Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-02
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PUBLISHED AT 1856 BROAD STREET, BY
]. MADISON DRAKE.
MURDER AND 4 DEATH-BED MAR
.ltfft RIAGE In. MEMPHIS.

I.tfFt RIAGE IN. MEMPHIS.
A drunken fellow named johnson
quarTeled with Jim" Schools, one of
the proprietors Of the Parlor Concert
Hall in Memphis, on Wednesday night,
because the latter refused to sell him
liquor, and, in fight that ensued,
drew pistol and fired. The ball sped
wide of its mark and struck Mons.
Veaudemont, the "only original can
canist," in the hip, making an ugly
and a very severe wound. As soon as
he fired this shot--the noise of which
instantly drew crowd-Johnson, still
holding the pistol in his hand, ran to
ward the corner of Jefferson street,
where he was headed off by Officers
Rice and Sweet, who ordered him to
halt. He did not obey the order, how
ever, and ran up Jefferson street, to-
ward the Post Office, Rice and Sweet
pursuing him. AT the corner of Third
street he turned at bay. and as they
came up fired on Sweet, taking DELHI
crate aim, and hitting him just below
the heart, on the left side, the ball
passing through and coming out be-
meath the shoulder blade behind Rice
seeing his partner fall, drew and fired
on johnson, but with what effect is not
known, and the latter on receiving the
fire instantly replied to it, striking Rice
in the right hip, the ball making a
painful but not dangerous wound.
Rice, after being hit, fired two more
shots, but the wound unsteadied his
hand, and he shot wide of the mark.
Johnson also emptied the chambers of
his pistol, and then escaped.
M. Veaudemont was taken to his
lodgings where he died the next after
noon. Just before his death, however,
he was married to the danseuse Aline
La Fayre, who had long been associated
with him on the stage. The Appeal on
the 28th inst. prints the following ac-
count of Veaudemont's marriage and
death, ....... f..., E....f.,
1t seems that when conscious that
the hand of death was upon him, Veau-
demont sent for one of the reverend
gentlemen attached to st. Peters
Church, and was attended by the Rev.
Father Kelly, to whom he stated that
his name was Arthur de Pelgrau, that
his family resided in the west of France,
lin the Palatinate Of the Rhine,) and
were highly respectable in their con-
nections. While in Washington City
some years since he met the dan
suese Mile. Aline La Favre, Whose
real name is Maggie Cox, since
which time they have been travel
ling together, making their advent in
this city some months since, at
Broom's Varieties Their operations
during that time are too well-known to
our readers to need repetition here.
Suffice it to say that he and Miss Cox
occupied the boards of that establish
ment, exciting a sensation as leaders of
the can can, suchgas has never been
known in connection with the theatri-
Gals Of Memphis. When the Gaieties
was vucated, Veaudemont and his part
ner were employed at the Parlor Sa-
loon, where up to the time of the terri
bic tragedy they were engaged in the
same can,-ean. Since the intiiction of
the wound the unfortunate naaitre deJdE-
let has suffered intensely. As deathap-
preached, however, he became, all
things considered, free from pain and
calm in mind. In this frame he be,
thought him to do justice, so far as he
could, by the girl Miss Cox. He ac-
cordingly expressed desire to be
united in marriage to her, so that she
could inherit an estate of some value in
France, and to which he was the only
heir. A license was hastily procured,
and the bride took her place at the
bedside, and clasping the already clam
my hand of the dying Bridegroom
she with streaming eyes and bursting
heart, he with trembling lips and voice
weak in death-responded to the words
of the marriage ceremony. Barely had
the Holy Father time to shrive the dy-
ing man, ere all that was mortal of Ar
thur de Pelgrau was still and stark be-
fore them. His death will be crush
ing blow to his mother and sister, who
have just arrived in Chicago, from
France, and who telegraphed last eve
ming for him to come to them, only to
receive the reply; Shot last night
died about an hour ago." Miss Cox,
or Mile. LIE Fayre-maid, wife, and
widow in less than thirty minutes-is
the daughter of linen draper of Bel
fast, ireland. Her father stands high
in the community in which he lives
having been Lord Mayor of his native
city, receiving in that capacity, as the
guest Of the city, Prince Arthur of the
royalfamily Of England. She propos-