Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-13
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CHARGED WITH SHOOTING MS
GRANDFATHER.
A Singular Montgomery County
Casc-Thc Bedclothcs Saved Him
story of an Alleged Attempt 20
Poison Recalled.

CHRlSTlhNSBURG. VA, March %
(Spccal)-The rcarrest OF w 1aroo.
Price. charged with shooting his grand.
father. James +. Anderson. has rovivoa
interest in the case, and has bro,,sh,
10 light some facts which were not
known here before The shooting tool,
place gu a remote part OF the county
about ten days ago, and as there is very
little communication during the winter
months with the place. the circum-
stances were not known until quite To-.
Gently. Anderson. who is over 70 yeara
OK age was living with his married
daughter Mrs. Campbell Price. and has
been I'm feeble health for some time
campbell Price is also I'm bad health
and ON the night Of the shooting he
and Oldham Anderson occupied q room
down stairs. while Mrs. Price and the
rest OF the family were upstairs. About
1 o'clock Mrs. Price came down to see
about her husband. and before leaving
the room went 70 her fathers bed mr.
ranged the bed clothing. and adjusted
hs head comfortably on the pillow
When she went into the room the lamp
was burning dimly but she left IL burn
iug brightly. 4 stove had been used
jon the ROOM and hole cut In the SIDE
~ the house 10 allow the pipe TO pass
through. but the use Of the stove had
been discontinued and the hole covered
over.
a SHOT FIRED.
Some time after Mrs. Price left the
room the shot was fired through this
hole. When and by whom the cover
lrr was removed is not known. The
lai-cioth.ng. of which there was an un-
usual quantity, saved Oldham Ander-
sons life. As It was. he was not Sc
giolsiy hurt two OF the shot passing
through his ear and several lodging I'm
DIS shoulder The rest buried themselves
iu the bed covers.
VS. James Price IS married, and lives
eholt O. mile from his fathers. That
day Dee had borrowed q gun from
n..chbor stating at the time he wanted
to kn a hawk. The gun was loaded
with shot Of several sizes and also
with siugs. The next morning a num-
Dor OF slugs were found in the bed-cloth-
.ns. as well as several shot. 1t is this.
together with some other circumstances.
that connects young Price by suspicion
with the shooting
HE HAS MONEY.
The old man Is known 10 have seve-
ral thousand dollars. which Mrs. Price,
DIS only child, Will inherit at his death
l1 ISIS Anderson sold some mineral lands
Tor about 5000 At that time his daugh-
ter Mrs. Price. lived in Pulaski county
soon after the money was received she
"ls Jointly indicted with one George W.
Hicks for attempting 10 poison her
father Hicks procured the poison. and
Tersuadcd. as he thought, q Mrs. Long
t1 administer II. Mrs. Long agreed TO
meet Mrs. Price at certain spring at
tA-d hour. and I'M the mean time in
formed several gentlemen of what was
CD take place. At the appointed time
and place the two women met, and a
package of strychnine was handed TO
airs. Long, with Instructions how TO adj
minister it. and what she must do when
-he old man got past speaking and
dropped" Upon a given signal the gem
uemen who were in hiding appeared
upon the scene. and Mrs. Price was
arrested. She was found guilty. Hicks
was also convicted, but escaped punish
mcnt by a reversal Of his case on
technicality. Mrs. Price was then par
loned