South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-03-07

u TEnIDLg InA0eDY.-A cogrospond-
eat Of The Baltimore Sun Of - 6eh lrss..
has the following IN regard 20 . horrible
tragedy which occurred n Fauuuier
cooaty. Va. on Sunday Let A siu-
pie narraiivs 81 The case 10 this: II H.
g 0lascock married Mics Nay Frazier.
1anghter Of Hego1 RraxIor, q I.oudoua
Co. They o,de tAsir vsddine trip %
Baltimore. He - tsensy -oss and shs
just blooming into wooanhood. . belle
Of the nsigLborAood. speiehtly. vivscious
and coqusttish. He ms The younrsak
500 Of Thos 4. 0laaocook. ons Of The
wealthiest landownees Or HE section.
HE father owns and operstss over seven
farms. The hose place i on The turu.
pike which divides Loudoan from Pau
Quisr eouuty. and u just betvesn Middle
oarB end UppervilIe. Visa John 0lass.
cock married. HE father ssta biished hin
on . comfortable place about three miles
from Dslaplane station. Here be has
lived ever since. Hs always had fond.
ness for fast horses. and kept number
OF them. Within the past two years he
bad periodically been heavy drinksr.
HE vile Was sought in marriage By sew
eral others vben he married her. She
brought him some land and Q CONNIE.
tence. John GIasscock has m elder
brother. Bedford. whoiives near Rector.
tSwns kaaquIeS ceahky. !. His only sis-
II. whe 6trried IobQt Fletcher, a
large nrmer OF Fauddier, died shortly
sitter hes wedding. HE .enpire family IS
now ID Fiogida. Jebp No. - great IA.
vorite through The county. The farm
on which the young couple settled was
on the best lands ~ FaaQaier, veil
aeukeds snd,Vall kqbt. a1d 90 Il has
been since. The house in which they
lived, low stone uausiou, vas q com.
portable In oil IT, Surroundings end ap-
'fotntments - any farm house in Viz
gtn!s. Giasscock vas always quiet and
business like; Mrs.i GIssscock Y cb.ttv
AMI gay. fpul ofcomp any. and popular
at every gathering .she draced. They
had three children, q boy Ave years
oid. nAmea sROdnsy; q lltklS MIL a tLree.
named Emily, and an Infant. The vol.
atile dtsposition of the wife never enie.
cd the husband; the 6irht OF chilirsn
did not bring peace. The wife's desires
and tho husbands wi)loften ran counter.
A year ago efforts wefe set on foot for
an amicsble separation, but new. botu
babe ca ne TO prevent them from being
carried out. Still domestic troublcs
confirm ed. The wife was a womkn
that Glasscock could no. 1.-Two With Is
peace and fsou whom he could not u "a
becausssbs loved her. 81
Last Friday night there was n
neighborhood party. Mrs. Glasscock
was the gaycst there. Last Saturday
Mr.. Glasscock drew upon Mr. janis.
sor., OF Aiexantlria, for S loo, rnnd. it
is said by some, began to plan q trae-
edy and anlescape., On Sunday morn
irg early q cdlored man called John.
Who was accustomed to get slops for
his hogs, came to sMr. Iascock's
house and found smoke issuing from
the closed windows and doors. He
tried 10 wake those within by cries of
warning, aud then tried to break O.
pen sa.oor or window, and falling
ran of, Crying aloud for help. A.
cout this time Glascock called at n
tenants house OIL. Mr.. Beverly's farm,
abont half 9 mile from his house, tot
see cOlored woman. and ask her If
che would go and get breakfast for
his wife, as her servant woman had
left. Very soon the colored man
John returned with several neighbors.
The house was broken open, and the
bedroom fouEd wet with blood and
coal oil, aud on fire. The smoke al
most suffocatcd those who entered.
but the smouldering fires were soon
extlnguished, and there was found on
the bed the body of Mrs. Glasscock.
with fatal shot in her head and a.
neither in her back. Beside her lay
the infant, shot through the head
The bed had been on fire and the |
chlld's body was partially burned and
the left arm OF the mother nearly |
burned off On the floor lay The boy |
aud girl Of five and thu ee, a pistol |
shot in each brain. Both were dress.
ed, as it was the custom of the father |
to dress them himself in the morning
before the wife arose. From blood |
IN the passageway it was evident that
TUG ooy nad run out into the pas |
sage, been shot there, brought back |
and LAID on the floor beside his sister.
The inside walls of the house were
much burned, even the pictures lie.
ing burned. The heavy stone walls
prevented swift spread of the flames.
The furniture was found piled against
all the doors.
Hot pursuit of Glasscoclx was made
by the assembled neigbbors, and he
was found in a .clump of woods half
0 mile away. about fifteen feet from
IT'S edge, with a ball through his head,
his body lifeless but still warm.
All the witnesses of the deed OIL
horror are dead A score of state
ments woven Of the circumstances are
current 1T seems probable that a
quarrel took place after he had wash
Ell and dressed the children that no