The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-25
JEALOUSY WAS
CAUSE OF It ALL
John seay Was Shot bya
Young Rival.
A DASTARDI,Y CRIME.
Twenty-one Balls Penetrated His
Neck, Causing Instant Death.
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE TODAY
While He Was at Work In the Mill at Nob.es.
vile the Assassin Crept Up to
Window and Fired the Contents
of Shotgun Throushthe
Glass, Killing Him
Instantly.
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE TODAY

The remains of John e. seay.sthe young
Fulton man who was murdered IN Nonies-
Vile, Indiana, Sunday morning, While at
work, arrived yesterday afternoon at $50
o'clock.
The body was accompanied ty N1essrs.
J. f. jackson and John Atkins, OF tlat
city. The body was removed to the
residence Of the deceased's brother-ln-,
law Mr.. Beuben Woodan, No. $50 Mich
olson Street.
The funeral will take place to-day at
11:sO o'clock from the Fulton "a ptise
Church, The interment will be III OAK
wood.
Jchn SeaS was we'll known In Fulton.
where he resided up to&seven years ago.
when ].e left. to accept the postion do
night miller of the -four mills Oh tue
Noblesvlles Milling Company Inc ue-
ceased served his apprenticeship IN ths
GaIlego Mills here, and was colis'uei c,ns' e W
an excellent miller.
He came on here last year to attend
tho funeral of his mother. He was IN
his twenty-seventh year, nd was q mem
her OF the Noblesvile Lodge, NO. o.
4 II and a. NJ. and of Bernice Lodge OF
Pvthians. He is survived by three BROTH
ers-CharIcs, of Fulton; Maroon Oh .1i- bai-
timore, and Lynwood, Of Norfolk-and
three sisters-NIesdames ReubenssV oodall,
Of Fulton; Albert Leonard. OF Baltlmoss,
and Miss Lucy Seay. of Fulton.
The lcdv was met at the depot yester-9
d,y afternoon by a delegation of. Masons
and Pythians Of this city, who VIII Fact
as pail bearers.
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY.
Mr.. Seay was employed in sass!se2 mills at
Noblesville, Ind. and was a5most*popular
member, OF Bernicc Lodge h. OF p, and
Of Noblesville Lodge, No. 81, A. f. and
A. NJ.
About four months ago he met Miss
Carrie Phillips, a. pretty daughter ofsthe
leading plumber Of The town. Miss Phil
lius seemed to return the affection be-
slowed upon her by young Seay, and this
part incensed young man named WI
liam Fodrea. a laundryman, who had beeh
enamored Of Miss Phillips. She preferr-
ed young Seay. and Fodrea IS sald 70
have Threatened revenge upon the head
Of SeaN.
on Sunday morning, about 1 O'CLOCK
Seav was on duty at the mill About
that hour he was, as was ms CUSTOM
sitting on the steps leading TO the secohu
floor of the MILL when a shotgun was
fired through window within lie" 1eet
of the steps. The gun was near, pc
cause of the fact that twenty-one hatls
1,.o~a ro,,nd in his neck and a. hole about
seven inches in diameter was maze III the
glass in the window.
Less than two hours later. one OF the
town policemen arrested young foured.
He was sitting on a fence near the iaun-
dry that he had conducted. put "hlch
had been closed on judgment from
the courts. He said when arrested 'ildl |
he was thinking about the pest way 20
get through his financial dlfhculties.
Eodrea was taken to Jail. where he is
,ou- He will not say anything ABOUT
the matter
THREATS OF LYNCH1NG.
| Nessrs. Atkins and Phillips, when seen
| last night, said that there was great
| excitement in Noblesville when the trae-
| edy occurred, and that the most actlve
participants in the affair were the broth.
| ers of Miss Phillips, VINO "ouio nave ieo
a lynching party to nave Mieaheu 'ei-
| ceance upon the alleged assassin.
Miss Carrie Phillips is one Of the oelles
| of Noblesville. and the successful asplr-
.nt for her hand was considered. indeed
| fortunate man. While the announce
| mcnt was not made, it was Seneraily " "un-
aarstood that Miss Phillips and Mr. Seay
| We're engaged.
..Nr Seay was one of the most popular
| and beloved young men IN NoDiesvliie,
| said Mr.. Atkins last nlsht, ana the
1,lr m,'rder w was one of the most dastardly
! ever heard OF. ,a g. ~, ;, /,
"a NJ Jackson, there would have
so1, salu o,,e less man in Noblesville, for the
,,r7er pera Of 1;r. seay was felt by the en-,
tire population -,:,,
,rhe two gentlemen from Indiana VIII
| leave here this evening Tor washington
where they will stay a day or Two to
see the sights in the Capltal iney dfe