The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-12-02

Thursday night. in which Mr.. Fr,pt
Fnyne accidentally shot and killed HI.
leading actress;
The play was Isl Slocum. nirture ~,
taiiornia life. presented by Frank
Frsvne and his company. In the fo,,r,h
aci q becomes necessary Tor Ruth Slocum
ihc part taken hy Miss Anna Won Behrer
% save her husbands life. 10 allow an anple
% hc shot from her bead by her husband
When The p.ay reached this point today
there was ''tatnicSS silence in the thea
tre. Every eve WIS fastened on tha .fa,o
uhen The pretty Young actress .foo5 IL
movable with the apple upon her be,I
afuf. thirty feet distant. Frgvno 90,
pointing the polished rife backward over
h' shoulder. Every cr Wa, strained -
catch the report. Fryue was uru.r,liy
DELIBERATE. For moment hc stood aiiusf.
.r ilc weapon and ~icadvine the >ipbt
81 ls-,. after what had seemed minutes n
tit oa iooAers. he pulled The trigger.
IMPLIED EXPLOSION.
Iu-.e5d Of The sharp, clear report that
lcrae should have made, there came a
-reei explosion like q shot heard iron
..-. and little pun of smoke came from
hta ihe muZzlc and the hrecch ~ the
weapon. kUth stood for 4 second and then
itu edward on the stage. Frayne looked
around in q dazed way and glanced at ms
,ii--. which was >inged with powder.
Then. seeing Miss Won Bebren fan. he
rushed across the stage, CRYING Nv God
Ms God. W hat have I done:" and drop
t-t down lt>ide her. That Wa, All the
s...aucc saw. for just H. they realized that
..u,tlu- outside Of the ordinary course
q fairs had happened the curtain
came rolling down. shutting tho scene
from iheir eyes. In q few moment,
N.raEtr Ucnnt>>y appeared before the
curtain and announced tAat an accident
t.l occurred. How serious it wa, Dc did
ra, know. hut, be added. The play would
cad without The 9th act. Noone had seen
aH, .lood. and the people went out with
ORG Knowing the extent If the TRAGEDY.
There weso iui,y 2.510 people Ia the house.
Oh, Thanksgiving matinee having drawn
4r .riienc, tlot filed every SCAT. ~oquick
u.. -ie curtain lowered that the audience
. u0 apprehension ~ The tragedy That
l.l occurred, and passed quietly out with
1U .ry disorder. some grunlled because
-1 c.deu, had prevented their ,eeiu1t the
tl -t. and Others were heard rmlrkiuz
tt -.ew man must have had very mar
r.v escape. and tle prediction Wa, heard
o- side, thlr tle -.Ii was taking great
s>s q Te-mi.t.r- Ba!ne to shoot at the
lUt no hcr head il that way, and -uuc
t.I.. SIZE would ie killed.
IHE SOME rToN THE -TAGA.
VI nuhll. 10 tle stage the greatest con-
ia,i.u prevailed. Ms, Won Belr,u was
living '-le'e,, on Tie boards. her forehead
.n'l.led with blood. while crimson food
d f-rt.H r..r
SIS il a faint near her. The members ~
OH. company I'm excited Li-Lr and
t-.r. s. basin 0i wafer WIS brought.
and while some -ponged The blood from
O.. f.- u the -irl others bl-led Mr..
Frames head until CONSCIOUSNESS, w.> To-
stored. Presently Dr. L. =. QUeruer ~
Iai. and "a making au examination
found that the BALI instead OF splitting
.la rp.c bad entered the forehead ~
-ctrss, Us point about two
inches above the iett ege and bali 500
from .Le u dial line. Although
ua- ir--nsilie. not muscle Quiyerll-.
and not tremor being visible 60 indie IL
t ta ~.i. fingered, Der pulse was --i.t
...lr. AMI l. did u9t Lullv cease unil
almost l..s.u minute Lad clipped q. Nr.
f-..ue l-e4u alpelrec a'l- .~. frantic
l -r.,i &c. wruu- DBL, bands -ll
g. now cryir- ont Ike child -l
--l .hlu- into >ol-. III explained
t.a. ..-t Do tl- critical moment when lnr
- Wa- discharged tile JPN ol -llln--
.. boiling tLe Trrlln place. ,H- cd
rIrr tie lcr- steel rUlr O. drop. tl.,
lr Tie ar-e.l up and Oh. -'<1ic
l.a.. OF col--e this elected t-- ei.
iI.u re- proper course. AID ll>lsl oI mt
r.- t.- apple 60 went lower and .uIl.d
Itself b. Gle brain oi tle aciie,-. u.
,rr- which bad caused all the mischief
r. ''aHrl picked Up on tle Haof oI
q. -a'rl twenty feet from Tue stag.
E-ACCy-AIIuN.
WiL-n bali OF threc-quarter, OF On no.i
E., began 90 be realized chat FIiynr d.. -...
.r Inspected % having shot the .1 ln'ru-
t.r.UY. S. soon ID, this wa, suggested I'D
him he demanded % be taken u ponce
.aiquarfer- 90 once.
Nl.n Mr. Frlyue wa, - ia>t ItaIH go
oupniel by his friends, he ieit ni' uI',,-
.1--s00m % ~ 10 the station WIN sergeant
B,nutuzer. II was necessary 10 cro,, Tue
stage mon which still lay the body OF MISS
Son Behren. At sight OF II the ACTOR
f0rfitude gave away again, ana ue DuIs'
out into passionate sObs. When ht Va
finally quieted the party proceeaed 10 'uo
Bremen-Street station. Here Nj. ray ne
once more lost ali control of himself.
There yyas some delay in reglsterln-' =
OBJ. sergeant did not know what chAI7e -
prefer. In this extremity eoniefeh,e " d
held bv means II telephone Win foile',
Justice Higcly. Justice Hugely instructed
the officer, 10 make the charge one OF man
Slaughter. Mr.. Frayne gave hls age a.
fo-fv.,brec and hi. residenceas Echo Del,
Chatham. y. J.. While the officers Ncic
muiriDg Of the Judge what vas 10 DO
done De cried out repeatedly ,4
d. Do ANYTHING 10 me. Make d IN D~u o,
possible. ! have committed murder III"
lHant The law 10 take - course
Fravue would not permit the uiaua-Si
~ TIE theatre % explain 70 the ouiCe' a.
charge what bad happened, Dut d .i.i1,.
o. BE- locked up in the darkest ceu instant
D.. Then be burst into tears.
DEMANDING TO 81 LOCKED Up.
something was said abou, bail, which he
herd when he rushed forward again anu
derD,nded 10 be locked up, saiiin5 ~
would not Give bail or permit any on 80, -
10 give IL for him. lie was many , ,,H.J
and t,Len IN bis hotel. bail being allo"eu
ia The sum Of $1,000. ...,o,,, over-
The members OF the company seem C'oi
wbeImed with grid. The ride when
Frayne used is a stevens hreech-loaot,r !,
twenty-two caibre, and has been IN Gse ~
year.. Tie says the shot Is per ,,y,I Ia
with an ordinary marSsman. a, tne api' ~ :,
placed on cap, which raises II ioui '"''''''
above the head.
MISS yoS sEBREN.
Miss Won Hehrcn bad the utmost e ,na
dence In Mr. Frame. having been the iea l's
ing lady Of bis company for two year. ,, aud
night alter night during thai time nas stJoJ