Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-07-18

a few minutes had both of the brothers dis
armed. In the beginning of the shooting the
younger brother Wallace-leaped through
the window of the basement room, and sue
ceeded very quickly in bursting open the
door, which be no sooner succeeded in &C.
complisbing than the Doctor and Kirk
rushed out and ran into the barnyard Gill
bert, having by this time recovered some
what from the tussel for life, snatched rife
that was in the house, and taking deliberate
aim, fred at the Doctor, then hundred
yards distant, striking him in the lett leg,
the bullet penetrating to the bone.
CAPTURED.
After the wounding Of the Doctor, Lycur-
gus surrendered himself, seeing 'bas it was
futile for him to attempt an escape, bis
brothers, Columbus and Gb'r:. h.a. both
armed, and himself at their mercy l. me
heat of the moment it is stra:.e i.... we
have not to chronicle to-day a ''"''l
treble fratricide rs it was. 'hel r:ly
kept them under guard Lycurgus, how
ever, on reaching the house by sonle means
procured quantity OF morphine whleh he
swallowed, but the dose berg TOO l.rge. il
failed to have the desired effect He was,
however, 10 terrible earnest, and most ar.
IDENTITY desired to free himself from life, re-
morse and the clutches of the law. His
purpose was thwarted In short time
Mr.. Everheart, tenant on the place, hear
ing of the affair, came to the scene of action
and was despatched to Winchester to sum
mon medical aid. He returned with Drs.
Love and Miller, who rendered the proper
assistance. Clinton lived about three hours
after be received the fatal shot, about
II o'clock Saturday morning. He was in-
sensible, never articulating during the time
There was DO priest nor minister present to
watch the going out of the vital spark. A
Catholic lady, the wife Of Columbus Little,
who was in the house, performed the last
| sad rites as well as she could under the try.
ing circumstances, and repeated the pray ers
of the Church prescribed for the departing
| soul. The dining room in which this fatal
shooting took place presented horrible
sight to the spectator. The floor and furnl-
ture showed evidences of the terrible strug-
gle for life or death that had taken place
| Blood covered the floor. and although an at
tempt had been made to erase it, stains
we're distinctly visible. On Sunday the flu
neral took place, Rev. Mr.. Carson, Of the
Braddock street Church, Winchester, of
6cating. Large numbers of people were
in attendance. The body of the deceased
was laid in the family burying ground, the
crowd dispersed, and the curtain fell upon
1.-THE first actin this terrible drama.
| WHAT THE FAMILY THOUGHT OF IT.
The Little family during Saturday were
greatly exasperated against the alleged
murderers. Columbus, who is represented
to be the father of the statement that the
shooting was accidental, referring to the
tragedy, said : cit has been brewing for
some time The killing of Clinton was
premeditated murder, and I want to see the
utmost rigor of the law visited upon the
guilty parties -
When the hope was expressed to Mrs.
Little that her wound was unintentional,
she replied II hardly know " hat to think
about it, sir. "
Saturday night, Mr.. Little, ST., came from
Washington in answer to a summons, and
since his arrival the feeling Of the family
towards the murderers has undergone
change At the coroner's inquest Gilbert
could only be induced to testify after be had
ignored several peremptory demands, and was
in the act of being committed to Jail for con-
tempt Columbus remarked that this was
a family matter, and as the punishment of
his brothers could not restore the life of
him who was gone, it was better to drop
the prosecution.
The county court met en- Monday last,
Lyeurgus and Oscar Little, who had been
indicted by the grand jury fer murder, were
arraigned and pleaded not guilty
EUROPEAN AND VIRGINIA CATTLE Com
PARED. The editor of the Lynchburg "Vir-
ginian," writes from Vienna about the cat
tie show as follows :
'My local and State pride rises up 10
me when | reflect that in our district fairs
at home we can beat this Worlds Exhibit
ton in at least one thing-in the matter OF
Gne cattle 1t is go. We annually have
finer cattle shown at the fair of our Lynch
burg Agricultural and Mechanical Society
than any have seen here. The Palmers,
the Cloyds, the Kents, the McGavocks, the
Byars, the Saunders, &c, of Southwestern
Virginia can beat those who have brought
their blooded stock here for the assembled
people of the world to look at That is say.
ing good deal, but I believe it is true
The cattle here no doubt liz matter of Uood
are as fine and pure as any thing can lie /;
but as to size, beauty of form and general
effect of appearance they are behind such
animals as Joe johnson, Loudoun Duke,
Earl Of Oxford, Duke Of Onondagua, &c.
So Of the cows and heifers. [ have seen
some beautiful cows-well kept, sleek, do
Gle and almost fawn.like, some of them :;
but have seen no evidences of fine milk
ers, such as some Of those we see every year
at our fairs.
A VIRGINIA MoRMoN's EXPERIENCE
The Frauklin Va. "Gazette" gives the sad
experience of a Virginia Mormon as follows:
Some time since an old fellow from Taze-
we'll county, who had been induced to adopt
the free and easy religion Of which Brigham
Young is the chief pillar, concluded. to emf.
CRATE to Utah Territory. and accordingly he
pulled up stakes and with his family moved
out among the saints. Every thing went OH
smoothly for time. we are told, until f.
pally one of Brigham's Elders" began to
cast amorous glances upon the buxom spouse
of the new brother, and finally, moved by
the spirit which guides the virtuous and
pious Mormons, the elder 'sealed the wo-
man unto himself" The old man thus made