The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01
.SAMUELS HELD ON
MURDER CHARGE
Son Whom He Shot in Fit OF
Anger Friday Night Dies
in Hospital.
PRISONER LIKE A MANIAC
Tragedy Said to Have Been Due
to Drink-Son's Money
Still Hidden.

Warering between lifo and death for
fifteen hours. John II. samuels. son Of
Constable Thomas II. Samuels. who
was shot b. his father early Friday
evening at his home on the Osborne
Turnpike, died Yesterday morning 1T
1o:iS at the Retreat for The Sick
where he had been taken shortly after
the shooting The inquest over his
body will he held at 10 o'clock Monday
morning.
~ was seen from the beginning by
attending physicians that the wounded
man could not recover. The large
90 caiihre bullet had pierced the ali.
oh ana taxing an upward course.
=. puhctured a number of the in
ueStines. The bullet was promptly 70.
moved by the surgeons, bur The in,rr,.
was beyond human remedy. Tba hnd,.
was removed 10 Nelson's rndertaki,r
establishment.
'He ased fatllar. when seen yester-
aay OF the Henrico County Jail. wbero
~ is confined. presented a pitia HE
appearance. He had spent a sIaan1ass
night. most OF the time rayiny yio-
,en'ly and crying out to be ,akep 90
ms boy When told OF the death ~
- son Yesterday. he collapsed com
'asly' remaining morose and up-
communicative for hours.
Cnil II mn Accident.
Later in the afternoon he rooo,
Sniiciently to talk abou. the sbo.
10 friends and officers who raI,ad
."a'htainins brokenly that it gas ali
isariui accident and a great calap,
-! 10 him He repeated eubstanti,r,.
nc same story of the shooting ~.
ne toid TO the officers at tho tius
ms arrest Friday night. 80 y"
nc ana his son had words .,.
striNinE matches In the barn .tta.
n,s" 'he son. he SAYS. put violent
,,dn upon him and sought to push
nmiioS me stable door. He then
pu'leo OUT his pistol in a snir,, as
ofaVado. with no intention ~ tu
ing MS son. and in the scunlo ~,
ioiio"ed the gun was DISCHARGES
cyclone sam" as the father -, a..
"a. man Is known to the resident,
OF henrico and adjoining counties h.s
,ohF peen known as an eccentric but
harmless character. For twenty yoar s
ne mas served the county in the canac-
-. OF constable. The position brougbt
MS scant income, and he has bes,n
practically supported by his son To-
many years. In the recent primary he
was defeated for reelection by sin
votes. and this circumstance is he
iie'ed to have brooded on his mind
causing him to seek solace more and
more by recourse to whiskey. Durin.r
the past week there was hardly . dav
mat ne was not thoroughly ~tatoxicat-
co. n when in this condition he was
seen By officers at the county court.
house on several occasions TO brandisb
his revolver recklessly.
Erazcd nv Driul
While there are many reports to the
effect that the son and father quar-
relied occas!onally--one in particular
which recounts that a few weeks ago
the younger man was seen TO strike
his father in nge knocking him from
2 buggy in which they were riding
the opinion seems general that the
shooting was the act of a man rend-
cred irritable. and almost crazed BY
gin. His behavior at the Jail since
his confinement strongly supports this
theory.
The prisoner Is IN a serious condi-
ton physically, having steadfastly re-
fused food or drink. While much more
composed than during the first few
following his arrest. his speech
continues broken and incoherent. much
of it being little more than a dull.
stunned moaning.
"a phi III tid'iNs VI the aC-
cused is e son Frank b. Samuels. OF
Oakland, California. He is married
and is said to have met with success
on the Pacific coast In the livery bust
ness. He was t~elegraphed for yester-
day. Up to a late hour last night no
answer had been received from him.
Could Not Give Secret.
The dead man was forty-two years
old and had for the asst twenty years
been employed AT the Richmond Cedar
Works. He was generally regarded as
a steady. hard working man. who mel
Their drank nor smoked and who lived
a generally frugal, abstemious life. Tt
is commonly believed that he accumu-
la ted a considerable sun of money
during his lifetime, and that he con-
cealed it somewhere on his farm. An
effort was made by Sherin Kemp. who
sat with the man through
out the night, to find what disposition
he wished to make of his money. but
he lapsed into Inconsistencies before
he could make an Ineligible state
ment.