The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-28

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We condense ths following ihcts' In re-
gard 70 this horrible tragedy from the
Ussion Of the 2lst:
Some wears aeo. wken Charles Angel hnt
came to Fernandina he began buatness with
John n Was, bakef. Nothing unpleasant
was developed during that connection % M -
has been brought TO light Amer this. when
Angel started an independent bakery Of his own,
Young Frank Waas was apprenticed TO him.
Frank len the service Of Angel before the ap-
nreniiceship closed, and out Of this grew small
eud between the two families, which was not OF
long duration. and had, externally Of least. been
/ healed cor years, a. the two men were on seem
few days age, and Was kindly rendered him
the use Of bis ovens, and Angel was baking In
Was kitchen up to the day Of his death. On
Saturday last Was went to Angel and asked
him to come to his (Waas1 house on Sunday 81
4P.M. On Sunday morning he twice sent
messenger to Angel begging him not to fall to
keep the appointment The last messenger came
lust as Angel was about TO take drive on the
beach with Mr.. F. G. Suhrer and other friends.
He turned to his wife and said:
al believe I'll CO. The old man has been
rather respondent of late and maybe he wants
to ask q favor of me-" And So all unsuspicious,
he went to his death.
When he reached the house, Was met him,
carried him into the parlOT, and q conversation
ensued which could not have been bolsterous or
disagreeable Angel rose to depart and stepped
out on the porch. Before he reached the step,
Was called him from within TO hold orr He
turned and met the cleaning barrels of shot
gun in Was hands pointing at his head. Before
he had time 10 speak or protest load of buck
shot went crashing into his throat passing
through his neck, severing the wind-pipe and
parotid artery, and splintering the spine His
death was almost instantaneous.
Was then hastily retired, locked all the doors
behind him save the front door, passed through
the house into the provender room, swallowing
a large dose of opium on the way, drew his
razor, severed the main arteries OF both arms
and laid himself down to die, having fastened
the doors about him.
Angels corpse was removed to the residence
of his wife within short while, and Was was
brought to his room in an unconscious condition
About o'clock in the morning he reused tenn
porarily, and asked: is the scoundrel deadf
expect to swing for it," Since that time he has
not spoken a word. At the Coroner's inquest
two notes written by Was were produced. One
was pinned TO bandage and read:
Use this bandage 10 tie up my arm. Don't
call a doctor, Don't take of my clothes"
This was apparently written with elaboration
On the envelope OF the other note was hur-
riedly and exciiedly scrawled:
:" / have committed horrible deed. lam not
sorry for it," The inside contained only private
directions to his daughter, Louise about the dis
position of his affairs and family.
For some days previous to the terrible crime,
Was had been making preparations 10 die. He
had repaired his wifes grave, and made prepars-
tons for his own by removing the body of
child lying next to his wife's grave in order to
make room for himself 1t is said that his coffin
had been prepared, his tombstone engraved, and
his will made several days before the fatal Sun
day, and he had emphatically told his friends
that his 6av0 numbered The ma fi n
this desperate tragedy were both we'll known.
No human being seems to know the cause of
this dreadful crime. John NJ. Was, white
haired and harmless, was either insane when he
poured the deadly contents of that gun into
Charlie Angels neck, or there is some deep, dark
reason underlying this great tragedy that will
never be known until the day when all mysteries
are solved
Louise Was is her fathers faithful and con-
slant nurse Her rare beauty and her devotion
TO him in this dark day have done much to dis
arm public excitement of that bitterness and in
dignation which might otherwise have found
vent in summary revenge. She told US, amid
her sObs, that she could conceive no reason that
could have induced her father to commit the hor
rible act. She expressed deep sympathy for An
gels wife, and assured Us that her father would
not live through the night.
DIR. Palmer said there was nothing necessarily
fatal in his wounds if he would permit treat
ment This he steadily refused to do. He re-
fuses nourishment, objects to having anything
done for him, and says he don't want to live,
aud cont live.
Angel was buried at four o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The funeral services at the house
were conducted by the Rev. II. s. Yerger, of
the Presbyterian Church, and the Masons cele-
brated their burial rites at the grave. The whole
town seemed to fnrn out to do honor to Angels
memory. Il is probable that larger procession
never followed a corpse to Fernandina's GENE
terry. Public sympathy beats strongly and ten
derby around the desoate home of his true wife,
and now lonely widow
John NJ. Was died at nine o'clock last night.