The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-20

crying full account of the South Side
Murder. purchased a paper, and to my
horror found that an assassin had Sc
creted himself in old Peter Garrison's
room, and. after be had retired, attacked
him with an iron bar. 1t appeared, from
what was afterwards surm sed. that he
defended himself a while with vigor, till,
suddenly tearing the mask from off the
robbers face, to his horror discovered the
villain to be none other than his way
ward son, Robert. Failing upon his
knees, he begged to be spared, but mur-
der hid been premeditated, and the dag
ger sank deep into his victims breast.
The daughter and servants, hearing the
noise, rushed to the room; but the door
was bolted, and before the assassin could
be reached he drew from his coat re-
volver, placed it against his temple, and
there ended his miserable existence, My
friend murdered by his own son! Hor-
rorl / could hardly believe it. But re-
membering what Mr.. Garrison had told
me of the threat made by his son, came
to the conclusion that it was only too true
Fastening to the place l found itguarded
by the police. Crowds of people about
the neighborhood, and great excitement
prevailing. Pushing through the crowd,
| made my way into the house. The Cor
oner had taken charge of the remains OF
Mr. Garrison, those of the assassin having
been conveyed away at the request of
Edna. | soon found her, and the first
words she said were, "Oh! Mr.. Belmont,
papa is dead, and I am left alone"
Here was presented sight I shall
never forget. Those blue eyes as they
looked into mine SO trustingly, as ii i'm
ploring pity, that innocent and beautiful
face which betrayed terrible suffering,
and the dead-like pallor on the counte-
nance, while she wept conyulsively,
made me realize the awful event in its
true light.
miss Edna" I said, "permit me to
call you thus, what can / do for you! l
fear that you are exerting yourself too
much, and unless you are more calm you
will be ill.,"
"Oh, Mr.. Belmont. you are so kind,
but my dear papa!" and she sobbed again.
"Oh, shall die"
"Miss Edna, is not your aunt or some
of your relatives hereT'
"Yes," she responded, "they are up
stairs with papa's body
Extensive preparations were being
made for the funeral, and finding that ]
could not be Of any assistance I expressed
a few more words of coincidence to Edna,
promising to attend the funeral, and took
my departure. The next day the papers
contained IN obituary of Peter Garrison,
sp aaking of his beneyolence, success in
business, etc., and regretted the unfortu-
ma affair.
"Two days elapsed, and the funeral
was to take place. During the night
slight snow had fallen, leaving the earth
clad in spotless raiment. As | walked
up the street and saw the long line of
carriages standing one behind another,
and directly in front of the house, the
hearse which was to bear the remains of
my friend to its last resting place, and
the events of week previous,
thought of the old saying, "In the
midst OF life we are in DEATH,
"In an ebony casket In the front par
lor, covered with flowers, lay the remains
Of Peter Garrison. The same life-like ex-.
preston was portrayed on her counte-
nance. Friends and relations wore
gathered there to witness the last sad
rites performed over the dead man. The
procession moved slowly to Rose Hill,
and as they passed within the gates of
the cemetery the bell tolled in mournful
tones. The grave was reached, the coffin
lowered, the earth thrown in, and all
that remained of the once honored mer-
chant now lay beside his dead wife.
Three days after this | called upon
Edna, at her residence, and was grieved
to find, as the servant told me, that she
was very i'll. l sent up my card, how
ever, and upon receiving it she at once
gave orders for my admiltance, and came
down to greet me in the hall. But, oh
how pale and ill, and yet more radiantly
lovely than ever she looked. She was
positively ethereal in her beauty, but the
marks of broken heart were upon her.
held short conversation with her on
general topics, but at length, losing all
control of my feelings, confessed my love
for her, which, to my rapture, she ac.
knowledged, and before I left we
plighted our troth. You will say, per-
haps that was rather hasty; but what
can man do when he sees the woman he
loves suffering for the love which is hers
by right. WE'LL A week or so after l
received a message from Mr.. Garrison's
attorney asking me to be present at the
reading Of the old gentleman's will. and
Judge of my surprise, Fred. when from
that document | learned that he had dis
his son only week or two
prior to his death and left me half of his
immense fortune. ! was thunderstruck
and could only bow my acknowledgements
TO the congratulations which were ten
1e-ed me by those present. Of course in
the character of part heir atlaw, I
could not stay there very long, and after
a short conversation with my darling
Edna, I came down town. Being very
busy l did not 60 up to the house for
couple Of days. and was therefore rather
at receiving a message in a
strange hand last night, telling me to
come I'D there at Once. / Obeyed the