Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-09-05
A sEDUcER SHOT III HIS CELL
Miss EewrlI's Brother Shoots
Clark, Her Scducer, and
MortalIy Wounds Him.
Dying Declaration Of the Prisoner
Surrender Or FeweIn to the Au
tlaOrilies.

8 o'clock, by her brother, Rody Fewell.
Mr.. Fewcll came up on the night train
from L~ynchburg and got off at Bristow
station and walked over to Brentsyillc,
and on going to the Jail found the front
door open. A black boy. the only person
present, told him in which cell Clark was,
and on going there found Clark lying on
his bed. Seven shots were fired through
the grating of the cell door, one of them
taking effect in Clark's breast just below
the heart. Mr.. Fewell returned to
Manassas, and has surrendered himself
into the hands of the authorities. 1t is
thought Clark is dead by this time III
o'clock A. NJ
The brother of the wronged girl has
the undoubted sympathies of the public
with him, wondering why lie did not kill
her seducer before.
Second Dispatch.
BRENTsvILLE, via MANASSAS JUNO
TON, Va. August 3I.-At about 8
o'clock this morning some men sitting on
the porch of Mr.. Kincheloe's store, which
commands a view of the court house and
Jail, discovered a man creeping on his
hands and knees towards the front door OF
the Jail, which at that time happened to
be open. On getting to the door ne was
observed to enter, but taking him to be
the brother of the jailor the spectators
give him no further thought until in a
very few minutes firing was heard in the
Jail %whereupon several citizens ran from
different parts of the village to the Jail,
and Major W. w. Thornton, who was the
first to arrive there. seized the intruder,
who proved to be Miss Fewell's brother,
by the right arm. Jewell had a pistol
in each hand-sne supposed to be a navy
pistol, the other a smaller one. Major
Thornton attempted to drag him away and
and begged him to stop, but Fewell told
him to go away, that be did not want tc
hurt him (Thornton). The major. however,
did not succeed in taking him away, as
Fewell had bis left arm bent inside of the
iron>grated door, and with the pistol
pointed toward Clark discharged another
shot. lie then walked to the door, ran
out and jumped over the fence of the
court green and down into the woods
about a hundred yards behind the Jail.
Medical aid was at once secured and a
warrant Immediately issued for the arrest
of Jewell, who in the mean time walked
back into the village and drove off to
Manassas in a carriage which happened to
be here from that place.
Clark was at first placed in the debtors
cell. which is in the upper story of the Jail,
but owing to some remarks made by him
that he could easily get out. he was yester-
day morning taken out and placed in a
cell or the ground floor and close to the
front door. 1t appears that Jewell had
been up the Orange road putting up
lightning>rods, and came down this MORN
ing. He got off at Bristow, and walked
to Brentsville unperceived by any one
until it was too late to prevent this sup
posed fatal affair.
Clark thought that he had received but
one wound, which, on examination, was
discovered to have passed about an inch
below the left side of the heart and pene-
trated the backbone. Upon subsequent
examination, however. the physicians.
Doctors Barbour and Leary. found that
another ball had entered the back, but so
far have been unable to discover its loca-
ton. The doctors think that he will die
in the course of twelve hours, as internal
hemorrhage has taken place.
The following is the dying declaration
of the wounded man,:
Il was lying on the bed aboat half
asleep. / was aroused by hearing the
room door open. On looking l saw a pis-
toll, pointing through the inside door, in
Rody Fewelrs hand. 1 jumped up and
ran to the corner on the right-hand side
of the door. Ash was going to the corner
he fred on me and missed me. / ran to
the corner on the other side Of the door,
and he shot at me again. 1 saw him poke
the pistol again through the door, and l
grabbed it. 1t was about the size of a
navy pistol. l tried to wrcst it from him,
and with that shot me in the breast. Just
before he fred tho last shot Major Thorn
ton came and endeavored to stop him
from firing. Jewell fired four times, but
missed twice, the balls entering the wood
work in the side of the CELL"
The doctors are of the opinion that
both balls came from the larger pistol,
and not from the smaller one, as Clark
supposes. Clark is perfectly rational,
but is evidently sinking. Up to this
hour Fewell has not been arrested.
Third Dispatch.
MANASSAS, VA, August 3I.-S p. M.
-Clark's condition is very critical, two
shots having taken effect in his body.
Rody Jewell left here at 5 o'clock in
company with some friends to 60 before
Judge Nichol, who will be asked to admit
Tim to bail, any amount being offered.
Miss Fewell has not been informed of the
She has been in n very nervous
md excitable condition ever since she
rrived at homo, constantly requiring the
of a physician.
The --latest.
FROM ANOTHER REPoRTER
MANASSAS. VA, August 3f.-9P p. NJ,
.Advices Just received from Brentsyille
tate that Clark's condition is easier. DIR.
his attending physician, pro-
ounces his wound not mortal, and Gays
nth proper care be will stand a good
hance of recovery. One ball has been
xtracted ; the other is still in him.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-Judge Louis
lent attacked Mr.. Reed, one of the edi-
,rs of the Capital to-day with a cane on
,count Of an article in yesterdays Cari- 4
u, charging Mr.. Dent and his brother, [
eneral Bent, with being concerned in
aconsular appointment for a {
consideration. I
The georetarr Of the Treasury has di>