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The La’e Tragedy Near Florence,Washingto i CountyA few day* -iuee we none d the fmct that a man named Samuel Devore, ie*i' dmg near Florence, bad shot bis wife and then committed suicide by shoo iog him-»elf. We have since learned the following partionlarc: Devore, who is anative Virginian, about two years agomarried a girl named Andrews, whose lather resides about one mile from Florence. After living together until sometimo in the spring, ho and his wifo sepa rated; she returning to her father's — He bad been to see her several times since; waa there on Monday evening, and notified by the father not to return. The next morning, having, prooured a revolver, he asked his mother for a clean shirt, saying he wanted it to bo bur id in. Towards evening he was seen washing himself at a spring. Thonoe he went to a shcep-bouse, a short distaooe from the dwelling occupied by Mr. Andrews, andseeing his wife called her to come op, that be wanted to talk to her. She did bo; and taking her into the sbeep'house, he snapped the revolver at her two or three times He then went out of the door and fired, tho ball entering her head below the left oar, and lodgiog in the head. No « oner did the wretched man awaken to the enormity of the orime lie bad committed, than finding bis load i f remorse too hervy to bear, he placed the pistol to his head, fired, and was almost instantly a dead man, the bail having entered above the right »si. The wile still lingers in an almost hopeless condition.
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Steubenville Weekly Herald
Steubenville, Ohio, US
Wed, Aug 02, 1865
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