The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-18
An ExTRAaRpINARY MURDER.

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An IExIRA0RDINARY MURDER
A WesSSRaown" Manufaetnrer o.
Providence MiBsing-A stencil IN
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A murder Of q most atroc' Gus char
acser, almost equslin the circumstance
of horror surrounding it to the Nathan
a. sassipation 10, New. York, has jus
come to light IN Providence, R l
Abouts week ago, Mr.. George H Fa'
vor, Q manufacturer and dealer 10 sash
es, blinds and doors, was suddenly miss
ing from his place OF business, % Cave
street. Mr.. Favor has had in his EN-
ploy since February sn 1rishman named
Patrick n. Dennahy, "a a sort Of gen.
eral utility man around the store. HI
discharged his duties with promptitude
and apparent fidelity. and was seem
ingly on, the, best of terms with. his en-
plover. 90
On Thursday last .Deunahy was en-.
gagged in cleaning np the,cellar beneath
his store, and in splitting wood. The
cellar was full OF rubbish. including an
old sled, hay cutter and a large guam
tity of straw. Mr.. King. clerk in Mr..
Favor's establish ment.r saw Mr.. Favor
at the office on Tkursdsv morning,
about hsltpast eight o'clock. Mr..
King was abs mt shout three-qnarters
of an hour, making 30 estim 'te of the
building, and when he returned he was
met nv Dennahy. The latter said that
Mr. Favor had gone out suddenly. and
he believed he had gone to Sabiu's
Point, " here Mr.. Favor had summer
residence. Dennahy accounted Tor Mr..
Favor's departure by repeating a con-
versation which he said had passed be-
tween Mr. Favor and another person,
as t,llows:
"You had quite a good time at your
house the other nightY Mr. Favor
We are not stopping down there now
Vi,itor-Whv, there was quite a party
down there the other night, and stopped
till near midnight.
Dennahy, suggested that Favor had
gene down the bay to investigate this
alleged intrusion on his remises. Dem
nahv's statement was made in an un-
suspicious. offhand way, and there
seemed to be no reason to discredit it
Mr. Favor did net return that day. and
it was supposed he bad gone on to Fall
river, where he carries on a similar
business with bis brother, under the
name of Favor Bros
Dennahy was at the shop all dav
Friday, but he did not make his appear
ance on Saturday morning, and.on in
vestiestion it was fourd, that the safe
had been opened and money and post
age stamps, amounting in all to abont
500, abs racted. Inside the safe, the
lock Of which had to be broken open.
was found a piece of writing paper with
the words, "rhls is my fi"st attempt to
make key fit-" 1t also became known
that D-nnahy had collected a bill of s50
on Fridav, which he had not reported
at the office, and that he had ahsc' nded
from Bis boarding house on Friday
night, taking along a pair OF his land
lords boots. A letter also was iound
in Dennshv's trunk acknowledging that
he had robbed the safe, aud asking for
giveness.
Days passed, and nothing was heard
from Mr.. Favor Susp'cions Of foul
p'ay began to be entertained. and II
was suspected thatthe rehber Deunahy
could account for the missing mans
whereabouts. On 'Tuesd.y last Mr..
Favor's brother and Mr. King noticed
a stencil in. the cellar, aud made, as they
supposed, 8 thorough search in the
straw, but without finding snv traces Of
the missing man. On Wednesday an
EN- ploye named Nudd noticed the s'ench
still more strongly, and viii the assist
snce OF Mr. King resumed the search
This time they were more successful
IA they pulled over the straw the
stencil grew stronger, till at last, lying
close along and against the wall further
back than the previous examination
extended, they found the missing man.
His hands were badly eaten by rats
but his teet, from which Denpshy had
taken the boots aud stocking. were
untouched. Examination revealed
large hole in the skull, from which the
brain. protruded. and about ten feer
from where the body lay was found q
stick OF wood with one end bloody. A
spot on the .cementeG foor was also dis
covered, where there had been poo
OF b'ood.
The mystery was now revealed. AZ
ter numbering Favor in the cellar, Den-
nahv had taken the safe key from the
dead mans picket, and concealed the
body. He was prevented rom robbins
the sale on Thursday night by the
presence of . nellow. workman, who
stayed with him until ten o'clock, when
both went home. son Friday night ht
robbed the safe, and left in it a written
statement that he had opened the safe
with kew made by himself in order
to blind people 10 the tact that the en-
trance WAS effected with the kew taken
from the murdered man. He had lef
the letter in his trunk to confirm the
impress on that he had been guilty o
| robbery alone. The scoundrel is 10y
this time Tar away. no doubt, from oul
horror-stricken community The ex
citement ia intense, and law-abiding as
Rhode Island ia, the officers Of the law