Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-06-11
Miscellany.
4 Father Shot Dead BY his Son.

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On the 2nd inst. New York city was
startled by the information that son
had killed his father at one of the prin
cipal hotels. Walworth was the name
of the man killed. Sore years ago he
had been divorced from his wife, with
whom he had two daughters and one son.
The obtrrsions of the father upon the
divorced wife aud mother, it is said, in
duced the son to shoot him. i he New
York Tribune writes on the terrible
tragedy as follows:
AT about 2:45 p. NJ On Monday, young
WaIworih, who is of rather Slight ply
sique. stepped briskly into the Office Of
ihc Siurievant House, at Broadway and
twenty ninth street. He was ailirtd in
gray business suit Of fashionable pat
tern, and had a stylish drab overcoat Of
l;gh: texture thrown across his arm in a
careless manner. His appearance was
simply that of an ordinary traveller Of
the better class. and his actions attracted
no especial attention Advancing to the
counter he procured pen, and, after
Registering himself in a somewhat bold
Handwriting as q Frank ii. Walworth
/ Saratoga" he asked the clerk in attend
ance for Il room He was assigned room
/ No 267, on the rear pait OF the third
iioor. and. expressing a desire to retire
apartment by an attendant at once, AT
/ ter an absence of fifteen or twenty min.
utes he re-appeared, and passed leisurely
through the office to The street Walking
to Fourth avenue, he rode in car to
Fifty.fourth street, where he alishted
Proceeding Immediately to the boarding
house on Fourth avenue, two doors north
IF Fifty fourth street, he rang the bell
and inquired of servant if his father,
who resided in the house, was at home
Being told that his father was absent, he
departed quietly, after leaving sealed
uote requesting his father to call at the
hotel ito try and settle some family mat
tcrs" with him. Returning to the hotel,
he sauntered through The office, and, soon
after supper, retired to his room, where
he remained unnoIiced during the night
At about 6:10 a. NJ. yesterday, the IA
ther, who was considerably above mcdi-
um height, of rather portly figure, and
remarkably fine muscular development,
entered the office of the hotel. and asked
the night clerk. who had not yet been
relieved, to send his card up to his son S
room. A bell 10y took the card to the
room, and, returning Immediately, said
that he had been requested to "show the
gentleman up" Following the boy,
who again ascended the stairs, the visitor
was admitted promptly to the room, the
door of which was opened in response to
few light taps. The father stepped
unhcsitaiinsly into the room, and the
door closing instantly, the bell-boy re-
turned to the office. About ten minutes
later, the steward and the night watch
man of the hotel, who were in an upper
hallway, heard the noise ct four pistol
shots, in quick succession, proceeding
from young Walworth's room. They
ran to the room in great haste, reaching
it almost simultaneously with Josiah
Moorehead, guest, who occupied an ad-
iacent room, and who had also been
alarmed by the shots. On reaching the
room they found the door ajar. and push
ing it open. they were startled by the
discovery of the lifeless body of the de-
ceased, lying ina pool Of blood, about
three feet from the threshold. At first
the men seemed trans6xed, but, after a
brief moment Of inaction, they looked
about for the assassin, who had, how
ever. disappeared. The watchmen and
several guests who had meanwhile as
sembled remained with the body of the
murdered man, while the steward ran to
the Office to alarm the clerks, but, upon
reaching the office, he found that they
had already been told of the tragedy by
young Walsworth himself, who was just
passing to the street when the steward
arrived. -g.- e,7.Isf 80 't.a gr
The parricide, it seems, descended to
the office Immediately after killing bis
father, and said TO clerk, with unnatu-
raj cooluess Il have just shot my father,