Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-10
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.
Charge Against a Local Music
Teacher.
ARRAY IN THE RHODES FAMILY
Julian's Father Claims That He
Shot Him.
DENIED BY THE OTHERS
special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAVERHILL. Mass, May 10.-At 80
o'clock this morning a wagon call came
to the police station from the west end, and
Officer Donavan and the driver started on
a long jaunt across the city. Arriving at
Grove street, they found the neat house &C.
cupied by the Rhodes family in a state of
tumult and the neighborhood terribly ex-
cited. 1t seems that about a half hour
previous the neighborhood had been startled
by three or four rapidly discharged pistol
shots and a general outcry and uproar.
Upon arriving at the house occupied by the
Rhodes family it was found that the father
was suffering from three gunshot wounds,
and accused his eldest son of being the
author of the same. Father and son belong
In Washington, DC. The son and other
members of the family declared that the
wounds were self-infiicted.
The officers. after searching the premises
for bullet marks, and close questioning. took
the father and son into custody on charge
OF disturbing the peace, as the police saw
nothing of the affair themselves.
Before Judge Carter today Capt. Rhodes
told his story as follows:
Il came home from Boston last night,
and took a hack to my home on Grove
street, arriving shortly after l O'Clock.
l had trunk and grip. containing some
/ asked her to come down and take her
things out. Then We had some words, and
my wife. who had come down stairs, ran
back, and my son with her. He stood at
the top and at the foot and then he fired
four shots at me with a revolver"
Why his son shot him Capt. Rhodes did
not know.
James Donahue, a neighbor, said he was
aroused by cries of murder" and found
Capt. Rhodes, who said his son had shot
him.
Julian Rhodes. the Washington music
teacher and storekeeper. said he had come
on visit, the first in fifteen years. Il was
sleeping In the front room. Father had
come home on a midnight train. he had
been ordered not to come where mother
was He went to her room and started the
row. He and l were at enmity and / was
afraid of my life. My sister had more pres
ence of mind than /, and asked father to
had 1t hot and heavy. The room was dark.
and the first thing 1 knew he had fired four
shots from revolver. / knew he had
said that he would shoot both Mrs. Rhodes
and himself II she left him. and supposed
this was the carrying out of his threat
My mother rushed upstairs followed by my
father and my sister went after them.
Mother shut herself up in a vacant room
and went around through another and down
stairs before she was seen by father. l at
tempted to follow and fell the entire length.
Then We all left the house. Ny father was
with US. but behind. There was a scrim-
Stevens
Young Rhodes then told how he had been
left by his father, with his whereabouts I'M
known to the rest of his folks, and had been
recently located In Washington, where he
Is teacher of music.
Mrs. ]. D. Rhodes took the stand. She
was faint and had to be taken from the
court room several times and revived. She
talked with difficulty, but what she said
was to the point. ST..
Her story was similar to that Of Julian's.
Capt. Rhodes daughter Jennie told COM
plete story of the affair substantially
the others had said. IT was holding my
mother and trying to calm her, when
heard the report of the revolver. 1 could
see distinctly that 1t was in my fathers
hand. and 1 knew at once that he was at
tempting to carry out threat which he
had often made"
The judge reviewed the case. which was
terribly mixed up, and decided that he could
only discharge the defendant. and as no
warrant had been sworn out for Capt.
Rhodes he was also discharged. Mrs.
Rhodes at this point stated that she and
her children lived in fear of their lives, and
asked protection.