The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-30
Enrs ged Man Does Muir
der to Satisfy His
Vengeance.
CHEATS JUSTICE
WITH S UICID E
Angered Over His Arrest on
Federal Charge, Carol James
Kills Father-ir-Law, Fatally
Injuries Mother-in-Law and
Wounds Wife Who Gave
Testimony Against Him.

Parkersburg, ". Va, October 29.-
Carrot l. james, railroad conductor
OF this city. shot and killed his father
in-iaw, William Pritchard; probably ia
tally wounded his mother in la W.
Slightly injured his wife. and commit
| ted suicide to-day ut Pennsboro. w.
Va. James broke into the Pritchard
home and caught his victims while
they slept. He made no effort to harm
his fve-year-old daughter, who occu-
pied the bed with her mother ana
grandmother.
Follows Sensations.
The tragedy follows a series of GEN.
sational occurrences here about SIX
weeks ago. when James shot Seymour
Kuhn. of Fairmont. w Va. a fellow
raiiroader. whom he alleged he had
found with his wife at the James home
kuhns injuries were slight. James
brought suit for divorce, and Mrs.
James brought a counter suit. During
the taking of depositions in the suits
last Monday. Mrs. James gave evidence
which resulted in the arrest two days
later of her husband and George Nit
ter. of Grafton. w. Va. an express
! messenger. on the charge of conspiracy
| to deiraud the United States Express
Company. james was TO have received
preliminary hearing next Tuesday on
the conspiracy charge. 1t Is said that
he worried greatly over the matter
and was much embittered against his
wife and her family. 1t is alleged
| that he threatened that he would kill
the whole Pritchard tribe and the
shooting to-day was an apparent ef-
fort to fulfil his threat.
James quietly forced his way into
the Pritchard. home at Pennsboro at =
o'clock this morning. Going to the
second floor. he entered the room occu-
| pied BY his wife. young daughter and
his motherin-law. Without words he
began firing. Tho shots were directed
at the two women. One bullet struck
Mrs PritGnard in the arm and another
hit Mrs, Jameg in the hip James ti,er
stepped into the adjoining bedroom mo
saw his father-in-law rising from his
| bed. He fired irectly into Mr.. Pritch-
ards face. The ball passed through
the mouth. killing him instantly. Re-
turning to the other room. James found
| his wife gone. but his mother-in- la w
her, the bullets lodging in her left foot
and right arm.
In Pursuit of Wife.
James then went In pursuit of his
wife. An open area door indicated the
direction she had taken, and he came
upon her a short distance from the
house. He had two revolvers. and
pulled the triggers of each in an at
temp, to kill her. The cylinders were
empty. Placing the revolvers in his
pocket. he caught her by the throat and
choked her. AS the woman sank to the
ground, her young child holding on to
her skirts. crying, James beat and
kicked her. and fled only at the ap-
proach of q neishbor. who heard the
child's cries. lanes ran back to the
Pritchard house. There he reloaded
one OF the revolvers and killed himself.
coroner's inquest was held at day
light. A verdict of murder was re-
turned In the Pritchard case, with
James the murderer, and suicide was
the verdict in the case of the MUIR
derer. The testimony of Mrs. James
and Mrs. Pritchard was taken as they
lay on cots near the railroad station,
preparatory to being brought to hos
pltal here.
1t was stated tonight that Mrs
Pritchard may die, but Mrs. James will
recover.