Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-16

was cur compauiou, hut no hint DID be drop to
US Of the fatal deed he contemplated. % Sun
day evening be asked US for writing materials,
saying hat he bad four very impo, fant letters
10 w"ite. there we promptly furnished and
e cus.eg ou-seIf we left him in our room pen
niug be le,,ets while we visited some lady
friends 10 the village. When we reiu. ned be
had left and gone over 20 Mr.. Burch's, in the
village aud we have since learned that while
ine,e re con SIDED in Mr.. Lavsga V. Eurch the
full intention of his design and also read 10 him
be letters that he had written, which wee
add essed 20 some i.ieods of his and told them
| of Ire deed he was about to commit. Nc.
Bc ch very properly Gated the whole matter
as joke, but at the same lime sndeavo'ed 10
ssuade him from his pueoose and seemingly
succeeded in doing so. About 10 o'clock on
Sunday evening he again came 20 our room
a ID weot 10 bed, but sill NO signs Of depressed
sp,ri,s could we discover ia him. On Monday
we IA ne 10 our Office AID lost sight of him, bet
we unde,s;aad that he was the gayesi of the
gay on that dav, though ssery friend with
whom he parted he shook by The hand aud
ve:y eeliugly Did goodbye, but they thought
nothing of this, thiuking that he again intend
ed leaving the county. About o clock Noa-
day afternoon, be went 10 Sheriff Switzerland
aud verv quietly asked him FOR The loan Of hi,
pistol, saying that he wanted it 20 shoot at
target against Mr.. Willie Jenkins. The sheriff,
not suspec,ing any thing, ofeoa-ss asssn,sd, and
seat him TO his hose to get the pis,ol from
MS Southe-land. A short while aiie,, how
eve, he had a HAT of Nitchell's intentions aad
both he and VI. n. II Boswell went 10 Mitchell
and tried 20 persuade hin. 20 give up the wea-
pom, but 20 no purpose, though he th-sw them
off the guard by promising Mr.. Boswell 10 see
him at the hotel the following morning. About
81 o clock hat evening, We were sii.ing in
the hotel conve-sing with some gentlemen, he
came is and asked US if he could 60 id our
room ror moment, we Of course ssseu led, aud
he went up. lie soon retuFntd, howevs-, and
gave 10 James A. Mason several le,.e.s which
he asked him % deiiver Immediately, and also
gave one to Mr. b. A. Clemens and asked bin
TO give it 20 Mr.. John II. Mitchell in The mo, o.
! ing. He then hu:Tiedlv left the room and ran
up states and in less than two minutes lhe re-
port of the pis oil and Il we're heard. We
Immediately hu5 led up TO iue room, and when
we reached il found hin lying on the bed and
Mr.. George A. hunt, ~hs had proceeded US,
beadiJg ovec him pntiiag out me h.e on bis
shirt which the bu: ming pow der had caught
We Immediately dispatched u message for DR..
| Robert Digges and returned o the room 10 give
wuat aid we could o The unfsr una mss. lie
was De, 'xcile conscious and ;slksd 10 q most
'easooable aud :a.ional manner though ,he
most ne SIS ent questions f0m bis most intl-
mae + ends could no, get rom him the Sigh
est HAT as o the riusss which led % the fatal
I agesy azd " hatsve. il Was remained locked
10 his heal, , his dyiag hour. De-. Digges
| soon arrived and on e1amuiag tie wouad e.
pressed his belief that recovery was inpossible.
He gave Mr.. Michel sers al powe- al opia.es
10 quiet him, out all 20 no purpose for be re-
manned conscious, suffering e6cruciai'ug phn
and agony through the entire night ard al
times as the pains would strike him, hpgroans
aad scream. we're moss he,t repi'ng and
is.srssing be remained in thi,stats su6es-
| lag rhis UNFOLD sgon. ON 70 o'clock On
Monday night, The time The deed was commit
led, ua;il 5 o'clock Tuesfar a'eraoon, when
he sdccumbed 20 the ysws.iul drugs that the
docior administered and rema ned ia u semi
conscious sta,e yatil 2. miauies after Il o clock
Tue.day nisn when he brelthed his last 10
quiet aud re .cefui manner. He was attended
in his dIiog hours by Rev. Eugene McSwy ney,
S. j., " no reached The loom shortly ai..r the
dscioe ON he night the act was commi.,ed, and
(who was rireless and un:emittiug in his care
Tor dying man, aud rho succeeded in awaken
Jog 10 him a sense Of his coalition and II ON
whom Mr. Mitchell received the last consolation
Of The church in which he was baptiied.
| The ball entered the left ride between the
foucth and 9Th ribs, about inch or inch
and half oelow the heart, and il is the theory
of The doctor that it glanced downward and
went into the stomach and caused incl nal
hemsrrbage, and it is also the doctors opinion
that before be died the whole Of that organ
was paralysed.
| Eugene Dec Mitchell was q son OF Henry s..
Mitchell, E.q, at one time one Of he wealth
lest plan ess in our county be is a brother Of
W. Dec. Mitchell, member Of The legislature Of
this county and also Of R. S. Mitchell, U. S.
gauger, Baltimore he also .hree o,hsr brothers
living aud ihree sisters, two Of whom are nuns
10 a convent at Milwaukee, Wis.
Hs was 80 years Of age, and n man Of excep-
tionally fine physique, full Of vigoe and
strength and of a remarkably strong coos.itu-
ten, which alone enabled him to bear SO losC
the suGeriug caused 10y the wound.
His funeral took place on Thursday last at
ST. Thomas, and was borne 10 the grave bv
the following pallbearers, who were also in
innate frenas of The deceased during life and
all of whom were I'm emitting IN their care and
attention 10 him ia bis dying hours: H. II.
Boswell, VIM. J. Digge5, J. VIM. jenkins, W.
NJ. Muscus,te, L. V. Borcb and G. F. Daley
dis funeral was also attended By a crowd OF
sorrowng friends. Thus has rash way
ward act carried off life full of promise,
visor and manhood. Let US hope that God
will be kind and msrciful to him in death.
We have since learned that Mr.. Mitchell re-
counted in very graphic and complete man.
nsr to Mr.. L. V. BuI CHI the cause which led
, bin 10 do The shooting aud that it was owing
entirely to his financial affaies These, it seems,
were in very deplorable state and beyond
his power 10 control and this fact wo,k ed 50
on his mind as to put him in a morbid state
and led him to the fatal act of taking his owl
, live.
Farmers and others desiring genteel, lucra'
tive agency business, by which S. TO $40 day