The daily gazette., 1879-05-24
FIRST EDITION.
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A gwssLekxoNH sAAxsR szosrs als.
BROTHER AND THEN TAKES HIS OWN
LIFE.
In Anne Arundel county, eighteen
miles from this city, under huge oak of
m".nas Il ssseas sS ,bSs lSS
sleep the bodies OF two brothers, who on
"Wednesday last were the principals in
one Of the most terrible tragedies ever
enacted In this State, a brief outline OF
Wpic4 wAD given iu,yesterdsyR GAZETTE. .
On the day referred to John Stincheom b,
aged W years, prominent farmer, resi-
ding about three miles from Severn sta
Non, on the Baltimore ana Philadelphia
railroad, shot and instantly killed his
brother, Louis, fagod 90, and afterWArd
committed snicide. Alreprese utative. of
The GAZETTE was yesterday dispatched
TO the scene and found the residents of
Severn and the neighboring village of
Odenton in state 0fintense exciteIn ent,
growing out Of the distressing occur
renee. ~ -i II ~ - - /.
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
The story briefly related is as follows:
On Wednesday morning John Stinch-
comb, residing on the county road about
ihree miles east OF Severn, and four
miles southeast Of Odenton, left his
home sstensibiy TO attend to some busi-
hess in Severn, taking with him an En-
field rife which had been converted in
| 10 . smooth bore, and which was he av-
lily loaded with bird and buckshot. When
ques toned BY his two sisters, Misses
Mary A. and Sarah Stinchcomb, who oc-
cupied the house with him, rs to his OBJ
jectin going about armed, Stinchcomb
made an evasive answer and walked
away. The sisters, who appear to have
had . premonition of coming trouble
were At irst greatly alarmed at his con-
duct, knowing that Stinchc0mb had been
on bad terms with his brother Louis for
some time past, owing to q dispute
about the division Of some property to
which they were joint heirs. The cir.
cuMstaDce was soon forgotten, however
aud the two ladies were busy about theil
ousehpld duties until shortly after II
O'Clock, when thdy were alarmed by
hearing their brother calling excitedly
to them from the lawn 10 front of ths
house. Upon going hurrietly to tn.
do0s they sAWs - oliu. standing on tht
lawn with the rifie in his hand and evi
dently In Q high state of excitement. Hi
faoe Was deathly pale and wore an ex
pressien of rage aud fear that made hi,
terrified sisters ply him with hasty in
Quiries as to the cause. of his distres HI
raised his hand abeve hts head and criet
| 10 his elder sister. "Oh, Salli.l Oh Sallie
have hurt him" The ladies asked II
alarinif he. bad killed Louis. Stinoh
com6 by this time had become calm ant
replied: "Iexpect he Is dead and II
be zone, too, SOON He added solemn
ly and with great tenderness, "Good-by'
sHRILLING sPEcTAoLE.
The ladies, their worst fears realized
l A - Coz .s.,s
| auce, screaming loudly. They had seal
cely reached the gateway when the
were startled by the loud report of gu
| and turning saw the form Of their SEE
ond brother lying extended on the lawr
q few feet from the house. The unfOrtl
! nate and now almost frantic sister
rushed toward their brother and foun
himlyingon his side, ,frothing at themout
with the blood pouring ipasi eady strear
from a gaping wound in his right side
4 His fea ures were writhing 10 the deaf
agony as they reached his side and h
4 died almost instactiy without uttering
word. A neighbor's child, who wa
crossing field near the house at tn
time, heard the report aud screams an
Il running to the house found the tw
ladie. kneeling beside their brother
frantically beseechipg him to speak t
, them. A farmer s0OD after ward reache
tue scene anu W Hui tno hah-iuhuhh IL
ladies narrated what had passed an
implored him to institute ascrach fc
q Louis Slinchcomb. Mr. M. L. Dyson
] owner of charcoal burning pit, Of whic
Louis was superintendent, at once dis
!. patched his son Robert to look for tf
young man. On reaching the cleariI
:. around the pit young Dyson was horn
4 fed by discovering the dead body
y Louis ex ended on the ground. The u
= fortunate man held q shovel tight
1 clasped under his left arm and was BILE,
: Ing freely from q large, wound In b
: back, to the left of the spine. BY tn
\ time the alarm was given and crowds
n men from Severn appeared on the scen
y A minute examination of the groun
b was then made, to obtain some clue
}! the position Of the brothers when the
y tai shot was fred AS the body was
re ing ON the face, with the wound in q
, back, II was evident that the shot hi
!! come from the rear and the search W
,e accordingly extended in that directio
,e About 50 feet from the body was SIN
Q pins scrub, behind which footprints We
n disco vered. A close examination of t
% bush disclosed the fact that tho branch
~ were scorched with Eunpo wder, provi
~ conclusi vely that John had fred the
fe tai shot from behind the bush, with
O. gun resting on the branch. From {
10 position bfthe body the murdered N
ed was probably working with his back
~ ward his brother at the time and VIII
~ y the gun was discharged fell forward a
y, expired instantly.