The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-29
A Woman's Desperate iRevenae-A
Buggy Ride Ends with o Tragedy I'm
n Willow COpse.

u WILLOW SOpaFs
From he Gtltoy California; Advocate, August 70.
Our usually quiet, law-abiding city was
thrown into CONSERVATION on Thursday
morning by a report to the effect that
homicide had been committed the evening
before few miles from town. What made
the rumor more startling was that female.
well known in the community, and hereto
fore, as far rs we have been able to learn,
bearing an unblemished reputation, was
named as the perpetrator of the drama.
From the thousand and one versions of the
sad affair atioat on the streets we found
| it impossible to obtain anything like
q reasonable statement Of the affair /;
hence we considered it our duty
to consult parties most likely. to be
| In possession of the facts in order
that we might be able to give them impair
TALLY TO the public without detriment OF
| prejudice to either party. The following is
O synopsis Of the history Of the unfortunate
| affair as far as we have been able to CLEAN !:
1t appears that Beckwith Kelly became ac-
quainted with Prudence Me- Aamee several
years ago. and before she first married,
when after some acquaintance he made q
proposition Of marriage, which was reject
ed, whereupon he stated to her that If she
did not marry him he would ruin her.
Subsequently she married q man by the
name Of j. &. Stout.
| Then, eXasperated at his disappointment,
he kelly circulated reports derogatory to
her character, which came to her husbands
ears, about which, however, he did nothing.
Not long after her first husband died.
Kelly renewed his proposition of marriage,
which was second time denied. In about
twenty months after the death of her first
husband she saw proper to marry Walter
II. Page, her present husband, with whom
4 oh tn Sn,, rni- 1.,hnr Oh n
resided for some time, Kelly in the mean
time again circulating reports calculated to
cast cloud on her character for virtue,
which finally caused, as she states, their
separation, upon which she resolved to
wreak veng geance on the man who caused
her unhappiness.
| True to this resolution, she came to town
on the day of the homicide, went to the
livery stable of Mr.. Cavanaugh and pro-
cured horse and buggy, and was driving
to the ranch of Mr.. Henry Miller, where
Kelly was employed, when she met him on
the road and invited him to get into the
yitation he accepted, when they drove to
San Juan, returning to MIR. Miller's place at
twilight. 1t appears they both got out of
| the buggy, hitched the horse to the fence,
| got inside of the field, and went distance
| Of about one hundred and fifty yards from
the road to Il hollow place covered with a
willow thicket, where the fatal act was
done.
| Kelly was shot three times with pistol
bull-once in the right eye, once in the fore
head, once in the region of the heart-any
one Of which would prove fatal. Mrs. Page
came to town and surrendered herself to
the ciyil authorities. She was brought be-.
fore Justice Taylor for examination. Judge
May. her counsel, asked and obtained till
the 18th to prepare for defence, and held
her in 81, 600 bond for appearance, which
she gave. She was subsequently arrested
| bv Deputy Sheriff Woodward, and brought
before Justice Dowdy, who held her in a
| bond of $500, and set the 18th for the day
| of examination.