The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1889-08-15
THE KILLING OF PAGE.
1t was the Bullet Of a Wronged Woman's
Brother.
From the State Chronicle.l

One Of the saddest pieces of news
the Chronicle has ever had to record
is the death of Col Roger T. Page,
editor of the Marion Times Register,
which occurred about ten DAYS ago
under most distressing circumstances
Col. Page was returning from Ashe-
vile. He reached Marion about -
O'Clock at night and started to his
room. Some one came up behind
him, fired several shots and fed Col
Page fell dead. No one recognized
the man who did the shooting. The
Coroner's jury returned verdict
that "he came to his death by gun
shot from the hands of party un.
known to u.s. On Thusday last
Edwin Brown, who was thought to
have fred the shots, went to the sher-
ifs office and voluntarily surrendered.
He waived an examination and was
committed. He will be tried at Octo-
Der court.
The Marion Times Register says:
The facts as they can be gathered are
simply these: Col. Page was mar
ried man, living apart from his wife
for some years, she being a resident of
New York He married the daughter
of the late John Mitchell, the Irish
patriot who controlled or edited the
Richmond Examiner during the war.
He came to Asheville some three
years ago to practice the profession of
the law He became dissatisfied with
the result of his efforts in this, and
some months ago came to Marion and
took charge of the Bugle newspaper
and changed its name after a short
time to the Times Register. The office
of the Iimes-Register was on Court
House street, nearly opposite the dwell
ling house of one of our prominent
citizens, physician. He was receiv-
ed into the family as visitor, and
looked upon as gentleman, being a
| man of fine intellectual attainments,
| educated and cultured, and fine
onversationaIist. It soon became
evident to those who took the trouble
| to observe closely, that his intentions
were not honorable, and that he de-
signed to ruin the character Of the
| gentleman's wife His visits became
more frequent, until stolen visits in
the absence OF the husband was habit
ually practiced, and until he had ob
tanned such an influence over the wife
| aud mother as to arouse the suspicious
Of the husband The Investigations
only confirmed his suspicious but too
surely. When he was notified to cease
his visits and attention, Col. Page
sought advice from few gentlemen
in the town, protesting his Innocence
| OF any improper conductor intentions,
but carefully concealed the worst
facts bearing upon his conduct, and
which have since been made only too
| plain. He was advised to cease his
visits, but to 20 on as if nothing i'm
proper had occurred, for his own sake
and the sake of the wife and mother
who mnst suffer if color was given to
the suspicious Instead of ceasing his
visits as ne was notified and warned
to do, he kept up communication with
his victim. and five days after he had
received the warning, and two days
preceding his death, in the absence OF
| the husband he again made stolen
visit to the house whose peace he had
destroyed.
The deluded man seemed to be the
victim of his own passion, which un
fortunately carried him to his destruc-
ton, and has wrecked the peace Of the
] family whose iallowed precincts mis-
ungovernable passion led him to in
4 wade .,.
I Whilsylhe killing is 10 he regretted
the aged parents and connections O
the ruined wife and mother, upon
whom his i,isting eye fell, and upor
whose honorable name his has beer
thesffst and only shadow that ha
ever been cast, viii have the sympath,
E of all honorable thinking men.