The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-09
WORRIED BY COUSINS WRATH.
l.. o. VEAL HAS o. b. VEAL PUT IN
DER 4 PEACE BOND.

The Former Feared the Latter
Would Attempt to Kill Him for the
Alleged Alienation of Mrs. O. Is.
Wears ARectiOns-The Action "A Sc
uueI 20 an Atlanta Scandal That
Ha> Already Appeared in the
Prints.
Atlanta. Ga. Nay S.-Fearful OF bloody
climax 10 a domestic scandal in which he
was ore of the actors, L. O. Veal, well
known salesman. had his cousin. o. r.
Veal. placed under arrest on peace war
rant this afternoon.
Two months ago a sensational divorce
bin was filed by o. b. Veal He charged
that his cousin, L. O. Veal, had come be
tween him and his wife. and he was
named as correspondent i'm the bill
Along with the filing Of the bill came a
train of dramatic disclosures concerning
the domestic relations of the parties One
OF the incidents of these disclosures was
an alleged confession which L. o. Veal
made 10 the husband The latter asserted
that it was voluntary. and that his cousin
with tears and prayers, begged him to
forgive him for his treachery.
on the other hand the wife, who had de-
parted for Chattanooga to remain with
her mother. where she still is, declared
that the alleged confession was false. and
that it had been wrung from the core
spondent at the point of a pistol by her
jealousy enraged husband.
At the time of the filing Of the divorce
bll L. O, Veal the correspondent, had
fed to Kansas City. 1t was said that he
had departed hurriedly. in order to save
his head from the angry husband, who
was on the warpath for him with a shot
gun.
A week ago L. o. Veal, learning that his
cousin had gone away from Atlanta. re-
turned here from Kansas City and re-
sumed his position with the Rhodes-Ha
erty Company. Evidently he believed that
the blood had faded away from the face
OF the moon. and that there would he lit
tie danger in coming back to his old
haunts
Last night, however, o. B. Veal, the
husband. arrived in town rather unexpect-
eddy. lie claims that he did not know
that his cousin was here and that he had
no sinister purpose in coming back 10
the scene of his domestic calamities.
This morning he was seen lettering
about the vicinity Of the Rhodes-Haverty
Company's store. on Peachtree street
where the faithless cousin was at work
His presence was quickly. communicated
TO that individual and he left the store
by a back door, making his way to the
Office of Justice of the Peace Bloodworth,
where he swore out the warrant charg-
ing that he feared his cousin was about
TO Kill him. The bailiff who served the
warrant and placed Veal under arrest
found him standing at the entrance of the
store next door to that of the Rhodes
Haverty Company, where 1t was sup
posed he had been waiting to wreak VEN
geance upon the destroyer of his domes-
tic happiness Veal the husband, dr.
clared that he had no intention whatever
of making an attack upon his cousin and
that the peace warrant was uncalled for
He did not know that his cousin was in
Atlanta until he got here himself, he said
and instead of being bent on having his
gore, he declared that his wife and cousin
were welcome 10 each others society in
perpetuity.
Il heard" he said, that they are only
waiting until / get my divorce and thar
they are then going to marry, and all l
wanted TO see him for was to extend my
congra tulations."
Later in the day Veal was released upon
giving a bond to keep the peace.
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