The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-18
THE TRAGIC SEQUEL.
An Old st. Louis Scandal Revived
by a Pistol Shot.
Russell HI. Tevfs, Failing to Shoot
His Wife and Child, Ends His
own Career-A Sad
Story.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1S-Russell H. Tevis, the
well-known St. Louisan, the husband of the
daughter of Gen. Reese, U. S. A, and niece
of Gen. W. T. Sherman, lies dead in his
house, at 1854 st. Louis avenue, with bull
let wound in his head, inflicted by himself
The deceased is the man who dis
covered Frank 7. Iglehart and his
wife leaving one of the notorious
assignation houses in this city,
in November, 1882 and who at that time shot
lglehart, and afterward was divorced from
his wife. Friday night, about 10 O'Clock,
Tevis quarreled with his wife. Remarking
that he thought it would be better for all of
them to die, evidently meaning himself,
wife and one child, he took a large pistol
from the washstand drawer and made a
demonstration toward his wife, but she,
divining his purpose, fled hastily from the
room. Tevis then placed the pistol to his
own head and sent 3S-calibre bullet through
his brain, and fell dead upon the floor.
1t is known that Tevis bought out his bust
ness partner Thursday, had been drinking,
and was in highly nervous and excited con
dition before he went home He was 80
years of age and of very nervous tenn
permanent.
Mrs. Tevis is quite young, blonde of great
beauty, and possesses a splendid figure, en-
gaging manners, and other charms which
made her the idol of the social circle in which
She moved, and her return to st. Louis
society was hailed with delight by many.
In November, 1892, social circles in st.
Louis were stsit with the news that Rush
Tevis, one of the leading society gentlemen
there, had shot and seriously injured Frank
Iglehart a gay and wealthy young bachelor,
whom he caught i'll the act of escorting his
wife from one of the most notorious evil re-
sorts of the city. A general separation of
the three parties to the transaction followed,
.Iglehart being carried off to hos
pital, the lady being taken to her
friends in Philadelphia, while Tevis,
who was of the emotional tempera-
ment, first of all threatened suicide, but
finally rushed for the divorce court, where he
succeeded in becoming free man, with the
custody of his little daughter granted him.
In the hospital Iglehart, who was by far the
more innocent of the surprised pair had a
hard time of it, blood poisoning at one time
threatening to end his life, and when he
finally left the hospital lie was reduced
to mere skeleton. The wife, a niece
of Gen. w T. Sherman, and a daugh-
ter of Col H. B. Reese, U. S. A.
made strenuous efforts in the direction OF
moral reformation as soon as she got among
her influential friends and relatives, who
were soon able to give the husband most
gratifying reports concerning her In the
meantime Tevis, whose child's presence con
tinuously kept reminding him of the domes
tic joys which had fled, very soon began t.
show that he could not live happily without
his Old partner at his side, and the infuen
| tial relatives of his divorced wife
using all the efforts possible to bring about 8
reconciliation, it was not very long
before he began to chafe under the painful
burden of divorced solitude, and to droI
| hints to the effect that, under certain cir
cumstances, a resumption of marital rela
tiOns. provided the lady so desired, might "
| possible. The lady's friends were not slow t.
assure him that the required conditions has
been already secured, and, accepting theI
| guaranty, he joyfully proposed marriage
and in June, 1888, the couple were united il
the holy bonds in Philadelphia.
| An extraordinary feature of the quarre
| between Tevis and his wife which culmi
mated in divorce proceedings was the fact tina
at the time when negotiations were pendin.
| for reconciliation, instead of legal separa
| ton, Tevis made the discovery through tn
presence of a justice constable in the hous
| that his wife had mortgaged his persona
| property for $500, and spent the money. Thi
was the last straw and the divorce proceed
ings were Immediately instituted which ha
such d romantic termination.