The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-06-27
What Came OF a "lIOther Hubbard
at a Ball.

ty Fox Hunting Club was given at
Cambridge last night, and Mrs.
Charles H. Lampley, wife of well
known county resident, caused
sensation by appearing in white
nuns yelling Mother Hubbard,
trimmed with lace and white satin
bows. Mr.. Lampley, who had
been out following the hounds, en-
tered the hall about five minutes
after his wife arrived and found
her laughing gayly with crowd
ofyoung gentlemen friends around
her. Mr.. Lampley, man of vio-
lent temper. seemed stunned with
rage when his eye fell upon his
wife's remarkable costume, which
had been worn by the lady in an.
swer to challenge from a young
man named Walter Lampley, her
husbands nephew. The enraged
husband, after glancing at the
dress, which fell in graceful folds
from the plump shoulders of his
wife to the ground, walked up to
her, and, with pallid features, pre-
sented his arm. Mrs. Lampley
seemed startled, whispered hur.
riedly to him in o low tone, and
then, taking his arm. moved hast.
lily toward the ladies dressing.
room.
The husband followed her into
the apartment, whence soon issued
successfully the sounds Of mans
voice raised in anger, a woman's
sudden scream Of pain and fear,
and the report of a pistol. The
guests were dancing the lancers
at the time, and as the pistol shot
was plainly heard all over the hall,
the music stopped and the dancers
crushed up to the door of the
dressing.room. The comparative.
ly few who gained an entrance
found Mrs. Lampley, with the
Mother Hubbard dress nearly
stripped from her body, kneeling
on the floor supporting the head
of her husband, who was PROSTATE,
with bullet hole in his left TEN.
pie. DR.. Mark Shepherd, whe
was present, pushed through the
crowd to the wounded man, and,
after a cursory examination, shook
his head ominously. Mrs. Lamp.
ley, who.was watching him closely,
and who had been gazing with hor.
ror.stricken intensity upon her
husband, thereupon uttered a faint
cry and fell back unconscious, her
husbands head dropping into her
lap. When removed it was found
that the lap of the fatal dress con.
tanned little pool of mingled
blood and brains which had issued
from her husbands wound. Mr..
Lampley died in two hours.
To a newspaper representative,
Mr.. Walter Lamplcy to-day gave
the following written statement Of
the affair: "Mrs. Lampley was
challenged by me in spirit Of fun
to wear the dress after a conver.
sation between us, in which | had
expressed the opinion that every
woman was slave to the preju.
dices of any fashionable set in
which she chanced to move.
mentioned as an example that no
would dare to wear a Mother Hub.
bard to a ball. l did not know
until we reached the ballroom
what kind of a costume she wore,
as she had it covered with large
white opera cloak. She had just
summoned her carriage to return
home to change her toilet, after
compelling me to acknowledge
her triumph, when Uncle Charles
arrived. Mrs. Lampley, upon
reaching the dressing.room with
him, commenced to explain, point
ing out to him that she had pur
posely come early to avoid public.
ity, and that only their friends
we're present to notice her appear
ance. Mr.. Lampley, in an excess
of rage, which seems to have de
prived him of his usual kind dis
position, upbraided Mrs. Lampley
and finally pushed her from him
He did not strike her, and was in
capable of doing SO. But his vio
lent actions, added to- her own fe
verish excitement, caused Mrs
Lampley to scream. Just as she
did so her husband drew a pisto
from his pocket. He was in the
costume of the bunting. field, ant
fired with the muzzle against biz
temple. AS he fell he caught hole
Of his wife's dress and gave il the
large rents which everybody saw
He was a good, kind husband, ant
I Mrs. Lampley, / know, was de
votedly attached to him"
Mrs. Lampley is said to be pros
trated with grief. The family il
an old and wealthy one. TIL,