The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-06-26
THE WALwORTH TRAG.
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A Father sI,o, u,e.a.d, by his Son.

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A Father She. Dead by his Son.
Among the multiplicity oftragedies
that make up the formidable criminal
record of the day, none of recent date
has been more startling than one
which occurred in the city of New
York, Tuesday morning-the deliber-
ate shooting Of father by son, on
the alleged grounds of. aVengihg the
wrongs of a mother, all The parties
being persons Of high social position. I
Monday afternoon youth named
Walworth, aged about 10, arrived in
the city from Saratoga Springs, and /
soon, after called at the boarding
house Of his father, Mansfield 7.
Walworth, but not finding him in,
left note asking him to call at his /
hotel (the Sturtevant House) as he
wished to see him for the purpose of
settling some family matters. The
father called early Tuesday morning,
was shown to the room ofhis son, and
soon after, firing being heard in the
room, it was entered and the dead
body of the senior Walworth found
on the floor, perforated with four pis-
tol wounds. The young man acknowE
edged having killed him, telegraphed
the fact home to Saratoga, and pro-
ceeded toa police station and gave him
self up The deceased was about Al
years of age, a son of the late Chan
cellor Walworth, and nephew of the
present Chief Justice Barbour. He
was an author by profession, and had
issued q number of works of fiction.
His wife had been divorced from him
several years, and was residing at
Saratoga with her three children, two !
daughters and the sonwho committed
the homicide. The Circumstances Of
the killing and the cause alleged
therefor, are given in the following
statement made to the police arlthori-
ties by the son: 80
'I reside with my mother, in Sara
toga, N. Y, father having parted with
her some years ago. My father is an
author, and 1 have been studying Z
law, Think my father is about Al I
years of age, but do not know where
he was born. My father has not liv-
ed with my mother since we left here,
three years ago, but he has repeat
edly sent us threatened and insult
ing letters. 1t is only a short time
ago since he threatening to shoot my
mother and myself. I shot him be-
cause of this. Not long ago 1 told
him that there were bounds which I
would not allow any man to go be-
yond with impunity, and especially
when my mother was being insulted.
1 went to his house yesterday and left
q note for him. to call on me,
which he did this morning. When
he came into the room, I drew out a
revolver and told him to promise me
that he would not threaten or insult
us any more, which he promised.
"Shortly afterward he began speak
ing on family matters, and he used
some very insulting language, put
ting his'hand in his pocket as though
to draw pistol, whereupon I shot
him. He then came toward me, and
l fired three other shots at MN
When I fired the last shot at him he
had me7by the collar 1 only regret
this on account of the effect it will
have on my fanily.-I would like
Judge Barbour to know this, as he
was interested in the case before"
No weapon was found on the body
of the deceased. A dispatch from Sar-
atoga says;
Frank Walworth, who is reported
to have shot his father in New York
City, left here yesterday without in
forming his mother of his intention.
Mrs. Walworth had lately received a
number of threatening letters from
her late husband, Mansfield Tracy
Walworth, and it is supposed that
young Walworth has intercepted sim
liar letters to her from his father, as
she has found in her sons room
two empty envelopes to her own ad-
dress since he left home. The moth
er thinks her son had also received
threatening letters from his father.
Mrs. w. was divorced from her hus-
band about two years ago.