The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-17
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water IN the race for the office at the last
election; E. L. Perry, r. T. Green. and
DR. Johnson Strother, a cousin of the ac-
cused men.
Inquest Resumed on Wednesday.
The case will come up for hearing again
| on "Wednesday. when the inquest, which
has not been completed, will be finished,
II IL is possible to get all the necessary
witnesses before the jury.
The body was given over 20 the charge
OF the cor'nor Saturday evening, and the
| post -morten examination held IN the un-
dertaking shop to which the body was
taken It resulted in the finding of ten
bullet wounds in the body OF Bywater.
! Five of them were from SO CALDER re-
/ yolyer, and five Of them from 80. The
| two revolvers are in the custody Of the
sheriff, and each Of them show the cham
| bers. five in the .3s and six in the %,
| empty This makes eleven bullets fired,
and all but one of them struck Bywater.
/ The body was turned over TO his family
at s O'Clock this morning.
After the shooting James StTother called
up Sheriff Pulliam over the phone and
/ told him that the body OF Bywater was
unable to believe his senses, went across
/ his yard to the home of Judge d. A.
/ Grimsley, whose wife Is a sister Of By
/ waters mother and told him what he
had heard. Judge Grimsley was dunn
| founded and called up the Strother home
Tells Reason for Shooting.
/ He was answered by Mrs. Nellie Gaines,
sister of Viola Strother Bywater. who
/ at Judge Grimsley's request. called James
STROLLER TO the phone. James Strother
| corroborated the statement that Bywater
had been killed, and told the judge the
/ reason for the shooting. saying that after
/ the marriage Bywater had attempted 10
/ desert his bride Of but an hour.
Sheriff Pulliam and Judge Grimsley
notified Burnett Miller. law partner Of
Judge Grimsley, who in turn notified
I Coroner Lewis, who found Sheriff Pulliam
! in charge when he arrived On the scene,
and found the body untouched on the tin
roof Of the porch.
! The detailed story Of the shooting has
not yet been brought out by the coroner.
/ but it seems, as near as can be gathered
/ from persons who were there and who
/ have talked TO eyewitnesses Of the AZ
+ fair. that after French Strother left
the house. Bywater. James and Philip
/ Su0ther came to Culpeper.
Philip and Bywater went 20 the Office
Of County Clerk ". F. Coons and asked
/ for marriage license. Bywater Is re
I lated to Coons, and the latter thought
/ be was Joking. However. he took By
water into the back room OF the clerks
I Office and there issued the papers Philip
StrOther soon came in. and Bywater,
jokingly, told Str0ther that he would be
/ the next 20 need "a marriage license. and
/ Coons discovered no apparent feeling Of
/ ill-will between them
Only Cordial Feeling shown.
/ Mr. Coons says that so far as he could
see. there was nothing but the most
cordial feeling between the two men. They
/ left together. and in Philip Strother's
buggy they drove TO Rotherwood. coming
+ ia the back way. requiring a drive OF
/ almost a mile through Strother's land TO
ger TO the house.
Jim Strother had also come 10 town.
and he went after the rector who per
/ formed the ceremony. Rev. J. ". Ware
/ Of the Episcopal church. The rector
son said to-day that so far as he knew
/ Dr. Ware had had no previous notice
/ Of the ceremony. and that upon his re-
/ turn from the wedding he had 10 com
ment to make beyond the fact that the
F bride was III In bed at the time. He
/ noticed no 81 feeling. and is understood
/ TO have stated before he left for his
church at Rixeyville, nine miles west
/ this morning that the brother James
I had kissed the bride and the entire
/ family seemed well pleased.
4 As 70 what followed there are numer-
/ Gus stories II is said that after the
/ marriage had taken place. Bywater said
/ that, having become a bridegroom. he
/ thought his duties az an end. and that
when Mrs. Nellie Gaines. the brides sis
J ter. demonstrated with him. Bywater
/ spoke harshly to her. and that It was
when he announced mis- final intention
of leaving his bride the shooting came.
4 At the time he is said 70 have tried TO
1 escape ne was in his Wife's room. in
which were also Mr. and Mrs. Gaines,
/ his wife and the two brothers. James
/ and Philip STROLLER.
FTees to a Porch.
It was when Bywater started to leave
the room. it is said the shooting con-
menced, and in his mad desire 10 flee. he
went through the window opening from
/ bis wife's room to the roof Of porch,
/ upon which a window from another room
/ faced On the way TO the porch he
was shot ten times. and when the
body was found. it was to the left Of the
window and out Of range from It, unless
one leaned partially from the window of
/ the room Of the bride. but in plain view
Of the other window, which opens from
the room occupied by Philip Strother.
After the shooting. the house rapidly
| filled with people. neighbors who heard
the shooting and relatives and officials
/ from town, and early this morning the
family left the place leaving il alone and
unguarded The bride of but an hour,
on a stretcher, was taken to the home
Of her sister. Mrs. Gaines. whose hus-
/ band owns big plantation several miles
west of RotherwOOd-
The funeral Of William Bywater will
/ take place tomorrow afternoon at .
O'Clock from the residence. It will be IN
/ charge Of Rev. Mr.. Winfrey. Of the Bap-
/ list church. and Rev. Mr. Wells, Of the
Methodist church The burial will take
place In Fairview Cemetery. He was a
/ member of the / o. O. +. lodge. and this
order viii take a prominent part in the
/ funeral affairs.
Family Is Prominent.
! He is survived by his father, Frank By
water. who makes his home on a plan
/ tation several miles west Of Culpeper. and
/ his mother. who lives in Culpeper; bro
/ Their, Gideon. and a widowed sister, Mrs.
/ Tripplejt. His family connections were
! large. and he numbered scores OF promi-
nent residents of the county among Eis
/ family affiliations
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