New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-23
SHOOTING OF A soN-IN-LAw FOR THE DiSHON0R
OF A DAUGHTER-COoLNESS AND DELIBFRA-


OF A DAUGHTER-COoLNEss AND DELIBFRA-
TON.
The Richmond Dispatch has the following ac
count of the recent remarkable murder in Chester, Va
The pretty village Of Chester in Chesterfield County,
the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad just half way
between the cues OF Richmond and PETERSBURG, VIII
his youthful daughters honor killed his sonin-aw and
VIM II Uavwgrd Wen Ip"wn czen Of Richmond
but OF late resident of Chester, and the sonnaw Ben
ater place The details of the tragic aiilr are as lot
lows: ", Tuesday morning Lindsay came TO Richmond
for the purpose "a seeing the Governor III 1he inter
County and sentenced to the Penitentiary. He
he joined company with Capt. W. Clopton o, the aw
firm Of Jackson q ClOpton of this city with who'll "
Chester Arriving at chester the two got of the cars
together and went into Haywards bar, which adlolns
the hotel and only about two dozen steps from
the railroad track Hayward behind the counter
aud liked drinks for all three. Capt Clopon noticed
upon his face, but only few words were passed. and
nothing tr1nspired calculated TO c--oate sus-
piciOn Of the terrible tragedy which was so soon
70 be enacted, Capt; Clc.eo6 left Hayward and
Lindsay in the b@vn foom. From what after
ward came on evidence it appears that Capt Bay
ware sa 90 Lindsay "There is young man up stars
w desires 10 YOU" Lindsay inquired mo II was,
Of several PERSONS Whom he Thought likely to call
him but TO all his inquiries Hayward responded Never
Two went into the hotel and mp to the second floor and
| can't IL opened Miss Ella HayWards door. Miss Ella
WAS Sitting 9fa ana chair bede her Hayward led Lindsay
up the bedside, and turning down the sheet snOWe
him newborn male child, at the same time IenaikIng
"Iet me introduce you to your s0l-the Vctm Vi your
LINDSAY seemed overwhelmed with guilt and despair.
He sat himself down on the bed looked at the child and
the mother, hut said not word Hayward sterhy uc,
manded Are you the father of this childP' Lindsay
STIed 10 f b das no. and asked my daughter ask
You in the presence of this man. he the father of the
| chldl" She replied, He is." Hayward then mena-
cingiy faced Lindsay and inquired If he had anything
in justification of his crime to say" Inday Itlo1eu'
ward told him, i will give you time" Lindsay stlL,
kept his chair and Hayward was standing near the mead
of The bed Dr. Ingram also retained his seat Hayward
repeated, Have you anything to say ana upon Linu
say saying that he had not and that he supposed the
child was his, drew from his right panaloOns pocket
four harrelcd smith Wessons pistol and deliberately
fired Lindsay, who still retained his position upon le
| bedside. The first shot missed him, though lhe IWO
| could not have been four feet apart. At the
second shot Lindsay jumped UP, and it also missed HIM
Before the third shot fired he had approached Hay
ward and made futile endeavor to get possession OF
the pistol but before he could do 30 1t was tTed again
and the bah entered his right thigh. Hayward now APP
preached Lindsay and the latter stretched out ms haus
toward the former TO grasp she piSI4, a fh hu
shot was fred and entered the abdomen near the aNa
be- troubled no more as had got his death wound All
| OF this occurred in few moments. Dr. ingram was
pOwercss TO inerpose Miss lla uttered inc mos ran
Tic screams and vany struggled to raise herseH III Deu
! and the scene was one Of indescribable horror -
Lindsay was taken up by Dr. Ingram and Young Mr..
HAYWARD and carried into room opposite where ne was
| laid upOd bed and his wounds carefully Dressed nc
expressed great penitence for his crime sad ne kne%
| what he had done. He conversed freely with sew
would not allow any one 10 persuade him that it pos
sibe for him survive. He made his Will niue DtIofe
davreak and on Wednesday morning about d o'clock
| hTSotbed his last He died comparatively easy
calm and serene TO the last but ne made no aPPe IDg
mercy to Heaven saylhg that nc Thought " oo""iu'
Mr.. HAYWARD was aftcrward arraigned and discharged
by the Court from custody on the preliminary eAamlna
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