The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-11-09

And so that is the story of our stone
vault; and, strange as it is, it is quite
] true. You may see his grave close
D beside Lucy's any day. And Mrs
: Humphries-she's romantic woman
sir-says she thinks the violets an6
I roses grow there of their own accord
t under the white monument.
al --..,ls
DEPLoRABLE TRAGEDY.
; Col. Thomas w. Grosvener Fatally Sho
by q Gleen Patrol in Chicago.
! From tile Chicago zGmes.l
On last Friday evening. Col. Thorn
E as w. Grosvener, after enjoying 6
f hearty supper at the house of his
| friend, Judge A. ii. Banyon, started
/ fo. his home on Thirty-fifth street
: Cottage grove. He was accompanied
J to the street car by Judge Banyon.-
They had been celebrating the birth
day of one of Banyon's sons, but the
Judge says the only beverage drank al
: the table was claret, and that in mod
crate quantities.
When the car arrived at its termi-
nus, the Colonel and the other passen-
gers got out and proceeded Oh their
way home. Colonel Grosvener was
, the only person who went south oi
, Twenty-eighth street., The night was
gloomy, although the moon shown
with dull, red color the streets were
!, deserted, and no lamp light relieved
the darkness of the hour. For self,
protection the Colonel carried in his
hand small revolver. 40 tiios
He had passed the Chicago Univer.
sity gtounds, and was almost in front
of the Douglas hose house when the
sharp tones of boyish voice rang
Z out: "HaltI and give the countersign."
j The Colonel paid no attention to the
i demand. He knew ofno reason why
.Ehe should be stopped onrthe highway
i i'll city of which he was a quiet and
dpeaceful citizen. Besides he was not
4 in possession of any countersign, and
4 so he continued his way homeward9
] Again the boy spoke:i bga H4a1 .raig
"If you don't halt, I'll shoot" a.-
"Shoot and be id, was the instant
reply. r...-..., '.'''.' :,
Instantly there was the loud report
of an enfield rifle. The boyishz home-
| guards aim was as true as he or, his
superior could have wished for. The
bullet did its errand; and, with
groan, the Colonel fell on the side
walk, and rolled thence on the street,
the blood pouring from his side. ni5
| Then the foreman of the hose COM
/ pany. and a sergeant of the same COM
pany to which the sentinel belonged,
ran up to the PROSTATE man, lifted him
! in their arms. and carried him into the
hose house, where he was laid, on a
plank, and physician sent, for But
all the skill DR.. Beebe possessed
was of no avail, and he sorrowfully
gave orders for the removal of the
wounded man to his residence near
by. .----
While lying in the hose house, the
ColonePs sufferings are described as
terrible. He begged, in piteous tones,
to be relieved from the great pain
which was torturing him. While great
drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks, |
he clutched the doctor by the arm,
sinking his nails deep, into the flesh,
and begged him to relieve his suffer-
ing. His repeated request to those |!
who stood about him, was to take
him home, and let him see his wife !
and child. In the mean time the SEN
tinel stood by, and two of the SER
geants were also there, the only uh
moved spectators of the scene. The
boy simply said, 81 had my orders to
fire, and / obeyed." "A number, of
startled neighbors were there by this
time, and, with all the gentleness pos
sible, they carried the wounded man !
to his wife, who was awaiting his re-
turn. When she heard the tramp of
feet on the sidewalk, and heard them
stop in front of her house, and through
the blinds saw them bringing a sensee
less body, she received her first inti-
nation of the terrible affair. Still she
had strength to go to the door, bur
when she found her worst tears real
lied, she fell, insensibIe, across the1
threshold of the door, and the friends
were compelled to step over her form
to lay the almost lifeless body on. the
parlor floor. After caring for Mrs.
Grosvener, DIR. Beebe told her the sad
news, and then they carried Coll .Gros-
vener up stairs, and placed him on a.
bed, from which he never arose. He
lived, in great agony, until five O'Clock
Yesterday morning, when he breathed
his last. go
The news that Colonel Grosvenor
had been assassinatedo soon spread
through that end of the city, and the
most intense excitement was the re-
suit. The deceased was "a man of !
great personal popularity, and was es-
Il
There were some hints of lynching the I
that he had obeyed orders, I
the indignation generally turned to-
wards his superiors, inclHding Gen.
Sheridan and Prest Burroughs. o;.
Col. Grosvenor. was prosecuting at
torney for the public courts of Chica-
go. He was lawyer of recognized !
ability, and universally esteemed by
those who knew him. DR.. Miller I
made post mortem examination of /
5he body. The ball had entered the i
eft arm near the elbow, had passed =
through and into the LETT side, passing :
through the tenth rib, the stomach, and =
lad lodged in the liver near the abdo- !,
men. The remnants, of the rifle ball n
we're removed by the doctor, and will q
De shown in evidence before the coro- h
ier's jury. i15aTs 1e,,f ~ i tfa 1roa;s = Il
The name of the boy sentinel is =
Theodore N. Treat. He is from James !,
lille, Wisconsin, where his widowed ;,
mother resides. He is only nineteen n
'ears of age, and is member of the ,,
ophomore class. Immediately after :,
us arrest by Police Officer Fitzgerald, n
le was locked up in the Cottage Grove d
venue police station. He did not :,
Iisplay any feelings of sorrow over n
he, affair, but claims to have simply +,
.one his duty. He spoke of General a.
sheridan as his commander, and said !,
t was hls duty, as a soldier, to obey n
ny order he might give him. + ''' "
AN EARLY CALL.-A Southern gen n
Ieman desirous of starting on jour if
ey early on the following day order Of