Evening star., 1901-12-07

But His Friends Are Not Uneasy
About Hum.
SOMEWHERE IN. TIE COUNTRY
Recuperating From Shooting Affair
in VirginiaLast Thursday.
NERVES BADLY KEN

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NEW YORK, December 7.-William B.
Marx. brother of Herbert Marx. said to-
day that he did not know the present
Whereabouts Of the young lawyer who shot
three men in Virginia in defending HIM
self from attack.
He is not in New York or Brooklyn
declared William B. Marx. He is in the
country, but not in Virginia He is re-
cuperating from the shock of his -ex-
perience. He was very much upset few
days ago. but is better now
when my brother is well he will re-
turn to his home in Brooklyn. How soon
that will be I cannot tell. I have not
heard from him today, and do not know
exactly where he is
Started Home Thursday.
According to Information received here
from Virginia young Marx was supposed
to have started homeward Thursday morn
ing, but reports received here last night
indicate that he is missing What has be-
come of him nobody seemed to know last
night He sent a telegram to New York
saying ne would meet his brother and
brother-in-law at Fredericksburg, but the
latest information gives 1t that he did not
meet them. 1t is reported that Marx acted
as II ne We're almost crazy when he learned
that he had shot men who had been his
friends, wringing his hands and giving
other outward evidence of mental agony.
William l.. Heflin, who died shortly after
reaching the Emergency Hospital here
seemed very friendly with the man who
had inflicted the fatal wound.
James Q. Stiff, who is still in the hos
pital, it is stated, refused to speak to Marx
and seemed to regret more the failure of
IA faaf
he did the injury he had received. The
latest report from Westmoreland county
gives information of the finding of bag
of straw in which there was bottle of oil
The bag was found in the yard near the
home of Marx, it is said, giving the i'm
preston that somebody thought of setting
fire to the house.
Change in Public Sentiment.
Public sentiment in the vicinity of the
scene of the shooting seems to have under
gone change since the day after the shoot
ing, and there now seems to be no ill-feel-
ing toward young Marx. People about Oak
Grove, where the Taylors live, seem satis-
fed that Marx never insulted Rose Taylor
the school girl, whose name has figured SO
prominently in the case.
member OF the coroner's jury who voted
to exonerate Marx is reported to have said:
Marx denied that he made any improper
advances to the young lady. He admitted
kissed her. He said that he was very fond
of her. and looked upon her as mere
school girl
Miss Taylor, as published In The Star
yesterday. declared that she had not been
insulted by Marx, and thus far 1t seems
that the coiored man, John Bird, caused all
the trouble
A telegram from Fredericksburg says
that there was some talk in Westmoreland
county yesterday Of lynching Bird. While
the matter was discussed, no effort was
made to infiict such punishment.
Little Change In stins Condition.
James Q. Stiff, who is still under treat
ment here for wound in the neck, is in
about the same condition that he was when
he was brought here. The surgeons have
not yet determined when they will per-
form an operation. While his condition ap-
pears no more serious than it was when
he reached here, the doctors have no idea
that he can recover.
A dispatch from Warsaw, Va, says:
The shooting tragedy near Oak Grove, in
Westmoreland county, Is still the leading
topic throughout the Northern Neck, where
all the parties concerned are well and IA
vorably known. Nothing has ever before
occurred m this section of the county that
has aroused such universal interest. 1t
is now positively stated. on the very best
authority, that Herbert Marx did not make
improper advances to Miss Rose Taylor.
The Taylor family physician says she de-
MED in his presence in the most emphatic
terms that Mr.. Marx had treated her in
to the contrary was without the slightest
foundation. The young womans mother
I'D not learn Of the shooting until yester-
day afternoon and she is Frustrated.
A prominent man from the neighborhood
of Oak Grove, who was member of the
coroners jury which investigated the
shooting, today made the following state
ment: Marx denied that he made any inn
proper advances to the yOung lady He
admitted that he did put his arms around
her and kissed her. He said that he was
very fond Of her. and looked upon her as
mere schoolgirl
straw. in which was a bottle Of coal oil,
was found in Marks yard, and a short
distance away, where one Of the buggies
was tied on the night Of the shooting. rags
saturated In coal oil were found.
Public sentiment at one time was very
strong against Marx, but is rapidly grow
ing in his favor. This statement is made
on the authority OF some Of the most promi-
Almost to man they condemn the hasty
action Of the assaulting party. Hef1in
stated twice before being taken to the hos
pital that he believed he had been shot by
Ernest Marx Of New York, brother Of
Herbert Marx. and his brother-in-law. A.
e. Blackmar, a leading attorney of that
city, who arrived at at YAK YAK. Grove Yesterday
the commonwealth attorney of Westmore-
land, Col. r. J. Washington, where the
whole affair was discussed. What action
made public. --
The remains Of W. P. Taylor jr, one of
the victims Of the shooting, were buried in
the cemetery Of St. Peters Episcopal
Church at Oak Grove this afternoon.
The Kneisel Quartet.
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