The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-14
THE SAVANNAH TRAGEDY.
4 SAD STORY OF DOMESTIC DISCORD
ENDING IN DEATH.

A Young Man Crazed by Passion or In.
Justice Throws Away his Own Life
and Attempts to Drag his Father to
to the Grave.
or the terrible domestic tragedy In Savan'
nah last Friday morning, The Savannah papers
contain but few particulars beyond those gwen
In the special dispatch 10 The JEWS OF Saturday
morning from our Savannah correspondent. II
Is evident that, behind the rash and final act OF
young Dillon, by which his own soul was sent IN
shriven to its Maker. and his father's life was
desperately imperllltd, there remains a long, sad
story OF domestic discord, accompanied per
haps by tyranny en- the one 8 de and rebellion on
the other, from which the reporters have been
unwilling or unable to remove the curtain.
The particulars OF the tragedy itself are related
In the Savannah Advertiser with q little more
elaboration than was contained in our dispatch,
as follows:
Captain Dillon and his wife had an interview
during the morning. Aflerward the young man
went home, and in conversation with her ascer.
tslned that his father had made 4se OF ahusiye
language concerning him, calling him q PUPPY.
Putting q pistol in his pocket. he req arsed as he
left the house that he intended to XIII Captain
Dillon and then shoot himself.
Upon entering the private Office or Captain Dill.
lon he found him 10 conversation WILD MI. l,aac
Ehrllch and another gentleman. one 0f when
made some trinlLg remark to young Dill N VINO
replied and then sat Town. Captain Dillon asked
him II he had attended proparly 10 having some
hay hauled, asking MN ~ J, nc ne mao :, E saII sogn 'e info
the wagon. he replied that he had not. when
Capital. Dillon told him that he had not properly
attended u his work, aid ordered him to
90 home. The young man remarked: 'You
called Ire O puppy this morning." and drawing
hIs pistol, g our.barrelled Derrlnger. commenced
frtig. Captain Dillon closed In with the young
man, who continued fri q. and In the scufhe
faeS sG fet o 90 and antG 1 IeFre Rses yssSi the ee once ss again.
A third shot was q: ed, The ball passing through o
window pane into the banking potion or Inc
D b. d 10 2 ana and SSs abIts near a. = ae,1 ba ~ w wnac for = gnaus
" happened e. be otherwise occupied at that mo-
ment or he must have received the tontentso OF
the weapon. The fourth and last ball was nred.
and Ar. Felipe. VINO ran toward young DILLON:
saw him with tile pistol pointing toward his
breast when he fred the last shot.
He was then taken into the ONCE and placed
in Q chair, asking to be carried home. In a few
moments he expired.
Deceased was the third son Of Captain Dillon,
and was about eighteen years OF age. lie had
Just returned from Germany, where ne nad oeen
to complete his education, and was quite an 10.
telllgent young man., speaking, we are told, as
many es four different languages, as well as
being a nne musician. He had not been on friend
~ terms with his father for some time.
ThS BODY OF young DlnQu was pta:eu Lua Conu
and was conveyei to the cemetery, Where ne
was inferred.
1t was reported that two other sons, "
brothers OF the deceased, who are at present 8o.
sent from the city. had been telegraDhed for b.
the mother, and Informed Of this affair, and re.
quested 70 return at once. 1! Id stated they wll
De here Ia q day or two. Another report, which
we heard last evening, was that Mr.. Dillon wss
paralyzed from the effects II his wounds, and
was unable to speak. This report came through
what Is deemed reliable ,ourCeB, but We a. I'm.
able to youch for its authenticity. When we last
saw Mr. Llllon, yesterday noun, he appeared to
suffer no inconvenience from his %injuries, but 9
change may have taken pl8ee.t