The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-19
A BRIDAL OF DEATH.
A Young Bridegroom MOrtally wounds
the Brides Father and Brother, ana
Is Himself Killed.

ATLANTA, GA, September "a terrible |
tragedy, in which three men were mortally !
wounded, occurred here after dark to-
night. The parties were John and Mathew
Maxwell, father aud son, and John R.Shel-
ton, who had eloped with and married Miss
Ida Maxwell. Mr.John Maxwell is highly
respectable citizen, living at No. Elliott
street. His son Mathew is well-known
manufacturer. Mr.. Maxwell has three
comedy daughters, aged fifteen, sixteen
and nineteen. The second, aged
sixteen, Miss Ida, has been quite
belle, having host of admirers. Among
them was one John r. Shelton, a
young man of good family, but careless
habits, whose visits were forbidden by the
girls father. Nevertheless they contrived
to meet secretly and pledged their love- At
two O'Clock this afternoon gentleman ap-
preached Mr.. Mathew Maxwell and told
him that his sister and Shelton had
planned an elopement, and that the APP
pointed time was half-past two O'Clock.
Hurrying home young Maxwell rushed
up to the second STORY room which his
sister occupied, and demanded admit
lance, which was refused. With terri.
BILE kick he burst it open, and found
there Miss Ida, already dressed for the
escapade. "My God, sister J" he exclaimed,
"you will not disgrace the family by such
a proceeding rs this!" ~ will marry
john" she replied. ST have to die in the
attempt. 1t is useless for you to try and
prevent it." In vain the brother expostu-
lated. The girl remained obdurate. He
then went out, locked the door and left her
a prisoner, and went to his room. Return
ing in ten minutes, he opened the door and
found the room empty. 1t soon developed
that the girl, finding herself i'm;
to the roof below, fifteen feet, and
thence to the ground below, another fifteen
feet; thence her tracks were followed tt
the side alley, where new-made carriage
: tracks told that she had reached her lovel
and was away BY this time the elder
, Maxwell was upon the scene. The two
: men were fenrfully agitated. They wen
into the house, and at six o'clock, armed
to the teeth, emerged and proceeded t.
b Davis street, whittier Shelton had takel
y his bride, after having been married by
! Rev. Virgil Norcross. Several clergy
q men had previously refused t.
a perform the ceremony. The tw'
n furious men went up to Shell
o toms door. Shelton was standing o.
:. the threshold with Ratchet. With a.
h oath the elder Maxwell exclaimed, ii Wi
a shoot you to death unless you give up M
q daughter "Do not come near me,
d shouted Shelton, raising the Ratchet an
/" advancing. just then the younger Max
If well, seeing his fathers danger, stepped
10 between and -accived the cleave from tn
# tomahawk. Dropping. the bloosy ,..strs
y ment, Shelton then drew his pistol an
az fred at the elder Maxwell. Simultaneous
" Maxwell also fired, and all three me
n fell across each other, wounded and bleett
a ing. The girl who had been tt
m cause of all this bloody work rushed o.
20 upon the scene and embraced her dyir
n husband, calling him by endearing name
"a while her father and brother lay neglecte
ID In five minutes hundreds of people had co
1T lected, and officers came and had the mt
an removed. Shelton and young Maxwe
90 will certainly die, while the death of Il
old man is highly probable: Just mon
\ ago Mathew Maxwell was himself the he
~ of an elopement scrape. A young lac
IN engaged to another, with the day Sc
ly eloped with him the night before. The e:
&c element is intense.