Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-09
A Life Tragedy.

In the COurier-.JOuTnoL of q few DAYS
since the following telegram from Bal
timore was published a
"Duriuga drunken brawl in the Sher-
wood House early this morning, Berry
Amos aged 80, a well-known gambler.
was fatally stabbed, as he alleged, by
Sam Mcdonald, who was arrested.
Mcdonald is supposed to be here on
visit from Indiana"
Samuel Mcdonald was the son of a
very wealthy man in Baltimore, whose
family occupied the highest social posi-
ton in that city. He himself was sent
abroad to be educated, and spent sew
eral years at one of the schools in En-.
gland. While still abroad his father
died, leaving his immense fortune to be
divided between his son and daughter,
his only children. Young McDonald's
portion was something over $500, 900,
and, with proper management. would
soon have advanced very greatly In val
ue. Shortly after his fathers death
the young man attained his majority.
The family residence, just out of Balti-
more, was one of the most elegant in the
country. Here on the night of his Dist
birthday he gave grand dinner to va
rious friends in the city, and the cele-
bration is said to have been carried out
In style ofalmostunparalleledm agnifi-
cence. The spacious grounds were
ablaze with light, and fountain ran
champagne in the yard The night
closed with an orgy of wine-drinking in
which an amazing quantity was con-
sumed. Thus he started out upon a
career OF dissipation which has hurried
him IN four years-he is now but 25-
to the horrible tragedy of last Wednes-
day night.
Young Mcdonald at this age was an
extraordinary specimen ofmanly beauty.
He was over 6 feet tall, straight as an
arrow, broad-chested, and muscular
yet as graceful and agile as an athlete
A wealth of faxen lair, and broad.
fair forehead; deep blue eyes, and no.
bic mouth, with features perfectly
classic in theirsoutline-he was per
feet type of the Anglo-Saxon. Add to
this the exuberant spirits which always
attend good health, and that nameless
magnetism which so few men possess,
and the possession of which may be the
best or the worst of Gods gifts, he was
a most enjoyable companion, the life of
the social circle, and as much admired
by men as he was adored by women.
/ Shortly after he attained his majority
he came out to Terre Haute, Ind. on a
visit. He returned to that pleasant city
few months afterward, bought him a
farm in the vicinity, stocked it with the
finest horses and cattle, and there inau-
gurated series of designations which
shocked the goodly little city to its GEN.
ter. He was soon ostraczied from the
society of the town, and direful stories
are told of the excuses into which he
then plunged. There were two gamb.
lers from the East, whom he had
brought West with him, and it is said
that there were still more disreputable
companions of another sex who lived in
the same house with him. From this
rendezvous he would take frequent
hunting excursions into the neighbor-
ing prairies of Indiana and Illinois, the
return to be always celebrated by de-
bauch. Wine flowed like water in this
huntinglodge, as he called it, and cards
followed the wine on the table. 1t was
said by those who professed to know
that young Mcdonald spent over $3.50,
600 the first year he lived in Terrt
Haute.