The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-11-22

i,,st hocn closed in Tunkhann0ck, wy.
w" So county. Ia Towanda, BradtorC
n"r,iy. lived Henry Ward, son OF the late
- l.. ward, a distinguished cit,zen anc
ncmocratic politician OF that place, VINO
lied the owner Of q large estate, having pS
hi, talents made himself known all over
pennsylvania. Henry Ward is about
t,,,rtr years OF age. He has been we'll edu.
lied. having graduated at Princeton, and
aI;cr his graduation travelled abroad. He
j. renrcsen,ed rs being below the medium
bcioht. with a piercing black eye, BLACK
.htir. and dark moustache. Nothing in his
Inncarancc would indicate that he was
rapablc Of intentionally taking the life OF
fgicud. The young man whose deatn py
Shooting at the hands Of Henry Ward "as
TIC subject o. the trial was WcsiGy EuSeie
Snadcc. native OF Lima LiFI.ss. .;i,
.nt.nty, New York, whore his parents SIN I'll
,.IiI, lie had been doing business Tor
',.rr. tune in New York city, and nj the
,,.u,. Of his death was in Towanda on b'lSl-
,,'s, i,r The Union Mutual Life insurance
,.n,nriuv Of Augusta. Me-, OF which, as
Wi, ~ 4 Hartford Accident Assurance
C.mn}ny. he was general agent. Mr.
S,,,,lrr was at the time OF his dcaln
atout thiriy-three years OF age. In ap-
I,.9r1ncc he was above medium SlZ',
nripr five feet eleven inches high, ana
.loIIT, His personal appearance is SAID TO
|, w bcco attractive, his manners ScBtic
,I,,I winning, and his life hElme!ess. On
49,. .,,l ~ February last he visited ToWanda
nm h.-siucss. and having long known and
,;hrd Henry Ward, went to his house 10
eli sending rp his card by 4 colored boy.
ward received him very Hospitality, and
;h.v spent the day together. There was
i, one in the house but Ward, IN Idcr,
and the servants. During the course OF
HE visit some champagne was ol'chcu'
which not proving rs "0od as was eA-
pcctcd, Rhine vine a"d illSl Mnshu w.,
,,nrc drank. About O'Clock they sat-
G3uu 10 dinner together, intending alter
The ycnast was finished to take a ride IN the
,Iairlltorhvod. Nothing but pleasant ana
,..ruGiv conversation was noticed IN INC
liuu,lli-.roo,n until the report OF Il pistol
N.s heard, followed by a groah.
These frightened the servants, "ho
MI ie!t the house, either for fear OF
;,ciu. shot themselves or from I'M
WILLINGNESS TO be summoned ms witnesses
should pLy trial result from the difhculty:
N.ignoor>, however, soon assemDiea, aua
II was discovered that the guest, w. 4.
.,ftaGcr, had been shot. W nat passed. after
,n,- can best he gathered from the testl-
nanny OF witnesses on the trial OF Ward.
i TIE request Of the wounded man tele-
,st..n1s were sent 10 the insurance company
II " mich he was the agent, and to his rela-
ffysS ana friends, several of whom came to
.t,rud him; amongst them his father and
ufJtilcr, and The young lady TO whom he
~, engaged. He WAS shot with q ball
i.um = i've. barrellcd revolver, which en-
coed lis stomach, passing up and lodging
N thc back, from which it was taken by
ia. phl slc,an-. For awhile his symptoms
we favorable, but modification soon set
80, &ad on tic eighth day after the occur
renee, ol the I'd OF March, he died. On
The inquest the jury found that he had
cpMc 10 his death by the wiltul and mali
y.,I, act cf his host, Henry Ward.
Il !hc May term following Of the Court of
over and Terminer for the county OF Brad
los. an Indictment was upon this inquest
Io,.s.u against Henry Ward, who was neld
~ Iral Uy Judge Morrow in the sum al
81 900, Colonel j. Il. Means and h. G..
FOX, both of ToWunda, becoming his sure
lies, the Constitution OF the State of PeDn-
>.lyania providing that bail may be accepted
-, cases of capital crimes in the discretion
OF The Judge, unless the proof is evident or
til presumption great. BY an enactment
ot the Legislature OF the state it was pro-
yidcd that the trial should not he held in
the county of Bradford. hut elsewhere, and
appointing that il should be held ut Tunk-
h ,uuoek. This is an adjourned term If the
Court OF Oyer and TcrlninCr especially ap.
pointed to Try this cause.
Ii was held in the new and Well-arranyed
courthouse by his Honor William Ellwell,
- JUDGE who possesses the entirc confidence
and esteem vi every one in his district. He
WAS lately referee between the capitalists
;,ud miners in his State in their difficulties,
and iINeu for them 4 basis upon which they
went 10 Wurk Unanimously. He has one
ol TIE plelsantcsL faces TO look upon that
ever looked out upon cour!-roOm-a face
III winch the highest order of intelligence
j. happily and tremendously mingled with
""n>cicnliousncss and all the humane In
pulses.
lie is placed in a position on this tria
that there are not many who would bt
willing 10 ill. He who is charged with ;
,c4iiul crime, and whom be is To try, is
sol! OF one who in his lifetime was an init
ln.lc and higbly-prized personal and pohti
cl ir!cnd, Yet SO perfect IS the faith III hi
integrity That there is no one but ice.s anC
Knows that his whole duty viii be done i'm
partially and fearlcssly.
On The part OF the prosecution, or tht
people, appeared ". II. Carnochan, Esq
oi Troy, Pa, the district attorney of Brad
tord county; Edward Overton, Jr., and
\. {. Elsorcc, Esq, of Towanda; Robert
IL. Little, OF Tunkhannock, and Henry
Decker, Of Lima, Livingston county, n
:, ltc latter OF whom appears in behalf Of
The family OF the deceased Shader.
Ga the part Of Mr. Ward there appear
William A. Peck, Colonel Elhulan Smith, O.
foEaada; l.. Hakes, Esq, OF Wiikesbarre
Ni,iam NJ. Platt and I. O>terhout, Esq
"i funkEannock, and r. l.. Seabrook, al
Alofhcy rom Charleston, S. c., and q class
mate OF Mr. Ward.
he last uapt 1np,o =, N,
lac case II its commencement, and J.. nj
'Nseilout, Esq, of Towanda, took hi
i'ttc. TIE testimony revealed that ulmns
immediately after the shooting Ward wa
very anxious that Shadcr's deposition
sh"hlu bc taken, III order by it to prov
mat nc shooting was accidental. A ileipl
BORN" justice OF the peace took it, and u
'hou&l at first objected 10 because not give
- The wounded man with the idea that h
would dc, II was 1iually read in court, bl
h"t - ii d. ing declaration. We give all {
i uol rtcountcd heretofore. Alter sneol
inS OF what they had to drink, he saws
we smoked each OF us pipe: durin
'he smoking conversation arose as !
what gentleman should say outsid
81 what occurred in gcntleman's hnuSe
told him l had never said anythin
tiiigencrous about him he said had MAD
rtuiHrhs so-and-so; he then pitched I'M
'he; we had a scutile j didn't kno,
il he was in fun or not, was too strop
Tor han; he said it was of no use | too
II al IN good part; we then went un stail
10 the front room; we spoke about exec
rSe about a gymnasium; said was nc
ia favor OF II, II was too violent; l tol
ann had fine set OF boxing. gloves /
Ecw York, which would send him as
present; don'trecollect hat reply he made
nc han pair OF revolyers on the bureau
"ii'ch nc gave me to understand were load
60; eehourlShed them around considerably
holding them At times I'D to nv head
tod hin he had better be careful. rs he mich
t"iu!e himself or ne. After telling ina
llit came down :; airS mud IUard in..;taI