The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-01-27
Ruruor-A Man Shot .

NAN" "Aos'
On Sunday morning, at thu hour
when the good people were directing
their steps towards the varions places of
worship, we were startled with the ru-
NOR that German had been killed on
Saturday night, at place somewhere
between the city and Fulton. Eager to
lay before our readers all the important
facts connected with deeds of blood, We
Immediately repaired to the place to
gather information. As we were APP
preaching the scene where the affray
was reported to have taken place we
commenced making inquiries of the
passprs-by as to whether they had heard
anything of German being murdered
out that way. They uniformly replied
that they were entirely ignorant of
hearing or seeing anything of the kind,
and thought that the matter was all a
hoax. Determined not to be satisfied
with these vague and unsatisfactory
answers we continued our way still
further until we met another man and
repeated the same questions to him. He
seemed to know about as much in ref
ereuce to the matter as we did, simply
hearing the runner, but encouraged US
with the remark that if we went over
the hill it was possible we could learn
all the particulars connected with the
affair. Here We stopped to study for c
few moments as to whether it was best
to continue on through the rain and mud
few miles further to see the body of the
supposed dead German, or tnrn back sat
isfied with the information We had al.
ready obtained. We summed up what
We knew about the matter and found
that it amounted to nothing 80 we acted
upon the first suggestion. We had not
gone much further before we heard
another rumor to the effect that there
had been prize fight near the tunnel
on the IIempfield railroad. Good, We
thought, we are on the right track now,
and will soon see somebody that knows
something about the murder. But this
was all in vain, and the fruits of our
interchangeable researches and inquiries,
proved that ne German had been killed,
but gave us the following reliable facts,
which we think WAS the occasion for the
rumor of murder. 1t appears that q
party of r0ughs, under tho influence OF
liquor, created disturbance in the
vecinity of the Hemptield railroad, and
in the melee, one man. named Savern
was very near killed by being severely
beaten. The same party then went out
on the road leading to Fulton, aud while
OH their way met German. One of
them stepped up to the German and
took his hat from off his head, and at
TIE same time dealt him n heavy blow
with q Chilly" cutting severe cash
above and below the eye. The German
then decmiDg it a matter Of life and
death drew pistol and tired at one OF
the assailants. Tie ball struck one OF
them, q man from Benwood, named
Chapline, about the right shoulder.
His wound is not of serious nature, as
it did not in the least interfere with his
getting about. The German gave HIM
self up into the hands of the authorities
bat there being no charge against him
he was discharged. SO Madam Rumor
had tho wrong end foremost--it was the
German that came near being the muir
dersr instead of the murdered.
ANOTHER MAN SHOT.
Between nine and ten o'clock, on Sat-
urda; night, another disturbance took
place at the Drover's Hotel, kept by a
man named seabright, near Bogg's run,
between man named Andrew j. New
land, employed in the Virginia Mills at
Benweod, and Lewis Kittler and father,
farmers, residing III Marshall County
The difficulty grew from whiskey and
politics, but what were the exact WORDS
that passed between the parties we
were unable to learn. Both the Kittlers
were opposed to New!and, but it was
tho CON n vounp man about eighteen