The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-31
Horrible Tragedy i'm CincinnaFt-A
Wnn Attempts to ktIl his Wife ana
AIcrwartlS Blows Out his BrniEs.

Horrible Tragedy i'm CinctnnaFt-A
Wan Attempts to ktIl his Wife and
Afterwards Blows Out his BrniEs.
An attempted murder and self-dcs!ruc
ton o( &c murderer took place near
Chcviot, six miles from Cincinnati, Sunday
cveuinc. John B. Wilder cut his wifc's
throat and then shot himself with shot
gun. The difficulty between Wilder and
his wife grew out Of young lawyer named
Bird paying attention to their eldest daugh-
ter. The mother favored the attention and
the father violently opposed it, and n year
AGO covhidcd Bird in the public streets.
The young lawyer has since married the
daughter, and discord has since rcigned be-
tween the parents. The Cincinnati En-
Quircr says:
On Sunday evening the unhappy family
feud eliminated. About o'clock two Of
Wilder's children came to the residence OF
DR.. Williams, in Chcviot, in terribly ex-
cited condition, and begged some one to
come to their home, crying in great alarm
that their father had killed their mother.
No one being ut home but Mrs. Williams,
the terrified children were directed to n
drug store near by. Here they told an un-
intelligible story. but which was enough to
convey to those present the idea that some
terrible crime had been committed, and Il
number of persons, including Mr.. Davis,
Esquire Wells, and Charles III. Moore, pro-
ceedcd nj once to the house of the Wilders.
Upon reaching the dwelling they entered
room indicated by the children, ana there
bchcld n sight which made them quail.
Upon the floor lor Mrs. Wilder, covered
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glance TO convince uoSc present 'hat INC
dced had been committed ~ the husoahd !;
1or, upon the approach al Tie party, ne htd
been seen 10 run into an adjoining room.
1t was ar once 1cso!'cd 10 secure his per-
son. y portion oi the party remained to
care Tor The woundcd woman, ana the
others proceetcd to the room to winch
nliacr mao llcd. 1hcF lo,!ild INC ooor par
ricadca. Inc VOICE OF hllicr' upon INC
ihs'uc' WAS ncafu III "arhih" Doh
come IN mere, nc Sal", i"r am ar'he"'
ana II XIII tl,c hrft a-d man VINO II"
tcinP'S 20 enter. one OF TWO members o.
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SlckENING SELf-MrRDER.
At this iuncmrc the report of gun was
heard upon the inside OF the room, and
those outside burst in the door. Terrible
as was the scene which met them on their
arrival at the ill-fatcd home of these poo
pie. manifoldly more terrible was that
which now presented itself. 1t was bOrror
intensified. There before them lay the
corpse Of th" f.'"r"ics: Wilder. il" head
'""'r blown TO pieces ana upon 'n' csl1in
ana "ailS cluiIS iIS ol"l'is' "nt'c Eis 'ioou
"cSpaucred nearly every opJeet III 'ne
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Then rlacn" the nuz2!eS against his
head, he had inserted the tube end
into II blazing CRATE until the heat had
caused an explosion. The horrible and
sickening result may be well imagined.
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