Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-10
TRAGEDY IN BOSTON.
The Wife OF n Prominent Physician
shot Dead fn Her ParIOr I'm Pre-
sence of Her Family.

The Wife Of a Prominent Physician
shot Dead fn Her ParIOr fin Pre- |
sence of Her Family.
From the Boston Journal, Augusta
1t is our painful task to record
one of the most heart-rending ira
gedies of which our city has been
the scene during the present gene
ration, resulting in the death of
wife and mother, by violence, in
the presence of her husband and
family, by the hands of an inmate
of the family dwelling, and patient
under treatment by the murdered
lady's husband DR.. Alvah H.
Hobbs. An air of mystery, to a
certain extent, seems to pervade
the terrible affair, and from the
lateness of the hour at which the
murder took place, it was impossi-
BILE to procure all the facts in the
case, but, so far as we could collect
them, they were as follows:
About 10 80 o'clock last evening,
DIR. Hobbs, who is an old and
highly esteemed physician of this
city, residing at l ,266 Washington,
a few doors above East Dedham
Street, rushed breathlessly into the
fifth Station, situated in the latter
named street, and stated to Captain
Small, of that station, that his
wife had been shot. Sergeant
Hawthorn was Immediately dis
patched to the scene of the tragedy.
and arrested Major Thomas L.
White, said to be a resident of the
State of Tennessee, but for some
time past residing in the family of
DIR. Hobbs, for medical treatment.
This White was the author of the
tragical event, and was brought to
the Station house without any re-
sistance.
The statements of inmates of DR..
Hobbs family are to the effect that
the members, including the muir
derer, had taken tea together in the
most friendly manner, and at the
conclusion of the repast Major
White retired to his room in the
upper part of the house, where nc
commenced to read aloud. Mrs.
Hobbs proceeded up stairs and in-
quired why he read in so high q
tone, to which White replied "ln
order TO develop my lungs" OF
words to that effect.
Mrs. Hobbs soon afterwards came
down stairs again, and was about
to enter the parlor, when, turning
her head in the direction of the
room above, she saw White coming
down with q pistol in his hand. She
seemed to be apprehensive o
Whites murderous intention, tol
she Immediately called out to he
husband, "le is coming, and Will
pistol, and almost simultaneous.
with this ejaculation the first sho
from the assassin's pistol resoundet
through the house. The shot proves
Intellectual, as far as striking tn
murderer's victim was concerned
who Immediately closed the doc
between herself and White. But
strangely, the second shot-whic
almost Immediately followed tn
first-after passing through a pane
of the door, entered the left breas
of the unfortunate woman, passe
through her body and came OF
under the right arm, and she fell I
the floor and in q few moment
breathed her last. The dreadful Al
was witnessed by the husband an
Young son of the victim-a be
about nine years Of age--who h
since been almost frantic with gri
and horror. l.
When the officer entered &
room wherein the terrible erin
took place, the murderer stood
the middle of the apartment, co
temrlating his fiendish work, a
still holding in his hand the tal
instrument of death. Immediate