The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-25
The Carmichaels Tragedy.
OUR CORRESPONDENT GIVES THE HISTORY
OF THE UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR
IN DETAIL


IN DETAIL.
CARMcHAELs, Pa, July IA few
years ago young man by the name
of Sam'l Hathaway, who was enjoying
mercantile prosperity in this place,
and Miss Ella Jolliff, daughter of
James Jolliff, also of this place, but
formerly of near Morgantown, West
Va, were united in Marriage
They lived together for time APP
parently happy, when reverses of
fortune came on and Hathaway aban-
doned mercantile pursuits. In a
short time thereafter the former low
ing wife began counseling with par
ties who were enemies of her husband,
this, together with her continuous
neglect of domestic duties soon drove
her husband to excessive indulgence
in the wine cup.
They then quarreled and separated.
Hathaway going West and his wife
to the house of her father. Last fall
Hathaway returned to Carmichaels
for the purpose of obtaining divorce
from his wife after which he expected
to return West.
He then learned that his wife had,
for a ear or so past been encourag-
ing the attention of young man of
doubtful reputation by the name of
Brooks. His wife and her father
began placing every obstruction in
the way of an amicable divorce and
it is said that Jolliff even went so far
as to employ this same Brooks to
secretly spy upon Hathaway's move
ments that he might thereby obtain
some evidence TO be used against
his son-in.law, who was preparing
to institute legal proceedings to free
himself from the marital yoke and
thus bring the matter to final ter
mination.
On the evening of the llth inst,
whilst Hathaway was taking a stroll
about town he came upon his wife
and Brooks in their usual trysting
place near the M. f. Church. He took
his wife by the arm and commanded
her, for the sake of their children to
go home Brooks and an aid of his
then interfered when an alteration
of words ensued, after which they
parted, Hathaway going down street
and his wife to her home where she
rendered an account of the interview
to her father, who is very passion
ate and unreasonable man.
Jolliff then armed himself with
revolver and loaded cane and pro-
curing the assistance of a man by
the name Of Skiles went in pursuit of
Hathaway.
They found Hathaway about the
corner of the Public Square where
JollifF Immediately attacked him
striking him several times with the
loaded cane. Hathaway being I'M
armed and wishing to avoid any diff.
ficulty with Jolliff tried to get away
when Jolliff following him drew his
revolver and shot him in the back.
The ball entering below the shoulder
blade and lodging in the right lung.
Hathaway ran a short distance and
fell, when friends came to his assist
ance and carried him to the residence
of his father, j. w. Hathaway.
/. Drs. Gibbons, Gilbert and Laidley
were summoned and after a careful
examination pronunced the wound a
very dangerous one with scarcely any
hope of his recovery.
Jolliff was promptly arrested and
remanded to Jail.
The excitement was intense and
threats of lynching were freely in
dulged in by some of the citizens.
AS Jolliff is one of the leading
members of the Law and Order So
ciety of this place, some of that body
are making great efforts to apologize
for the offender, thus hoping to miti-
gate his punishment if not to free
him entirely from the clutches of the
law, but to the honor of our people
this number is small and without
much influence. Vox PoPULI.