The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09


THEIRS .-a
,,r.ss,ocAure ssi,ttots A'neri<an.)
,,,,>,.r,,.4,s, .trl@ In Clarke county,
MID ,tCel>c miles from Winchester,
4, Er,,lhn Littell. with large family.
H'"' s,o estate. sid TO belong to his wife.
e" , ',,hc children. numbering six or eight, are
N"'' ~, Tyn Of them. Oscar J. "a physician
E''"" ,,nrrus. until recently have bscn liv-y
''' - - n,c II the western States. where they
"'S -, ,ho;r ,ntri,nony, and rettirtied, now
>sN.' =, And one of their brothers, younger
i''n' themselves. 1ourshing as a farmer on
KIN" Ia homestead, the owner of quite q
~, Nv oC valuable cattle, and good stock
"", ,,rrinr utensils. etc. Disappointed IN
81 %an,I,-ss result Of their business efforts
T., ,.' ,,c Yves, and Jealous of the thriving con-
,,%r of clinton Littcll. their br other. who
S.n,,incd at home, they became troublesome,
trtcr ana
,..,x-r,l TOWARD THEIR MOTHER AND HIM,
..,s h,,hough. themselves how they might
S.,,,r rbrir own condition by imRoverishing
r;'" among the children are two Or Shree
,..,,ntsr>- one of whom took Sides With OS-
and Jtrnrous against their mother and
.,, -,.I Of the family. Since the return OF
49,, ,wn brothers from the West the house
MA nt,he i.;ttellS has been in continual tur-
r,aJ which eliminated on Saturday MORN
;n.. lat in dreadful tragedy.
Ey .,r,r means the two discontented sons
Inn, suspicious that their mother was
I.,Yf fo vest all her property in her most
,,or;hy son. Clinton, which, greatly in
-,~.,.d their rage. But when. in short
m, rh,.y found that their suspicious were
49,, II founded. they concluded to put the
..,,; woman. her favorite son. and such others
ih.ir brothers. and sisters as adhered TO
,r.m ont Of the way entirely. On Friday
,,r IF Them went to one Of the neighborS
.rd borrowed a Colts navy revolver, re-
,..,,Iinss that hr wanted il to show his bro
,n,r that Ne could not beat him
SHOOTING At MARX" :. .
The father OF the family was at Washing
,au. and did not return until Saturday eve
r.u.. Early on Saturday morning. while
.r, resi- of the family were sitting at the
arakta,t-taDle, Oscar md lycurgus walked
deliberately into the dining-room. locked the
d,ar behind them. and one of them took out
~. Key and put il into bis pocket, and then
,pmmrnccd firing at the party at the break
,,,r.talIe. Oscars revolver, which was also
., Coils navy, fortunately failed to go of,
though be tried nearly every barrel Of it.
l,curSl;>> attempt at murder was more sue
,,>>ul Clinton received bali IN the alb
fu,nrn and severe blow on the head from
he butt ol Oscars pistol, which he vigorously
n-.d Ter that purpose when he found 1t failed
10 respond to the trigger, and from the effects
af his wounds died in few hours after
wards in intense agony. The old woman
a. !, i've ho srrt,f
~. the ball entering just below the hip-loint
IN The outside and passing through down
ard out on the inside just above the knee
nint.
The parties at the table, with the eXcep-
ton of the girls before referred to, as soon
~ they realized their danger,
.ffENDEp THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THEY COULD.
They succeeded in diSarming the assailants.
while the younger son sprang through the
w;utow. ran around the house, and broke
open the door they had locked on the Inside,
through which they Immediately ran out
into tn" yard. One of the parties attacked,
however. seized rife. and when about
,lXty wards distant fired, the ball striking
the lower calf Of Lycurgus, passing in and
round the bones. lodging under the skin
on the opposite side, causing but slight
wound.
The tenant on the farm. Mr.. Everhart,
went in great haste 10 Winchester, and SUM-
monrd DrS. Miller and Love, two expert
rnc"d physicians. TO the scene. The doctors
found no one about the place except the
parties engaged in this horrible affair, and
they still under the influence of great
frenzy, and concluded that it was decidedly
too unhealthy place for even them to re.
main longer than their duties to the wound.
"a and dying would require. Clinton died
in the arms OF DR.. Miller within half an hour
after the doctors reached the house.
LYCURGUs RAvED MADLY,
and affected desire to swallow an ounce OF
Two OF some soothing narcotic, but was
easily dissuaded by his sympathizing sister.
On sunday morning, DR.. Miller, assisted by
pr. Somertieid and another physician of the
ncjyhborhood, made postmortent examina'
tion Of Clinton Litteli. After long search.
The bail was found more than half way down
the left leg, between the thigh and knee: hav-
ug ua>,"d into the left side of the abdomen,
Through lhe snail intestines, sepering then,
y Two places, and out the left side, where
it struck prominent bone, and was TUNED
down into the left leg. Internal hemorrhaSe,
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
lEc:ryvile Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun,
July u
A. far As can be ascertained the facts are
these: Clinton Little had occasion to take
several horses to Washington, D. c., and
make sale OF them, and on Saturday morning.
9TH July, rs Clinton Little, his mother, his
brothers, and other members Of the family
q ,,tr AZ bci L. nSt -tah
Were surprised by the entrance in the room
OF The two brothers Oscar and Lycurgus
Little, who, locking the door, walked up TO
CIuton Little and made demand for half
The money that he had received for the sale o.!
horses, and If he did not hand over the money
they would murder him. Suiting the action to
the word, both brothers, Oscar and Lycur-
gus Little, presented their pistols and COM
menccd firing on their brother, who fell
moItaIy wounded. Whilst on his knees he
Was beaten in the face and temple by one of
his brothers, whose pistol failed to fire. :
Mr.. Little, Sri, the father of the family, is
engaged IN Washington city, and fastened
home Saturday evening on learning the news
OF The terrible affair. which is now the great
theme of conversation in this Whole section
OF III" country. As yet all the facts IN the
VASE arc ncs known Deyonu tue ACCOUNT W
The desperate struggle which has been given.
oscar Little is druggist, and is generally
called DR.. Little. Sometime ago, 1t Is stated,
he aud Lycurgus secured what they were
entitled to, or would be entitled to, from the
family estate, and went West, but, spending
their property, returned, making other de-
mands, which were resisted by the three
other brothers and the mother.
ir the tight Oscar Litile's pistol snapped
several times. and proved worthless rs IA
weapon. Lycurgus, at the first fire, missed
Liz nrnthnr Clinton and shot the mother