The New York herald., 1867-03-15
A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
From the Buffalo Courier. ]


For many years two families occupying respectable
pos on resided in Evans Centre; one named DoIe
the other Wright Mr. Doles family consists Of him
SELF an old man; his wife, two sons Joseph and Frances
aud young lady named Elizabeth Carpenter formerly
OF Albion. Mrs. Wright Is widow having two children
Eupice and Charles s. the latter young man Of eigh
teen employed the Lake Shore railroad, and univer-
sally known as young man O Saoorons and STEADY
Two wears snce Joseph Dole married Eunice Wright
and from union come the terrible affair Of last
night For ong time the pair have been the theme CT
uniaing gossip this vicinity They seldom lived to-
gether, Dole al times visiting his WHO al her mothers
house and she now ana .mea, staying 2. MS s;,
was born and since then the conduct Oh Joseph mas
been considered by the neighbors to be very singular
He utterly refused to support his wife and Child and
popular indignation has been widely aroused at his
course. At iast il announced that the Does had
bought farm Warsaw, and were about TO remove
thtner Meanwhile Joseph's wife, seeing no hope OF
support from her husband and desiring TO bring tho
matter before eeal tribunal, threw heIseH upon tns
Superintendent OF the Poor, who brought an action 70
compel Dole support her properly The trial came on
before Justice Josiah Son;hwick last night when Joseph
ordered TO give bonds to pay FOO for the care OF the
child for y,sr AS bar to the demand Of bis wife
Dole exhibited bill OF divorce which he had jnst OBJ
Ia ned from court in Elkhart county, Indiana the
announcement filed the friends OF his wife with aston
ishment they had had notice Of such proceedings
aud were Indignant at the course Of Dole and Is evil
dent tie people OF the village very generally 81 M
pathze with them The moment the trial was over Jo-
sepb Dole fa'hers family started to leave the
stairs IL is said by Charles Wright but the parties did
enough for any serious rencontre ana
OF improuiptu Indignation meeting seems to have
been held, for somewhat later in the night
trowa o. m @ or osy Mea s avo~ed
Of putting him through in revenge for his treatment
OF his wife Tney did not gain access TO the house. and
Separated but the mischief did not end there Towards
three o'clock in the morning party Of young men, num-
berng perhaps dozen, with blackened faces and other
wise disguised, aroused the family who with difficulty
had at last foand sleep alleged thai they threatened
10 down the house II Joseph was not given up TO
them However this may be- Their avoweo intention was
tn he i'm sand0 inn a Coat n
otherwise punish him. About hafpast three half a
dozen OF them succeeded In making al entrance by
breaking in the door Of an outer room, and made their
way the apartment where the offending husband was
supposed 10 be seeping Two Of the party entered an
ajonirg bedroom, which this occasion was occupied
by ar Irish, lawyer employed the trial OF the pre-
vous evening, and who had determined to spend the
night at his clients house struggle ensued, in which
Mr. lr,sh's head was thrust against o win
DIV with such violence to break the sash. In the
meantime old Mr.. Dole had become engaged with tbreo
four Of the assalants, who In the dark
able 10 lind Joseph he being hid 10 closet Of the ad
joining room. Al this junclure Frank Dole, boy Of
seventeen, hearing the cries, seized double barrelled
shot gun and rushed the door Of the in which
his father was engaged The weapon, he says, in
stanty wresed from his hand he cannot tell by whom
He made his way through the comba,ants and up stairs
moment later he heard report, and looking out OF
the window, he saw the party run from the house and
collect at the gate. In about ten minutes according
the story Of Frank Mr. Isaac West the hotel keeper
entered and asked who shot His face was black
ing the middle room, Charles Wright found lying on
the floor In q dying condition. physician was
summoneu, Dut -Sne young man was dead without
having given uterance 10 any coherent expression.
He lay there till six O'Clock this morning, when he
was taken home the appearance Of his dead body being
tue frat heart broken mother and
sister Of the terrible tragedy HIS face and hands
biackened, his coat turned wrong side and
cred With blood 1t found that the entire charge
very heavy load Of large shot, had entered back near
the right shoulder blade, penetrating 20 far a. 70 blow
away the lower part OF the lung The Doles inset that
however much they might have been justified In pro-
ceedng 70 exremities Of the family fired the fatal
shot, and claim that some OF the assaing party, either
by accident or mistake caused the death Of their COM
panfon That some OF the young had been drink
during the night there be doubt how much and
with what result will PROBABLY be made known by the
coroRors investigation