The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
4 DOCTORS DEADLY DEED.
AFTER CHEATING EDITORS FOR A MUM
BEE OF YEARS He DETERMINES
TO KILL THEM OUT.
A Doctor Richmond, who Is not Our
Doctor Richmond. Varies the U.s.
nal Methods by Which the Medical
Profession Encourages the Under.
toItersS RnSinpSS.
Netrs ana Courier.


ST.. JOSEPH. Mo-, June 1S.-At IL o'clock
this morning as Col. j. w. Strong, manager Ot
the Heruid, was sitting in the counting-room
with his back to the door, DR.. 5. A. Richm0nd
entered and, drawing revolver, fired The
shot struck the victim in the left side of the
neck. Strong staggered towards the back OF
the Office. Richmond fired two more shots
and Strong fell. Richmond then turned,
walked outside, and when some twenty feet
from the door placed Il revolver 10 his temple,
fired and dropped to the sidewalk.
AT the time OF the shooting Strong was en-
gagged In con vcrSatlon with IN unknown man
and was totally unconscious of The approach
of an enemy until he was struck by the bull
let. Richmond drove up TO the office In his
carriage. He is said to have alighted coolly.
and to have walked to the Herald office door
When he came back, after shooting Strong, he
found that the carriage had been driven away, ,
and 1t was then he shot himself Strong fell
struck by Two bullets, one of which struck
him In the neck, ranging upward into the
brain. Tie other struck him In the back,
and Is believed to have penetrated his heart.
He died five minutes after the first shot The
bullet with which Richmond shot himself
took effect In the left temple, and as yet 1t Is
impossible to tell whether 1t will prove fatal
or not.
The trouble which has resulted so fatally is
solely of ltichinond'S own making. He has
long been known as the discovererand manu-
facturcr OF "Samaritan Ncrrine," and has
Dc"h an extensive advertiser, and has had an
enormous business in his noStruni. Some five
months ago he disappeared from this conlmu-
nifty and left Il lot of papers, evidently the
work of either knavc or u hopeless lunatic.
He charged Col. Strong and other prominent
attorneys Of this city with having ruined him,
and indicated that he had ended his career in
the river. at thai time opinions differed as
to his condition, some regarding him Insane
and others believing him simply working n
rusc TO obtain $4,000 insurance on his life.
Since then he had become hopplessly insane.
The deed OF to-day proved his lunacy beyond
Il doubt. j,
Col. Strong leaves q wife and three sons, the
eldest of whom Is John p. Strong, editor In
chief OF the Herald. The Colonel was Gl years
old, q lawyer by profession. and man who
has been very prominent in the Republican
party Of Northwest Missouri for nearly thirty
years His home originally was Jacksonville
ILL.,, where he has large number OF friends
and relatives.
Grccnuiue NcUs.
There Is kind of horrible humor In the
last desperate act OF DIR. s. n. Richmond, the
Samaritan nervine man. In the first place he
had gone mad while making tons of u medl-
cine alleged To be cure for everything. In
the second, he slaughtered Il newspaper man
and committed suicide, having been made In
his business by newspaper advertising and
having Swindled two-thirdS OF the newSpa,
pers in the country.
The Nc,cs has been mourning for DR.. Rich
mUnd to the extent of about SO two years.
1t has no tears left to shed.