New-York tribune., 1869-06-01
MURDER AND A DEATHBED MARRIAGE IN
MEMPHIS.

A drunken fellow named Johnson quaIIeled
with Jim" Schools, OF the prOprleOrs on the IOl
Concert Hall IN Memphis pm hon on TouoT and m ie6t that
ensued drew pistol and fred Inc pan spea W.Ge Ol
inai cancanst" in the hip, making an ugly and very
severe wound AS as he fired this shot-the noise
his pstO In his hand toward the corner OF Jefferson
st where he headed off by Officers Rice and SWEET
however, and ran up JefersOn.st. toward the Post
once, Rice and SWEET pursuing him. AT
and as they up fired on SWEET, taking deliberate
aim and hitting hun just below the heart on the LETT
the shoulder blade behind. Rice seeing his partner fa
drew and fired johnson, but with what eject Is not
piled 10 H. striking IN the right hip the ball making
painful but not dangerous wound Rice aIer 1eihE
hand and he shot wide of the mark johnson also emp
tied the chambers Of his pistol and then escaped ,,
NJ VeaudemOnt taken TO his lodgings where nc
died the next afternoon Just before his death, however
he W married Ia the danseuse Aine La Favre who had
Hong been associated with him the stage The Appeal
on the 2sth us prints the following account OF Neaude
lOut's marriage and death:
If seems that when conscious that the hand Of death
was upun him. VeaudemOnt sent for one OF the reverend
Gentlemen attached to ST. Peters Church, and at
Tended by the Father Kelly to whom he stated that
Arthur de PelCrau, that ms FAMILY resided
en- the west OF France On the Palatinate Of the Rhne
and were highly respectable their connections. While
III Washington City some years since he met the dansuese
Mile Aline Ia Favre whOse real name is Maggie COx)
since which time they have been travelling together,
making their advent IN this city some months since at
Broon's Varieties Their operations during that time
are too well-known to our readers TO need repe.
on here sufce II to say that he and Miss Cox occu
pied the boards OF that establishment exciting sensa
ton as leaders OF the eancan such as has never been
known in connection with the theatTCas OF Memphis
When tho Gaeties vacated Ye8udemOnt and his part
ner were employed the ParOr Saloon where up to tho
time Of the terrible tragedy they were engaged IN the
same can-can Since the intctOn of the wound the un
fortunate mdre de ballet has suffered intensely As
death approached, however he became, all things con
sdered, fTOm pain and calm In mind In this frame
behOught him 10 do justice, far he could by the
girl Miss COX He accordingly expressed desire TO be
united I'm marriage 10 her that she could inherit an
estate OF some value in France and 10 which he was the
only heir license hastily procured and the bride
took her place the bedside and claspng the already
camny hand OF the dying bridegroOm-she with stream
ing 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 shnve the dying man,
all that mortal OF Arthur de Pei
grau sti and stark before them His death will be
crushing blow TO his mother and sister who have just
arrived In Chicago. from France, and who telegraphed
last evening for him 70 come TO them only 70 receive the
reply: "ShOt last night died about an hour ago" Miss
Cox, or Mile. Le Favre-maid wife, and widow in less
than thirty miuutes-is the daughter Of lendraper Of
Belfast Ireland Her father stands high in the cOmmu-
nifty IN which he lives having been Lord Mayor OF his
tive city, receiving in that capacity, the guest Of the
gity, Prince Arthur OF the royal family Of England She
proposes 70 give up the rather questionable profession in
which she has OF late been engaged and retire 10 the
peace and privacy Of her husbands estate In France