The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-29
sIIAMED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
4 Victim of tho "Code.'

LOUISVILLE, KY. May 15.-A great
eide of Superior Judge Richard Reid a,
Mount Sterling, Ky. On April l6 Judge
Reid was cowhided by John c. Cornell.
son, o prominent barrister, in his law
Office at Mount Sterling. Corueilson ac.
cused the distinguished jurist of duplicity
in an important lawsuit, and attacked
him. Judge Reid made no resistance
| and failed afterward to call his assailent
to account, although importuned TO do so
by his wife and many of his friends. He
wrote a long card at the time, in which
he defended his course by declaring that
he considered it beneath judicial dignity
and unbecoming Christian to seek re-.
dress in personal encounter. BY many
his course was approved, but Others
charged him with lack of manly cour.
age. His wife, who is a high spirited
woman ne well as most ambitious one.
Is said to have rebuked him bitterly. II
is alleged that she threatened to shoot
Corneilson herself If her husband failed
to do 80. All these things weighed upon
the spirit Of the Judge, and to-day the
affair ended in q pitiable tragedy. At
8 o'clock this morning he walked into
the Office of Judge Brock, at Mount
Sterling, and said he was going up stairs
to rest. At ten minutes past IL O'Clock
Judge Brock found him on the floor.
with his right arm extended along his
side, and pistol with one chamber dis.
charged lying beside him. He was quito
dead. TIE hsii had penetrated the ssuii
behind The right ear. and had found an
exit on the opposite side. Nothing Civ.
ing q reason why he had taken his own
lite has been found. His wife is Mt home
sick, and when she received the news her
grief was most affecting.
Judge Reid had been out on an elec.
tioneering tour over the District, aud re.
turned only three days ago. His friends
met him here, and after consultation
and the laying out Of work, he started
out among those with whom he had been
raised with bright hopes inspiring the
thought that he would be the nominee Of
the party. This morning early he was
mixing with his fellow.men, shaking
hands, and urging them 10 come to the
polls and give him their support. His
mind was clear, and he used convincing
reasons why they should give him their
votes.
When Colonel H. l.. Stone, hia law
partner, entered the room where judge
Reid lay dead, he fell on his knees by
the side Of the corpse and wept bitterly.
The Judges aged mother, who has stood
up under many sorrows, came 10 the
room and broke down with grief. Bust.
ness In Mount Startling Is suspended, and
men are ccnSEsgatibg every where with
this only topic before them.
The tragic result of the unfortunate
controversy between Corneilson and
Judge Reid has completely dazed the
public, and there are many expressions
of condemnation of Corneilson, and his
position is thoroughly unenviable one.
Judge Richard Reid was ono of the
most prominent lawyers and most popu.
lar politicians in the Eastern part OF the
State. He was elected to the Snperior
Court last year, and at the time of his
death was making race for the Court
OF Appeals to succeed Hargis.
1t is believed that Judge Reid stood
up before the looking. glass, put the pis-
tol behind his right ear and fred, falling
at full length on his back. The ball had
passed straight through his brain and
etrnck the wa!l Of the room short die.
tanoe from him.
ihe following note, written on the
back of business card, was found on
the bureau in Judge Brooks room
Mad Mad Forgive me, dear wife,
ana love TO the boy" It was not signed;
put 1t is the handwriting of Judge Reid,
It's a singular fact that DO one heard
the report of the pistol. The weapon
used by Judge Reid was one lie kept at
MS house, but never carried, and appear.
ed to have just been loaded. This is a
tragic endiag of the life of man who
has always been believer in tho Chris.
tan religion and man of fine mind.
Ihe news or his death in such a tragic
manner will be. received with sorrow
wherever he is known. His wife. aped
mother, brother and sisters are complete.
iy prostrated.