Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-15
SHOOTSAT THEM BOTH
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peake and Ohio. and upon arriving short
~ before noon. he repaired directly TO the
county COURTHOUSE Court was IN ses-
sion and Mr.. william II. Beverage, who
was subsequently retained as counsel
was busy arranging cases for uial' 80
MIR. Hughes beckoned 10 Deputy-Sherli
Lew Russell and told him he was In trou-
HE He then went over 10 the Sheriil
office ana told all about the case. MT.
Beyeridge soon joined him, Squire Lewis
ISSUED the proper warrants, and as
matter of form the case was hXed lOr
hearing at u o'clock to-day. Ban VIII pe
asked for even if application has 10 Dc
made 10 Judge Wickham. As the prison
er was quite nervous and eNclteu, MI
Beveridge' requested that he be Kept as
quiet as possible, and that nobody De al
lowed to see or talk with him.
HAPPY HOME BROKEN UP.
Although wrought up to high pitch,
Mr. Hughes gave the county oihcers anu
! others with whom he did talk a very con-
! nected account Of the tragedy or the SAP
bath and the causes that led up TO II. L
loved my wife devotcdly," he said, with
quiverng voice, as his eyes filled WIN
! tears, land we lived together as happily
as any couple up to four or five months
ago. Since then things had been very
different. My wife had not been toward
me as she had been before, but still L
loved her. a few months ago she left me
and came 10 Richmond. / was miserable.
My suspicious had been aroused. ana YET
! | felt hopeful that | was mistaken.
wrote to her and urged her 10 come nome.
Then | came up here and saw her and
induced her to go home. She had plenty
of relatives in Richmond, but she was not
staying with any Of them. ! see now that
| made a mistake 10 ask her to come
back I ought TO have let her stay away.
Then / might have escaped TINS uouple'
ct have ALWAYS provided well for my
family" Mr. Hughes continued, with tear
full eyes and sobs. II bought my wife a
carriage ana nice horse, pretty clothes,
and was ready to DO anything in the
world TO contribute to her happiness. she
did not express a wish that ] was not
ready TO crafty IL If il lay in my power.
| don't see why she turned against me.
loved her. above everything else; / saved
my money. that she might enjoy II, ana
did everything | could 10 make her happy
But it did not seem Of late 20 produce
this effect"
THE SHOOTING ON SUNDAY.
Continuing, Mr.. Bughes discussed his
private and domestic affairs quite freely,
told of how in the past few months MS
suspicious had been aroused and ms llle
J been made miserable. and coming down
to the events Of Sunday. said: My wife
urged me on Saturday and again Sunday
morning to go up and spend that day with
my parents, who arc getting old and IN
/ firm. but told her ! did not want 20 go
! unless she would go with me. l told her
my parents had treated her kindly, anu
: would do So and that If she would so l
[ would hitch up tho carriage and take her,
? but that l did not want to 60 without
her; that / had been several times lately
! by myself and did not feel right she
would not consent TO go, so l remained
at home. During the morning | Jay on
the bed for some time and read. My wife
came In a little before y o'clock and ask
ed me If was going 10 eat dinner. told
her | was when il was ready, and a 1T
tie later she came in and told me my din
ner was on the table. l went out 10 the
table. but was so broken up that / could
not eat much When l finished eating my
wife was not around anywhere Not ma
} ing her about the house or premises, l
went across the road TO a colored wo-
{ mans house, thinking probably she was
there. But she was not.
TRACKED HER Up.
Il then began search Tor her. After
. a little while | found her track leading 10
the railroad. i followed this up TO the
graVel-pit some distance above Elko, and
: beyond that point there We're no tracks
to follow After walking little further
| decided 20 go back TO the house and get
my gun and make another ana more
thorough search. On the railroad, a
short way beyond where L had stopped
!. | ~ | vi "A had sat down
81 and shot bullet into a tree. l had my
( young hounds with me, and they wanted
10 follow the trail, but | made them
come back. After waiting a few Sc
cond / heard a noise but could not To-
cate it, / walked W the track about a
} hundred yards and saw my wife and the
man perhaps fifty yards from the rail-
/ road Being then fully convinced that
. my suspicious were correct, l fired upon
the two together. As the man started 70
move of | fired a second time. He step
ped behind a tree and then started TO
run As he did so / fired the third time.
then hurried back 70 the house, and
with one of my men who had come In in
the mean time, | went 20 see If there was
/ any evidence of the shooting"
A BLOOD-STAINED LETTER.
1--WE found near where the couple
, were when / shot several papers, in
7 ! Guiding "A letter and a piece OF poetry.
There were several blood stains on the
letter and there was blood on the ground,
while the leaves and earth We're torn
up by the shot. We also found glass
from which some stimuant like whisky
J had apparently been drunk. l do not
known how badly they we're hurt. The
gun was loaded with No. shot, with
o which / had been hunting Saturday al
ternOon."
The letter referred TO was not written
by Mrs Hughes. II bore date or Char
lottesville. Va, June l, 1891 and was
3 addressed Dear Pat" Many terms in
, il are quite ondearing. The blood-stains
r on il are quite plain: The piece OF poetry,
copied with pencil. ran thus:
Other eyes may please thee;
Other lips press thine;
But no other heart can love you
With such true love as mine.
Deep as the deepest sunlight.
Wide as the widest sea;
Whatever shall be your future,
! shall never love but thee.
VISIT 10 THE S~ENE.
A Dispatch representative went to EXC
where Mr.. Hughes lived, yesterday al
ternoon on the 3:45 o'clock train ana
found the people who reside about the
usually quiet station greatly stirred UP
by this tragic occurrence. The sympa-
thies Of the people in this community
seem 10 be with Mr.. Hughes. They re-