The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-09

TALBOTTON. GA. April G-Miss Sailie
Emma owen. a beautiful and wealthy
Young lady OF this city. was shot and IN
stautly killed last night at o'clock IN inc
parlor OF 7 n. McCoy's residence. by Ut.
W. J.. RYDER. n promintlt dentist.
Hon. \. T. Persons. State Senator ana
a prominent candidate for Congress, Was
sitting beside Miss owen when the fatfI
shot was fired lie was also shot ut. but
received only flesh wound. Or. Ryder
was a lover Of Miss owen. and 81 is sup
poeed that she refused 10 marry him. and
that he was frenzied with jealousy nj the
existing friendship between Mr.. Persons
and the young lady
The details OF the story are these: IS
terday morning Dr. Ryder. with iriend,
paid a visit 10 the beautiful home OF
Misses Lizzie May and Sallie Emma
owen. eleven miles distant. and near tho
vlnage Of Pleasant Hill In the afternoon
q young gentleman from Talbotton. ac-
companied by a lady friend. also called az
the residence Of the Misses owen. INC
day was passed most pleasantly, anc I',''
the Talbotton party was joined by lue
Misses owen, the latter stopping on tncir
arrival I'm Talbott0n with the family OF
Mr. J. H. Mccoy Several members q
tho merry household. accompanied ~
Miss Lizzie May owen. attended night
services at the ~ = church The other
sister remaining az the Mccoy residcuce
with Mrs Mccoy and Miss Mccoy. NJ"
owen did not 90 out on account Of a &c"
cent sickness.
DIR RIDERS BRIEF CALL.
In the course Of tho evening, ana be
fore the parties mad returned from
church. Hon. A. +. Persons called on
Miss Sallie Emma owen. and short
time after the church party had return.p
10 the residence. Or. Rye er. who had al
tended church, called anC had few min
utes' conversation with tuem in the hall
the hall and parlor both being brilliantly
lighted Miss Sallie Emma owen and MI
Persons at the time were seated little
20 the right of the door entering the pr
lor. and We're not Of Ihe party in tho hall
Or Ryder did not enter into CONVEX sa-
tiOn with Mr. Persons or Miss owen, but
left the hall party after "A brief stay.
From the Mccoy residence he went 10
the Weston House greeted irlcTu N
the office. and went % his room on rue
second floor. remaining a few mint ics.
Then he came down and went TO his iii
tai office across town. Staying there ~ {
a short time. he returned 70 his room A.
the Weston House. where his stay WAS
also short From there he vent 10 the
Mccoy residence. There was nobody in
the hall, about three hundred yards cis-
tant
lie entered the parlor before his Iur-
pose could he OWNED. shot and killed
Miss Sallie Emma owen. two loads of a
breechloadins gun be ~ fired. ON Of
the discharges tore away the lower left
side of the face, causing instant death.
Fart OF the second discharge struck Scna-
tor Persons, the rest lodging IN % WnCCW
easement.
FLIGHT OF THE MURDERER.
After the shooting DR. Ryder rar zap
idly out 10 the street TO enter his dental
office. and some one following discover
ed him i'm the act of drinking something
from a phial. which afterwards proved 10
Doe morphine. Dr. Ryder rushed violent
! ly into the street. and ran rapidly in tie
direction of the old Persons fish-pOud
A search panty was quickly oreani2.d.
After a little he was found i'm an inscnsi-
bic condition lying near the southern cage
OF the pond bleeding from one or two
stabs inflicted by some sharp instrument
about the region of the neck lie was
now thoroughly under the clutch Of tho
powerful drug and had lost all power ui
locOmouon. He now lies IN q most criti
cal condition at the Weston House
Miss owen was a daughter OF the la.
Dan G. owen. and resided with her
| mother and sister in handsome i,si-
dence on their plantation near Pleasant
Hnl. Sh> was q graduate OF Wesleyan
Femae College. belonging to one Of IN,
wealthiest ana most aristocistic families
OF Georgia. and was a social favOrito
wherever she was known.
Or Ryder. formerly OF Macon, has been
a successful DENTS, in Tabotton for sew
eral years
Never has this county known such ex-
element Were IL not for the fact that
he Is now on the threshold OF death. RS
der would have been lynched before this
II he RECEIVERS he is certain to hang
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