South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-07-04
The Walworth Tragedy.

bis father, now in progress in New York;
PUBLICATION House. GARLToN 4 CO., }
UNDER 5rH AVENUE HoTEL.
New YORK, Aug Is. }
"Listen to these terrible words, they
will show you how keenly and fercely /
feel the humiliation of REUBEN Ii. WAL
WORTH will, and what Scot, the dosoen :
dant Of King Malcolm will do when all
bad been taken from him. REUBEN III.
WALwoRTH always hated me from my era
die, be always hated ans one who wss high
spirited and would speak out tte.r thoughts
lie always liked Bringing hspocries ike
ELIZA BAcKUs K CLARANCE WALwoRTH
Although he saw my embi'i9us spirit. be
hated il because | would not toady to his
favorile Yankees. Hence from my cradle
ne prosecuted me and beaded mc eff 10 ev-
cry pursuit or speculation. could not
please him in anything, because | would
not whine about his fsvorites. EVoryihing
that ever got was wrong from him ; even
my pay 10 the Spike case was wrnng from
his fears. The only reason that he did net
omit my name from bis will altogether was
that he respected my talents and hoped
that would write bis life. He knew that
nobody else would. But he has stung me
into madness, aud broken up my family by
placing me in a humiliatng position, by
being under trustee, aud that trustee my
brother, who has neither ambition nor heart.
From bis grave he slares at me and says ::
ella ha ! you were always proud and
hign-spri,ej, but by my will have put
in your side a thorn for life, and you have
90 dignity under il, and il will sting you
10 tho grave. The only ones Of my name
who have any dignity under my will are
your sons FRANK and TRACY, who will
bear my name to posterity." Now, ELLeN
HARDIN, knowing that | am helpless uu-
der that will fyou persist in trying year
by year in seeing how much of that trust
property you can get out of HE by threats
of law, by personal Establishment or by a
ny other means. II you doubt that and will
not see that ough, to have something for
my entire life whether he intended il or
not, then mark what will be my fioal ven
geance upon that dead scoundrel and dog,
who has made rae so pitiablc before men
and before you | will, so help me, the
demons who wait upon the prosecuted and
pround spirited and rcveugcfu'. l will
when stripped by you of my property, and
you mean IT at last, plunge my digger INFO
FRANK aud TRACY heart and cut of the
Walworth name forever Cd d-u him
he has elevated them and degraded me i,
aud you gloat over it. have not one sn-
gle, firm right under his will. This you
believe, aud this has been the cause Of your
despising and Abandoning me. With cold,
calm purpose, you contemplate my even
tua bcggaiy and humiliation. ! will kill
your boys aud .leat the id scoundre in
his grave, aud cut of his ID name forev-
er. Now prosecute me about that proper
~ aud keep this thorn alive in my heart,
and by tire cternnl God | will kill the IN
and you too. NV you hunt my property
any further, you Cd id Infamous
bitch, nnd | VIII gut your boys as well a.
you The Cd id villain shall not rob
me of wife and children and property 1t
| cant have anything, I'll have revenge,
Cd d-n you. have already lost eve
RI thing which makes life toerabe"
This letter has no signature, aud is nd
dressed to Mrs. ELLEN ii. WALwoRTu,
Saratoga Springs, y. Y.
The following is the letter from MAxsrIELD
TRAcY WALwoRrH to his wife, on the strength Of
which young WALwoRrH went to New York and
murdered his father
NAY 3Oth--7 o'clock in the morning.
Prepare yourself for the inevitable.
am getting over my wasting fever, and
shall be out Of ms room 10 few days.
am going to call upon my children my
= IN hai
the interview, when | come, Just as easy
and pleasant as possible. cannot stay
from them much logger | will SEQ them
peaccably if can, or with a tragedy If
must. Their little faces haunt me, as they
nre mine. Popish cruelty must bend TO
the demand Of fathers heart, or the Wal
worth name goes out in blood.
Keep FRAsK WALwORTu out OF my
way. You have taught him to hate me =,
and his presence or obstruction in any way
will only excite fatal evaporation. | want
to see my little girls aud come away peace
ably. Beware that you do not 10 any way
arouse the phrensy which you have known
to exist since you left me. shall have
my rights under that decree with 10 fur
tbcr legal delay or expense. have con-
coded promptly every right to you under
that decree, aud DOW | am going to see M
children, aud you shall not bring them up
TO hate their loving father ELIZA BACK
Us has written to me that you will do IT,,
if you can, from your associations with
them, and then shsll shoot you and ny.
self on those door steps, for | have nothing
further to live FIR. D. right, ELLEN HAIR
Din, ADD you will find me prompt to do
right. ! am broken hearted desperate.
Save this letter for lawyers and courts. if
sou please. God Is my lawyer now. Not