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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1921
Page
2
An unclear fragment describes a shooting involving Mrs Castle Man and notes the revolver used by her. The text is incomplete but points to a homicide investigation context and ongoing reporting on the event.
Mrs Castleman, about 34, formerly Nellie Osborne, attended Winchester schools and is a graduate of the Old Valley Female College run by the late Rev. John P. Hyde. She is the only daughter of Mr Osborne by his second marriage and half sister of Mrs S M Chiles of.
The daughter entered her father's room, took an item unseen, and returned in a highly nervous state. Family believed she acted on an insane impulse, not with premeditation, underlining a personal crisis rather than planned intent.
In Kernstown area news, Mason Osborne of Castleman's Ferry is connected to Dr Archibald P. Osborne of Berryville Virginia. Mrs Castleman’s husband Maurice F Castleman is a familiar figure in the city. Children include David Albert Harold and Lawrence with two twins who died in the 1918 influenza epidemic.
The Maryland Elks convene in Hagerstown for a three day event with delegates and visitors registering this morning. Notables from Washington and West Virginia are listed among weekend visitors to local Elks members.
The Greeks launched a second offensive against Turkish Nationalists at Smyrna. Turkish forces are retreating rapidly toward the Sakaria River with little resistance as the advance continues.
Newburyport Mass August 15 Harriet Prescott Spofford renowned novelist and poet died at her Deer Island home. Born in Calais Maine in 1835 she gained fame for early American fiction and lyric poetry.
Rev. D. K. Waftiall D. D. of Waynesboro Virginia will conduct evangelistic services at Operation Presbyterian Church. Services are at 8 p.m. daily next week and the public is invited to attend.
News from Winchester reports the sudden death of Anna Bateman Richardson in Cavetown Mid. She died Friday a month after husband J A Richardson. Survived by daughters Mrs Fred Mullins New York and Ethel Richardson Berryville Va and sons Harold Carl and Dick Richardson Cavetown. Funeral held in Cavetown beside husband who died July 2.
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