Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-10
A Domestic Tragedy.

4 husband shoots his a0iie and COM
mats cide.-We are called upon to
chronicle, to-day, one of those terri
BILE deeds of a moment of passionate
frenzy, which all time does not suffice
to retrieve. About half past twelve
John Bishop, who has been employed
as night Waterman by the St. Adams
Foundry Co., attempted the life of
his wife by firing two shots at her
from revolver and Immediately plac,
ing the pistol at his right ear dis.
charged third shot which be sur
vived but an hour. 's.,,.sr
The particulars Of this sad affair,
so far as we have been able to ascer-
tain them, are as follows: -- "
Bishop lived with his wife aud a
sick sister-in-law in the upper part of
the house owned and occupied by
Mr.. Peter Ward, on Thomas street.
He had left, or been discharged from,
the employ of the Foundry Co. two
or three days ago, and since Christ
mas had broken in upon his previous
sober aud temperate habits by the
nse of liquors. He left home as usu-
al this morning, calling at various
places about town; at the Ufrice OF his
former employers, where he received
five dollars on account at this office,
where he left an advertisement OF
the sale of his furniture, at auction
on the 10th inst; returning home be-
fore noon. Soon after his return, be
had dispute with his wife-who
was reclining upon the bed occupied
also by her invalid sister-occasion.
ed by an unreasonable jealousy of
Mr. Ward. At this juncture, Mrs,
Ward came up from down stairs, and
he turned upon her with his suspi
eions and mingled reproaches of her
husband and his own wife. She re
torted, and while they were talking
Mr.. Ward was heard APPROACHING
Bishop, maddened by his jealousy
turned for his pistol, and Mrs. Ware
fleeing the room forced her husband
who was ascending the stairs, back
ward and down, telling him tina
Bishop would kill him. Just thel
were heard the reports of three shot
in rapid succession. Terror stricken
they gave the alarm. just as Bishop
wife, wounded and bleeding, rushed
down and to the house of neighbo
for assistance. 1t seems that Bishol
on securing his pistol fired two shot
at his wife as she sat or reclined upo
the bed the first passing through hc
wrist and portion OF her breast an
lodging in the folds of her dress; tn
1 second entering the angle OF her RICH
jaw. AS he fired the second shot sh
escaped from the room, and he turf
j ing the muzzle of his weapon, fire
the third shot and sank to the foo
r almost Immediately becoming insens
n bile.
Bishop was a fine looking youn
Englishman, about % years of age
8 He came to this country where he be
d no relatives but few years ago; an
II to St. Adams in 1862. He serve
n during the'war in a Massachusetts
= regiment, we believe, and for nearl
two years past has been in the emplt
of the st. Adams Foundry Co. L
f married his wife, Mary Jane Kona
st in May last, and so far as we CT
n learn had always lived happily wi
: her, displaying towards her the utmo
!" kindness and even an excess of tie
50 derness. But he was of extreme
10 jealous disposition, and though not
e. ing in the conduct of his wife had /,
O. fered cause, he kept her from socie
- and seemed to be haunted by the pc
- sibility of her infdelity. And it W
undoubtedly jealousy of Mr.. War
who, on the previous evening, in co
pany with his wife, called on tn,
neighbors above stairs,-a jealou
entirely unreasonable but made
frenzy by drink which has caused Il
sad tragedy.-St Atbans Messea ge