The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-09
THE TUNNEL MURDER.
The Murdered Mans Sup
posed Brother
rs FOUND III WHEELING,
And His Statements Throw
sOMELIGHT ON THE TRAGEDY

sent our readers IIllS DOTHluS III TtSdIu
to the horrible murder supposed to have
been committed, of which we gave an
account yesterday morning. Prosecut'
ing Attorney Rogers did not receive an
answer to his dispatch to Par
kersburg until yesterday morning,
when he was informed that the two
UIrich brothers had left that
city, and that Mr.. Rogers had better in
ouirs at Pittsburgh for them. In the
meantime Mr.. Rogers had examined the
steamboat register and found thereon
the name Klemeng Ulrich--brother of the
supposed murdered man-who had ar
rived in this city on the 18th of May
last, three days after the signing of the
note or obligation which we published
yesterday morning. 1t was then sup
posed that Klemenz Ulrich was in this
city, and q search was instituted yes
terday afternoon, the Superintendent
of the Grape Association, (whOse vine
ward is short distance above Bridge
port,) who had seen the account of this
tragedy in the REGISTER yesterday
morning, came over to the city and
reported that OH the 18th of May last
a man named KlemenZ Ulrich had
came there to work, and after
remaining short time had gone to
work i'll stone quarry across the creek,
east of the city. Officers Wallace and
Henry Myers were Immediately dis
patched to the quarry to find Ulrich,
and upon arriving there they discov-
cred that the works were closed,
but ascertained that Ulrich had been
working there, and was at present
boarding at Mr.. Cline's, i'll North
Wheeling, the first house above the
First Ward school house. The officers
proceeded to this place and found
Klemenz Ulrich in d stable on the
premises, helping Mr.. Cline at some
work he was engaged in. Mr.. Ulrich is
unable to speak the English language,
and officer Myers addressed him in Ger
man, asking Ulrich to walk down street
with them, as they wished him to idcn-
tify note supposed to have been
signed by him. Ulrich consented, he
not knowing what he was wanted for;
nor knowing of the death of his sup
posed brother. Ulrich was brought be-
fore Justice Johnston and examined,
officer Myers acting as interpreter.
Klemenz Ulrich stated that on the
18th of May last he had given his broth
er, Aloisuis Ulrich, note fer two hun
dred francs in French gold which he
kad borrowed from him, in Parkersburg,
and the& left for Wheeling on the steam
er Express, and after arriving here went
to work for Joseph Seybold, al the vine
yard near Bridgeport, on the 18th OF
May, and after working there short
time he went to work in the stone quarry
east of the city, where he has been en-
gagged ever since. He stated that
man worked with him at the vine.
yard, named John Frederick Long, and
that they became quite intimate, and
he informed Long that he (Klemen2
Uhich) had borrowed from his brother
in Parkersburg two hundred francs III
gold, and that his brother had Il cOnsid-
cradle amount of gold still. He said
that within the last two or three weeks
he had written to his brother in Par
kea8iburg and had received no answer;
that he had not heard from him since
he came to this city.
The note that was found, which we
published yesterday, was then present,
ed to him, and he said that was the
note he gave his brother before he left
Parkersburg. And the satchel, that
contained the note, was shown Clrich
and he positively asserted that sthe
sachel belonged to his brother, and
that he (Klemenz) had one precisely
| like 1T in his possession now. ulrich
was then, for the first time, Informed
tnat his brother had been murdered
and was appraised of the particulars
when his eyes filled with tears, and he
wept.
Ulrich stated that he had not seer
his brother since he left Parkersburg
about the 18th of May. His descrlp'
ton of his brothers clothes, and his
front teeth being gone, and the size OF
the man, all correspond with that o.
the murdered man.
Tho Superintendent of the vineyard
Mr.. Helm, stated that two weeks age
yesterday (Monday) Long cane to hin
and wished to settle, stating he intended
to leave the city, rs he had. had dis
turbance with Ulrich. Long was pait
off, and left the city, no one knowing
whittier he went. Klemenz Ulrich state:
that he never had an unpleasant wore
with Long, they being good friends NJ
4 to the last moment he saw him.
Ulrich was last evening conveyed t
Jail to await further examination.
This man Long left the city about two
weeks ago, ard nothing is known of his
whereabouts.
Police Court.
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