The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-29
MURDER WILL OUT.
The Murder of Capt: Gallup at Kama.
.iF9n. a1i2wha station. ~ 'Hp-G 81

One Of the Murdercrs Makes Confess
sion and Gives Himself Up.
Ftm ne CatcagO Tribune. "
It wis on quiet Sabbath night, nearly
a wnck ago. Tie keeper tof the Union
Street Police Station was seated in his
chair, tilted against the wall, Vainly striV-
ing u overcome. tho sensation Of sleep,
when the Office door opened and brought
TO view person Of color, who wasaccost'
ell with the, customary inquiry, %Well,
what do YOU wants For a moment the
abfrpt Interrogation abashi1g the intrud-
drbht as he Thad a mission TO perform,
he stepped boldly into hel light, aud ~ a
firm voice announced that he desired 10
give himself into The hands Of the police.
Such experiences are not very frequent in
Chicago, did for o in6hetit the keeper
imagined lie had been treated IL q visit
frbma Observation-Disclosures intoIt mans
earnest and almost dcspairing face con-
WINGED him that the clse was one Of real
Importance, Ind led him to inquire,
sno4I have committed murder"
answered the manGin the same earnest
and agonizing tone, Sand ] cannot rest un.
til I have placed myself in the hands Of
thelaw.E lam ready to die. Nov, lock
me up; shall feel easier aftef that" The
station. keeper, who had prayed for SEN
sation, to keep Of ldrowsiness; was thor
ougAlyuawRke BY. thisntine, and. having
taken the precaution n cover the retreat
toward the uOpr, requested the visitor TO-
relate his st6fy.1 It's as follows: ''',
Iii thei month ofoIApril; 1868, Joseplli
Poindexter, the deppnent, a lineal though
unrecognized descendent Of. one Of the
first f4milies Of the Mother Of Presidents.
resided in the village Of Davlsyille, West
Virginia. He acknowledges that he kept
bad company, and wds on particularly
friendly footing witha o6lOred man whom
tie, police Of Chicago desire to remain
namelcss, rs Il may Interfere with certain
plans 81 the Authorities III Virginia. While
this couple were lehtliHg n siliftless, hem
roost ,robhing life! "a wealthy .speculatoE,
known 81 Captain Gallup, came to those
plantation Els presence BECAME the VII
iase talk, and @Fdmor made him the pos.
SCISSOR of fabulous twealth. One evening
Gallup lcfe the, village Oh horseback, with
tic view Of purchasing IN estate in the
neiELborhood.1 He took with him tho
sum OF $4,000! I" PoindeXter and bis pal
heard OF this movement, and determined
10 possess themselves. Of the money. They
confIscatcl a, couple d. horses pastured In
a Tnriet;iglboripg field, and BY means Of u.
short ccuI headed of Tie unsuspecting
traveller. They, came TO d 1ialt near i.
culvert, and hiding behind The masonry,
they awaited the approach Of their victim:
He'sQon logged in sight. They allowed
him to pass, and then sent Q bullet intn
bis back. Tie shot RhtIe desired effect
and their victim fell headlong from his
horse Tho !nHrdereIS now sprang from
their cover, and ran toward their fallen
victim. The discovery that lie was still
alive fairly enrRged P0indGXters pa"
and rAisiny d hA(Chet he held In his hand,
he BROUGHT It down on the Captains neck,
and literally SEVERED the head from the
body, The tiGnds then tansacked the
murdered mans Clbtlling, and found tho
report Of the village verified, Their booty
amounted TO. $4,000. Having secured
their prize, they, lid, the trunk and head
undGfhea Vi ,the, clllyert, and fled ticscene
Seine days elapsed before the mutilated
teInainsa Wefe.d discovered, when the whole
country around yas thrown into terrible
state Of excitement. The whole country
formed itself into q detective corps, and
Militant search was, Instituted A Clue
w4s dnallY ob&ibcd and aHe pag was
arrested. Poindcxtcr claims that he was
but an accomplice to the murder, and that
IN to this time he had not received u cont
oftijc booty. 4 ltGt tho arrest fills "pal,"
however, lie was Suddenly placed in pos
session Of $500, with the injunction 70
leayel thht phit III the country. AS he
was not altogether d hardened sinner the
defendant, no doubt, feared that he might
turn as a wlthaSs against chin, and thus
sought to .ridnlrimSelfg Of liRl annoying
presence. Tho case came up for trial,
and, for want, Of sufficient evidence, thel
prisoner was discharged.
VP6IndaSlat, 10 the meantime niRde bis |
wuyf6iFS anSss 1but his troubled Conscience
wbultiIot let hfn1fest. Awake or asleep,
The murder was re.enactel in his mine,
and at all hours OF the night, 60 where he
would, Sthe cory 4lg,lt6 Of Gapt9h Gallup
like another BauqItO, would present itself
10 his vision, and drive him 70 tho verge
Of IlisrdGtibtl s FdlItEq years le Fought
Me nhantom With Desperate codrdEe, but
to little avRll, some ttmo ago ho came 70
Chicago, in the belief That the roar and
hustle Of the great city might 6 I've RELIEF
10, Lila ,blIrtleped Ic0usqie nIsoq HelundeT-
t5ok % work, but found the effort useless
he drank and car0used, and still 1t was