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»-----[iUempijRil Mariler ia WhitewaterWe learn' Mr, Gravatji, of Whitewater, the fdUbwjiig particulars of a most re-; volting and ajrful affair.:-it th’at place.’ Thursday noon, IQtV infSt., an old man, aged about 68 yehrai’ tihmed AVm.. iBirge. father to Wm. Birge, jr., proprietor of theof. Wn wife, and was .then : shefc down by a i:young, son. ojtiWai,: Birge, jr, The elder Birge.haa longbeeu'addicted to intemper-ate habits^ and the assault .upon his wife was made in one of Hjs drunken sprees.-r-ilie wife is represented to have been an estimable woman, arid has frequently obliged to leave her .homeln..ednsequen'c8 of herhjasbarid’s.brutalifry- ,whcn drunk. .. f..Mr. Wnj, Birge^,^as jn:tliiscitj when the telograph -brpught the - fearful tidings wehave abpve related* :? V;;- •• .; :, . P S. A latter report by telegraph: says'°-i that Mrs. Birge. is : likely to live, though there are no hopes of her husband. The boy, a lad about 16 or 17 years of age, shot in’self defence, his grandfather making an assault upon him after cutting the throat of liia wife. .N.t .oto!Hiif'ni, IjATER.-—-Wc aro indebted to Mr. Gross,r::ji\io telegraph operator at. Whitewater, tor r/j the following addittional particulars :■Mrs. Birge was at the house of. her son William, and, with his family,' was. at dinner when her. husband entered the room, and was invited to sit down to the table.— He accepted the invitation, but soon rose from hia seat, saying he had another duty to perform first, and stepping ..behind his wife, seized her., drew back, her head and plunged a knife into her throat. The wife |of h?s son then interposed, but. after a short j scuffle, he succeeded in freeing himself from her, and manifesting a detertinnhation tocomplete the work he had commenced, shedirected her son (the lad above referred to) to get ?» revolver in the ho •so. Tho lad obeyed, arid used it with probably fatal effect upon the old man—shooting him in the brousfc.—Jane xiUc Gazette.atr-a*r-Tend
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Daily Wisconsin Patriot
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Aug 20, 1855
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