The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09
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E: IN .sf1saros. july s.-lfr.f Columbus Fit
tle, the eldest OF the. six brothers, VINO y Y
bootnaker, doing business on " hta1ti
Seventh street, in this city. poFertul I'LL I'LL
about thirty.fYe years OF age, ana WHO pfssis
sided ut the breakfast on the mor ll
ing Of the fatal shooting at his ialner
house. near Winchester, Ya.,f calien, ~ =
the Office Of the Star to-day, ana + SAY sald
that the accounts of the I, atidlr felei
enraphed from Winchester are gross exIag-'.
seratiops, magnifying an accident Wnis si
plunged bis family into. grief into Diooay
crime. His account Of the unfortunate 1 0S-
e,irrence is substantially as follows HIS
father is Dir. Franklin Little, former resi-
dent of Washington city, and Canal CON- [l,.
missioner under Mayor Towers. He mqYsd
with his family in 1872 to the farm ABOUT
seven miles from Winchester, where they
have since resided, the farm having beenn
The nronertv of the family for over
seventy years. Nothing has at any time
nccnrred to disturb 1.-THE. harmony
Of the brothers beyond the usual boylsf
H;,arrels. A week or two ago Clinton Littie,
the second son. about thirty-one years ora,
cime 70 Washington and sold bis horses ana
those of his brothers Columbus, the eldesst,
and walter. the Youngest, who Is drug
clerk with Mr.. Cropley, in Georgetown, ana
accompanied him home to spend the Fourth
IF INV at the farm Mr.. Franklin Lutte,
fine father. was busy experimenting the cree.
tion of a row of houses he was having ou!'t
I,on Tenth street near b, and renamed 10
Washington. The six brothers were re-
united under the family roof-tree win tue
wife Of Columbus and one sisIer Oh ahe
Littles, and one or two young iaaies, on tne
4th. The brothers were to nave a snootills7.
match at the target, but postponed Inc SANE
naichbor william Lewis, and finally to. q
.nirsnic. The next morning, the 9TH, they
gor I'm early TO prepare for the projected
shootino-match. All were busy cleaning
their arms and loading tbem-some four or
five nistols and a rifie--when they were CALI
ed into breakfast by their elder brother. 1t
being their rule to require prompt attendance
at meal-time, the brothers suspended opera
lions. and all laid their arms aside except
Oscar. NEXT in age to Clinton, who put
his pistol in his pocket, and Lycur-
Gus. about twenty years old, who, with
6oyish easerness to be ready for the
first shot, took his weapon, large navy re-
yolver, to the table with him, and after
trifing with it awhile laid it across his lap,
the mnzzIe pointing towards his mother, next
to him, and Clinton beyond. The ladies,
except Mrs. Little, had not yet come
to the table. The pistol, it seems, was
cooked, for while they were at break
fast it was discharged, still lying across
the lap of Lycurgus, and the ball passed
through the thigh of Mrs. Little and
into the body of Clinton. Columbus Little
positively states that this accidental shot
was the only one fired in. or out of the
house. Mrs. Little had no artery touched
or bone broken, and was doing well when
Columbus Little left the fatal house TINS
morning. Clinton. was terribly wounded,
and died in theurms of Columbusat II O'Clock
noon on Saturday, about four. and half hours
after the shooting. Dir. Columbus Little
says that there was, very naturally, great eA-
element in that vicinity, and that the WIN
chester reporters, or correspondents, TOOK
down the tale as it was told them by gossip
ing country neighbors. He says that the
examination of Oscar and Lycurgus Will
prove the great injustice done the family by
Che published reports of the affair. rel 'isff