Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-14
LAURA FARRAR.
The Last Chicago SCaEdRl and Tragedy
What Wreiohsd Place that Must
Bs2-A Sad Story Of De-
nestle InfslIolty.
All Ablut ibs SCanIaud HemlOIde--Ststs'
msnis Of Interested Partles-LeOsaFd
Held TO AnsWeF-tll for a Phot0.
gFaBh-LsuFa FarraF's Hus-
baad Nobly Defends Her,


Leonard, sister of the prisoner, throws
| considerable light upon the former
difficulties in the family. She was
sitting at the supper. table when DR.,
Scanland came home. He walked in
without recognizing anybody. Soon
/ after he asked LeOnard's wife for
! collar, and Miss Leonard volunteered
to get one for him. She had got half
way up stairs when she turned around
and observed Leonard and Scanland
on the sidewalk. Thinking the doc
tor was about to
KILL HER BROTHER,
she ran out and caught hold of him.
He jerked himself away; the shot was
| fired. She did not hear any words
! between the doctor and her brother;
/ the latter never quarreled. The doc
! tor had said a good many hard things
/ of her brother, and was generally
avoided by him. Miss Leonard said
/ that the real cause of the trouble on
Friday was the taking away, by her
/ brother, of a picture belonging to the
/ doctor. 1t occurred on Thursday, and
/ the doctor was angry about it. Scan
/ land asked her where the picture was,
/ and she told him she felt ike burning
/ it up, as it was
! A CONTINUAL SOURCE OF TROUBLE.
! The picture belonged to her brother;
| he bought it with the other household
/ effects. The Doctor tried to choke her
when she refused to tell where the
picture was. Her brother would not
allow the Doctor to remain in the
house after he had assaulted her. Her
u Il. Il
yer after the Doctor chOked her.
The trouble in the family was caused
| by the Doctors attention to woman
named
MRS. FARRAR.
It caused a good deal Of discOrd be-
| tween him and his vile, and troubled
! Leonard a great deal. The Farrar
affair was quite serious, and the Doc
| tor thought that Leonard had no bust
ness to interfere in the matter. 1t
was on the day previous to the shoot
! ing that the last trouble about Mrs.
Farrar took place. Her brother took
/ the Doctors signs down. but she did
| not know whether anything was said
/ about it or not. The Doctor laid viO-
/ lent hands upon his wife last fall; the
4 quarrel was occasiOned by reference
| TO Mrs. Farrar.
Leonard was present at the inquest,
| and before leaving the Union-street
/ Station read the morning papers.
Until then he was not aware that the
! shot had proved fatal. At the cOnclu-
sion OF the inquest he was removed to
| jail, on the order of the Coroner.
The following is the substance of
THE VERDICT
Which the jury brought in after long
] deliberatiOn:
That S. E. Scanland scame to his
death on the 9TH day of April, 1871,
/ from a pistol shot fired from a revOlv-
er in the hand of p. A. Leonard; and
/ that from the evidence, they were of
/ correct opinion that said p. A. Leon
ard had not sufficient cause or provo
cation for shooting the said S. E.
Scanland. 1t was recommended that
! Leonard be held until the grand jury
can take action on the case.
On the
NIGHT OF THE HOMICIDE,
Mrs. Scanland could not be found.
1t has since been ascertained that
she spent the night at the house of DR..
Walters, in Oakland. His Office was
next to that occupied by DR.. Scanland,
| and at the conclusion of the interview
on Friday between the latter and his
| wife, DR.. Walters invited them to aC-
! company him home, and stay there
until they had decided upon what
| course to pursue. They accepted the
invitation, and went to Oakland early
/ in the afternoon. Much to the Uneas-
iness OF his wife, DR.. Scsnland went
| into the city about $50. Finding that
I she could not dissUade him from his
intention, she made him promise
| NOT TO GO NEAR HER BROTHERS
HOUSE.
| He said he would not, and promised
/ to be home at 9 O'Clock.
The Doctor did not return, however.
/ A night Of sleepless anxiety was
passed by all in DR.. Walters resi-
dence. At an early hour next morn
/ ing, DR.. Walters started into town.
! At Cottage Grove he bought a paper,
| and learned of the fearful occurrence.
| He hurried home, and communicated
! the sorrowful news to the bereaved
wife. She received the solemn It'd
| ings like one in a sWOOn. On recovery
she acted as insane, talking in an in
coherent way. Her expressions of
! grief were very painful. When she
became sufficiently calm, DR.. Walters
| took her to where the body Law, and
husband and wife met-tOo late for
repentance, forgiveness and unavail-
ing love.
THE WIDOWS WORDS.
Mrs. Scanland, who since the killing
of her husband, has been confined to
her couch and under medical atten-
dance, speaks Unreservedly, but with
deep feeling and dignity, of the fatal
event and the causes which led to il.
She denies that insanity is hereditary
in the family, and lays the blood of
her husband at the door of Mrs. Laura
Wilson Farrar. Mrs. Farrar once,
she says, prOfessed for her an ardent
friendship. Some slight ailment
made Mrs. Farrar call in the Doctor,
who then became her regular atten-
dant. Not long after he was first
summoned to attend her, DIR. Scanland
told his wife that Mrs. Farrar had
spoken to him as he should not wish
his wife to speak to another man. In
the course Of conversation she had
bashUlly remarked that the man who
would marry Agnes Leonard must be
a very fascinating man. The Doctor
very naturally asked il her anticipa-
tiOns had been realized, and receiving
no answer put the question directly: |
LAURA, DO YOU LOVE NIE?''
With averted face she stammered |
that she did not give her love un-
sought. When once acquainted with |
this tender passage, Mrs. Scanland |
could not believe in Mrs. Farrar's pro- |
testatiOns Of affection. She believed !
that Mrs. Farrar only used her hus. |
band as dupe, and she trusted with |
all the faith Of WilehOOd that he would |
yet escape the Wiles Of the siren. But, |
as day after day he yielded to tempta- |
ton, she became seriously alarmed |
and indignant, and her indignation |
was increased by Mrs. Farrar's pre- |
tended friendship and repeated denials |
that she had seen the doctor. Mrs. |
Scanland pleaded with her husband
by all he held dear and sacred to drop
the acquaintance Of Mrs. Farrar, whom |
she represented as a vain,
HEARTLEss, DESIGNING WOMAN,
who had already driven one man mad, /
and had gloried in her crime, and to
live so as to achieve the position in
society to which by talent and eduea-
ton he was entitled. Her fervent ap-
peals had a mOnentary effect, and he
frequently made good resolutions,
which, unfortunately, he broke IS fre-
ouently. That he meant to break the
smell which bound him, his widow
believes, but Mrs. Farrar's influence