The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-20
ANOTHER MURDER.
John Scarborough, former City Ser.
geant, Shot Dead In the Rme.y
" Z raid Saloon Ia ! I N
The Murderer Surrenders Himself and
Is Sent to Jail.


Is Sent to Jail.
Another murder occurred in this city
yesterday. In an upstairs room Of the
Emerald SaloOd, on Main street, -haltia
square South Of the INTELLIUENCER
building, about 2 o'clock, p. NJ, John
Scarborough, well known citizen, for.
merly City Sergeant, was shot through
the heart and killed BY George W. Robin.
son. Scarborough, Robinson and two
others, playing cards. Some charges
Of shooting were indulged and angry
words passed between Scarborough and
Robinson. The latter was standing Ia
the door OF the room in which they had
been playing, Scarborough got up and
advanced towards him; Robinson backed
into the other room and as he didso drew
q pistol; Scarborough stepped through the
door towards him, and as he did this the
other parties who had been leIt behind in
the room, alarmed for their own safety,
shut the door after him, leaving the two
confronting each other Ia the outside
room. Almost Immediately three shots
and struggle were heard, and when
parties came up stairs to the scene OF &C
ton (the parties in the closed room, not
until then, making their appearance),
Scarborough and Robinson were found
standing clinched, Robinson having the
pistol in his hand. A few seconds later
Scarborough fell to the floor, and after a
few seconds, was dead, having received o
ball directly through the breast. He
spoke but once, saying that Robinson had
killed him. l..'H
No person was in the same room with
the murderer and his victim when the
tragedy occurred, and it will never be
known, probably, just how it began
whether Robinson fred before Scar.
brough seized him or afterwards.
Immediately after the parties were sep
arated in the inside room, Robinson
passed down stairs and went out into
the streetin company with Frank Shan
ley. Thence they went TO Judge John
ston's office, where Robinson gave him
self up and was taken charge oil by Sheriff
Brown. Subsequently he appeared before
the Coroner's jury, and on being re
quested to make statement Of the affair
declined to do so. The testimony of those
who were in the room with him and the
deceased at the time Of the occurrence
will be found below, DR.. R. H. Cummini
was sent for Immediately after the shoot
ing, but arrived too late to render any
service, nor could he have done so, from
the nature Of the wound, had he been OF
the spot when 1t was inflicted.
After Scarborough had ceased to breathe
intelligence Of the unfortunate affair wa
sent to Esqr. Gillespy, who repaired to TIT
spot at once. The saloon Is in Unior
township, and he being a Justice for Mad
ison township, could not hold an inQues
unless in the absence of the Justice fol
the former, or upon declining to do so
lie therefore went to the office Of Esqr
Launder, and they returned 10 the salOoI
and directed jury TO be summoned. By
this time the news had spread over nearly
the entire city, and hundreds gathered
about the scene of the tragedy. During
the afternoon, groups of men and boy
stood on the pavement, in the street, ant
in the alley in the rear OF the premises
all anxious 10 hear the latest intelligence
OF the investigation going on within. Thu
following gentlemen composed the jury
Messrs. Jas. McAdams. John H. severing
Jno. H. Silvey, Henry seamon, Samuel Ma
son, P. Fletcher, A. A. Gillespie, E. Moore
Jos. Archer, D. s. Mcdonald, H. Thomp
son and W. A. Clum.
Messrs. T. Schultz and s. /. Mccoy
who were in the adjoining room when TIT
shooting took place, and William ant
Frank Stanley who were the first to reach
the fatal room from below, were severally
sworn and testified to the particular
coming under their observation. Dr.
James Cummings was summoned ant
made a post mortem examination. Hi
testimony, together with that of the gen
tlemen mentioned above, will be found DO
low. It was substantially as follows:
VIM. Stanley Strorn-sometime dur
ing the day James Bulger, Noah Heiskel
and John Scarborough came into nv ga
loon and got drink they wanted Il
play a game Of cards for the drinks
went up stairs to play. Shortly after
wards George W. Robinson and Theodorl
Schultz came in and inquired if anybody
was up stairs. l told them that therl
was party up there; they both wen
up After short time, Samuel l. McCoy
called in the saloon and asked If my
brother Frank was In; told him he wa
up stairs; Mccoy then went up. / wa
attending to my business in the saloon
and sometime afterwards my brothe
Frank came down and shortly alter
just as Frank was going away, heard
noise which sounded like the falling Of
board, and directly afterwards l heart
another. Frank said, "what is thatp l
must be shot" We both started vi
stairs; Frank was ahead; when We 90
into theback room we found Scarborough
had hold OF George W. Robinson by Ii,
wrist aud lapel Of his coat; Robinson hat
pistol in the hand that Scarborough wa
holding. Frank caught the revolver
and asked, What is the matter?
George said, One Of you hold him.
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