Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-21
TRAGEDY
A DEAF MUTE ALLEGED TO HAVE
KILLED HE swEHrHgARr.
They Go of TO Get Married. bat He 10
Afterwards Seen. While Her Where
abouts are Unknown.
Special telegram to Ia. p,sp.,cn.l


gram saturday night gave you the frs
news Of wha; hss since developed into
great tragedy, which IL 80 exciting II
character ~ to set people wild with fsa
and rage II - believed by everybody tina
Walter l.. Bingham, who left here FRIDAY
morning in buggy with Miss Lizzie Tur
iipgton, has murdered her, and that be
body lies somewhere In great stretch o
pine forest Between borrisvilIe and Dur
bath. Bingham and the GIRL were eac,
aged twenty three, and had long beef
lovers. becoming such while at III,
Institution for deaf mutes here a,
pupils. Later Bingham went 70 a SIM
lsr institute ut Carmansvilie. v. Y, 10
complete bis education. tie returned quit,
manly and handsome young fellow. A fes
months ago an attack Of cat4rrh neccs STATED
bis return 10 New York for SPECIAL treat
ment. lie came bscK 10 ms mothers home,
al Bingham School. with his face dlsdgured
ana his good look% lost. He is scutely
sensitive. and this preyed upon him. He
was also told bv teasing friends that Mis-.
burlington no longer loved him, but that
she loved and would marry Professor T..
Mex. Goodwin, who had been teach
or at the institution here while Miss
burlington was teacher before her al
pOlntment as matron. Bingham thus
came TO look on Goodwin n his rival,
though the latter bad no love for tue girl.
and was n mere friend. Last summer
Goodwin became teacher in an Iowa State
institution at Council Bluffs. Miss Tur.
liBgton had agreed TO marry Bingham next
summer AT the close OF the term for which
she lad contracted % act a m8tron. Bing.
ham md his mother were parties to this ar
andsl went well. Last Tours
day he came here and obtained large
amount OF money, part OF which be dad Re-
Gently fallen heir TO. HealsO had revolver
and bowie-knife. Friday he obtained mar
and, hiring horse and bug
~ from liveryman, met Miss burlington
at II O'Clock that morning In Fayetteville
street. She had told people at school that
she was going down town shopping.
Bingham drove of towards Cary. Later
In he day, as Miss burlington did not APP
pear, inquiries were made. and il was
found that she and Bingham had gone.
] bere was at once the belief OF an elOpe-
tithL- iblN bfittl bifNAlltu uuAii tdtti
morning. when Il was found that
Bing hsm bad got on q train al Durham uu-
He had a ticket for Char
lOtte. and asked about the railway COnnec.
t'ons 10 New Orleans and other points. Al
Greensboro Conductor Jordan saT him
leave the train. When this fact was made
known and nothing was heard Of the girl
the belief Of murder arose, and the off ,ers
q II. 49, - g Dr.Hss
Heart went to Durham. Yesterday morn
ing the directors OF the institution met and
ordered all measures looking to the capture
u Bingham and the discovery OF the girl
10 be taken. From that hour 10 this search
Tor her has never ceased, vet it has been
II was found that she and Bling
BAN were seen together in = buggy ei,ni
miles thi, side Of Durham and in a pine
forest, yet only three miles nearer Durham
Bingham was seen in a buggy alone
The buggy was found IT, Durham
where be had leil il. II was thought thl,
f!ir CHAM had gone South, though no'b'n-
him could be heard. Thi.
morning q telegram from Or. !. L peet.
be principal Of Carmansyilie New York
Institution, where Binghsm bad been pH
1il. stated that he wa there YESTERDAY en
irev insane: that be made threit. 10 Kin I'd
nan named Goodwin. bis rival, and then
disappeared, 1t was evident, :.
Don as thi, was know D, that Bingham, plan
vas 10 20 on 10 Council Bluffs ana finish
,is work bv killing Goodwin. A brother
# tie latter al once sent bin and the
Council Bluffs police telegram OF warning.
z. burlington. jnr iatner n Mr. Turling.
ha ~ no ha~ 10 mn IL
ug from Wilmington with detective.
he case becomes more mysterious each
iOur, and there l. no telling what startlin.
urprises may occur. Miss TurlHgton wa,
l0vable girl, remarkably intelligent, r..
med, virluOus, trusted, and beloved. No
words can tell Of the Indignation feli bere
y,I what all fee 10 be the blacklist crime on
ecOrd here. Great number OF people are
Dcaeed in the search. The county people
IL deeply excited.
A telegram tonight from Chiei-of-Pulirc
leaTtt TO W. j. Young, the superintendent
the institution. saw IL ha, been found
bet the parties WerenO. married. llr sent
telegram from MOrrisvilIe. this county.
lying ihN the people there reported thar
be- partlc- were seen in tbat place FRIDAY
B hu- Cy, tut only a miic away Bingham
as seen in 2 buggy alone. Ihi. rather
oDllic,s With the story Of thei, being seen
,reiher within eight miles at Durham. a.
l0rTi.yile I, fourteen mile from pIr.
1m. Scores OF ~earc1trs art m al ihs'
.ction.
Eumor, Of The finding Of the ciri- body
ave been current OBJ dav: also. other ~
.OTs of the capture VI Bingham. Up O.
IL hour no such news has been received.
The fist Train 0u the n"V Piii.rOro'
ilr1ad went through TODAY. The tra Is
IN very fair order.
sA1H FRos ItTIAC CABBAGE ANu OYSTERS.
Yesterday morning a white MN named
+. I. Willis, d tailor by trade. Wa found
ad IN hOusc here. The coroner
rs found that death Wa caused 10y WI !
=, eating frozen oyster, and cabbage. IT, |
20 bad q cancer. viii, &. said 10 have /
-eD . native Of virginia.
IX.>heriG Marshall +. Alexander, OF !
cchienburg county is dead. H. va. ono |
the best known men in tbat section 0i |
IL state.
Al G0ld>boTo' YESTERDAY q very exciting |
'currence took place 10 The jail. 4,
.i'er Frank DoL,I entered the ia o. /
81 The prisoner, b. Wa SCI upon b., SON
e. LomaX and Richard Thompson, both
crocs. 4 desperate struggle followed.
OLSON beat TIE negroes N The head Wi,h
bunch % heavy key. while they
ruck hm IN the face. L1mlN seized
o. lever which opens the door, OF the
FCr tier Of cell.. in which were
'ciye prisoners. one o. these attempted
attack the ja.cr. DOb,on appealed for
lip, Nhtitupon Jerry Dean. white pri-
ner, came TO bis aid and saved him from
iury al the hands Of the prisoners. In the
-an while LOmaX and Thompson escaped
1m tine isil. DObsOn followed them and
ot al LOmax. Ii is thought the latter va,
l.. Dobson secured all the O.her prison
=. The sheriff and = large posse pursued
max aud Thompson without avail
The legislative committee examining
r Stale Treasurer book. devoted all day
The examination Of the book, oi The AZ
ulturai Department.
The Catholics and she Knights.
Ky felegrapl 10 the DlFpafch