Evening journal., 1906-12-19
DEATH OF HUSBAND
MAY KILL BRIDE
Wife Of ". BywateTs, Slain by
BrOtherS-in-Law in her Pres
enCe, Believed to be Dying
VICTIM SHOT ELEVEN TIMES

CUIlPEPER Va, Dec. i9-cailing
constantly for her husband. who was
shot to death before her eyes by her
brothers within half an hour after he
had married her. Mrs. Viola Bywaters
is at the ooint OF death from tho e.
fects OF an operation and the shock OF
her husbands death.
Not until the widowed bride RECEIVERS
sufficiently to tell what happened in
her room on Saturday night after the
marriage ceremony Will IL ho known
exactly why young william +. Bywat-
ers q breeder OF fine horses. and
clubman ana fox hunter. was shot by
James and Philip Strothers.
The young woman In her dellrium
pleads most piteously with her broth
ers not to XIII her husband, declaring
their mutual love. She has been re-
moved from the room IN which her
husband was shot to the homo OF her
sister. Mrs. e. l.. Gaines, two miles
from Rotheiwood. the estate Of the
Strothers.
The Strothers brothers insist that
I
pressed his willingness 10 marry Miss
Viola Strothers. but vino was forced to
do so on saturday undertook to desert
his bride Immediately after the mar
rage ceremony and while she was 81
In bed from the effects Of an opera
ton
The inhuman treatment Of young
Bywaters after he was rddied with re-
volver bullets is az strongly discount
enanced by the Vlrginians as The APP
plcation Of the "unwritten law" to the
case Of the Strothers brothers
Young Bywaters in his attempt TO
escape from the armed brothers OF his
bride was struck by eleven revolver
bullets and fell from a winduw TO a
portico roof, directly beneath the win
dow OF the room n which his wife lay,
EIo was mortally wounded and begged
for aid. but he was left to le on the
roof for half an hour until his death,
without assistance OF any sort.
His means and cries for help could
be plainly heard by his young wife, her
sister ana her brothers. but no heed
was given Him until a neighbor, J. H.
Lenson, attracted by the shooting arr
rived at the house. he was told by
one Of the Strothers boys what had &C.
CURED and stepped out on the roof
where young Bywaters was dying.
"Bywaters recognized me-" Mr.. Len
son said. land asked me for water.
gave him some and also some whisiSey
He said that he only wanted to leave
in order that he might go and tell his
mother Of lis marriage. He sails he
had promised her TO spend the nigh
at home. What VIII she say now?
he asked OF me.
"The young man Lived at least hal
an hour after being shot. He died p
my arms"
Bywater's statement that he has
promised to see his nnther that nigh
Is borne out by her.
Bywaters was one OF the best know
young men in Culpeper county IL
was the owner Of the famous Bywatei
Fox hound Kennels at Salem anC
owned and trained highly bred horses
which he exhibited at horse show
throughout the country.
That he and Miss Viola Strotheri
were swaethearts was well known
throughout the county. They wer'
constantly together and The community
generally regarded them as engaged
Within less than a week Bywaters toll
one Of his ntimates that he intende'
marrying Miss Strothers as soon as ~
was able to provide a suitable hons
for her
phil" and Jim" strothers. younl
brothers of the girl. objected to tn
attention Bywaters paid 70 their siste
and several heated scenes took plac
at Rotherwnod. ByTwaters continue
to devote himself to Miss strothers
and they were a most devoted couple
The Strothers boys are farmers, wei
connected in Northern Virginia, thei
father having been Colonel ]. f. Stroll
ers. who represented Culpeper count
in the Assembly at Richmond for years
He was a Confederate veteran. havin
served with the Army Of Northern Vir
ginia-