The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-03
Wife of Dead Man, Who Is
Also Sister of Slayer, Pros
trated by the Crime.
TRAMMELL TELLS
STORY OF SHOOTING
Declares He Warnsd Brother-in-
Law He Would Shoot If Ever At
tackled Again-ls in Jail.

The little hamlet OF ForestviIie. Va.
Is agOg with excitement following th-
murder CT Frank Peacock by Joseph
Trammell. his brother-in-law.
Not since the charges brought against
DR.. A. Sidney Tebbs some weeks ago.
IN which the physician was accused 0y
tie mother OF a family of girls. has
there been anything which has so stirred
the community. Work has been aban-
doned ana throughout the place. the
citizens are grouped sbout In little
knots discussing the murder.
TrammeN was removed TO the jail at
Fairfax courthouse last night IN charge
Of John y. FoHin. deputized TO take
charge OF the prisoner. The removal
Of Trammell followed an inquest presid-
ed over by John W Anderson, which
was held last night at II o'clock. S. N
FolIin was foreman Of the jury. which
held TrammeH for the action OF the
grand jury.
That the murder yesterday afternoon
was not UnC 1pected was made plain to-
day by both Mrs. Peacoca. wife OF the
slain man. and Mrs. Amanda Trammell,
mother Of the murderer.
Bad Feeling at House.
Bad feeling had existed between them
some time. Some weeks ago, Peacock
had threatened 10 XIII TrammeH, but
the trouble between them had been
patched up IN a statement today, how
ever, TrammelI declared he had expect
ed an attack from Peacock and ac-
knowledged that he had warned his
brother-in-law he would Kill him If he
attempted to attack him. The two men
were in the dining-room OF the Pea
cock house, where TramnieIl also made
his home. Mrs Peacock was also in the
room. Just what the discussion was be-
tween them, neither TramneH nor Mrs.
Peacock has ye. been able 70 tell. In
his statement. TTo-i sell said:
Peacock rushe5 toward me and I
supposed ne was going to beat me. He
had attacked me on previous occasions.
I had told him ! would kill him If he
ever tried TO do IL again knew there
was no chance Of getting out Of the
house so / went into the dining room.
Peacock followed me. I raised The gun
70 nv shoulder He reached over and
grS bbCd the barrel and then I shot him.
The shot almost blew his head on
Immediately after firing the shot,
Trammell walked out OF the house 70
4 i
nell. and said:
Told His Brother.
TON, I've shot Nike From there,
he went 10 the home OF ]. y. Follin and
gave himself up
One Of the particularly sad fe ttures OF
the tragedy is the fact that a brother
OF TrammeH and OF Mrs Peacock died
a few days ago OF typhoid fever. he
was buried yesterday, the funeral serv-
ices having been held at noon yester-
day in the Salem Methodist Episcopal
Church at FOrestville.
Grief over the death OF her brother
had completely UnneTved Mrs Peacock.
and Mrs. TrammeII, the aged mother,
was prostrated- Coming directly after
the funeral the tragedy has thrown Mrs.
Peacock and her mother into a state of
collapse
I cannot tell how IL happened or what
was the cause" Mrs. Peacock said to-
DAY 1T happened almost before one
could snap a finger. They were citing
here discussing various things, in fact,
I believe part Of the time they were
talking about the funeral Of my
brother"
Wife Is Stunned
THE heated words, the flash, and my
husbands fall ali came so quickly [
was perfectly stunned. No woman could
have had a better husband than I. He
gave me everything he could within his
limited means. and I vas perfectly
happy Every time he could do so, he
would buy something which he thought
would please me, and we had been so
happy together I felt sure, though,
that something like this would happen
some day. NV brother lived here with
US, and they were always getting into
some sort Of an argument. I hoped
these little discussions would never lead
TO anything serious, but I felt almost
sure they would"
Both men had been drinking hard
cider, and it IS the general opinion
among residents Of the section and
members Of the family that their argu-
ment was not about anything serious,
and that the shooting was simply the
result Of a drunken brawl. There had
been no discussion about a horse, as IL
has been reported. and neither Mrs.
Peacock nor her brother has been able
to offer any probable cause for a quar-
rel.
Peacock Aged Thirty-Eight.
Peacock was thirty-eight years old
and was employed on the estate Of DR..
Tebbs. who furnished the recent sensa-
ton when he was made defendant in the
suit brought by a family in the vicinity.
Peacock was cutting lumber for the firm
of Sigel Brown, of 400 Ninth street
northwest. washington. Trammen was
employed by Peacock.
The Peacocks have five children, the
Youngest being a baby two weeks old.
The Othe- children are Marguerite, aged
seven Elsie. aged six; Marion, aged
four. and Horace, aged three.
DELiNOUENTS PAY TAXES.
Charles c. Rogers, Collector Of Taxes,
is meeting with results in his efforts