Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-10
From the New York York sun.
JI.iIR{IG on Il I-INu
NAN TO THE WIFE or MS
N URDEkEA.
Il Public Outrage on Religion
anal DecrHcU.


The Aston House, in this city, was the
scene on Tuesday at ernoon of cc' emory
which seems to usto setat defiance all those
sentiments respecting the relation of mar
riage which regard it as anything in rim
sicaly superior to prostitution. The high
priest of this occasion WAS Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, assisted by Rev. Henry NJ.
Field, d. D., and The Rev o. b. Frothng-
ham. The parties were Albert d Richar,..
II. lying wounded by pistol-shot upon n
bed Of illness, and probably Of death, and
Mrs McFarlaud, al as Mrs. Sage, whom
richardson some time ago seduced from
allegiance to her lawful welded husband.
This husband had been guilty of n crime
toward his wife-the crime OF poverty. It
was even said that, harrassed by the loss Of
his property aud the conduct of his wife,
he had sometimes taken to his cups, to
drown care, aud had occasionally been ex-
asperated to speak harshly TO the partner
of his bosom, although, ON the other hn nd,
no charge of adulery was made against him,
and II appears to be uncontrolled that he
was generally so devoted to her thaths ex
ceeding conjugal affection attracted atten
tion and elected frequent remark from his
acquaintance.
Mrs. Mcfarland was woman Of personal
attractiver ess. She and her husband ADD
children, in the year 1867, occupied apart
ments adjoining those of Richardson, who
was young widower, with children. As
we are Informed, Mrs. Mcfarland got into
the habit Of going out to lunch frequently,
If not daily, with Richardson. Amer this
| had gone on for some time, her husband re-
monstrated with her against such practice,
| telling her thatit would give rise to scand Il.
She replied that she had not before reflected
| upon that consequence, aud promised i'm
mediate amendment. Coming home earlier
| than usual the next day, Mcfarland was
| met in the hall by his wife, who came rush
| ing suddenly and MS If surprised from
Richardson's apartments, and then by way
of atonement she threw her arms convi /.
| sively around him aud buried him in a
shower of passionate kisses, They then
went to his room, where he gently reminded
her that she had broken her promise; she
| again promised reform; they spent the
night together, and in the morning she con
tinued to cover him with tears Of endear
ment, finally begging him, as he left, tC
return earlier than usual, assigning as th'
reason of her request that she had not hat
enough Of his society of late; that she wal
lonely, and wished to see more Of hun. II
compliance with her imprisoned wish, h
did r, turn earlier than usual, and found OF
his table a note from his ioife, stating thd
she had left him! In f,ot Richardson ha'
taken her and his two children away fron
him and his home, VIII Their he knew not
Subsequently, finding Richardson escortin
her home from theatre late at night, h
fred revolver ct him, but inf ed only
hesh wound. Cne OF his children he after
: ward found in Massachusetts,. He succeeds
I in recovering p session Of the child befor
the Supreme Court Of that Stately aid c
the sacred writ of habedS corpus.
, On the 18th Of March, 1869, Richardso
published card containing the shameless
r statement respecting q woman who va
, the lawful wife of another man-that aft
/, the separation between Mrs. Mcfarland an
, her husband, at came 10 be understood b
heeen her aud myself, that ioheneUtr 81
a should be legally free, she should become NJ
,oife." Yet no INTEL gent, reasoning humo
f, being can doubt, from the evidence in Il
a case, that this separation was promot,
!. and brought about-aDd not nllikely orig
nally suggested--by Richardson himself
n AZ last driven 10 frenzy by the loss Of b
o more than life, and by the contemplation
= his wife, the mother Of his children, repo
Il ing in tho arms of her sedueer, he shot til
sedueer--Who was armed at the time TO 7
oeiye him-thorough the body, inaictil
!, unon him wound from the effects OF viii
s Tie sedueer has since been futtering
!. tween life and death. We use tue wo
>, seducer IN its exact sense We mean {
- man who led this womaa from herself
a he who crawls lie the serpeat in Eide
l. into a household aid estranges from b.
= band the affections Of wife, Is equally b
sedueer, whe Der he himself has MART