The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-24
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
An Awful Deed of a Georgia National
Bank Cashier.

On Wednesday morning y. w. Muir
ply, cashier of the Third National
Bank Of Columbus, Ca, shot and in
stantly killed j. W. Shutze, the paying
teller of the same bank, and then blew
out his own brains. Murphy was unusu-
ally depressed and blue Wednesday
morning. He went to the bank early
and talked for over an hour with Presi-
dent G.. Gunby Jordan. During this
conversation it was decided that Muir
ply was to accompany Mr.. Jordan to
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon for treat
ment. Murphy agreed to accompany
Mr.. Jordan and informed him that he
would step down to his home and see
his wife and would make her make
preparations for his departure.
Mr.. Murphy after leaving Jordan
started for the rear end of the bank
and stopped at Shutze's desk and made
some jocular remark to him. He then
asked Sbutza for sharp pencil. Shutze
did not have one, but said he would
get him one. At this juncture one Of
the bank clerks spoke up and said that
he had pencil and handed it to Muir
ply. Shutze paused moment. Muir
ply, who had by this time reached the
directors private room turned aud
beckoped Shu1ze to follow him. Shuttle
responded quickly and in moment
both gentlemen disappeared into the
private room aud the key was heard to
turn in the lock. In about two minutes
three shots were heard in the room
one, a short pause and then two in
rapid succession.
President Jordan fortunately had a
key to the outside, or street door of the
directors room and gained an entrance.
The sight that met his eyes was a hor-
rible one. Shutze, whom he had seen
only ten minutes before sitting at his
desk in the bloom Of health and man
hood was sitting in a chair by his type
writer, his left hand in sn open drawer
clutchiug a sheet Of writing paper, his
head thrown back on the chair, cold in
death, with bullet hole through his
temple and the brains slowly oozipg
out Of the frightful wound. About
FIVE :et from Shutze lay Murphy face
downward with two bullet holes through
the roof Of his mouth and his life blood
slowly oozing away.
From Shutze's position it is evident
that he had no forewarRing of what was
TO happen. He knew that Murphy and
himself had been the best of friends
and little did be dream that when he
was called iuto that room that the sum-
mons was that of death. Since Muir
ply has been in such feeble health it
has been Shutze's custom to write all
of his letters for him and the supposi
tion is, that when the two entered the
room, it was with the intention of at
tending to some correspondence. Shuttle
had taken a seat before his typewriter
desk, opened the drawer to his left ano
was in the act of removing sheet of
paper from the drawer when Murphy
fred bullet from 3S. calibre, Smith 4
Wesson revolver, into his right temple.
1t is evident that Shutze never moved.
His blood and brains oozed down into
his lap and on to the floor, his head fell
back and he was dead. The revolver
was evidently placed very close to his
temple, as place as large as silver
dollar on his temple was burned black.
In an instant after firing the shot into
Shr.ze's brain, the supposition is that
Murphy placed the revolver inside of
his own mouth and fred two shots,
completely tearing away the roof Of his
mouth, causing instant death. The
floor under Murphy's PROSTATE body
was strewed with blood and brains, and
it is evident that he did not move
muscle after he fell. Columbus is
hushed in silence and the city mourns
the death of Murphy and Alderman
ShutZe