The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-28
AUTHORITIES
TAKE A HAND.
And the Persons Who Shot
Trayers Will Soon Be
Arrested.


| In tho matter of the murderous assault
upon George w. Trnvers who was shot
from ambush Oh a alonely road near Eido-
rado just over the State line, last Thurs.
day night. 1t took just five days for one
| States Attorney. james Higgins. the
prosecuting officer of Dorchester county,
to hear Of the crime. and when the news
Of II did get to BIN yesterday. tina, did not
come through the regular channels of tho
law.
"The first head of this case" said Mr..
Higgins, at Cambridge Nd. the co1ntry
seat. this morning, 'was when read it in
the newspapers. 1t was tho duty of tho
Cons table at Eldorado to have reported
this case to me. but be did not do it, and
il 1t had net been for the newspapers l
would still be In ignorance of It, was i'll
tho latter part Of last week and did not SEQ
any papers. That accounts for tho delay
in making an investigation.
The States Attorney then calno from
Cambridge to Scaforl. and on tho way he
got his first outline of tho case. There
was also placed in his hands one papor
cartridge shell, from which tho shot WAS
fired, and the Piece Of bsndanna hand4ser-
chief which was tied on thu Top Of tn oak
sapling along tho road, as II signal for tho
rendezvous between I'raytrs and Mrs.
George RI b. the woman ho was to meet
thcrs These are the only tangible and
exact clues thus far obtained.
A soon as possible nfter reaching Ser
ford Mr.. Higgins had m interview with
tha wounded man at the home Of Walter
Giles Trave,s had bad night Of it
ard Drs. Johns and Carter wers by no
means as hopeful OF the case as thoy Ind
been in tho earlier days, nevertheless
Tra.ers was able to recine in an easy
char wkile discus ing tho case with Mr.
Higgins He went over all tho ground
and told Of evory incident Connected with
tho shooting, from tie tlmo be sent tho
first of his three recent letters to Mrs Rash
in tho early part of September up to Mo
moment of tho shooting Ho wi hhelu
nothing.
MIR. Higgins was In Seaford only few
hours, and when he returned to Cambridge
Nv oHiu HV Nu' III q pb-i'ioh w '"h' l''i-
tive action in the case. lie will begin by
preparing formal affidavit of the partc-
ulars of the shooting, to which Traveri
will! be asked to swear, probably tomor-
row. l is likely that warrants will then
be sNorn out nnl tho persons whom
Travers indicates as being guilty of decoy-
ing him to the Edora,lo road and there
shooting him will be arrested. The pros
ecuting attorney is hammered by his fail
ure to get hold of the remnan' Of Tho let
ter which Trnvers received from Mrs
Rash. These were stolen from TraIers
room on Monday, and Mr.. Higgins has
reason to believe they hive beon taken to
another Stare. 1t is of the utmost import
anco that he shall have them, for they
prove the means by which Travers WAS
decoycd TO the place.
As told before Mrs. Rash denies point
blank that she has received any letters |
from Trnvers since year ngo. or that sho |
has written to him meantime. These LETT
ters which Mr.. Higgins is seeking were !
posted at Mrs. Rashs homo post oilitc.
Vienna, during tho last three weeks. and !
were directed to Travors The latter told
Prosecutor Higgins they were unquestion-
ably written By Ms. Rush
"Whv." snd be- Il know her writing
better than do my own, and there can bo
no mistake She herself wrcte these let
ters and they were not written By any one
else irving to initiate her haniwri' Ing.
| do ot know whether she wrote them VI
her own FREQ will, or at tho dicta'ion OF
her h,ls band but write them sho surely
did"
Travers admitted to Prosecutor Higgins
that these letters expressed Mrs. Rashs
desire TO leave her hu band agnin, and ho
accepted her proposal.
His Inst effort in getting Mrs. Rush
away from her husband was unfortunate
for the latter trac,d them to Chester.
whcr, Truyers was thrown into jail. This
howcv or, had not deferred him from a
will ngness TO make another trial. On tho
occasion of hor first fight Mrs. Rash took
thyec of her children with her, and it was
on account of these moro than anything
elso that the husband pursued her. This
tue Travcrs says 1T was hor plan to
leave all her children behind her so that
her hu ,bnnl should haze no such incen.
tive for following her.
Trnycrs told a!l those things TO tho
Prosecuting Attorney calmly aud dispas-
tiunutrly, If ever here was any real love
in his heart for the woman it is all gcne
now. As u counte"poise there Is load OF
bird shot in his abdomen which no will
carry to his grave as an everlasting re-
minder, if ever ho fully recovers from the
wound.
with the departure of his Affection for
Mrs. Rash there has come to him desire
that she shall bs punished for tho part
which ho maintains she tock In luring
him to the spot where he so narrowly es-
capped being shot TO instant death
she has made mo suffer- he says.
"now lot her be punished" -
It looks now pretty much as il this mans
solo desire Is to got we'll enough to obtain
revenge. Last year at the very same placo
on the Eldorado road he was able to moe
Mrs. Rash with safety. This year he
found a warmer reception and now he
|
tor Higgins he would do all In his power
to forward the investigation ard tho prose
cut,un Of those concerned in shooting him.
Tonight Travers took turn for the
botter and the physicians now believe he
will recover.
Both Rash and his wife still persist in
denying that any letters whatever
have recently passed botwesn Travers and
Mrs. Rash. They do this In tho most
positive manner III the face Of evidence
that parts of tho letters In Mrs. Rash's
handwriting are actually in existence.
1t was impossible to SEQ Mr. and Mrs.
Rash separa.ely this afternoon. At NO
time would sho leave his presence. A re-
print of the parts VI the letters that we're
shot away was read to both Of them, and
still they denied any knowledge Of them.
They were shown fac similes Of the ad-
dresses and the postinarks of the Vienna
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