The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-02-08

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SHOCKING MURDER At w4RRggToN JUNcTroH---
Il TEE DEPOT AGENT AND TELgGRApa opeBA4
T6R sH0T And KILLED WHILE on HTs WAY
s. HOME, AYD HIS BODY Ayp ms room
n ROBBED HISTORY OF THE CRfkE.
80 81 s lspeciaf telegram ID the Dispafch.l
ALEXANDRIA, yA., February Z.
Howard Holtzclaw. about twenty wears OF!
age, acting railroad agent and telegraph
operator at Warrenton Junction, was shot
and killed near his home, at TINT place, last
night. Happears thar be left his Office be
tween 1oand IL O'Clock TO go to Dir. 3Shu-.
mates house, where he boarded, about. p
mile distant, and nothing more was seen of.
him until early this morning, when he was'
found dead, lying beside the fence about;
500 or 600 yards from, the house, having
been shot in the orehead. Il Is thought the
deed was done with gun. His pockets
were turned inside out, and q gold watch
and chain aud the keys OF the depot-safe.
and his own room were taken. 1t is not.
known whether he had any money ON his
person. @.T.s,2 - :ezas: - ,3td
\ The assassin went to- HoltzclaW's room,
situated in the yard about twenty, yards
from Mr.. Shumate's residence, rifed his
trunks, taking some, clothing and whatever
salunbles he may have had there. From all
that can be learned it is,lvery evident that
The deed was committed by some one per-
iecty familiar with Mr.. II oItzclaw's habits.
It is stated that blind was erected some
twenty steps from the fence where Holtz-.
claw was in the habit Of getting over, and
the assassin fired the fatal shot from behind
this blind, where, he was lying ia wait, 1t
cannot now be said whether the assassin
visited the depot or not. Everything there,
however, appears TO be in proper shape.
Still, as the key. is in possession OF the
murderer, it is possible that he secured the
contents Of the SAFE. There Is now no clew
10 the murderer. :,
The corouer's jury rendered verdict in
accordance with the above facts. ts1Es
! Mr. Holtzclaw was much beIiked by all
who knew him. A detective has been teIe-
graphed Tor, and every effort will be made
to bring the perpetrator Of this horrible
crime to justice. a-r>- II '.t.s.~ '..a.
LATER-ARREsT OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER.
+. :; Especial telegram to the Dispatcli.I
/ !. ALEXANDRIA, VAS February IA negro
was arrested at Warrenton junction this al
ternoen on suspicion DRILLING Holtzclaw.
The justice considered the evidence sufi-
cicnt to commit him for further examine
ton. '~o''' IT. ,...." 3. .s''
|. From another Correspondent go,
|. -. GoRDoNsvILLE, VA, February 7.-Mr.
Howard Holtzclaw, agent and operator at
Neutrality-suspicious., Virginia Midland rail-
road, started home last night about 10
O'Clock, and when about half mile from
tue depot was shot and killed, the ball pass
ing entirely through bis head. He was
boarding at Mr.. Shumate's, who lived about
! a mile from the depot. It seems the person
who shot him knew all about the situation
OF his room, which was near the main
building, rs his Arunk was broken open,
and that, also Of a young man who roomed
with him, and robbed. 81
When Mr.. HoltZclaw was found his
watch, money, and other valuablcs were
gone. The murderer must have. gore to
the house and broke open the trunks after
killing him. He was about twenty years
old, and had been in the employ of the
Virginia Midland Railroad Company for two
or three years. 1t is not known as yet how
much money he had on his person, as il
will take some time to examine his books
&c. l understand detectives have been sem
for and arc following the murderer. '
Associated Press reports by telegraph to the Dis
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SUICIDE OF YOUNG OHIO FARMER.
CINCINNATI, February Louis Passet
| young farmer living near Upper Sandusky
Ohio, yesterday shot himself through thu
heart. The death the day previous Of BIZ
rccently-married wife was the cause OF hi!
suicide.
ARRESTED FOR ENLIGHTENMENT.
WILMINGTON, DEL, February 7.-Eval
Rice, cashier OF the Wilmington and Bran
dywine National Bank, was arrested las
night for embeZZlement.