Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-10-02
lie meeting with Connally Trigg, which


an arrest prevented. When Malone |
started his followers towards the Repub-
llcan party, Judge Ward left him and for
the past three years has been one of the
most aggressive and active Democrats in
the Southwest. Two years ego be WIS
appointed Common wealth's Attorney Of
Washington county by Judge Rhea, who
succeeded him on the bench.
DR.. W. A. White is an Independent
candidate for the Senate to represent
Washington and Wythe counties. In the
''Southwest Examiner" last week there
were several paragraphs referring to DR..
W. IS candidacy, and one to this effect:
1.-THE man that goes into convention
and seeks the support of a convention and
then runs without any valid reasons
against the nominees of the convention
would steal the coppers off the eyes of
dead negro"
On Sunday afternoon DR.. White and
two nepheWs made an attack on Judge
Ward of which correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch gives the following
| account:
L " UtlI3 ldISu tSO uSoO. do WOii 40 w
| another article that appeared in that pa
per of that date, White took exceptions,
and, after having read them, said to
| prominent Democrat OF the street Satur-
DAY that he would not tolerate such re-
marks about himself, and ttat he intend
ed to punish the man who wrote them.
He went to Ward s office, aud also called
at the hotel where Ward boarded, and
/, was told that Ward had left for Char
lottesville Thursday night and would not
be back until Sunday or Monday morning.
Ward s friends say that he was unexpect-
| eddy called to Charlottesville on urgent
business that required immediate atten
ton, and had to go. Sunday morning
Ward took the Norfolk aud Western train
at Lynch burg for Abingdon. When the
tram reached Glade Springs friend of
| his boarded it and informed Ward that
| White, with several of his friends, was
| looking for him. Ward was very cool,
and remarked. "All right" at O'Clock
| the train reached Abingdon, Ward got off
walked about the depot few minutes,
| got into an Omnibus and rode to his hotel.
AT THE DEPOT.
At the depot on the arrival of the train
| were number of gentlemen. Among
them were two relatives of DIR. Whites
Graham White, cousin, and Daniel T.
Campbell, his nephew. They were armed.
and expected to meet the Doctor at the
train. When Ward left the depot in the
omnibus these two gentlemen also left,
overtaking DR.. White, who was on his
way. Nothing unusual occurred at the
train. When Ward reached the hotel he
went to his room, washed, and in a few
minutes returned to the Office, spoke to
| Two or three friends, and passed Into the
| diuing-roOm. At the table he made an
engagement with a friend who was visit
ing the town to take walk in the after
noon. After dinner he again went to his
room and took nap. AT O'Clock he
came down stairs passed through the Of
fee. and went to Gold 8 drugstore, fifty
yards distant: remained q few minutes,
and started back III the direction of the
hotel. just as he reached the steps of
the hotel DR.. White and his two relatives
Graham White ard Daniel T. Camp
bell-whO were on the opposite side of the
street in shoe store, came out on the
sidewalk.
DEPLOYING.
Graham White hastily got behind a
tree few feet from the store Campbell
took his position behind a stone block.
ard DR. White stood in front of the store
]evelled his shotgun, which was double.
barrel!ed one. with both chamber 8 loaded
with buckshot, took deliberate aim and
| fred uron Ward, shooting him down.
This was the first iBtimation that Ward
had Of White and and his friends being
anywhere near. DR.. White, after having
fired the first shot, retreated within the
recess of the store door, but Immediately
stepped ont on the pavement and fired
the second shot.
WARD FIRES.
Between the first and second shots,
Ward, who bad fallen to the ground, lying
on bis left side with his face downward,
rallied, raised himself upon bis left elbow
and with his right hand pulled his revol-
yer from his coat pocket and fired upon
Graham White. supposing that he Ora
hi M Wbite) had shot him. Tbereupon
| Graham White and Daniel T Campbell
! opened fire upon Ward with pistols. The
| number of shots fired in all was twelve
DR.. White two, Graham White five,
Daniel L. Campbell two and Judge Ward
three.
| WARDS WOUNDS.
| Wards wounds are numerous, but
while very dangerous are not necessarily
fatal. They are as follows: One ball en-
| tered the abdomen, ranging downward;
| two are in the inner part OF the left thigh,
and one is in the scrotum. In all he has
nine wounds. Drs. Wiley, Cummings.
Giant and Maeill attend him. ae is now
resting well. G V. Litchfeld and DR..
Gold carried him to his room. AS they
reached the second floor of the hotel Judge
| Ward said: 'Lay me down; am in fear
| full paint" and when they carried him to
his room and laid him upon the bed he
said: Il did not think that DR.. White i.
the damn coward. would have attempted
to assassinate me-"
DIR. WHITE DECLINES TO TALK.
The Dispatch man called on DR.. White
for information in regard to the affair,
and he declined to be interviewed, saying
that he was advised by his counsel not to
make any statements.