The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-07
The shooting Of Justice Haight.

A DEPOSITION IN WHICH HE IS ALLEGED TO
ACCUSE HIS WIPE OF FIRING THE SHOT.
Justice George w. Haght, who was mys-
teriously shot while lying in his bed al
about A NJ. on Tuesday at De Ruyter,
n. Y, is slowly failing and can live few
DAYS only. lie is conscious. but takes no
nourishment. Sunday, a. the demand Of
the Free Masons and the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, he was removed from
his own house to that Of relative, in or
der that he might be relieved from the in
| fluence Of his wife. who eXerts powerful
control over him.
| The district attorney and sheriff have
| finished an examination OF The case. They
1 found thai there is an insurance OF SlO,50O
on Haight's life, all OF the policies being
payable 10 Mrs. Haight. The district at
| torney took possession OF them, and also OF
the deposition which Haight made on the
morning after the shooting. An effort has
been made 10 keep its contents secret. but
! il Is ascertained that in ii he says that at
about , O'Clock on the morning OF Tuesday
Mrs. Haight was obliged to get up. and he
assisted her, getting back in his bed
at once. willie his wife remained out
side. Next to where she sat was a
stand. in the drawer of which the revolver
was kept. He drowspd little, and was
soon awakened by Mrs. Haigbts move
ments. He heard the stand-drawer open.
and soon afterward she turned toward
him and advanced to the bed. He was
living partly on his back. She came up to
the bed and placed the muzzle OF the
weapon to his right temple and fired in
stantly. There was small piece OF cot.
ton cloth over the revolver. He shouted
As he felt the ball, "Whats going on
thereY" and Immediately became un-
conscious. Mrs. Haight is at home
under police surveillance. She was found
there, i'll with rheumatism. She is large
woman, weighing nearly three hundred
hounds. She said that on Monday night
She was unable to rise from bed. or even 'C
raise her head from the pillow. She hac
lno theory about the shooting. and in re
ply TO the question whether Mr.. Halght hac
anv enemies who would attempt to XII
hlm. she said. "The Lord only knows;
don't" She is n Seventh-Day Baptist ant
a believer IN spirituallSm. The other day
Mr.. Haight's counsel found another
policy OF accidental insurance for $4,000
making total OF Sl5,5O0. 1t Is payable u
Mrs. Haight. and was taken out on Janua
nv 81. 1883. Two agents representing com
panies which hold risks on Mr.. Haighl's III
have arrived at De Ruyter. Mr.. smith, o
Allentown, y. j., representing the Acci
dent Insurance Company, says that nj
company will not paw either OF their tw
policies Of $4,000 each. One OF them wa
mailed OF February Sd. MIR. Halght re
Gently consulted lawyer about the pay
ment Of policies in case OF murder o
snicide. and intimated that he was afrai
of his life. Dr. Clark. who was formerl
the Haight family physician. but was dis
missed some time ago, insisted on having
committee OF citizens appointed to watc
Mrs. Haight, who lives across the roa'
from him. alleging that he has reason I
fear that She intends to do him bodil
harm. Other neighbOrs are afraid OF heI
Both OF Mrs. Haight's parents died mySto
rioiisly within few days Of each other
while she had the care OF them.