The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-29

Sad Story OF Domestic MfSfortunes-
Interesting Statements.

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7. was announced Saturday that on
Thursday evening Albert d. Richardson.
/, .0rr"-Don1"uf Of the New York Tribune,
w.- shot in The abdomen hv Daniel McFar-
hand, 4 lawyer, while standing in the Tri-
'e0. publication office, and that the pcrpe-
--.tnr # tn" deed was soon after arrested.
The New York sun gives the following par
ocular, Of the unfortunate affair:
HISTORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
This Is the second time that Mr. Richard
,1u Na- hccm wounded by the same person.
The first assault occurred one night in
in,.y street, i'll the spring of 1867, as he
ws-.,rartiug to he3 nome Mrs. Mcfarland
rapn au actress at the Winter Garden Thea
t~r. alter her duties on the stage. The
second attack. ~ above referred to. took
r1lrr last night in the publication Office Of
the IribWt.. In the interim between these
went, Mrs. Mcfarland had taken measures
ir divorce from her husband, and had
recently oitqincd il at the hands of some
Indiana court. While his wife had been
hm This business. Mcfarland had been
oUr-1c his wrath against the supposed
awrH." If his domestic unhappinc>S. and
meeting him last night, deliberately at
tempted to take his life. The first wound
wa- Il mere flesh stroke in the thigh, OF
" h.ch Richardson soon recovered.
The el,l>c of The quarrel between Mr..
.njrlau,,rn and Mr.. Mcfarland is variouSly
stated by The friends Of the parties. Per-
>eu, Hho have known the latter Tor many
F0g~~ speak CF him u 4 man much sinncd
.-.ln>'. ON the other hand, Mr.. Richard
sons friends Justify him. and set down Mr..
". Fmtuad as :: ne'cr do well. who made his
"l,e'> life in,olerahle hy his passionate out
"u>t>, till h finally compelled her to leave
hin,
BIS much appears 10 be ADMITTED ny
both ~g.''-. Mcfarland was an freshman Of
-!H"Eahte abitiv.a lawyer 10y profession.
H"o"a"d ,omo houses and other property
worth from 50. 900 To Si0O. 900, ami while
the world went well with him, seemed 10
Ayc lived happily enough with his wife.
although h. was twenty years her senior.
tUt some Land and other speculatlons IN the
West in which he engaged failed, and .iudg-
mrut> against him swept away about all he
was worth. Then came the old story. Po-
Verify came in al the dooraud love went out
ID; tile window.
Soon after. Mrs. Mcfarland gave some
public readings, which brought her int"
u1t0ricly, bul added little, if anything, to
her pul>" and, ~ last resort, she went
upon I'M " inter Garden stage aS SOFT OF
N"I f !aoE. ~ li!aI tiihe sue ana .ieT
I;','',i were ''II! III AiiiitH st'ev.' az
.'1ili Ia>. Va. apou' 'I!c S"'.e I'M, Mrt' ~
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WTotbcr ~. ,4.1,or,or3,s oo,rso v,oc
nro,n,taa 1,v hi. ni,fnrtnm"S ' IN hUs;noss ~
ha,rj. 80 n,. ;nninm. ~ tbn I;ttin ,tion-
ri.n,, yyIirh his 'Sandso,nc WIFI rcrn;ved
from ,Tr Gentlemen Of hcr acquaintance,
We rar,nt S.Iy. ,t MI events the separation
NJ hi. W.. fran, him wrouoht him I'm In a
sort or n.nlv and the result was that one
night when richardson escorted the wife
home from the Theatre he followed them
and Shot her companion from behind.
2!r. richardson did not prosecute him
for The f.loniou, assault, but some time sub
S-qucntlv the friends Of Mcfarland made
Statement, in his behalf in the Tribune, to
which Richardson REPLIED. announcing his
intention Of marryin5 Mrs. Mcfarland as
soon as he coul0 legally do so. Her husband
logan civil ,uit, which is now pending,
Fgr damages against Richardson as the al
legged DESTROYER Of his domestic happiness,
and has further reDaate6lv declared his in
tcntio} 10 shoot him on sirbt. Mrs. McFar-
Rand mean lime snnrht for divorce. Since
that time sIronrnIV enon%b the two men
have met rcneatedjv without a hostile de-
moustration tin Yesterday.
The probability is that the fact that Mrs.
NcFsriard Ias ,:cart w. o,,ta;ned tho divorce
she sought and that Mr. Richardson was
soon to marry her hrouohf matters to q
crisis, Ar III bavt ,fnEoTIond was subject
10 ,nnrijd ot,oni,s IN, srb;cb he was
often olmnvt Ies5a o b us While they
hstrd ha ,,as 0oSo di !i. ,n,,;rd m hi,
wiGa snn an a. eAreVtisE uN ,,.;th aotnaI
,ornce W. t ,h nea "i' or bor
ever he would h, LII III az. tor arden and
profcs. tbo 'l,tai ON NJ fnr hnr