Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-27
AWFUL ARRAY.
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A Man Tries to Murder bis Wife without
Cause.
He lie Shot and Morally Wounded by her
m Brother.
Astounding Developments Of Wieksdness
a and Contemplated Crime.

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We learned yesterday from Mr.. @. d.
Mclean, jr.,, son Of our old and highly
esteemed citizen, Colonel Chas. ID. Nc
Lean, the following particulars of n of
the most horrible affairs that We have yet
been called on to chronicle, as occurring
anywhere in what may be termed the
neighborhood OF the city of Memphis,
although we are glad to be able to state
that the scene of the tragedy was some
thirty miles distant from us-nea La
fayette depot (Rossville p. Or Memphis
and Charleston railroad.
On Saturday morning last, about eight
O'clock, two negro men employed to pick
cotton on Mr.. MeLean's place, on going
out to work, heard, in the corner of the
field fence, a dismal ~groaniDg as if pro-
,ceedlng from some one ~gr1eyOuSlY injured.
On proceeding to the point whence the
sound came they found one M. s. Dover,
a near neighbor, lying curled up in
the angle covered with blood.
On approaching him he begged them to
get him some water, and take him where
he could have medical attention. After
a short consultation they determined to
take, him 10 Mr. McLean's residence,
which they did. He was not at home,
but mis- brother was, and Immediately
summoned DIR. Yancey (brother-in-law of
Capt. Anderson, of this city, to attend
the wounded man.
When DIR. Yancey came, Dover stated
that he had been shos by the brother of
his (Dover's) wife, MIR. Andrew Kincade,
ayoung man only sixteen years old and
reason why he had been shot,
but on sending over to the house,
an officer of the law received
KINCADE's STATEMENT,
which is to the following effect: Mr..
Dover came home the previous night
friday under the influence of liquor,
and commenced to beat his wife (who had
beer q Miss Kincade[. He (Andrew Kin
cade) had interfered to prevent it, and
while doing so the wife ran of. As she
ran, Dover pulled 3 pistol and fired at
her. He (Kicnade), on seeing his sister
thus treated, pulled his pistol and fred at
Dover, shooting him through the bowels.
Doyer ran of, and he (Kincade) shot two
or three shots at him as he did SO, none of
which, it appears, were etfectual, except
the first, which is said to be fatal.
tAui sHNJ LATER
Since writing the above, we learn that
on searching Dover's pockets a letter was
found showing that there was a plot on
foot, with which he is supposed to have
been connected, to murder his wife and
her brothers for the sake of their proper
ty, all of which would have fallen to
Dover in case OF the extinction of the
Kincade family. This is hard to
believe, but 1t comes to us on
the authority of those directly
from Fayette, and who are cognizant
of all the facts in the horrible affair.
About six O'Clock yesterday evening we
heard that Dover was dead, and, before
dying, had admitted the fact to be true,
and implicated certain parties whose
names we do not choose to mention. Do
yer, it is supposed, getting drunk, "went
at half cock" and, falling to kill the
wife who, by the way, he had married
only four months ago, himself paid the
penalty with his life. The story is g ter
rible one, and causes q shudder of horror
to creep over us as we reeite it.
Mrs. Dover formerly Kincade) is said
to be an elegant, high-toned and accom-
plished lady, whose only crime is that she
is co-heir to considerable property, which
she shares jointly with two or three
brothers, whom the deceased Dover
wished 10 make way with, along with
her. II seems almost impossible for this
to be true, and we hope, for the honor
of humanity, that 1t is not, but the evil
dence brought to us is very strong. We
shah hear more to-day, and will give it to
readers tomorrow.