The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-07
xeu york Mystery.
s.rsopR SHOT By AN UNSEEN
,hUS +. =" -, r,rr TeAGEDY,

W. ,,xn--sToRf VI nv - -
yonK. July 4.-John +. ses ~, "a.
~" wears Of age. who res'aeu a., ;" n m
fKtE S,| theological Seminar! w s"s 49,
GCac',s'r episcopal church IN tnss o,' ), , w
rsisn' desd in the grounds attacnvu " " 'h n;s
Fara Wt with pisto'-shos Woun ~, ~ tosa
i:sE"" ., \. NJ. Yesterday nov '"e ,s
W.; was inflicted is maa.et ~. ~"". S;,-
Vfs one. so Tar as KNOWN ~. ," NV so NM
iaF" :the tragedy. He had 'e.. ."e cur nn
a>N1r halt, pas. 10 o'clock the previous a,t s,
- - lake walk aroaha t''e p;n,"'
~ nGs as was his custom hriore iss..n 1919,
s"o,hat no in.ruders were lNrk'nS usu ,,.a.,
:, .rcrs. His prolonged a"scnse ""n har
2S wife. who called Bishop seSu'ou,,
E,,nrr. and upon search OF Tue s,v't .no
Nv. nsGe at a QDartcr-paSt q. "a. ';'s
% ,"no,r6 was found PROSTATE o" "'s ~ -,
,,' ~ ,~-,.s between the eraVc'lco WIN "na
80 80 ticket fence Oil Fwe"ty-nsSt Su.v'
,,r rcu;h avenue. JuogiaS ,'oui 1i. ~
sea- ~ Tho (,oay. life had been extinct !
,ea'".'., ,nrr. The screams 81 the hor- |
~ y wife upon the CHASTITY discovery
," ..,'.,,, Officer Sands, 81 the Sixteenth
My .S;nct 10 the scene OF the tragedy. Upon
IRWIN, bi!asc9! that life was extinct he
N..,,i for assistance. and next proceeded
max =
.:x.n!. Ia. without finding any.
=, hrs, SIGHT II appeared IS II deceased
4 I committed suicide. but the absence OF
,;rr.alul weakened this theory. From
.'' POSITION Of the wound and the way III
@ 1:,,, ,hc body was lying it was manifest
y ." ,hr C,IaI Snot had caused death almost
s.,a.,y. Then wna: had become OF the
,.m,n !. The theory OF suicide were
a W~,, entertained: The police, how
81 ~ cling frmlv TO the belief that the
81 N..r6 was >tii-inflic,cd. The result OF the
81 '.,,,S, would sustain this theory II the one
& 1.t-,an; missing link were supplicd-the
SsN Il the weapon near the place where
sE ~. nnsy vas discovered. On the other
SS i.,, !. i impossible To determine whether
sM ''. |.r.r bullet had put an end to the mans
s ,;,.crcc. or whether he had fallen VIC
ID .:a, - tpe prcmcditatcd malice OF an
n ,..a.,in. He was poftiy man, whose
b ,,,.n. was about five feet eleven
81 ,rrnr<. The seminary grounds are on
81 ,.,,a,, enr,,, four feet above the level vi
b .i.Yalk. The course Of Inc outlet was
81 ,,.rr,srf which demonstrates that the
so, could not have come from tne street;
q .i tho 1jr,inil;ivr siZ. OF the bullet pre-
r,rdr< he possibility that he cou'd nave
,.,, ,.r.,! n from any OF the houses On the
81 * u :hcsc t"c.S. i! the mystery is to be
u ,,~l.r, 4 &t all, j; can only be done by SUB
>1tpu investigation.
Ei>lop SEYMOUR said TO 4 reporter that 1t
vrs never TIE custom OF Mr. Seymour to go
.-,u,d about tuc grounds. The Bishop
never knew Mr.. Seymour to own revolver,
8 md he was positive that he did not havc
q ,.;,.al wiki h,lR the night he was shot. Mrs.
>.yno&r said that Lcr husband did not
have p:s'0t with him and did not carry
:. cane. He had no instrument OF defence.
TIE belief al ;h2 Bishop and Mrs. Scy-
,aunr : that Mr.. Seymour SURPRISED man,
and ing,reEpGin" 80 drive him OIL the prem
\ So, ct in an alteration with him and
~. >hot. The opinion OF the doctors who
frs. examined the body. and were among
an iir>t ;tICn the scene, l. mat Inc puiict
r..n,. ,ro;., 4 stray shot IT the hands oil some
.ra ralcbra.;nr The eve OF tie Fourth by
,..,tnl.tir;u~. and who did not intend 10 XII
.av orc. This heller is shared by many Of
.lf citizens living iii Inc ncighDorhOOd. The
testimony al Bishop seymour Is that
here is not tic rcmo,cst possibility
= The ,urilnc:.oiv affair being case OF SUI
riCr. MIR. SEYMOUR SAID the Bishop,
81 EVA, always siaguiarlv happy man. lie
4 had everything 70 make him HAPPY. He was
,lc VERY kinue>t OF men and took the III
most pleasure and contentment in life. tic
lived pleasantly with his wife, aud every
roly. who knew him loved lin. Whether
Ii, death i the result OF 4 vicious intent on
4 tie part Of some unknown person or the re.
Il .UIt " accident do Aot know. incline Ia
q the inrmcr theory.'
Conversation with 4 number OF the
friend. oil Mr.. Seymour corroboratrd the
q l,,N ,chnr that Mr.
seymour was held in high esteem, respected
:iid beloved by all who knew hlm, and that
every one remembered how especially kind.
q Arsrtd be wa>.
& Ms. JEErSuA CHAMBERLArN.-Died, i'll
quincy. Ma>>.. June 9th. Mrs. Jerusha
B Chamberlain. wife OF the late Daniel Cham
bcr!ain. Of Wc>;horo', aged ninetv-two
yysr> ana seven months. Few women have
>lsrcd greater viciS,itudcS Of fortune. Born
wiki the Republic in 1897. ut the age OF ten
yrars She removed to the "iidS Of New
York. where her father, with a few others
4 from The towns OF Hopkiuton and West
b0ro, purchased ii the Indians the land on
which now stands the large and wealthy
city OF Syracuse. Exposure and hardship
>6on carried most OF this pioneer company
10 The grave, the father and mother among
4. lhc number. A winter journey OF eighteen
q days found Mrs. Chamberlain and little
4 brother once more in g civilized home. At
The age OF th!r'y-two, with q family OF
I'VE children, she, with her husband,
then an cnterprsing farmer in Brook
ged joined the first mission to the
sandwich Islands. which sailed from Bos-
B Ion 10 October, 1919. These islands were
then sunk in the grosSest form OF Pagan
ld9ia;ry. Their only acquaintance, with
Christian nations was through vile traders
h and refugees from justice. BY wonderful
coincidence, during the passage of the MIS-
'ion ont. idolairy was abolished, and the
q way thrown open for the introduction Of
d CHRISTIANS. Upon their arrival the mission
aries were refused landing. a report hay
bg been circulated by malicious foreign
4 NaueiS that the missionaries were spies sent
"0l 10 rcconn'ire VITA q view 10 capturing
\ %e Islands. A! tins critical junclure Mrs.
I"ambcrialn with Der husband and children
we're aii0ved to come on shore. Soon al
/ III, through these, The landing Of the whole
,oHipany was allowed. For more than six
months family OF some twenty were fed
M"iiliF 10y presents TO her children from the
1'Ncernlng natives. Thus was she identified
WIN Tie SerY beginning OF the great reform
il these islands.
q, AE BALTIMORE AND ONO HEADQUARTERS
.2tTcial dispatch 20 the New York WOria.1
."c!hnfst, july g. Dir. John King, DR.,
"t,ptes.lcnt Of the Baltimore and OHIO
-?au' ana receiver OF the Marietta and Cin-
1nnatl and Ohio and Mississippi roads.
''"' IL Is announced, remove to this city