Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-01-27
TRAGEDY & STRATEGY
MURDER ~ SHEP IERDSToWN.
A Young Lady RHfhIeSSiy Shot Dozen

On Thursday evening last. about = o'cik,
in Shepherdstown, Miss susie Terrell, aged
abou, twenty years, an estimable daughter
of Mr.. Charles Terrell. willis, eoasting with
a Young lady friend, Miss Schoppert, was
cruelty murdered BY young man. several
years her senior. named Hurry Smnotz.-
The fact. as related are Smooiz was dis
clrded >uitor-having been rejected several
months aro. and is reported a. having
made ugly threats 90 compel her 10 accept
him. He approached her on thursday
evening. put his arm around her, remark
inc q. NV I've got vnu where want y"u,
and placed pistol at her head aud hred-
then ran away. The victim oi the atro
cious assault was taken to the house OF hey
Mr.. Neal and expired IN few moments
Sa,on,z rau to some point where hi brother
WAS engaged or happened To he and IN
formed hin, of the crim- committed. tie
soon after surrendered himself and was
turned over 10 Col ". \ Morgan, drpu'y
sheriff An excited crowd quickly assem-
bied about the prisoner, and, 1t l. reported,
disposition To lynch HIM WAS manifested
hul Col Morgan addressed the people ana
ne. submitted to his removal 10 Charles
Town. where he was imprisoned IN the jail
On Frlday night lh- officers of the law, APP
urrhending AN attempt 10 take Smonlz from
their custody aud sumn,ariIy deal with him.
oui. tlv took him cat of town To summit
Point and returned him to The jail earN
saturday morning. saturday night he wa
,sain ronuy, d-though "a military comp"'
my from Middlrway had reported Tor du'y at
the iaii. Smpolz having been spirited a.
away-raken To the capital OF the state 300
nhe, awav-the military CA sunday m"f"-
ing returned 10 the quiet OF their homes
and the lullaby of the peaceful Op,quon'
perhaps are Furnishing theirgu spreparato-
yto a Chill movement the while c""templa'
ting the fact that the Charles fo~nIwar ""'
not any very great shakes.
some most exaggerated statements oil eA
ci,emeut aud riot in Charles Town have
round their way into tie city papers. Ih,re
has been no mob violence here nor sem
olance oil a. true. FRIDAY night some III
discreet persons II cd pistols and eXP'oded
.Jack,,ss hrecracKers, aud upou that ioun
datlou Was quilt SENSATIONAL kilograms ioi
foreign Use. Tic report tc the Washington
P.st wound have done Joe Muihatton, Ia
ms palmy days, infinite credit. We "p
pend a paragraph hOm II:
o. About 1 o'clock this morning banu Oi
uleu. zDJ strUug, surrounded the jail IL
,harlestuwl. and after firing several SINUS
fr,lu Nin,htsters 10 inumldMe lhc euAIuS'
deluandgd the Aels. lhesherlH ahu ucr"'4ea
however, nude such an active $40" ol I'sl''
,,,,,... r,t sfter some Iudl>Crliuiuaie shOo'i"r
bv both sides, the would be lynvhtrs uIV" y"
and Dispersed Excitement IN ChaI'Cs'o""
and vicinity Il 40 white heat, ami tils d.
30, K IA considered 10 be merely preliminary
r,,vc A most determined elliott - looAeu ioI
within the next twenty jour hours ~ 'he
people are nearly via.
Oh course We accept the judgment oil the
law Officers, aud their action thereon, rs ia
honest conviction, bur we are OF oplnIo"
that the prisoner, by exposure incident t"
midnight excursions, has been more IN
jeopardy iron, the prevailing inhueuza ana
ace,deu; uy rail tnau lro mob violence.
The report OF The murder created a se'isa-
lion Ia Charles rowu, OF course, and The
people talked about it,-discu>sed the hei
nous ch4raots5 ot %; bat We slw nothing or
turouieut spirit manifested, though w
wrr. ON the streets several times durins
Friday and saturday.
Bu, a- u ma,ter of information as To nov
Ga, Military got here " puoli>h the Ioilo"
nag from tue Uuailv-lou Go-,fic:
APPLIC ALTOS roE TROOPS.
CHARLES lows. ". "A, JAu. -.
Governor A. IS. Fleming, Charleston, W.
Va.
lave murderer in jail. Popular feeling
ye,y nigh. lhrrals ot hncnlng atong
-hrr.E sccre,cd ann ISL night, bu. cruNU
came wIth dynamite and p.slOio. Threat
rnrd i4ii. therefore tOntgnt Unless jan l.
suarlru ieeiug such that clyii guards can
mol he obtained. Nou.d therefore .i,S ,hv
twenty mcu of Jefferson Guards, Captain
hollis, be ordered iu guard jail undl court
February On. Answer at "nce.
FORREST ~. Brown,
Prosecuting \ turney,
Albert r. DAVIS,
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