Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-06-22

feature of their sad interview public I'M
| till after they have first discharged their
their trust towards Mrs. Va~Illandighan.
TIE people of Dayton will Join in the
obsequies, without respect TO party. The
old local bitterness toward the victim of
this accident seems to have been obliter-
ated. 1t is asserted here by persons who
conversed with Mr.. V~allandigham dur
ing the last few weeks, that he freely ex
pressed his d termination to push his
new departure movement aggressively.
If he failed to render it popular with the
Democracy, thea he intendedSto make it
the platform for o new and intermediate
party, which should embrace the liberals
| of both sides. Even here the Republi-
cans incline to belive the departure was
less strategic than sincere and honest.
FRoM the Sunday Commercial.
Mr.. Vallandigham occudied Room No
Is, ON the second floor of the Lebanon
House, the room Immediately over the
h~all-door, and fronting ON Broad way, the
widest and handsomest street in the
place.
He had returned but q short time
from a walk with Hon. A. G.. McBur.
ney, of Lebanon, and Thomas Mill kin,
Esq, of Hamilton, associate counsel in
the defense of Thos. Mcclellan. from Tur
tie Creek, in the outskirts, wither the
gentlemen repaiIed at the i%nstigation of
Mr.. Vallandigham to witness an exper-
iment performed by him of shooting with
q revolver at a piece of cloth in order to
show how close the muzzle of the wea-
pom could be held to the material with
oat powder burning it
Mr.. Vallandigham had a new Smith
& Weston's improved revolver, with FIVE
chambers of the No 80 caiiber, and
tri ed his experiment with what success
l can o dertermiue, but as the party
returned, Mr.. MilIikin remarked to Mr..
V~allandigham that there were three
loads remaining and he had better dis
charge them. No. replied Mr.. Valland-
igham, "never mind" Mr.. Miilikin urg-
ed Mr.. Vallanoigham resisted, and
soon after reached the hotel and enter
ed his room, where he placed the l, AIDED
revolver on he table with an unloaded
weapon, which he intended to use In his
argument on Monday before the jury in
illustrating his ,herory that Thos. S.
Myers shot himself. Mr.. Symmes, Of
Hamilton, entered the room, and Mr..
V~allandigham remarked that he felt bad
ly he had lust q telegram announcing
the dangerous ILLNESS of his wife's bro.
Their. Hon. J. l.. V. McMahon. of Cum
berlsnd; Maryland, and Mrs. Vallandig-
ham had gone to attend that dying bed
side. A few sympathetic words and a
socialglass. and the friends sat down
soon TO be Joined by Mr. McBurney.
The fatal accident
No one unat quainied with Mr.. Val
landigham can fully appreciate his won
derful energy Of charaother. 1t has car
ried him through almost unparalleled
difficulties, and given Kim a name and
I place in history which every civilized
tongue repeated for overall eventfu
years, and neeer, probaly, did At shine
out with such promise as in this --latest
effort of his legal carenr.
4. Upon the defense OF Tom Mcclellan
he concentrated every faculty OF mind
throwing bis entire being into it with al
enthusiasm and force which those assoc
lated with him in the case-and they
have best right to know say eclipsed
every former effort, and promise of sue.
cess IN @ case already tried. judged and
condemned at the ~inexorable bar oil
public opinion. Day and might he de.
voted himself to it with unremitting pain
Everything calculated to contribute in
the least to strengthen the defense Mr
VallaAdigham eagerly perform, and il
was in direct pursuance of this that he
lost his life. -.
l will demonstrate to you in a mo-
ment, said he to Mr.. McBurney and Mr.
Symmes, "the absur6ity of Follett's ar
gument that Tom Myers did not shoot
the pistols lying , n-the table, and put
and continued Now here is the way
Tom Myers had his pistol in his pocket
Nj Symmes here interrupted him,
aud excuslng himself, left the room to
see Judge Pope on business, who al
thst moment passed Room Is on his way
to his own room on the floor above, and
retired. -5 r s.a &c
MI. Vallandigham had then only one
auditor aud spetator-Mr. McBurney.
"Yor see, McBurney, how I hold this
pistol?'
yes"
very w9ll, now; Myers drew his out
this way. And as the muzzle ca me up to
hereabout he pulled the trigger
Mr.. V~allandigham held the muzzel OF
his pistol against the right side of his a.
bdomen, at a point almost exactly cor
responding with that where Myers r~eceiv-
ed the bullet, and to the infinite aston
ishment of Mr.. Nc Burney and himself
an ex explosion took place, aud the rash
experimenter exclaimed;
'OhI murde: 1 am shot,"
| The terrible situation was realized in
a by both. Mr.. Vallandigham
tore pen his garments, and NJ. McBur-
ney summoned assistance.
WHAT u foolish thing to do" remark
ed the wounded man as poin i G o a lit
tie red spot on his spotless skin 1 took
hold of the wrong pistol, and that's the
RESULT
[About two hours after he was woun-
ded, Mr.. V~allsndigham began to vomit,
and suffer great pain. In full posses
sion of his faculties he fingered until
fifteen minutes to 10 o'clock Saturd ~
morning. His SON arrived with his fam
lily physician from Dayton a l O'Clock,
and upon meeting his father a most al
feeling scene took place. Mrs. Valland-
ham was at Cumberland, Maryland, ut
tending the funeral of her brother, the
Hon.-L,IF. McHahon. A dispatch from
Il at place says that upon hearing of
her husband, ''she became completely
distr acted.1 I