The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-23
KILLS HIS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF
Little Stepson, Fearful of Harm
Lay Awake All Night With His
Clothes on-Fled at Mothers
Command and Saved
His Life.
CHMOND. VAS peoiaL-


wife, Mrs. Lucy Paul at their home.
1e1 North Meadow Street.
Il haven't finished yet" he said 20
. man who ran into the house, and
returning to his room. Paul stretched
himself upon the bed. fired q bullet
into his brain. folded his hands across
his breast and died.
The revolver. one of S2-calibre, was
taken from his fingers, setting and
growing cold.
Leslie Eubank. the ,eIght-year-ol
sou OF Mrs. Paul by a former mar
rage, escaped. apparently through his
mothers martyrdom.
The crime is one Of the most hor-
rifying that ever occurred in Rich
mOnd.
An-Night Quarrel.
1t happened, as said. at so Sun
day morning. after q quarrel between
Paul and his unfortunate wife. lasting
throughout the night 1t appears as
IL the man intended to attack the
boy. Mrs Paul arose. partly dressed
herself. went into the room OF her
child. ; ,esuma oily TO warn him and q
nOmenJ laJer Paul came after her.
He carried q revolver.
Mrs Paul screamed to her SON to
ruR and sverved her body between
the revolver Of her husband and the
boy Paul hred and the bullet passed
through her arm.
run. Leslie" she cried. and Paul
Aired the second time. The ball en-
tered her left breast and she fell to
the floor.
The boy did run. and from what
can be gathered now hts mother at
tempted TO follow him. Then Paul
shot her again. The wounded woman,
however, reached the stairway that
led TO the ground floor and near the
loot OF the steps FELL the force of the
1&n taking her into the lower hall
way. She was found there-dead.
As the last shot was fred Claude
Hooker rushed into the house.
What are you trying to do?" he
shouted
Paul said he hadn't started and then
killed himself.
In the meantime Leslie Paul ran
10 the residence of Charles M. Lyle.
1902 Grove Avenue, and Mrs. Lyle
telephoned to the police. Mr.. Lyle
went to the Paul home and found II
silent except for the gasps of the dy-
Ing woman. She was lying in the
hallway and by the time that Police
men Mattern and Flournoy arrived
most Immediately. Blood had stream
ed from the little round hole in his
head until the bed was soaked.
Coroner Arrives.
Coroner Taylor was summoned, but
both were dead. The cause was plain
and there was no need for his SER
vices. The only account is given by
the child He said that he heard his
mother and stepfather quarrel
through the night and was so much
frightened that he did not undress
When his mother told him to run he
did run, adding that he kept close TO
the opposite side of the fence TO save
himself from bullets he feared the
man would fire at him. Mother came
into my room" he says, and told me
TO leave. The man came after her
and caught her by the arm. She turn
ed and he shot. She fell and he shot
again"
on the stairway, after the shoot
ing, were found two shoes. One be-
| songed TO Mrs. Paul and the other to
Ethe boy. 1t is supposed that he
FsAsped them, thinking they were
S. and in his fright dropped them
me other shoe OF Mrs. Paul was
Found in her child's room, suggesting
Ehat she, in her hurry to save him
Forgot 10 wear them.
II the dead woman was frightened
by her maniacal husband the fright
was forgotten in her love for her
child. The immediate appearance of
Paul in the boys room shows that
she knew he was armed and wanted
TO save her son and take her chances
Along the wall beside the steps is
long, wide streak of dried blood, sug-
costing that the dying woman stagger-
ed against the wall. When found, her
face was bruised, probably 10y falling
against the hall-rack at the foot of
the stairs.
Less than ten feet from where her
crumpled body was found, today she
lies In her coffin.
Body Removed.
Three hours after the crime was
known the body of the man was taken
from the house.
The boy was taken to the home of
an aunt, Mrs. J. *. Gilchrist. 26I6
East Franklin Street. Later, he will
go TO another aunt, in Spotsylvania
county. who lives in a village called
Summit.
that, from what ne knew of the ar
1air, he thought the man was dement,
ed, He added. however. that he had
not given 1t a very exhaustive study
Friends of Paul agree that he was
Mighty, and various stories of his
idiocyncrasies are told. There are ru-
mors that several years ago he, through
jealousy, wanted to kill a man and Wo-
man living in the lower portion OF the
1t is also said that he had threatened
10 Kill his wife, before they were mar
Those who knew him say he did not
have sufficient force of temperament to |
so far as is learned today. he had no
He was a tall, thin man. smaller in
She was twenty-nine and he was
twenty seven years old. They were
married in Washington September Z. |
Paul was employed as a drummer
py his father, candy manufacturer
at 719 West Main Street.
Twice Married.
Mrs. Paul became his wife while she |
was a widow, her first husband being
Leslie Eubank, a conductor of the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad. Mr.. Enbank fell from a
train north of Richmond about seven
years ago and died from a surgical
operation shortly after.
His wife Inherited $4,000, which she
recorded in favor OF her son. 1t is said
that Paul wished TO control this money, |
which she would not allow, and from |
this developed his alleged hatred of
his stepson. 1t is also said that when
the couple was married, written and
signed agreement was reached, allow
ing him no claim upon the money.
Mrs. Eubank met Paul several years
ago. She was a very attractive wo-
man, and, he. it is said, was wildly
Jealous of her. She came from
Charles City county, and has many
prominent relatives in that portion