Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-22
A VERY QUEER CASE.
TIE KELLAY-isHxBAD SHOOTING NJ
FAIR Ar cRADpoCKvILLE
Both Parties Manage to Tell ne Little az
Possibls-rhe Thssries Of tho
EeighborE
Especial telesr.m % .hs pIspslea.l

OxANcoCK via TIsLEY, Va, January a.
The most searching inyestigaiisn has
thus far failed to clear Up the mystery
surrounding the Ashnesd-kellams shooting
ARRAY tb,t occurred 81 Crsdd0ckyille last
week. The Dispatch correspondent nas
visited the scene Of the occurrence ana ~
teryiewed numerous persons In that locah'!
without inding one Who IL absolutely GER
tain ~ the cause or manner OF the sheotinr'
Ashmtad and Kellam were the ONLY WIZ
nesses 81 toe slsir, and they cannot DC ~
duced to tell what they know. Among the
peirhb0rs there are Two theoricg-one that
A,bmead. burning with disappointment be-
cause Kellan would not nsrry him. tried 10
kip MIN. "a he had been heard 10 say ne
would do: the etssr that Kellsm being urea
n Ashmssd's attentions, and not beng aNe
10 shake him oil otherwise. deternined 10
put bun out OF the WAY. The majority ih-
cline u the after oeliei.
RGFUsED TO co.
Ashmcnd. who Is the only enc OF the par
tie. that has made anything Ikea probable
statement % toe case. SAYS lint helam came
10 h. house early on IT, night OF the shoot-
ing and asked him 10 accompany him 10 the
house OF Tolo Kellsn. bis elder brother,
about one mile from Craadockyille. Ash
Kelizm had threatened TO Kill him II be ever
caught him On his premises, but be unhllY
consented 10 90 as FAR Is lobe kcllam's outer
rate. A. ihfV were crossing = ditch IN tne
midst Of pine forest, on their way back 70
Craddockyille, Ashmcad saws he was seot IN
the back and believed that biz companion.
John ksllam, had shot him. lie wheeled
around, seized kellsm, and wrcuched the
nistol out OF MS hands. This IL The substance
Of Askmesd's statement 20 bra fatner anu
before Justice Blackstone.
EeIam says he was shot Grs'. but thinks
he may nave been shot nv some one lying
concealed along thc roadside fnd that ASH"
mead va, shot boy TIC same party.
VERY rAsTIDIoUs.
There ore msny stories current Of Ash
mcs1's oueer conduct. lie is very fsstdious
in his dfess when 10 the company VI men,
never allowing himself 70 be seen IN their
presence without having lis cost on. lie
alwar. wears double breasted Prince
Albert, which he buttons up from the vast
10 the throat iu The company OF men. ne
has been known y hen working in the helds
i'm the hot summer 70 RIM with all bis might
for his coat on seeing a man approach. lie
cares nothing FOR the society 81 women.
Though his father and The other members on
the family live In Craddoekvii'e, Andrew
Ashme,d insists on uying in little shantT
WHEN he hq. fixed mp ia nice 'tyle. Here
hc lives ~ himself. COOKS bis own food, and
makes h.s own cIotbe-.
rND.E Hfs CONTROL.
For The last two years he has confined his
attention almost sKclu'lyel7 10 John kell9m,
who is said 20 have been absolutely under
hi4 control. hrlsm'- mother aud Older
brother were violently OPPOSED 10 biz as-
s0cau0n With A.amrs9. sAd bad tried ~
every Vay % break 10 OF, lobe keilsm goip :
30 Par A. % threaten Asbmead's NE. Ash
mead h4d cxpr tel 10 be married 20 John
keu4m 81 Christmas. end be- bad actually
rented and furnished smaIl bouSe in trfd-
dociviiie f1r them 90 live ~, having paihisd
D. 10 fA.cy colorN when Christians c'lhe
hcilsm refused 90 marry him because. ~ be
said. Ashmcal insis.ed on being married IN
red NothcrlilJhsrt dress. A>hils1i
w1s terribly disappointed and detected Al
this. and boz va. heard % threaten on more
than one occasion tnst II ksllam dld not
marry BIN ne should never marry any
ore else. anl some u the zelzhbors
sqw A.bmoad not long 40 wing concealed
along the roadside near kclsm's house.
where 10 rgs supposed he was lurking 70 Kill
him. Attue trial before Justice Blackstone
both Asumead aud keilm managed 10 tel,
as little 90 possible. and siter tbe trial VS.
over tLcy shook bands and went arm in arm
t0l bathroom. where tncy took several drinks
together. The case is REGARDED A. one OF the
Quterc-t tuat ever happened mere.