Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-26
The Shooting Of Charles +. Murray.


Mention was made in Wednesdays STAR
OF the shooting at South Bend, Ind, OF Chas.
T. Murray, formerly clerk in the Second
Auditors office IN this city, by w. a. Pal
mer. a Justice CT the peace, A resident of
South Bend, furnished to the Chicago Tfi-
b,as the following particulars:-Miss Bay
lss, the young woman about whom the
ARRAY originated, came to South Bend some
months since, aud was employed in the Office
of the Daily Herald, of which Murray was
editor and manager, as a type-setter. A
short time since she had a quarrel with him
about Der pay-she having, SIS he alleged,
charged for setting matter she had not set.
Her reply was that she had pasted on her
"string" matter not set by her in order tn
make up for editorial work on the Herald
which She claimed to have done when Muir
ray was oil on sprees. The upshOt of 10 was
that Murray discharged her, and she went to
work on the Register. About this time a
paragraph appeared in the Herald charging
that she had had Illicit intercourse with
Squire Palmer. Palmer published a card in
the other papers denying IL, and the Herald
retorted by publishing an article in which It
was stated that she had been watched on
leaving the Herald office at night and seen
10 go down an alley, where she was met by
Palmer, when both went TO her rooms In the
Baxter d Wolverton block. on Market street,
adjoining the ST. Joseph hotel, at which she
took her meals. Thereupon she went to the
Herald building Saturday evening. and sent
up stairs for Murray. When he came down,
she said she had come 10 settle with him,
and wanted To settle with nim now, and then
asked why he had
HER a AND WORSE.
he asked her If she wasn't a thief in trying
TO steal on her type-setting account, aud
made other remarks, when, noticing that
she held her hand behind her, as If grasping
weapon, he seized her arm and found that
she bad horsewhip. Thereon he showed her
out of the hall way in which the alteration
had occurred. Then Murray saw Palmer
standing near the entrance, as though he had
come there to assist her. That was Murray's
account of il.
Her account as published was that she
N nnJ N 10 hioNa xrI,nr hn
pistol on her and kicked her into the street.
The matter led 10 considerable sparring be-
tween the papers, and the Herald continued
its attacks on her, aud on Palmer as her par
amour. Ia consequence OF an article IL pub
lished on Friday,
PALMER's WIFE LEFT HIM
on Saturday last, and went to her brothers.
at Mishawaka, where he publishes the Eater
prise newspaper.
The same day Saturday Palmer's father
told q mum Der OF persons TO caution Murray
as his son had threatened TO shoot him, and
the father advised that Murray keep out OF
the way. Nobody thought anything of il.
however, until yesterday, when, at about
Two o'clock in the afternoon, rs Murray was
about To go up stairs 10 the Herald office on
Washington street, near Michigan. Palmer,
whose Office was across the hall from that OF
the Herald, and who was standing at the
head OF the stairs, apparently waiting for
Murray's coming,
FIRED A NAVY REVOLVER
at him. The ball entered Murray's right
breast, little below the nipple, and came
out at his back, passing entirely through
his body, and shortly afteTward was picked
up on the sidewalk in front OF the hall way
entrance. Palmer then retreated down the
back stair way and started on a run for the
jail. SherifJO TurnOck, who happened 10
be on the street in front of the HeytI Office
gave pursuit, and crowd followed after,
some of the boys yelling "Hang him." Just
before Palmer reached the Jail the sheriff
grabbed nun by The coat-tails. and, taking
him inside, Locked him up.
Afler the shooting Murray was imme-
dIately taken into tuShing's drug store
where every effort was mage TO revive him,
and from thence he was carried to the Grand
Central hotel, where he was attended by Dr.
Ham. After making an examination, aud
hnGlng that the wound would probably
prove fatal, the doctor told Murray II ne de-
sired to make any statement he had better
make II at once, or he could not make IL at
all. Murray, who seemed entirely conscious,
asked tO have his father sent for, and then
attempted 10 say something further, but was
so weak that he cOuld not. 1t was thought
he could survive but few hours.
THE PARTIES.
Murray is a young man, about 2j years Of
age, and came from Washington to South
Bend about year since and took charge OF
Inc HeIud he was spicy writer, aud
made of the Herald an Extensively personal
sensational journal, such even as dissatisfied
the democrats, though IL was the only demo-
cratic. paper in South Bend. He hal fire.
quentiy been threatened and was known TO
habitually go armed.
Palmer was raised in South Bend. He is
SDOulI0 years OF age, Is a justice OF the peace
and lawyer and, except that he was reEir!ed
as east was OF good standing. Both men
were married.; Palmer has two children.
THE OFFENSIVE ARTICLES.
The South Bend Tribune. in an account of
the affair, says the "HeTd,d contained an
lem in which late female employe of that
office was alluded TO as "a loose feminine
tramp, discharged for attempting to steal
Then followed the cowhiding, which tbs Her
old charged was put up job in which Jus-
tics Palmer, A. ;. Kerns, and Others were
connected. All this is amplihcd fully, In
thoroughly sensational style, with taking
SUB heads, reading: a Lover She Pasted
'em i'm Her String 'She Was Discharged
She Was Laying for Murray etc"
The statement of the girl is that the proof
pasted into her ''string" not taken from type
set by her was IL lieu of other charge for
labor by the hour, and was only her just due:
that when discharged ba lauce was still un-
paid her. She indignantly denies the alleged
intimacy with Justice Palmer.
Justice Palmer says for himself that the
Herald article is a falsehood from top to bot
tom; that 1t was instigated by personal spite
on Murray's part, originating back at the
time Brooks was discharged from the Her
aid. There was dispute between Murray
and Brooks about 81, which they agreed to
Leave TO Palmer for settlement.
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