Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-27
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A nesperado Killed by His YOUTH
ful Brother-fn-Law.

full BrOfher-fn-LnW.
Accounts have reached the city, and
already been published, Of shocking
development of wickedness which cui-
minated in fearful tragedy near La
fayette Depot, thirty miles out on the
Charleston railroad, last Friday night
The Appeals report is as follows;
On Saturday morning last, about eight
o'clock. two negro men employed to pick
cotton on Mr.. McLean's place, on going
ont to work, heard, in the corner OF the
field fence, dismal grooming as If pro-
ceeding from some one grieVonsiy IN
iured. On proceeding to the point
whence the sound came they found one
NJ. S. Dover, a near neighbor,, iying
curled up in the angle covered with
blood. On approaching him he begged
them to get him gone water, and take
him where he could have meglcql atien-
ton. After short consultation they
determined to take him TO Mr. Mclean 5
residence, which they did. He was not
at home. but his BROTHER was, and he i'm
mediately summoned Dis. Yanpey ibFoth-
er-in-law of Captain Anderson, OF this
eityl TO attend the wounded man.
When DR.. Yancey came, Dover stated
that he had been shot by the brother OF
his (DoveF's) wife, Mr.. Andrew kineade,
Young man only sixteen years old and
living with him Dover. He gave no
reason why be had been shot, bat on
sending over TO the house, an officer OF
the law received
KIScADEs STATEMENT,
which is to the following effect: Mr.
Dover came home the previous night
FRIDAY under tbs influence of liquor,
and commenced to beat biz wife lwho
had been Miss Kincadel He iAndFsW
Kineade) had interfered to prevent IT,
and while doing 40 the wife ran of. As
she ran. Dover pulled pistol and fired
at her. He (Kincadel, on saeing his
sister thus treated, pulled his pistol aud
fred az Dover, shooting him through the
bowels. Dover ran OF. and he Kin
cadet shot two or three shots Of him as
he did so. none Of which, it appears,
we're eA'eetual, except the first, which is
said to be fatal
LATER.
Since writing the above, we learn that
on searching Dover's pockets letter
was found showing that there was plot
on foot, with which be is supposed to
have been connected, to murder his wife
and her brothers for the sake Of their
property, all Of which would have fallen
to Dover in case of the extinction Of the
XiRcade family This is hard TO believe,
but il 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 eve
ming 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 men
ton. Dover, it is supposed, getting
l drunk, went off at half-cOck, aud, fail
ing TO Kill the wife who, by the way. he
/ had married only four months ago, him
self paid the penalty with his life. The
story is a terrible one, and causes a
shudder Of horror to creep over US as We
recite IT,
Mrs. Dover formerly Kincade) is said
to be an elegant, heightened 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 do
ver) wished TO make way with, along
with her. Ii seems almost impossible
for this tale to be true, and we hope, for
the honor Of humanity, that it is not
but the evidence brought to us is very
etronO