Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1909 — CHALONER SLAYS A MAN [ARTICLE]

CHALONER SLAYS A MAN

Compelled to Bhoot In Order to Protect His Victim's Wife. John Armstrong Chaloner. Mtmer husband of Amelle Rives, the author* ess, engaged in a scuffle for possession of his revolver with John Glllard, an Englishman, at his country hornet ’’Merry Mills,” near Cobham, Va., during which the revolver was discharged and Glllard was killed. He was fully exonerated of all blame by a coroner’s Jury. Glllard was threatening to kill Mrs. Glllard when Chaloner lnterferred. John Armstrong Chaloner has had a picturesque career in the past few years. He is the former husband of Amelie Rives, now Princess Troubotskoy. Chaloner was confined for some time in an asylum for the insane .In New York state and, leaving this Institution after a hard fight for his liberty, sought restoration of valuable property of which he claims he was illegally deprived during his incarceration.