The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-11-18
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air, rousing citizens from their
peaceful slumbers, who can describe
the terrors it incites? No one, ver>
lily I We may say 1t blanches the
cheek of the most imnoble face,
that it makes ones HAIR literally
stand on ends, that it cbills the mar
row in ones bones, but yet its hor-
rors are but weakly portrayed.
Aurderi MURDER! MURDER III
Imagine you hear it ring out on
the dark, midnight air, reverbera>
ting and resounding from every
wall, its horrii notes penetrating
every nook and corner, and then
give way to your imagination as
completely As possible, and you may
arrive at something neal an estl-
mate of lts terrors.
And, yet, horrible as the cry is,
how often does the reality of MUIR
der, itself, fail TO excite men beyond
that degree occasIoned by many
comparatively Insignificant events.
Here / n McConnelsville, in open
daylight, and on Centre Street, on
last Tuesday afternoon, at 5 O'Clock,
the truth of this was evidenced.
A young man, evidently sged a.
bout twenty>three years, named
William F. Tracy, whose home is in
Troy, New York, and who had beon
working for P. Sweeney & Co., CI-
gar Manufacturers, for about three
weeks previous, was shot down, at
the time above stated, Immediately
IN front of D. 81. Mortley & Co.'S.
Grocery Store, by Stephen Miller,
keeper of the most notoriously in
famous saloon that ever disgraced
McConnelsville.
The circumstances were az fol~
lows Tracy went into Miller's sa-
loon and called for a pint of whis-
ky, and Miller told him that he
hadn't any. Tracy told Miller he
was a ! liar, whereupon Miller ORDER
ed Tracy out of the house. Tracy
said he wouldn't go until he got
ready, and Miller attempted to put
him out, and Tracy struck him,
bleeding his face somewhat. Miller
started then for a revolver that he
has been In the habit of keeping
convenient, and MIXERS wife, who
was present, told Tracy TO leave or
"Stephen would shoot him." Ira
cy started for the door, Miller after
him revolver in hand, and gained
the street, getting about twenty
feet from the saloon door, when Mil
Ter gained the street and fired at
HIM, missing him, evidently shoot
ing over him purposely. Hereup-
oE there ensued some words, Tracy
calling Miller a liar, and Miller
threatening two or three times to
shoot Tracy, drawing his revolver
on him. After these wordy demon
STATIONS, Miller stepped into his sa-
loon door, and his wife remarked to
him, "Wby, Stephen, your face is
bloody t. This seemed to rouse, a.
gain, the demon In Miller, for he
immediately responded, "Fll serve
him for that !" using some profane
language, and started on the run
back into his saloon, hosting a win
dow opening into the adjoining lot
on which is Woodward & Roberts
Meat Shop, in which (the shop Ira
ey had taken refuge, jumped Into
the lot, run up TO the back window
of the Meat Shop, revolver in hand,
and only went away when told by
Roberts that Tracy was not in
there, Roberts having, IN the mean
time, inside Tracy leave, telling hum
to 60 of up street or Miller would
shoot hlm. Tracy started up street,
and Miller about the Same time left
the back window of the Meat
Shop and started on a run for the
rear of Mortley's Grocery, where he
gained an entrance, run through the
store, and met Tracy on the street,
going up street, right at Mortley's
front door, and jumped out at HIM,
excIaimng, "I've got you now. you
s-n of q bill" Tracy grabbed
him and pushed him back against
the door, and then in the scufle
jerked him out near the edge.o of the
pavement. At this juncture, some-
body yelled out, stake the revolver
away from Miller" and two men
started forward to do so, one of
them Samuel Coch-an) getting
hold of him, but not in time to save
the shot which Miller instantan-
eously fred. On the shot being
fred, Tracy let go of Miller, stag
gered back a step or two, clapped
his hands to his left breast, and
exclaimed, "Tm shot I" and turned
round, walked as straight as a man
could walk around the corner, meet
ing Roger Welsh, saying to him,
Shorty" Ga nickname for Welsh,
"I'm shot !" and then walked about
twenty PAGES, and fell, dying with
in three minutes after the shot was
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