The Republican journal., 1871-06-15
Love and Murder.
From the Cleveland, (Ohio) Leader, Ma,

a young man named Hunter, Will,
living at his home in Michigan. becam,
acquainted with and enamorcd of Chic,
Gargett Of Richlield, Summit county
Ohio. She was about TWENTY-FIVE wear.
OF age, he twenty-eight. She retume,
to this State something overa year AGO
and last fall he paid her q visit, being
we'll received by the family. His visi
IN the family was prolonged, the at
tachment between him and Miss Garget
strengthened and intensified When he
returned home to Michigan he kept up 6
correspondence with her and cndeayored
to obtain The consent of her parents tc
his marriage with the daughter. The
winter passed and in the spring he was
informed that the marriage was impossi-
bic, peremptorily ordered to desist from
all furthcr correspondence, and to give
up whatever prctcnsions he had to Miss
Gargett's hand. He sworo that he would
have her OF slay htr, and used every
means in his power to execute his threat.
Last week he concluded that all en-
'lcavors 70 obtain her in marriage would
be useless and lie set about to take her
life. He came to this city and stopped at
| the City Hotel, where he took the stage
| for Hichliell Saturday. Arriving at his
destination in the afternoon, he repaired
Immediately to the house of Mr.. Robert
Gargett and asked where the daughter
was, 1T makes no difference where She
is,N answered the father; ''vou cannot see
her" g will see her, " said he. ''or I'll
kill all of YOU The father hereupon or
dcred him to leave his premises, and
Hunter drew Il revolver and fired, hit
| ting the old man on the head. The old
man fell, rendered insensible by the
| wound, and the mother, who was stand
ING near by, erred out to her daughter;
"lc has killed your father; fly fly !"
The daughter ran up stairs, and the muir
dercr aimed at the mother, shooting her
in the head. and causing instant death.
As the report of the pistol mingled with
the moan Of the dying mother, the licnd
shrieked that he would kill all of them,
and rushed forward down the staircase
where the daughter had disappeared.
The lady's brother Rodney here grappled
him, and Il violent struggle cnsued. lie
leapcd from the clutches of the brother,
and raising his revolver, fired at him a
shot that put him beyond the power of in
terlerring. Rodney rushedin the street,
with shricks and screams, the life-blood
trickling from his wound. In an instant
he was i good distance from the scene
Of the tragedy. A large crowd gathered
about him. totally unable to comprehend
the meaning of his cries, and soon
moved toward his house. where the
bloody truths became but too apparent.
In the meantime the daughter, hearing
the second report Of the pistol. and seeing
her maniac brother staggcr through the
streets, leapcd from 4 sccond-story Win
dow into the street, and sought refuge in
Il neighboring house. An old lady, in
whose house she entered. sccretcd her in
4 cellar and then returned to her front
door Just in time to meet the bloody muir
derer on the threshold. lie demanded
admission and was refused The brave
woman stood before her door, barring the
passage way and Stoutly refused him ad-
mittancc. lie had again declared hls pur-
pose to Kill the young woman, miugIino
his threats with oaths, and saying that she
should either we'd him or die. The crowd
gathered around, and he -ail he would
shoot himself, and raised the revolver to
his head to let it fall harmless to his side.
lie aimed the weapon ut 4 young man in
the crowd uttcrlng q threat, but did not
fire. He reeled about tor n moment or
TIVE, p2lnINtneg z. his r,e,yo!y2r AZ every one
from the house.
1t became evident now chat Hunters
plan was to assume insanity. With the
ScVcn-sho0ter in his hand. forr barrels
loaded, he mingled with thccNcitcd thronm.
calling himself u murderer, and extend
inc his bood-staincl hand to all he met
''Shakc hands with me, said he, ''seu
how it seems to shake the hand Of a muir
dercr. | was determined to kill or marry
her. If You don't shake hands with me
III shoot you IIurrah for y murderer" +"
With these and other cries he staggered
about the streets, compelling every one to
shake hands with him, and finally wander
ed back to the house where lay the dead
mother and the wounded father. Several
attempts We're made to arrest him. but to
all who approached he presented the dead
ly barrel and they shrank back.
Here in front of Alr. Glrgctt's house Il
man from the crowd slipped behind the
murderer and threw him to the ground
An instant later he was bound. the re-
volver wrcnched from his hand. and all
the power of doing harm taken from him.
In this position the murderer asserted that
he had drank u great deal, and was then
under the influence of liquor. He said he
had taken poison from remOrsc and want
cd to kill himself. Neither assertion was
| listened to, for it was clear that he was
not under the iniiucnce of liquor. and if
he had desired scli-destructon it could
easily have been obtained by the loaded
revolver.
The excitement among the crowd was in
tense, and Il strong disposition was mani
tested to hang the murderer ut once without
trial The friends of law and order how
ever, prevailed, and Hunter was taken to
Akron, TO be confined in Jail. Onthe way he
conversed freely, stating that he did wrong
intended TO kill the daughter He intl-
mated that he was unconscious of what he
was doing when the father refused him
admission, and seemed to be preparing
the way for ''cmotional insanity
The family of Mr. Gargett had resided
for many years in West Richlield, where
the crime was perpctrated. They had
amassed quite u fortune and lived content,
enjoying the estcclA OF all their neighbor~
who now mourn the loss death has made
among them. Hunter was of Michigan,
and says he is Of highly respectable
family.
WHERE THE Sun NEVER SETS. Tho
following graphic paragraph is from the
description of u scene witnessed by Mr.
Campbell and his party in the north Of
Norway, from Il cliff one thousand fee