Daily Republican., 1881-10-26
FIFTH edition
TRAGEDY NEAR Do,,.
An Ola Fea< Cauaev On.
:" sheet Another ana ths.
shoot Himself "0a

AhOOt Himself.
Never since the West and r.
Turner bloody affair have the c,.; W
in the vicinity Of Dover been ma.l v'.ll
cited than they have been by n .e t,a
which occurred in South Mnrds. Hs
Hundred, on the road that leads aet !.
Frederick to Bowers Beach, ' ON v y
day evening. '" y
The parties to the bloody affai,
Jeremish Scanlan and Curtis VIII.
both farmers; the latter being n ~ J
tleman of standing and much rssn.
where he is known. A feud of pV \
standing seems to have been tho ~ ~, !.
the occurrence The difficulty ism
derstood TO have originated in div }
about some land sold by Saxton tn y
Ian. A running tight and fend
been kept up for q number of I'd
Scanlan claiming that William
infringed on his rights, and had \
TO rob him of a portion of h;s M \
Last Friday the two parties ~
tragedy met to try and arrange
settlement Of their difficulties i'll
law Office of George V. MASSEY
in Dover. No terms were agreed ~
however, the breach widening If
thing. Scanlan declaring thsn
there, that he would shoot William
Wednesday. Later in the eyrnin
the same day Seaman went IN
liams' house, armed with a shot
Entering the yard he walked m
up to the door, and knocked Il,
mission. A light was burning hi
kitchen, and Seaman by looklngtbr.
a window WAS enabled TO sea hi,
tim advancing to open the door, N
Williams reached the front room \
Ian fired through the window, ths
entering his right breast near
shoulder, severing the artery, and
ing the blood 10 squirt out in GRID
stream. Williams sank to tn,
with a groan.
Without waiting to see the e,fsc
his shot he walked out of the ward
rapidly down the road, no one off
TO interfere with him, no sudden
been all the incidents in the trae
Apparently half frenzied with ,h
sire TO WELD his instrument of de,
tinn, he repaired to the house Of
Saxton, about a quarter Of mile
with the Intention OF shooting him.
fortunately Mr.. san on wa, nd
home. a BOY named B.aies and
of Mr.. Williams were in the kid
aud h. ariug the r"port of slu,
went on. and found Scanlan .yu
the roadside, y short distance Irvu
house with a terrible shot gun vi
in his groin, which /. is supposed
Ian had inflicted with his ow q hand
gun. He was carried to his own
not far away and DR.. Whitley
Frederica, summoned to attend
wounds. The doctor arriving sal,
wound is mortal, and Scaulan's
is only q question Of few hoirs.
ID. Cahall OF Frederlca was call
to attend to Williams wounds,
pronounced his case critical in
extreme. Sheriff Lacey Of Dover
set watch on Soanlan's resiten
prevent him from being taken ax
some place of concealment.
Rev. Father Bradford admins
the last rites of the Church TO Sd
afternoon. Timothy Sa
a brother stated, in several CO
sations, that, in his opinion, his b1
" as and is insane. This is bornd
TO q considerable extent by the
ments OF other persons who havek
him intimately for a number Of
past. All mite in describing hin
having been unprinciped, fierce,
the terror of the nsighDorhood.
He was born in Ireland, is wol
little property, and has a wife and 4
ly. Williams is a law abiding ana
spected citizen, and was only con1'
ing for his just rights
Later reports say that Seaman lSsl
Ing very fast and cannot possibly
cover. He acknowledges the Shoot
and said: III killed Curt "l1liams'
an glad | did not xii Sa1top' hs
a ,por old man. and not worth sh. @
he won't live long, anyhow lls
some hopes of the recovery OF MI,
hams though his life tremp'es III
balance.