The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-10
Il MARYLAND SENSATION.
Miss Lily Duer Tried fer Shooting he
Bosom Fri II.

n AMAARLdND SENSAT TON.
Miss Lily Duer Tried fer Shooting her
Bosom Fri IA.
Last November TIE News AND
HERALD published the account of q
sensational shooting case on the eastern
shore Of Maryland. The assailant was
Miss Lily Duer, q romantic young
woman Of the masculine type, and her
victim Miss Ella Hearn, a gentle girl.
Miss Duer is described in many differ
Ont ways from merely an eccentric
girl to beitlg d REGULAR Di Vernon
carrying pistol in her belt, affecting
cigars and tobacco, and making love
to the other girls of her age with the
tervor ofn lover. She took great
fltnty to Miss Hcarn and was continu-
ally with her, and was mndc Jealous
wherever ELLA IIcarn seemed to care
either for some other girl or for some
young beau. elias father broke Off
the intimacy for several months. But
ono day Lily came to tho house and en-
dcavorcd to persuade Ella to take n
walk with her, complaining at tho
same time that Ella had ceased to care
for her. Ella afterwards told her
mother she was afraid Of Lily. Final
ly Mt her mothor's solicitation she start
cd of with her. AS thcy reached tho
door Miss Duer's pistol was fired, and
Ella camc rushing to her mother
exclaiming 'I am shot. Thisswas on
the 9th of Navembcr. On tho 9Th Of
December she died, and then Miss
Dnct wits arrested. Tho trial is now
progressing. Before death Ella told
her father that Lilly had chidcd licr
for not loving her; and, intlamcd by
jealousy; had shot her deliberately,
Lily denies this, and says the shooting
was accidental. The dcfcncc claim
that tho weapon was ono of the toy
pistols that are sold for three dollars,
that 1t entered the gum without touch
Ing either lip and embedded itself In
the roof of the mouth. They argue
from this that ELIAS mouth must have
bcen opens in conversation or laugh
Ing, as she would have had it closed
had tho threat boon announced, and
her head would have boen avertcd.
Again tho wound was so slight it
could not have caused death, and the
victim died dOfncrvousncss or some 9TH
er disease. Tho case has excited q great
deal Offntcrest. The foolish and ro-
mantle attachment of girls for each
other has often been spoken of, but
there never before has been on instance
OF ono girl shooting another for "going
back on her"
CHANGES NEEDED.-A State surer-
1ntcndent who had made during long
term Of Office, hundreds of visits to
Engraded country schools, declared
that hc never once saw teacher con-
Quoting a recitation without a text
book IN hand; that he seldom saw eth
or teacher or pupils at the BACKYARD;
that he never saw school-globe actu-
ally In use that he never saw q teacher
give an object lesson; that he never
heard lesson OH morals or manners;
that no never saw but one school-cabi.
not; that he never saw reading class
trained to stand erect and hold a book
properly; that he never heard teach
or give lesson in local geography!
that classes whom asked to point north,
uniformly pointed upward to tho
zenith; that he never heard spelling
lesson dictated in which the teacher
did not mispronounce ono or more
words; and that no never found q
school where the pupils had boon
trained to write letter, either Of bust
ness or friendship.