin
= . to stir up angry feelings between hin
y self and wife, He had been marie
but about eighteen months, and it ap
= pears that his mother-in-law, Mr.
70 Houghton, lived with them and too
= = care of the first and. only. child. Sey
= eral letters were found on his persoI
Z some addressed to his wife and anothC
= to the public; wherein no accused h,
:, of infidelity, Jealusly was undoubtet
!, ly the melting cause which led to II
- = perpetration ofthe fearful deed, alth
=, It is. not known whether he ever hG
. any grounds for suspicion or not, h
: wife being a woman of possessing a.
- pehrance and highly respected. i
=. had been a soldier in the Army of Il
Y Potomac and was attached to to Il
- Signal Corps. On his return homie
y married in Manchester,q July 4, 1856
= and was employed by jim. Butler,
70 that village, in the capacity Of a jou
~ neyman timer. He is respectful
y ae connected in this city, his sister ber
y, the wife of. d. Bush, the alderma
~ of the Fourth Ward. His mother liv
po in this city, and is deyout member
y the Methodist Church. His wife is
=, young woman, not yet twenty yoars
"a age. qoJ fn-sa' ,.H y abf +
At A fashionable friend, on taking lea
We of young ensign, who was living il
lg small apartment, said "Well, Charl'
lis and how much longer do you intend
er stay in this nutshell?" To which he w
sit tily replied "Until become Ike
a nal -