Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-17
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GYofcFgTFR COURTHOUSE, VA. February
re The Common wealth's Attorney decided
thIs morning 10 have a pOst.nOTtfm e1ami-
nation OF IIugbes's body. a doctor wos
mi procured until this afternoon. Dr. r.
A. Tshsferro conducted the post uor'ens.
The examination before the MagistFa'e
Court was postponed on motion oil me COM
mopwealtb until 1890 O'Clock MONDAY
ynornfn0. The latest rumOr IL that Ross
saws that his wife told him Wednesday night
after they retired that Hughes had o0ered
her indlgnilies that day. lie wanted 70 go
down then 10 HugheS's room, but she re-
s,rsIpcd bin. Ross and his wife did not
leave their room Thursday morning until
Hughes went awav. His wife spent most Of
The day nj his Office. going home that eve
ming. lie induced her 10 tell him more lully
OF Huehess conduct. lie went at once 10
Uuybes's room and told him that be wanted
an explanation.
Hughes asked: "Oi WHAT"
Ross replied "YOu know that know
ALL"
Hughes exclaimed "Give me the pistol,
Josh, and will Kill myself"
Ross said: "NO, will kill you myself"
The pistol used by Ross was stakeholder
IN a bureau drawer in Hughes's room.
Ross "a comfortably fixed in jail. He has
been seen TO-DAY by his friends, and he has
bad q conference with his counsel. lie Is
greatly worried over the case aud breads
having to make such statements as the above
in court.
The funeral Of Hughes will take place TO-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock. The body
will be laid TO rest in the Presbyterian
cburchyard OF this place. Mr.. Hughes
some time ago designated the spot where be
should be buried. lie will be buried beside
his wife.
RESULT OF THE r0sT M0RTEN.
The. post.mortem examination was cons
cluded this evening. The ball entered lusl
below the right temple and pursued slaUt-
ing course over to the back OF the head on
the left side, and then dropped towards The
neck. The ball was greatly nattened. lis
course indicates that Ross stood up with the
muzzIe Of the pistol about three feet from
Hughes's head. aud that Hughes was lying
down. The pistol was thirty-calibre and II
was q seli-cocker.
STILL A MYSTERY.
The above rumor as regards ibe statement
OF the prisoner to the contrary notwith
standing, the cause OF the tragedy IL Sill Z
ine under mental hallucinatlOn at the lime
Others that 1t WAS coid.bloOded and pre-
meditated murder. while the greater mum
Der OF people who know both parties inti'
mately are unable even 10 suggest theory
TO explain the dreadful affair.
The story told by the prisoner, and which
was publi- he'd in yesterdays DispS'ch. thSt
he went into his uncIe's chamber, saw bin
I'm bed, and charged him with having offered
gross insults To his (lios-'s) vile. Is not
credited. for early Thursday morning Mr..
HUGHES left his home 1T the Courthouse aud
spent the greater portion OF the day at bi-
farm, "Whiie Marsh" several miles from
the Courthouse, aud did not return until
about dark. lie was killed about O'Clock
that evening.
VERY RETICENT.
Mrs. Ross, the wife OF the prisoner Ross,
IL very reticeni. she hiss nothing 10 say
about tue case ~ any one but the counsel Tor
her husband. She seems to be greatly
grieyed.
HIGH OLD TINE.
A gentleman whose name the Dispatch
man could not learn SAYS that two or three
DAYS before the murder Ross aud bis uncle
were out riding Ia buggy In the lower part
OF tho county, and both were considerably
under the influence OF liquor aud were hav-
ing what Is called IN this part OF the State
IA high old time and II is related that on
their return to the Courthouse they had a
Misunderstanding IN reference to some BUSH
ness matter and angry words parsed between
them. some are OF the opinion that this
quarrel had reference to Mir. liughes's Will.
Upto that lime they had been on the best
OF terms with each other and the closest re.
lationship existed between them, and Hughes
had always been all that father could he to
q son IN MS regard and affections for Ross.
As above stated, the gentleman here referred
20 Is OF the opinion that tue misunderstanding
lug was about the will, aud that Ross
thought his uncle had made will aud had
devised hin (Rossl sll OF his property, and
when his uncle told him differently he be-
came angered.
1t Il said that no will has been found
among Mr.. Hughes's elects.