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EIXVL Story of the Shooting of Dr. J. J- seamans jn St. Louis I Seamans, * " w ■' I ..mis on Fvbrua Y. 2, I ’ 11 --V navinff ' been a and eineet. vnose o' ir ''ve’h-cn nv verm i° w icieiHilied wi'.h C on mind reer.ll-.It fl ‘ f readen will a!'P re ‘ tura l ibar ,tre onr of the traced y •s7T i-isforv 1 ";*"’* s™' aStni ’ 'jViW. l* cf win Wdh Uad Dr Seamans, o car-ions K n dividual Vo on ei collect a small bill from ^ Ti ,e and store impress will paove our mterest- peop e kottb-at trinff Dr. fun. Seamans didn t ' DUDitnpIv for belief among tliose who know e and who were at the scene nartiPP . [Dili drew his and hred that Seamans get his from his eue(Dill) could [f- ' known trouble here that with Dr. any Seamans one at sought if any one desired to , mG time, could easily do so by fetrouble they wople regret that bis charcater Iresentment in his un.imely death . maybe truthfully said that Dr. L seamans was a thorough gentle I kind and generous, and Yet I L with a most sensitive wholly spirit unable of tmen t that he was Lnrrol f under while provacation. his slayer He is fast is Ireriiiand now, whatever his past lUe t!e nothing derogatory can be reed against him other than that e k unfortunately hiiU-tetnpered. ollowing is the siory : Iom The St, Louis Republic.] fOne pistol shot, sharp and L then three more in quick ■cession, followed by the wild Iht of a hatless man down the Ips leading to the dental room ■Dr.E' A. Dill, at 810 North loadY-'ay, lated at- 4.30 yesterday, consternation among I many pedestrians on the fcwdedstreet at the time. (The listless man ran around b corner ’ and down Morgan [eet. In front of No 415 Mor n he dropped suddenly in bis Lcks. His eyes became glassy H within a fiew seconds bis [art stopped beating. The U was John J. Seamans, a htist, and a bullet had pene Lkd his kidneys,entering his By in the small of the back . je usual crowd gathered, inor lly curious to see the last juggle of the dying man, Upstairs another scene was lag enacted. Dr Dill lay on poor in the dental ffice gasp bfor breath. A bullet had pirated his left side, just be r the second rib, passing rough his lung. Seamans p fired the shot which wouti jl Dill, and Dill had shot Sea ins to death. The dead man js carried to the Morgue, and jll was taken to the Dispensary fl then sent to the City Hos lal.” alie Post Dispatch says. According to the story told by W and coroborated by Mrs. (dine, the latter’s attendant jainans fired the first shot, the Bet strikiug Dill in the left le just below the second rib. e weapon used was a double n 'el pistol of a large caliber, the indications are that the figedy was the result of an ■ filed. The fact that Sea¬ t's was heavily armed would ffl to lead to the conclusion let trouble had been anticipat [• The dead man had on him Pen his body was searched e pi tol from which the bullet r s fired, a knife and a bibey. f 'pile of all this it is not P°wn that he was of a quarrel [ nie nature, and so far as can f learned he has never been reived in any personal con let with anyone. £fill on the contray, was of a l gnaciou 8 disposition, it is said ’ ill m ks WdMi ❖ CONYERS, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896. and was inclined to make wh t it known as a gun play. It is related of him that he was in the habit of can ing a pistol and that oecassionl v, when angry displayed it in a th reatning manner. Nor long ago it is said, a collector for a morn¬ ing paper called at Dr. Dill’s office and the latter drove him from the room at the muzzle of his revolver. The shooting Thursday shows that he was armed and the promptitude with which he drew his pistol and the accuracy of his aim show that he was accustomed to the use of firearms' While acknowledging that Seamans, who was his helper, was an efficient workman, Dill p aid him only $10 a week and it is asserted loaded him down with work and found fault with him continualy for not doing more. Seamans’ side of the story, of course, will never be known. He died before he had a chance to tell what occurred in the stuf¬ fy little back room wnere he re¬ ceived his death wound. » > DR. B1SLLIS TESTIFIES. Dr. E R. Beilis, a dentist at 1312 Franklin avenue, went to the Four courts and testified what he knew concerning Dr Seamans. Dr. Beilis said that Seamans, when he came to St,. Louis last fall applied to him for work He said he h.-td just, coim* from Chicago, and intend settling Iutv for good ^ ter wards Seamans went to work for Dill, end while working him off-e ' c l 1 , ' f D ■. office Seamans ;old him some time ago that he was only get¬ ting $10 a week and intended starting nn an offiice for him¬ self- Last Sunday Seamans visited him and told him that he thought he would open up an office in Corondelet. and that he would give up his position with Dr. i'ill next Saturday. Dr. Beilis said that Seamans had told him that Dill was not popular with his female patrons and that they would often wait hours in the office for him (Sea¬ mans) to do their work DAWES’ EXPERIENCE WITH DILL. It may be shown that Dill i s in the habit of making “gun plays” on occasions when ho thinks the circunstances warrat him. Charles A. D a wes, a Re¬ public collector, has the follow¬ ing story, which he says he will tell anywhere, to show this char¬ acteristic of Dill; “ On January 20 I had an ex¬ perience with Diil that I will not forget for some time,” he said. I had a bill against him for $13, and for a long time I had been trying to callect it. I used to go iuto his offica ev¬ ery time I was in the neighbor¬ hood, but seldom canght him in I always found Seamans there, and I want to say that Seamans was a perfect gentleman, and that I do not believe those sto¬ ries they are telling about his having insulted several iadies I know that he attended to the business and was always gentle¬ manly * fill was then in his for mor quarters' on Broadway and Oliver steet. Being unable to get any satisfaction out of Dill, I conclded that the only way tr get the amount of the bill was to sue him. So when I went in there, on the 20th I caught Dill in and asked him to make some arrangement to pay. I told him that we wanted something on the bill 1 bat* if on’y 50 cent a week. He would not give any satisfaction, and I told him that under the circumstances, I would have 10 tiring sul. When I sud this he exclaimed; ’Now you ge out of my office!’ and a the same time throwing his hand back on his hip pocket- as if 10 draw pis'ol, I did believe he had a pistol, and said ; ’Ob, you’ve got no gun. Such bluffs don’t go with me. you little coward. If you’ve gOi a gun, why don’t you pull it?’ He vhen raised his hard a little, and I saw fhe butt of a revolver. I confess that this did not make me feel very easy , and looking him in the eye, eutending to strike him if he made an effort to pull it I backed slowly ou of the door into the hall, and then dared him out. He would not come. I went away and afterward sent a lawyer o see him. Rath¬ er than be sued, he agreed to pay, and is now doeing it.” The following is the verdict of the Coroners jury after the inquest vhich was held Satur¬ day inorniug, Feb. 29, two days after the shooting “The deceased, <>r. John J Seamans, came to his death oii Morgan street, between Fom f,h and Broadway, Febuary 17, at 4:?i0 p, m., from a gunshot wound in the back. Said wouud was caused by a buh<-< fired from a gun in th • h inds o l>r FdwardE (fill at 810 NiVrfi Broadway Fetiu t . 27. 4 25 p in seif-defens-■■ -Justifuble t»omicid>?.” Foffo'vag vs the statement- of Mr. .lames O Seamans, made to i reporter of :-le St Louis «• sb ’-'I- i he duel f . Mil ,tl ! the trouote my brother tiad wnh Dr. Dill,” said James Sea. mans < ( and she is no other than Mrs Lillian A Carline, the onlv to’e-wifoes- "• fhe tragedy: Until sh went. , woi k in the dental rooms Dr. So ionns and [)d tlocg • M-th-r iV’-l j VViicu site o.uu-* trouble com¬ menced. It is not true howev er, that my brother attempted to pay her attention, was re¬ pulsed, and had it in for her ever since My brother confid¬ ed everything in his life to me and at night he used to tell me what had occurred during the day in the dental parlor. These stories showed me that Dr- Dill was very fond of the woman, and liked to be alone with a pret¬ ty one in the operating room whenever he could. My broth¬ er cared nothing for Mrs, Car. line, and was not jealous of Dr. Dill. He did not want her around where he was, and, on severol occasions, when she tri¬ ed to boss him he told Dr. Dill. On the other hand, Dr. Sea¬ mans told me that Dr. Dill liked the company of Mrs. Carline ex¬ ceedingly well. When she first went to work in the dental par¬ lor, she and Dr. Dill, ray broth¬ er told me, would go out to dinuer together every day and stay away for an hour or two. My brother told me Mrs. Dill was jealous of Mrs. Carline, and on several occasions quietly entered the waiting room and listened at the door of the op¬ erating room to hear what Dr. Dill and Mrs. Carline were say¬ ing to each other. Two weeks ago my brother and I dicided to open up dental parlors in South St. Lonis, and he began ing the fact known to his tomers. Mrs. Carline him telling this entention to a Tiiousands ot Women SUFFER UNTOLD MISERIES. , BRADFIELD'S FE/AALE REGULATOR, : ACTS AS A SPECIFIC Bj Arousing to Healthy Action all her Organ.' It causes health to bloom, and joy to reign throughout the frame. ... It Never Fails to Regulate... "My wlf« bus been under treatment of lead*. Iiir After physician® tbree years, without benefit.. using three bottles of RKADJflfCLD’S, FRM AI.K HRQULATOR she can do her own cooking, milking N. 8. and BUT washing.” AS. Henderson. Ala. IIIUDFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Bald by druggists at SI.00 per bottls. woman who had about $40 worth of work on her teeth to be done, and she said she would wait until he got located, and call on him. Mrs' Carline told this to Dr. Dill, and he was tak¬ en with the belief that Dr. Sea mans was enticing away his patrons. It caused the troublo which ended in the killing. . My r , brother ,, always , carried . , a revolver and weapons for pro¬ tection. because he was a slight - . . lCfttft and tuft , , least , Uftl man VIO— lence was liable to prove fatal t r to him. My brother told me weeks ago that Dr. Dill also constantly carried a revolver It is not true that Dr. Seamans deliberately intended to kill r% Dr* Dill. Plftlthftr vr*.i • it .. trU8 . .. tu<lt .1 , l* h‘i . has . Wlfft , . and _ Clllldren i • i j m a Nashville. 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