The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-15

The Timer [ mon Of the yth made The oI,o.
ing report 81 the murder in Jacksonville of H...
II Fairbanks, Of Tallahassee
At 1920 o'clock last night Harry II Fa,,h.
machinist known to railroad men all over Gun 4
lsnd in charge OF the shops of the Florid, Golda,
and Western Railroad in this city, was ,reutral
shot TO death at his boarding house in Lawn only
3C Seeba, keeper of small grocery and lion"oy I.
, The house where the murder occurr,h i store.
lecruer of Forsyth and SECOND streets in i%s The
and is owned by Henry W. Arpen, who fas,s ha,
lived there and kept the store adjoining or ofy
out of it. About two years ago, however opening
the house to w d. Virgins for boarding. iheated
and the store to Seeba. , nonse
SERBIA is about 70 years Of age aud came be,ac.
Walhalla, South Carolina, where his raren,s iiom
a-timable people, reside He is said 10 h" = very
ry peaceabr enough when sober hut when TSiulia'
hich is not infrequenty The case he is uhk,
yesterday he was drunk, and last night ~ ser,oas.
was, or pretended To be- very drunk. and la, either
floor of room down stairs where Foirh'v h The
&. Dell, W f. Brown, who is his clerk. a,d "a,
NJ. Buck, machinist, were sitting abou, ~ )
He kept swearing and kicking and Fairhanta Ife
Brown what they should do with him NJ asked
said that v hen Secba got cold he would ,o"h
an come to bed hi sill Fairbanks lhsr 10
moved Sccha around 80 To make him co,nfn.apoa
and then sat down Ia " .rm himself icinr,. '"'s
for bed. lug
For a moment all three backs were Turned -,
suddenly shot rang ont Fairbanks fen =, "en
hoOr and Srha sat up brau,j,hin@ th, s,nnLi 'ne
tai His (S"cba's) clerk Nh Brown, who !. - Jus
emily an excellent young man. spra,y nnop pia'
murderer aud wrcnched the pistol from him '"e
Mr.. Dell and Sccha had been on bad t,rus 49,
Den believed The shot was intended for hin, % au
Buck Went Tor Marshal iuggn~ and SrrI, mt nj
locked up. 1A
Fairbanks lived between thirty and lorty mirn,.
HIS thoughts till he hecnIn" unc,n~rjou, ~
bis wife and little children, who are in T,ll,ha.o'
90 God help my poor wife and two lulr etg
dren," he cried VIII
DR.. Neal Mitchell arrived just before the No..
man died, but no human aid could save him PT n'
As shot through the body "e
Vary II. fairbanks first class mocfir;s,
Southern man. though his birthplace. was NOT -
last night. He was formerly in the shois At TIL
ha -scc, and when Master Machini~l GRAY was to
w:,h the smallpox list winter Fairbanks was ssr
here 10 take charge Subsequently he wen, ~
but was again sent her" wher" he had clar., If ,I
Stops next under Nr Gray, who Is supcrinte,in,
OF the whole, yard. H., was splendid ,pr,,nen y,
Muscular manhood. md was thirty-scyrn wears ~
The LfrftTS repor, of The evidence in the eor
oner's inquest shows The act of shooting 10 have
been unproyOked, and that Fairbanks cam. 70
his death from mortal wound produced BY +.
pistol wilinly discharged IN the hands Of & r.
Sreba, while under the influence Of Gono,r
Seeba is in prison.
Mr. Fairbanks was born ana raised in th;s
community, where he was known and esteemed a.
arsan otirrcproachablc character and y peace,lIe
ana aw-abding ctiz n, ana where The announce
meat OF his sad and untimel, death was received
win universal regret. He was Il son Of the la,
DR. Otis Fairbanks, and leaves wife and tlnx
little children to mourn his loss
Mr.. II A Wilkes went to jacksonville 10 su
pclntend Tic transportation OF his remains 10
Tallahassee, " here they arrived Thursday even
ing. The funeral was largely attended at lhr
w. f. Church saturday morning The services,
conducted by HE Rev Mr. Kennedy, Wrte very
solemn and impressive
Nay the God who ,locth All things well com.
iorI The greatly bereaved widow and ialheriess
little ones in tleii incparablc loss