The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-25

"a, Love-, BLOOD AND "a QObBlbLE, uoIdE6-INf
Law.--A.KxKfK."m KanoIrfE.-Two or three
days sgo We pubnshed . telegram stating that Lieut.
Charles E, Moore of the 18th United States Infantry
and Quarter1naster aud Conmissary Of the post oi
ssaYannah. had been shot by his motherin-lsw. one
NM Eliza b. Mason. From the details Of the affair
published IN thspspers or that city It appears that
the woman until recently was resident Of cincin,
natl, Ohio, and that her husband, (ance deceased)
was the demonstrator In medical college there.
Several years ago sne forced her daughter upon the
stage, and Leutensnt Moore meeting the young and
at sctve actress In Nashville. Tennessee, lost his
hea q snd proposed marriage. he was refused. Sub
sequenty. the mother elsted by the daughters euc-
cess brought her to Savannah and here in 1866 the
Lieutenant again met her, and offered his hand Mrs.
Mason stiIi refusing consent the twain were united
in secret After awhile difficulties were temporarily
settled. and the THO lived togsther In comparative
peace for y few weeks, when the old lady became
possessed Of the devil" They parted, and the
mother WIS furnished with another home. Then
shs pretended to be dok said she was about to die
and wanted to go home with her daughter. The
lieutenant acceded Ito therequest and the twain de-
parted; but the mother recovered on leaving town,
snd reaching her destination for long. time pre-
vented. tho bride from even receiving letters nom
her husband, forging according to the statements
Of the wifa) various communications telling him
that she, would never return, The lieutenant,
however, obtained leave Of absence. recovered his
stolen property, and brought her back to savan-
nah. Mrs. Mason followed. and since that dime has
-been . gsntns Of discord in peticosts- other
words.a monomaniac She set on foot the most
terrible stores was likes walking sticking to
everybody who would listen to her tale Of distress
On the streets, and finally commenced the unromsn.
DC task Of Watching her daughters window until
late hour Of tie night The elimination Of the fsm-
1y trouble Was her meeting with the husband about
nine o,clockin the morning on one OF the public
streets of savannah. and shooting htm in the upper
part Of the neck, just under the jaw. Etding that
the creature was about to shoot again, Lieutenant
Moore fed, but shortly after fen, saturated with
blood, on the highway. He was conveyed to the
United States barracks, where the surgeons found
him almost at the point Of death. Mrs. Mason
while called an officer gave herself into custody, and
was sent to jail. The wife repaired at once to the
bedside OF her wounded husband.
In modest letter addressed to the editor of the
reputation Of her husband and self from the terrible
stories set on foot by the unnatural mother She
says that at ten years Of age she was forced by this
woman to go upon the stage; that she was frequently
pinched, tormented and frightened intoactng part;
that after her marriage, when induced to accompany
her mother home on the plea of illness, her clothes
were sent back to her husband she choked until
she tainted, her wedding ring was taken from her
in this condition, and she threatened with incar
cerahon In lunatic asylum. Since Mrs. Moore's
return to Savannah With Lieutenant II. she states
that her life has been "one endless round Of perse
cution." She has been repeatedly threatened with
death. and the most hightul stories circulated with
a, view to the ruin Of her reputation. Mrs. NJ adds
that. aside from this persecution, her married lite
has been peaceful. quiet and happy, and she can
only attribute the antagonism of her mother to the
fact that che has always been crazy orher to
the stage.
The wounded man was, at last accounts, exceeding
y low but the doctors state that If secondary hemorr
hage does not occur he may recover.