Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-04-01
SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISERS

courthouse is totally destroyed. The Four
teenth regiment, National Guards, fought
it's way from the Little Miami depot to the
courthouse. They charged the mob, firing
upon them with Calling gun, killing over
one hundred. The dead are lying in the
streets on all sides of the courthouse. The
crowd are running in all directions.
CALL FOR ALL THE STATE TROOPS.
was issued this afternoon:
ssAdjutant-G General Finlay,-I hereby rc-
quest that the Governor concentrate in this
city Immediately all the available force of
the Ohio militia, believing that the presence
of strong body of troops will save the ne
cessity for their actual use.
[Signed.] "THoMAs ]. STEPHENS,
Mayor"
Accordingly Adjutant- General Finlay Or
dered Colonel Enticken, of the Sixth regi-
ment, with headquarters at Chillicothe, to
muster his troops at once and come to Gin
ainnati by special train. This was done,
and the regiment arrived at o'clock.
An incomplete list made tonight gives
the names of twenty-five killed and sixty
one wounded in the riots of Friday night
and yesterday.
At the opening fire, at about O'Clock,
four or five persons were killed and as many
wounded, including, as reported, two wo-
men on Court street. Only one man is re-
ported to have been shot in the Main-street
firing.
THE ENTIRE STATE FORCE ORDERED OUT.
COLUMBUS, o., March 3O.-Governor
Hoadly's official advices tonight from
members of his staff in Cincinnati are such
that he has ordered every military organi-
cation in the State to report to Cincinnati
Immediately. They number in all seven
teen regiments and five batteries
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A TRAGEDY IN WAsHINaToN.-The
Washington correspondent of the Richmond
State under date of Friday last, says
ga terrible tragedy took place here last
night, in which a young sewing machine
agent named John W. Grimes, said to
have come originally from Virginia, was
shot to death by the husband of the woman
in whose bedroom he was. Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Karchner had been married for seve-
raj years. but did not occupy the same
rooms. He is draughtsman in the Coast
Survey Office, and gets one thousand eight
hundred dollars ear salary. A fact that
had either escaped his attention, or been
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a fast life for some time, being almost pro-
miscuous in her aniours. Last night she
met young Grimes, who was some ten or
fifteen years her junior, and had a wife and
young family, and after getting about half
intoxicated they proceeded to her home.
First ascertaining that her husband was
asleep in his room, she admitted the young
man to hers, where they proceeded to con-
| tinue their orgie upon bottled beer. They
made so much nOisn that Karchner was
awakened. He came to his wife's door and
demanded admittance This was refused,
and the husband procuring an axe was pro-
ceeding to batter down the door when the
woman turned the key aud admitted him.
She was Alone, but stood in front of large
closet in the further corner of the room
Pushing her aside lie told whoever was in
that closet to come out or he would fire
through the door Grimes appeared and
was begging mercy when he received bull
let through his mouth. He had not time
to advance a step from the closet door be-
fore two more shots were fired, both enter
ing his left breast, and one or both the
heart. The trespasser fell in death agony
on the floor, while his slayer coolly proceed
ed to complete his toilet and was ready to
accompany the policeman, who was at
tracted to the spot by the shots, TO the sta
ton. The woman was taken along also. !
and both were locked up.
A jury has been summoned this morning
and the inquest will be proceeded with
when the autopsy is completed. 1t is not
believed that Karchner can be convicted,
unless it shall be proved that he was aware
of his wife's infidelty and had tolerated
it.
Crimes wife and children were only in
formed of his fate this morning.