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csIcaso. Novrnber 80 The Tribune's
ii. L,nl. special Of the 29rh says: What
came very u-ar being fatal tragedy and 10
"n" &c the greatest social sensations which
ever ira,spired In this city. happened ysster
day sfiern",n at III aristocI attic assignsti"n
house on Singleton street, known - the
,"Tsrk House." A, five O'Clock gentleman
and lady, heavily vrllsd, who had entered
the honse- ihiee ~hnurs- previously. Left The
premises, and were almost immedi ately con-
frpn,ed cy tie iady's husband aud . GRIM
looking detective. The girl chung to her es-
cort's ariu. with short scream, and her hus-
baud immediately ievellsd q pistol and fired.
The ball struck the lady's friend In the arm,
And had IL been I'll inch higher or lower IL
would have finished him. A IL was, the
bone IL his arm was shattered, and he fell
groaniGg "a he ground. The husband strobe
over him aud levclled the pistol again, evil
IDENTIFY intending TO finish his victim, but the
detective wrenehed away bis weapon aud the
parties separated. The dramatis persona In
this tragedy we're Mr. and Mrs. Rush Tevis,
Frank igleh an, aud q private detective who
was formerly on the police force. ..-.
WHO THE PARTIES ARE.
The story can soon be told: Mrs. Tevfs Is
q lady well known IN St. Louis society. She
is niece Of General Sherman, commander
in chief, aud also . niece of the late Judge
Samuel Trebsr. Her:father, Colonel Reese,
10 now In the regular army, but Is at present
In 81. Louis. The lady Is quite young, with
an exceedingly attractive and Intelligent
face, Of the order best described Is red
blonde, framed by Titianesque hair. aud her
figure is instinct with grace. She does not
look to be more than twenty years Of age,
aud she has been charming attraction Of .
bright circle Of St. Louis society for several
ysars. About four years ago she IVES mar.
ried to Mr. Rush Tevis, at present an em-
ployee In the store Of Crow, Hargardine d
Co.. and son Of John c. Tevis, an id and
respected citizen Of St. Louis and relative
Of the California Tevisss. Every one who
knew them supposed that their home on
Leonard street was very happy one. Mrs.
Tsvis seemed TO be thoroughly conte. ted
and altogether wrapped up in her baby, now
q charming and bright little girl Of three
years.
For some time past, however, there has
been . GOODNESS bet wesD the two. Mrs. Tevis
conaded TO friend last week that her hus-
band had been very much annoyed by an
anonymous letter thai be had received cou-
pie Of days before, and that he had been to
see . private detective about the matter. She
seemed to be very much troubled about II.
Tevis, however, APPEARED to be satisfied, and
the matter was dropped.
TUE ASSOCIATION.
Yesterday afternoon, about two O'Clock,
Mrs. Tevfs met Frank Iglehart at the. Tank
House by appointment. Mr.. lgleharts Ia >
gentleman well known about the city,. He
was for long time connected wiihihs bank
ing house Of Bartholomew, Lewis g. Co, as
cashier, and Is now interested In the new
Kepler mills, which are soon 10 be built here.
1t was while leaving this house, after three
hours dallisnce, that the husband, who had
been Warrington them with rare patience
since ESQ p. m, succeeded In shooting the
destroyer Of bis happiness In the arm. When
the shot was fred Mr.. Tevis was taken away
by his detective friend, and che lady sup
ported Mr.. Iglebart aud hailed = passing car
risse. While IgIehsri WAS to be supported,
the girl was brave as . lioness. She held
him up and did sIl that lay In q woman's
power or will to sootbe the agohy or his shat.
tered am. But once in the carriage, she
gave way to her natural grief. the full mean
Ing 81 the sisnder tided IN upon her, and he
bernine Of q moment before became weak,
d.spariug goman: She seemed To reailze
suddenly ,hxr oil worth living for had gone
TO wreck AID ruin about her.
sEoUELs OF THE AFFAIR
Mr.. lgIehaft 10 lying At bis b.arding house
with his shattered arm bound IN . plaster
cast, aud the surgeon who is attending him
says he will probably lose 1t. He takes the
blame Of the whole affair upon himself, and
intimates that In the event of the injured
husband wanting more satisfaction he will
be ready To. give Is. The lroubls, bet wesn
husband and wife has been ssstled, the un-
derstanding being that Tevis shall sue for
divorce aud that the wife shall not oppose
the application. The bushes, Of the Tank
House 10 at an end, and thus one Of the
vorst social dens Of the city 70 broken up.
80 - INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
q ST. LOUIS, November 29.-Yesterdays
shooting affair made great stir In the peigh-
borhood. The excitement gradually crrcu.
lated over the city, and before the wounded
man aud weeping woman had reached haven
If refuge the police and fepofters we're on
the scene. She felt that she could not 20
home, for IL was home no longer, and like
the prodigal in the story, she went to her n.
Tiers. The soldierly, middle aged gentle
man could not at first realize what IL was
thse the sobbing, frightened, hysterical
woman was trying to tell him, but when he
did understand It, and fslt that his daughter
Eas testifying against herself, that she was
cutting away every hope that he had been
building, his grief was SO terrible that even
to-day he reels and staggers like q drunken
man. HIS first impulse. was for Vengeance,
but there. was no one. up.n whom vengeance
could be taken. II was one of those domes-
tic tragedies where the woman must bear all
the suffering snd',all the csnlumely, and
where every body else Is protected by the fear
Of bringing farther trouble on The unhappy
one's head. It was nothing that the woman
bad not found love or happiness q home.
IL was nothing that her nanas would BE- ban
died about on every tongue. There was
nothing for tho lady and those who love her
70 do but TO be silent and suffer dumoly.
COUNCIL OF THE TWO FAxILlEs.
The two families met this morning and
discussed the situation Is cooIly q such .
matter could be talked about by the princi-
pals. There were charges and rscrimlns.
lions, but the elder heads conpose the