The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-24
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WAYNgSBOgo', August %, 1881.
Van viii remember that Ia 6 commu.
.,...,ap hat addressed you last week
= r.,erred 10 Colonel kidder, whose
..,o,intsnce | then made. Imagine ms
s.,e,t,sor. on reachiag the village, a few
I..s,snis AGO, TO be us0ered Into the same
s,1a,oe mr.. George T. La1gford'sl where
/, s,sea wi;h him on the 18th aud found him
ia.,u.5ed for the tomb. Before giving you
-. n,rieulsls ,ouenIng bis death, will
-. nat he esDe 10 Waynsshoro' about
-. eek ago, In company with bis wife,
- n. agent Of The NStionSl Bee Company,
o. Clpelnnaii, Q.
uxvaSA HArIyE oF KENTUCKY.
c,,on.l Kirk Kidder, ~ understood bin
q, ,sv AS nsilye Of Fayette county, KY,
~ and raised within three miles Of Leg
ION Bis father. now living in New
Va +. chemist. perhaps, is The sutbor Of
.syer,l pubHcliions on the history Of the
a. AMI the fouuder ei nen,hly Journal
Ss,,iRd 70 that interest. This msu told me
~ rs,s member Of Sheridau's staff, and
,o.mea familiar with the topography Of
Vtrsinls. acquired during the war. He
U,s shout eve feet four or I'VE inches In
height. broad shouldered, With sandy or
red hsir and beard. and rather pleasing sd
Sr,ss. he was man ~ remarkable intel
nsenc,. bad travelled $ great deal, snd
tbere wss 90 subiee, that might be intro
6Be,d that he dad not seem cenyerssut vita.
y. h,d. As be Informed the writer, isten
op.s plumber OF patents. many OF them
pertaining 70 bee-hiyes, &c. We have
Earned since reaching here that
BswAS DISCIPLE OF INGEKSoLI,
though in our meeting there wss not the
slightest slluslon to that subject. Thi. is q
hriei history az The unfortunate affair thsi
a O'clock last evening ltbe Ssbbs,hl ter.
Minated IN bis death. A daughter " Mr..
LtngioTd hsd made communication, vol
up,sriiy. 10 Mrs. Kidder 10 regard 10 Der-
,.f that reflected on a young man 10 the
employ OF The Shenaudoah-N Valley rsilrosd,
one
WILLIAM BASssTT, 4 NATIVE OF HANOVER,
81 we learn. who boarded a, Lsngford's.
Sue mentioned the matter 10 her hnsbsnd,
who lbougbllessly spoke Of it on Fridsy
evening last u the dep0, OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio rold, in the village, when il soon
reached Bls,eits esrS. He WAS Indignant,
srd threatened kidder. He was remon-
ltraied With, and nothing occurred until
ls,l evening about O'Clock be entered
Lsngi0rd's. toe Ridgeway House, where
they ,upped together. A few minutes after
supper
KlDDRR WAS CALLED OUT BIZ BASsETT
ca The back porch, when be said to Kid
der: II understand YOU have been circu-
la,ing slsDderOUS reports about me-iying
about ne" KidGer replied; - Mr.. Bassett,
! have not done So" when bis wife. hear
ing the angry conversation, esme out snd
said, Mr.. Bsssett, l am TIE one that made
these communications T" when Mr.. Kidder
said 10 her, " am responsible for all you
said" At this moment BssSett, boiling
With rage. struck Kidder over the right
forehead with a medium-siZed cane, the
skin cut through, as we saw a few moments
ago. Kidder in an instant SsiZsd him and
attempted 10 throw him over the bsnistsrs,
when. In the seufle, Bassett, who bad his
left band in his pocket when be used the
cane, slssped Kidder, and with that baud
SCOT HIk ABOUT THE KEGION OF TRa HsARF.
Kidder unclasped his bold and sank back.
At the moment BsSsett seized Kidder two
Young men who, except Mrs. Kidoer, were
the only persons present, seized them. Ny
informant II was who seized Bassett, and
holding on TO him sitter be shot Kiddsr, and
be had sunk 10 the floor, Bsssett seeming
disposed 10 shoot ban = second time, when
be said 10 him, "Kidder is dyingl For
Gods sske. don't shoot him agaie." As be
vet hello Bassett firmly be (Bsssett) held the
pistol in a threatening way and said,
ed d---n you, let me go, or III shoot
YOU" be then fastened down the stairs
On to the street, where
Crowd BEARING THE REPORT, CRIED
"cLTCH HIN!
AID several started after him. One, q one
armed man aod uDsrmed, pursued Bassett
into the corn-feld close by-the last seen
Of him. l regret 10 learn that Mr.. Bassett
IL 5 younger brother OF most esteemed
friend, now resident OF Jefferson county,
W. Va, aud that be has a sister residing in
Texas.
MRS. KIDDER PRODUCES HkR Marriages GER
TIPICATE.
The village gossip reached the ears of
Mr.. Kidaer, since her husbands death,
that spoke OF her as not being the scife Of
Colonel Kidder, when she promptly pro-
duced marTiage-certI6ests showing her
marriage 70 him-pefbaps since he set out
90 this iOurney-snd as having occurred al
Point Pleasant few weeks ago. She was
Miss Jones, daughter OF a merchant tailor
q that place, and was a native OF Ohio.
Our informant, who has been most sctiveIn
communicating with Colonel Kidder's
fyieDds, but up 10 tins hour III A. M US
successfully, on our inquiry II "ee kid
DER wa Mason." said " be had been up
TO the dale Of bis espousal OF IngeTsolfS
doctrine, when he was expelled or with
drew"
An inquest vas held last night that ar
rived al the result beTein described. II no
thing is heard within few hours from his
ifIesds the burial will take place here.