The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-11-14

this unfortunate lady lAIrs. Walkerl in her owl
ier, It is sfated, Vent ON Wednesday last tt
Zachariah j. Walkers house, in Brownsburg
for medicine Which Mrs. Walker compounded
in the surgery, and While doing so Miller at
tempted to kiss her, Offering other indignities
which were repulsed. She refrained from tell
ing her husband until Friday morning last
when he was we'll
very angry, and he started out with coloret
man-servant and a shotgun to kill, letting it be
generally known that he Intended to shoot OF
Sight. Towards noon Henry Miller heard of the
B. Bosworth, and it was i'll the hearing of thi.
peace case before the magistrate that the trag
edy took place.
The hearing was held in a building known as
the Academy, a large structure on a command
ing eminence, not five hundred yards from the
residence Of Pr. Walker Justice Hosworth sal
in a room where the friends of temperance an(
other societies held their meetings. The room
was fitted up with stands for the officers of Sc
cret societies, and ON the table of the presiding
officer still rests a large gilt-edged Bible and t
hylnnal for religious meetings The room is also
provided with benches for congregations which
assemble there from time to time FOR public
worship. The size of the hall, as it may be-
called, is about b feet square, and it was full o.
men when the hearing began. Mrs. Walker sal
on a bench in the furthest corner. Her husband
sat on chair, and Henry Miller, who had swor1
out the warrant, was near by. The Justice sal
i'll chair near an old fashioned stove.
The magistrate, who is an experienced 0fhcla
and a man of high personal WORTH, heard botf
sides of the peace case, ana MIS-. walker Hdu u
corroborate the statement that her husband
had threatened the life of the complainant
The Justice said that he would require pr
Walker to give ball IN S+1U 30 Keep ble peace lol
twelve months.
was no alternative but to send him to jail, mucf
as he disllked personally to do so. III: Walker
replied: THAT'S what want you to do, but
would like to get my dinner before going" This
one ae other n' request wish to make and that is te
be allowed to slap Henry IN the face" 0f course
the justice told him that could not DO done
there, but Dr.. Walker persisted that he would
do so, and, rising he put his hand to his hiI
pocket and drew revolver
This weapon he seemed to be trying to cocl
when David Miller, a son of the complainant
wrenched the pistol from him, Instantly there
was a shuttle of feet ON the floor and rush OF
parties together and great xctement and thel
a pistol shot was fired in the room. Mr..
Gould, who was an eyewitness and the first &c
Miller fired this shot and that the bullet strucl
Dr.-Walker in the back. There is good reason
to suppose that DR.. Walker was wounded will
his own pistol. Justice BoSwOrth who took the
weapon from David Miller after the ARRAY, says
that every chamber of the revolver was empty
Justice Bosworth says that the scene in tLt
be more OF less involved in it, either 90 peace
maker or antagonist: Pistol shots were rapidly
nf th u ii1iif chairs, and When the ing go
hot not few ran out of the rooln. Mr., Gould
saws when Dr.. Walker was first fired upon he
Miller but waa quietly surrounded and defeated
in the purpose. Justice Bosworth says the first
thing lie saw was Dr.. Walker stabbing Henry
Miller with large dirk knife, dealing deadly
blows with unSt1nted vlgof.
DR.: Walker held his enemy i'll his arms part OF
the time while he stabbed and stabbed. They
were both powerful men and remarkably strong
the Doctor being about IS years of age and
Miller about 60 or TO- The blows which the Doc
tor gave caused Mil er to turn pale, to reel and
fan backward. Dr. Walker then crossed the
room resting, against the eide Of the Wall, or
WIS. Walker, who had been in the extreme
a and taking bottle Of sal volatile she carried
bent over her husband and administered the
restorative While she was doing this wifely
shot. and slipping down beside the bench where
her husband lay, died in 4 sitting position DIR
Walker in his sOlicitude for his wife, managed
to get down nom tde b neneh 10 Inc n0or a t
pistoi shots which caused his death. ,Jpstice
Bosworth says he saw VIM, Miilen,aa years of aga
M Hs fs e ah DE- M Hm as he La
aIl sssses say VIM Miller stood over the PROSTATE
bali and poured three or four shots right into
Dr. Walker as he lay on the floor helpless beside
his wife. Mr. Gould corTOborates the statement
and saws he interpoSed and tried to shame VIM
Miller, begging him not to shoot diving man
and that he walked away after discharging the
,TnhIi b. LaYelle both say that James Miller, one
al the brothers present with their father, killed
Mrs. walker. These witnesses state that James
Miller said: ''You caused the death Of my father
and YOU shall all die together"
Dr los George, Augusta county, near the
Haokhpidge line, who Il attending all the sur,
vvng victims 81 e fo ha nmtcnesy ah h
knife which DR.. Walker used on H. Miller was
an old Fashioned dirk. with a pointed blade {
inches long ana a oe s men stahh te WIN sa
first in the heart, then in the liver and all owe.
the breast, There were three or four in the
liver. two or three in the lungs, and the blade Of