The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-12
DAWSON'S MURDERER
hcDow's Insulting Ways Te-
wards the Captains Widow.
MISS GWENDoL1NE CALDWELL
She VIII Marry Prince Joachim Murat-A
New Jersey Quarantine Questionable
Panama Relief Bill-A Challenge.
Especial to THE HERA1D-Eramlner Dispatoh.l

! Especial to THE HERAI.D-Examlner Dispatch. |
CHARLESTON, s. c., July 11.-Since the
verdict in the case against DR.. Mellow for
the murder of Captain Dawson, there has
been but one topic of conversation in
Charleston. Many citizens felt outraged
at the gross miscarriage of Justice.
There was another class who sympathized
with Mellow and who turned his escape
from the gallows into an excuse for ten
dering him an ovation. Some people who
had loathing for the man, wished the
matter dropped, and to have Mellow go
about as though he had not killed Captain
Dawson. This course would very probably
have been pursued if Mellow had acted as
If he were a man possessed of ordinary
good sense. He seems, however, to i'm
agine that he is privileged character.
A high brick wall divides the back lawn
OF Captain Dawson's residence from Nc
BOWS yard The piazza of the second story
OF McDow's house overlooks Captain Daw-
sons lawn. Mrs Dawson was walking on
the grass OF his lawn yesterday noon when
she heard whistling and other noises to at
tract her attention. She looked I'D and
saw Mellow standing on his piazza doing
everything he could to attract her notice
She went into the house and closed the
door. Mellow had been sitting on the
piazza of the first floor of his house with
his wife and father in-law. He left them
and went up stairs where they could not
see him. He remained on the end of his
upper piazza after Mrs Dawson had retired,
still looking into the Dawson yard
He was soon rewarded by the appearance
Of Captain Dawson's daughter, a pretty
girl OF fourteen. He-again began his whist.
ling and coughing. She saw who it was
and ran into the house He then took a
small stone and pitched it in the window of
the French maids room. She looked ont
to see what it was and saw Mellow motion
ing and whistling She drew her head in
at once, very much frightened. His con
duct was so outrageous that Mrs Dawson
mad policeman sent To her residence TO
prevent further insults,
1t will be remempered that there was a
small brulse on McDOW's head the Gay that
he killed Captain Dawson. That bruise
has been eXplainedxs The morning of the
killing, while attending the sick child of
lady, he is said to,have made improper pro
posals to her. She. so the story goes
secured her absent husbands pistol and
was bout to make short work of him
he neW, ana IN his hurry to get out of the
house hit his hand sou the door facing
McDow's lawyers, tits said, knew of this
at the trial. The jury is being closely
watched and somes little light is coming
out. The colored nan Sims was in favor
OF manslaughter, and he was the only one
opposed to acquittal One of the colored
jurors said that Captain Dawson had in
suited the colored women in his paper, and
he got what he deserved. McDobb, the
white juror, will have abundance of cause
to regret his verdict He is the Repubh-
can candidate for collector OF the port A
prominent Republican just back from
Washington says that the verdict settles
McDobbs aspirations.