The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-31
A TERRIBLE RETR|BUIDA,
A Girl Shoots Her Seducer.
THE MAN DANGEROUSLY INJURED.

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The south end of the city was terribly
excited yesterday about noon over th'
report that girl bad shot q young mar
at the boarding house of Mrs. Harriet
Smith, on First street, near Market.
We at once fastened to the locality
and found the report to be true. Ih'
circumstances of the case are as follows
A young man named William J. Nc
Naeh, a nail feeder in the Riverside
MIL, has for long time kept compan!
with young lady named Matte Bath
am, and it has been thought they wert
to be married. They have been keep
ing company for year or two, anc
during the past summer, she Gays, they
were formally engaged. Believing il
him, and trusting implicitly in hi
word, she was seduced by him. Grim
inal intercourse has continued during
the summer. Finding herself likely &c
become a mother shortly, she called
upon him on Monday evening last and
demanded the fulfillment of his prom.
Use.
To aggravate her, it would seem, on
last Thursday night be told her that "il
che intended to do anything, she must
de it quick, for he would be married to
another girl in few days" Maddsned
by her condition and his threatened de
sertion, she determined to compel him
to keep his faith with her or take such
revenge as she was capable of. On
Monday night, as We have said, she went
TO his boarding house about supper time,
and demanded that he should tell her
whether he would marry her or not. He
refused to give her the least satisfaction
in the matter, but promised to give her
an answer after supper. He never went
near her.
Yesterday morning she went to the
wardrobe in her uncle's room and took
from it Colts revolver. Thus armed
she went t, McNash's boarding house
and called for him. lie was eating his
dinner. She was in the back yard, and
when he came out she demanded an ex-
PLANTATION of his conduct. He replied
tauntingly, when she drew the revolver
and fired, the ball passing into his
stomach about two inches to the right
of the navel.
He at once grasped the pistol and at
to turn it on her, but she sue
cessfully resisted him, and the boarders
rushing out took the weapon from
them.
So soon as she got away from the
scene of the encounter. she went to
Squire Clohan's office and surrendered
herself. A thorough investigation into
the facts led the Justice to hold her d
the sum of $1,000 to await the result Of
the shooting.
Drs. Baird and Allen were summoned
TO attend McNash. They were unable
10 find tho ball, They are of opinion
hat McNash is very dangerously
Miss Bathsm is an orphan and is
'a'her good looking young lady about
nineteen years of age, and was labor; ng
,nder great mental excitement at the
lime Of the examination.
S etold us that she ad been scouaint-
ID with her ecduccr since chiidhood aud
hoe, WI siuce be had told her he was
engaged to be married to another, she
lad made up her mind that he must
Keep his word with her or lake the con-
sequences.
Tie sympathies Of all these who know
The facts of the case are with the unfor-
unate girl. When the justice deter.
mined to hold her to bail, SO great was
he feeling in her behalf that she could
have given security in the sum of mil.
ion dollars had it been necessary.
We trust for her sake that McNash's
wound may not prove fatal.
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