Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-06
4 Southern Scandal

rhNFII STORY FROM NORTH ,AEoII\A-Uos
hol Nj MAN MAS DECLINED SHOOTS
TIRE HETEAl ER or his lOUNG bride
Correspondence, OF the Cincinnati Er,ypr5rrr
from Charlotte. NC. March y ISIS SAYS
Information was received here this cypninp M
q Scandai which edtoa tragedy in Clay county
The locat ion X i'm the chain at the Hl1r P,doa
IN me western part oi this state. Miss Ada
MCCa - The daughter of the late Hon
Richard McClaN. who was a wealthy and e.
l"elhtd lafner ana politician of the county
Just named. She * twenty-five Wears Of
age, beautiful. refined and accomplished
Sht was educated AT seminary iu
Lexington, NY, having graduated there with
The usual honorS about four Years ago .IuSi
after leaving her Alma Mater She made her
debut at the White sulphur Spring>, W Va,
and has visited That place of fashionable re-
sort every summer since. II seems that a vear
ago last summer She met there a Mr. Nm T.
Sheiburnc, handsome and polished gentle
man oi % The couple fell i'm love: courts
followed, and they were brtrothed He lived
IN New Orleans, and had visited Miss McClay
"hiN lhree or louT times At her home in CLAW
county. hut had kept up regular corrrSD, nd.
ence. He had not seen her i'm ~ months until
last Monday. when ne came To fulfil his pnghfed
troth. The day SET was the isl instant-yes
terdaN. They were duly married. the nup;iaI
ceremony taking place 1T noon. The company
in attendance was NOT large but il waS Gle
CANT and ariStocratic.
The afternoon aud evening were spent An,
Wedding Festivities. and II WAS a Iat,, hour
when the bride and groom retired Then
SheiDUrnc discovered that his iair bride was
'bttff't. Iit threatened ip Kali her his
lIenZy, and only deSi>ted on the condition
that She would reveal the name uf her >rducer
TINS she refused To do at first. hut finally Told
him that Simpson FurrcSIpr MAS The man ~
lived adjoining The McClay mansion aud
recently graduated AT one 90 the colleges in
Virginia. He WAS only - wears Of age but
had the reputation 0l being Gallant. and al the
Winnie sulphur last summer waS 4 fayuritr
with the bellies. Shrlhurnp'N bride declared
that this gay Lothario had ACCOMPLISHED her
rum i've months ago. and that she had sworn
NJ a Ilta L til 81,
like an ultimate ilicnd. and last night WAS
one OF the gaNc>t of the gay al the icStal
board.
Al O'Clock this morning ShrlhuTnr armed
himself with a double haTrecd shot gun aud
went To ForrcSter'S home. The Young bride
followed, screaming and beSccching him not
70 shoot her destroyer. that She had forgiven
him. But Shclburme was determined He
aroused the Forester family. consisting ol
tw" or three SlSieISand the mother aud called
for the guilty man. Forester fpignpd surprise
when he faced Shclburne and denied Knowing
anything about the ady'S shame. Only a few
words en>ued. when ShelbUrne discharged
load of buck shot into the shoulder of his enc
my, who had no weapon of defense. The
wounded man exclaimed: Il am killed
and have deserved all, The second bar
rel was not fired, for Shelhume think
ing the man dead. turned and saw his wife
who witnessed the affair, had tainted. The
murderer took horse from the stable of Mrs
McClaN, and fled the country, going in the di-
rectlOn of Tennessee. The news of the TRACE
dy soon spread. Special ConStdb le Dolley
gatheretfa party of men and went i'm pursuit
The excitement in the neghhorhopd WAS in
tense. DIR. Heather was summoned TO attend
the dying man. His wounds were dressed
but little hopes are entertained OF his recOy-
cry To add To the scandal. the bride gave
birth IN a few hours after the tragedy To 4 pre-
mature child
DEATH or MRS sHEIBURNE.
CHARLOTTE, y. C.. March Mrs. VIM O.
ShelbUrne, the unfortunate bride. of CLAY
county. y. C.. who was involved in the scan
DIAL, and who gave birth, in her excitement
ana fright. 10 premature child. died early
ihiS morning. Her seducer, Simpson Foster,
who was shot by the bridegroom, Mr. Shell
burne, was not MORALLY wounded. as was first
thought. The surgeon thinks he will recover
Shelburne. who fled has mot been appre
hended. Ii is thought he has gone 10 sea.
fs-The tie Indians i'm Wyoming are grow
ing defiant and dangerous.
sB-Seven hundred and hTty-three Massa-
chusettS clergymen have peiitiOned Tor the re-
peal OF the license Law and the enactment of a
prohibitory law.
Rs-A 2-year old negro child lies in its crib
Of the correspondent making the assertion
does not in Page county, Va, and sings cor
rectly any song IL hears sung once.
ss-There is an unaccredited Tumnr that a
large number of Chinese laborerS are 10 De
brought TO the Allegany. Md. coal mines to do
mining work.
fE-A family near Evansville, Ind. consist
mg of father, mother. and son. have all con-
mitted suicide within the past four months.
ss-The papal palace CaStel Gandolfo. the
summer residence OF the POpeS. near AlbauU,
a village ten miles outside of Rome is TO De- re-
stored for the reception of the new Pope.
EJ-A tornado occurred on Saturday. in
Casey county. NY. Vincent Wesley aud his
family, six persons in ali, were killed. A num-
Der of dwellings were demolished.