Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-11-15

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''Bellevue" they all took the body into the
house. They made no attempt to ESCAPE
OF leave the neighborhood About O'Clock
this morning the Sheriff of Rockbridge
with some assistants came down from Lex
lngton to arrest them. James, William and
George Miller, and John Reese were arrest
ed and taken to Lexington. David Miller
who was in bed from his wound was left in
charge Of Deputy Sheriff Tempeton. DR..
George is attending him. The party
reached Lexington in a three-seat wagon
about 10 O'Clock this morning. They were
not taken through Brownsburg. but taken
another route.
THE TROUBLE IN ARRANGING THE
BURIALs.
To-day there have been MANY changes of
the hour fixed for the burial of DR.. Wal
ker and his wife. The trouble arose from
the fact that both DR.. Walker and his wife
were members Of the congregation of the
Presbyterian church of New Providence
two miles from here, the lady being also a
commitment, though her membership is
at the Fairfield church. The Miller family
were also members of DR.. Vaughan's con-
gregatlon, and David Miller is Deacon of
that church. So the burials of Henry
Miller and DR.. Walker and wife had to
take place in the New Providence burying
ground. Finally DR.. Walkers friends de-
| termined that the burial of himself and
wife should take place on Monday next, as
that of Miller they learned had been fixed
for tomorrow.
THE ACADEMY AFTER THE BATTLE.
The room in the Academy, where the
conflict took place, had hundreds of visitors
to-day. 1t looks like war. A number of
bullets are imbedded in the walls and floor
and one has passed clear through the stove
pipe. Benches and chairs are broken. But
the most pitiful sight Of all is the great
pool OF blood marking the spot where the
devoted wife breathed her last
THE FEELING AT BRoWNsBURG
The feeling at BroWnsburg cannot well
be described. Perhaps the word appalled,
describes it best. In the heart of a steady
going, old Scotch-Irish Presbyterian popu-
lation, where violence is rarity and peace
is the rule, the tragedy seems to have be-
Wlldered the people. If the fighting and
death had been confined to men, it would
not have been so awful, but the murder of
the venerable gray-ha1red wife, kneeling at
her dying husband S side, seems to them. as
it does to me, something that surpasses all
imagination. All day long, men and women
have been going into the little chamber in
which DR.. Walker and his wife are LAYING
ON the bed, to see the remains, and they
look at them in a bewildered way as if it |
was crime that SURPRISES belief The
people seem daZed. Men talks in the streets
in subdued voice as if it were Sunday.
Coming here, l heard many rumors of
lynching, but 1 have not heard word of
that sort by the people of the village There
are no threats of vengeance.
A SAD SIGHT.
The saddest sight was at the Walker res
idence. The front of the house was draped
in mourning, including the columns of the
verandah. The bodies of DR.. Walker and
his wife lay on the bed dressed for the
grave. In the room were weeping friends
and relatives being comforted by the minis
ter, Dr.. Vaughan, the pastor of New Prov
idence, and every moment some county
man would come in, look at the remains
sadly, and go out. The door of the apart
ment had been left open for the people to
enter, and hundreds took advantage of it to
take their last look at the two familiar
faces.
PREMONITION OF AN AWFUL DEATH.
About two years ago Dr.. Walker had a
long conversation with Rev. MI Shreck-
hlse, in which he confided to him the fore
boding that something was awful in his
future and that his death would be a terri
BILE one. MI. Shreckhise used the occasion
to urge him if he had these fears to so Or
der his life that he would be ready to meet
any death; but at the same time he pointed
out to him that he was a strong man, in
good health and by ordinary care might live
to be an old man. Dr. Walker closed the
conversation by reiterating that he was
sure some fearful event laid across his path
in the future and would be connected with
the close of his life. He added that when
it came he wanted Rev. Mr.. S. to preach
his funeral sermon.
THE CROWD.
The crowd here to-day, compared with
what it would be if the weather was clear,
is small. 1t was pouring down rain when
left Stanton this morning and continued
all day, making high water, which impeeds
travel. AT Raphine was fortunate to meet
Mr.. VIM. S. Brown, formerly popular
young citizen of Staunton and who is now
with the flourishing firm of E. G. Hill &
Co. at Raphine To his courtesy in giving
me seat in his buggy and taking me six
miles to this place, through pouring rain,
| am greatly indebted. HC.T.
BROWNSBURG, Nov. 18th.
The funeral of Henry Miller took place
yesterday Sunday afternoon at $50
O'Clock. A large crowd was present. Ev-
erything passed off quietly.
The funerals of DR.. Walker and his wife
took place this morning. the procession
leaving town at II O'Clock. The weather
"eo NCo etiiu fCly ulodS GtttU1o, UuG uOG-
withstanding that people had been coming
in since early morning and the attendance
was one of the largest that ever took place
in the county. The procession was three
quarters of a mile long and the crowd gath
cred at New Providence church yard is es-
timated at from 1000 to 1 ,2OOpeople. There
was only short service at the single grave
in which DR.. Walker and his wife were both
laid Among those present was Hon. John