The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-26
Another Tragic Chapter in the
Tevis-Iglehart Scan
dal.
The Erring Wife Taken Back
to Again Prove False to
Her Marriage Vows.
The Husband Attempts to Take
Her Life, But Failing, Takes
His Own.
81. Louis Republican.

81. Louis Republican.
The checkered and somewhat tumultu
Gus married life OF Rush III. Teyis was
summarily closed last night by a pistol
ball in his brain from weapon held In
his own hand. Tevis and his wife since
their remarriage had been living on the
first floor of 2S54 St. Louis avenue, the Sc
cond floor OF the house being occupied by
family named Leding. About 1890 last
night the Ledings heard Mr.. and Mrs. Te-
Wis engaged In an argument In loud and
angry tone, which was carried on for some
time Presently Mrs. Tevis began TO
scream, and Immediately there were heard
two pistol shots. Mr.. Leding and his
wife ran down stairs and reached the first
floor hall just as Mrs. Teyis rushed out of
the front door into the street. She ran
about half block and entered the house
of a neighbor, asking for protection. and
saying that her husband was trying TO kill
her.
In the meantime Mr.. and Mrs. Leding
entered the parlor and found Mr.. Tevis
lying on his back on the floor with a hole
in the right side Of his head from which
the blood and brains exCded and flowed
was breathing heavily, and Mr.. Leding
asked him to speak but his eyes were glsz-
ing fast and il was evident that the hand
of death was upon him. He made IN
effort to speak, however, but only a very
slight movement of the lips was the result.
A physician was sent for, but before he h adj
gone a hundred yards, the dying man
gssped once and ceased TO breathe. In his
right hand he held tightly clutched a
Smith & WessOn 3S-calibre revolver, with
which the deed had been committed. AS
soon as IL was sstertained that the man
was dead, the body was taken by several
neighbors. who had by this time entered
the house, and was placed upon the bed in
an adjoining room.
Soon after this was done the wife of the
man returned having been informed that
her husband was dead and deprived of the
power to harm her. She was crying hys-
tericslly snd refused 10 say anything about
the matter, except that her husband had
shot at her and that she had made her es-
cape before he could FIRE at her a second
time. In the partition on the east side of
the parior was a bullet-hole, which showed
that he had in the excitement of the mo-
ment aimed too high. 1t was evident from
the surroundings and from the statements
of the Ledings that Tevis and his wife
were Just about TO retire when they
began TO quarrel about matter concern
ing her fidelity to him that he drew the
revolver with the intention of killing her
as well as himself. He was undoubtedly
very much excited, and perhaps supposed
that the shot fired at her had taken effect
AT THE HOUSE
A reporter visited the house last night.
but found everything in an intensely ex-
citsd condition, and no one seemed 10
know very much about the unfortunate AZ.
fair. A member of the Ludwig family
said:
81 heard a noise down stairs. IL sounded
like some parties quarrelling. This was
continued but brief time, when the whole
thing was checked very abruptly by a pis-
| tol shot; then another followed. Upon
running down stairs / found that Mrs.
lewis was absent, having fed, and upon
going into the parlor Teyis wss discovered
lying npon the floor, face up, q SS-calibre
revolver grasped in bis right hand, and a
stream Of blood flowing from a CHASTITY
wound IN the right side Of his head. He
was not yet dead, and a messenger was dis
patched for a physician, but before the
latter arrived Tevis gave gasp, straight
ened out and expired An effort was made
TO get the revolver from his grasp before
ne died, but until life left him he refused
to relax his grip on the handle, and held
il fast. Soon after this Mrs. Tevis returned,
She was uninjured, the ball aimed for her
having missed her. I asked her what il
was about, but she refused to talk. / do
not know the cause. All heard was the
quarrel; they frequently had quarrels ;
sometimes they became very angry"