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The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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In Philadelphia on Nov. 4, Richard Carter, president of the Anthracite Bank in Tamaqua, was shot dead by Thomas Washington Smith in the St. Lawrence Hotel parlor. The shooting was revenge for Carter's alleged seduction of Smith's wife, Carter's ward. Smith fired six shots and was arrested awaiting a hearing.
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Philadelphia, Nov. 4.—Richard Carter, President of the Anthracite Bank, of Tamaqua, was shot dead, this evening, in the parlor of the St. Lawrence Hotel, by Thomas Washington Smith, of Cecil county, Maryland. Smith fired the first four balls from his revolver, and then two more after Carter fell upon the floor. Carter was a middle-aged man, wealthy, and has a family. Smith is aged 30 years, and was laboring under great excitement. Carter had accused Smith of the seduction of a ward or adopted daughter of his. Smith states that he met the girl at a boarding-house, and married her. He subsequently discovered that she had been the mistress of Carter. She had a child in four months after marriage. The shooting was in revenge. Smith was arrested, and is awaiting a hearing at the Mayor's office.
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Philadelphia
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Nov. 4.
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carter shot dead with six revolver shots; smith arrested and awaiting hearing at the mayor's office.
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Richard Carter was shot dead in the parlor of the St. Lawrence Hotel by Thomas Washington Smith, who fired four shots initially and two more after Carter fell. The motive was revenge; Carter had accused Smith of seducing his ward or adopted daughter, whom Smith married after meeting at a boarding-house, but later discovered she had been Carter's mistress and bore a child four months after marriage. Smith was under great excitement.