The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-25
W 0 NJ AN is SHOT
WITHOUT WARNING
Miss Eva Chambers, School
Teacher, Is Killed by
Joshua Raines.
TRAGEDY NEAR ROANOKE
Murderer Surrenders to Sheriff,
and Is Taken to Pulaski for
Safe Keeping.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch. ]

Roanoke, Va. January 2t.-AIiss Eva
Chambers. twenty-seven years old,
teacher in school No. I, Cave Spring
noke county. was brutally murdered
this morning shortly befoN. o'clock
by Joshua Raines. forty-iive years old.
a farmer. who later fired five times at
Charles Day. a neighbor, one shot TAX
ing effect in his right arm Raines
later Went TIC Salem and surrendered to
Sheriff Hatcher.
The murder was the result OF a suit
for SANDER instituted recently in the
Circuit Court OF Roanoke county by
Miss Chambers. who charged that Mrs.
Raines had circulated slanderous re-
ports about her. The shooting occurred
in the open road, at n poin; about forty
yards in front of the schoolhouse.
Mrs. John NJ Vogenthaler. who lives
less than quarter Of mile from the
schoolhouse. said she was on her porch
and saw Mr.. Raines join Miss Chambers
in front of her house. Mrs. Vogentha-
Ter saw them walk toward the school
house. In a few minutes she was in
formed that Miss Chambers had been
shot. ]. D. Scales. colored, who lives
behind the schoolhouse not more than
twenty yards, heard the first shot fred.
He ran 10 his door and saw Raines fire
two more shots while Miss Chambers
lay In the road. Scales saw Raines
run down the road in the direction OF
Giles LaPrade's place, where Charles
Day was at work loading straw.
Raines placed the long revolver on tho
fence and opened fire on Mr.. Day,
shooting five times, one of the bullets
striking Mr.. Day In the right arm be-
tween the elbow and the shoulder
After he had fred on Mr.. Day. Ralnes
went to Mr.. Days home, some distance
away, and remarked to Mrs. Day: II
suppose you want one of these pills,
too" Raines left the Day home and
went to his own home, which is half
mile TO the north of the schoolhousc.
and saddled his horse. He rode in the
direction of Salem, but by taking q
different road he missed Shoriff Hatch
er, who had started for the scene OF
the killing.
Policemen Go to Scene.
Magistrate Gish tclcphoned to Chief
Dyer, of Roanoke shortly after the
murder was committed. and in response
to his message Chief Dyer sent police
men to the scene. Excitement was in
tensa in the neighborhood. the news of
the murder having spread rapidly. It
did not take the men Of the community
long to assemble, and several of Thorn,
armed Win riHeS ana shotBuns. ihStt-
tuted search for Ruines. Before they
had gone far they learned that the
murderer had surrendered in Salem.
Miss Ruth Turner, the assistant
teacher. who was entering the school
house at the time the crime was COM
mtted, ran to the, house OF David
Scales, colored. Scales sent word to
the home of Mrs. John NJ. yogentha Ter,
who lives near the school building.
The wuonded woman was alive when
she was taken to Mrs. Yogenthaler's
home. and lived for an hour. Or. G.. D.
White was summoned and arrived in "A
short while. lie mado an examination
and saw that Miss Chambers could not
survive. Or, White found there wore
three wounds-one over the left eye
another in the riEht cheek and a third
CONTINUED on SECOND pago.) NJ"