The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-27
ALLEN FAIR,
who was killed by his brother, Edward.

liar circurns tances. This cousin. Lucten
beavers. crazed by bad whlskey. made
an entirely unprovoked attack upon
an inoftensive OLD man and his wife
nv the name OF Wheaton, near Brents-
vile. Prince William county and Sc
yerely wounded the OLD man with d
sword. The old couple called TO ~
j. Ramsy. neishpor at wot =. near ~
who rescued them. Beavers then turn
ed his attack upon Ramey. who, to
protect himself. finally killed Beavers.
by knocking him in the head with ii
gun.
in the sequel to the Lucien Beavers's
case as simpson had been in the
Willis Beavers case. Although the
coroner's jury exonerated him from
all responsibility. he was atterwafds
on the charge of murder, though ne
was acquitted al the trial.
1t happened while Ramey.s trlai was
in progress, fire broke out IN Manas-
sas, which Is tho county seat ana ana
came near destroying the town. But
the prisoner and his jury. at the cru
cisl moment. were permitted TO man
the single fire engine, when every
one else had abandoned it through
sheer exhaustion. and through their
efforts the town was saved
After the tragic death of her hus-
band. Mrs Emma Beavers went to live
with Silas W. Putnam, near Fails
Church, Fairfax county, as his house
keeper Mr.. putnam, who claimed to
be a descendant of Israel Putnam, of
Revo1utionary fame, has been de-
scribed a brooding, melancholy man.
whose mind had been affected by a
series of domestic misfortunes. In
| deed. blight seems TO have fallen
on the life OF this unhappy man
whose destiny was to become ilhkeo
with that of the Fair family.
He had buried three wives One Of
them was killed by lightning. Another
| died under unusually distressing cir
| cumstances. Not long before his ac-
quaintance with Mrs. Beavers began.
| his favorite daughter, beautiful 1if-
| teen-y ear-old girl. committed suicide
| by shooting herself. Her self-destruc-
| ton was caused by a fit of despond
ency. brought on by the infliction OF
some unusual and humiliatlng punish
ment by her father. When found, she
was lying In a pool of her own blood
| which had already began to trickle
| through to the floor beneath. The
entirely effaced. but remained as ar
ever present reminder to the father OF
| a daughters fate.
The blouse of Horrors.n
| Other catastrophies occurred in thu
putnam NAM mons aonse uo Of Horrer r indeed indeed
the misfortunes of this family hav'
only been surpassed by those Of tn
Fair family.
putnam seems to have becom
enamored of his new housekeeper, VIII
was at that time about thirty-fiv
years old, and very attractive look
ing. He soon became jealous. sus
picious and bad tempered He ha'
several times proposed marriage, blu
his suit was rejected. He imagine
he had rival and regarded himsel
as much injured man. He broode
over his troubles and disappointment
and nursed his wrongs until his min
seems to have become unbalanced. H
began to drink heavily. and becam
ugly and dangerous.
Mrs. Beavers became mortal
afraid OF him. and. as the seque
proved, not without cause. Indeed
she seems to have had a presentimer
that she would meet death ut hi
hands So obsessed did she becom
with the idea that he would murde
her that she gave her little childre
directions what to do and where t
go II she was killed.
Finally. In May, 1907, a crisis. wa
reached. His passion reached china,
] when the object Of his misplaced al
fections returned home from. shoI
"trip later than he desired. Thl