The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-07
A FIENDISH FATHER.
He Kills One Son and BrutalIy
Beats Another.


At O'Clock yesterday morning Bur-
rell Dudley, a colored man, who lives
with his family In the village of Oxley, .
subdivision of Lockland, on the Hamil-
ton & Dayton Railroad, about nine miles
north of this city, killed his son Alex.
ander by shooting him through the bow.
els with O shotgun; after which he beat
his other son (Joseph) over the head
with the gun-stook and nearly killed
him.
The trouble originated by the two
boys interfering to prevent Dudley from
beating his wife, a diversion to which he
| has been addicted for some time, thus
rendering the neighborhood Of his house
anything but pleasant place to reside.
Yesterdays row was more bitter than
usual, and Dudley was about 10 inflct
bodily injury upon his wife, when the
two boys were turned upon by the In
furiated brute with The result stated.
JOSEPH would have certainly been
killed also but for the timely assistance
of step.son, Samuel, who, with the
mother, succeeded by superhuman eE
forts In holding the murderer until other
assistance arrived, called thither by the
terrified cries Of "murder made by
them. 4
Finally Squire Carson, OF the village,
appeared, and took Dudley to his store
for sate.keeping until the Marshal al.
rived, but not finding the Marshal after
ward conveyed the prisoner to the Lock,
land Jail, where he remained until O
| late hour last night, when the auth0ri-
ties, becoming alarmed lest the prisOner
would be lynched by his exasperateq
neighbors, who had begun to make dire
threats in that direction, hurriedly
brought him in wagon to this city ana
confined him In the County jail.
| A STAR reporter called at the jail 10
see the prisoner this morning. Person
ally he Is a large, full-faced and athletic
man, very intelligent looking, and with
rather an agreeable countenance. He
was born slave in the neighborhood Of
Shelbyville, KY, where he married his
wife, who, q slave also, was the property
Of Stephen Shedd, Of Shelby. Nine
years ago they moved to L0ckland,
where they bought little home.
Dudley says, in speaking Of the trag-
edy, that he was 'druv into IT, just
be ore it happened he and his wife were
talking pleasantly of old times in Ken
lucky. He reminded her that the first
time he saw her, she was planting to-
bacco on her masters farm and wore a
plug hat.
This reminiscence eXas perated the
woman, and flying into q violent passion
she cried, "lRs id lie. ! was raised
bettern you ever was. YOU'RE a dirty
dog for talking that way"
From this bitter words ensued on both
sides, and the quarrel was taken up by
Joseph, who esp0used his mothers side,
and who finally to end the discussion
gathered up chair to strike his father.
AT this Dudley reached for his gun and
was Ill the act of shooting, when Alex
ander got between the two and received
the shot intended for Joseph.
This is the prisoners story, given with
an air OF truthlulness. He keeniy feels
the position in which he is placed, put
holds tenaciously to the statement that
he was driven to violence by his Wild
and boys.
| Coroner Maley and Capt. Ben. shott
left the city this morning and proceeded
to the scene OF the murder, and, attet
viewing the body, impaneling jury
and ordering II post-mortem eXaminaj
tion by DR.. j. NJ. Hunt, adjourned thq
case until 8 O'Clock tomorrow morning,
when an inquest will be held at thd
Mayors office in Lockland. The boy
Joseph Is not so seriously injured as
was at fret supposed, ana is aIreads
walking around.