Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-02-27
MURDER. SCANDAL AND SUICIDE.
A Farmers Noisy wagon the Indirect
 Cause of Them All.
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INcwY 0rs SGnJ
 BRADFORD. Pa, December 2l.-On the sd e. July, 1877, Kate McGilvray daughter of a prominent citizen oi Slaron, Pas, was duvlDg spirited horse through the Village. H llllam C Bell an old citizen of the place, was driving his horse, attached 10 a noisy lumuer-bo wagCHs and in coming up behind Miss McGiiyray s horse. frightened It, and l. ran away No damage was done, but the young elrl's brother, young and powerful man. met old Air. Bell on the street soon aiterwurd and charging him with rechlesslv causing the runaway, at-
 tackled him, and threw him through
 a store window. The old man was
 badly huu. He was helped 10 bar Der-chop near by, where his son, R. j. Bell, cashier in Curtis & Boyle's
 iron works, was being shaved. The
 young man. on hearing the cIrcum-
 stance left the shop highly lnuig-
 nant. lie met McGilvIay on the
 street. near Bume's drug store. He
 ran ln the sIoic, aud, taking two
 pound weight from the counter, re-
 turned 10 tLe street He threw the
 weight at McGuyr4y IL struck the
 latter in the temple. From the effects
 of the blow McGilvTay died on the J,h
 ot July. Young Bell was arrested,
 tried and convicted of murdei . the
 second degree. He was sentenced 10
 the penitenuary for two years. SIX
 months ItleINard he was paruOned.
 Al line time of the tIagedy young Bell
 was engaged To be married to Miss
 Helen Wilder, Of Randolph, Catia-
 raulus couuly, \. '. A few days
 after his release they weIe married.
 Bel was installed in his old position
 as cashier al Curtis & Bnyles. About tLe tune that Bel dealt the fatal blow [, NCGiivr1v, a mau named Silvernaii
 kept hdci aud Mlliasd saloon in
 sharon. He had a young and atIrac- tive wife Slyeruail failed and Ieh .he place. The wife remained n iIe village. samuel Western u, Presi- dent of bank Iu Sharon. took the Lo.cl business sHi made Mrs. S'vei- uaIl its superintendent. This led |" much scandal The hotel was the re- sofi of the leading young men oi the village, prominent among them being R. |. Bell. Recently Sii"ernuii re- turned .- instituted pro- C, ,,diugs a-aiust Westrrman to recover S25,U,U damages from him for the alleged aheuiariun of the affections uf Mrs. S.,yeuall. This stirred mp ali fh- odd go sip about lhe hotel and its Muuiady, and b.ougut up prominently Inc aaMe of F. r. Bell as cunu,cicr herewith. l. Was said that he would ic un important witness in the sui Ali the circumstances of the McGii- vray tragedy naturally became lead- ing topics in sharon socicty. Bell was aware of this, and had been low spirited for sCme weeks On Saturday afternoon last bis wife called at hi> ! office 10 acccmpuuy hIm home. Their ! two-ye8r-old child was with her. Bell ] Was not ID. Mrs. Bell waited some | time for him, and Was about iu go | home when ln ofice-bay ran into lhe | office from an adjoining room and ! shouted:
 |" Mr Bell has hanged himselfi'
 He was found in the basement Ui | inc building, hanging by rope from . team. He was 3S years old. The -cvIvAl of lhe scandal and the tragedy n the village ls universally accepted l~ the cause of the suicide.