The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-09
. WHEEL INC W. VA MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 8, 1872.

says she believes Bricelapd killed her
husband. The prisoner is in custods
for the night, and the inquest sdjourne ed
until tomorrow morning. Briceland
was arrested at Jacob Wrights farm
house, in Hancock county, West Wiz,
ginia. He made no resistance.
The Pittsburgh Gazette says: Upon
arriving at Eldersville, Detective Cup
Piles at once set to work to investigate
the case, and be did not labor long in
vain. In Bricelsnds pocket was found
a passbook, and among other writing
were the figures 6 #. I in. The detec
tive measured the board upon which
the weapon had been placed at the
window of Mr.. Allingbams house, and
found that the measure in the memo
randum was the exact length OF the
board. A pencil mark was noticed on
the board, and on going to the carpen
ter shop of Bricelsnd, short distance
away, the detective found other, and
even more conclusive evidences of his
guilt. Here was found the piece of board
with q part OF the pencil mark on it,
and which had been sawed from the
board found at the house. Two wood
en- pins had been used in holding the
gas pipe to it's place while it was fired
One OF these pins had been sawed near
Iy off a piece of wood, and then broken.
In the shop was tound the other piece
of this pin, and the two placed togetbs or
fitted exactly. The slugs which had
been used were made of pieces OF lead
aud iron and among the shaviugs and
dirt of the shop were found several
pieces OF scrap lead and iron which ev.
identity few off while they were being
cut from larger piece The chisel
which had been used in cutting the
lead was also secured.
AN ACCESSORY ARRESTED.
Alter Briceland had been arrested
suspicious began to be entertained that
be had not been alone in-the commits
sion of the deadful crime, and suspicion
fell upon man named Lister q rather
sus spiclous charater, who had been seen
a great deal in the company OF Brice-
land. Lister was accordingly arrested
yesterday morning by the Detective.
though no very strong evidence has yet
obtained against him, other than gen.
eral suspicious, and that he was seen
in the company OF Briceland at six
o'clock on the evening Of the murder.
Detective Cupples made an information
against him, charging him with being
an accessory, and on that charge
Squire Stewart committed him for
hearing on next Tuesday.
WHERE BRICELAND WAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Briceland accounts for. himself on
Wednesday night by saying that be
STAYED at Chaplain Truax, near Paris
Cross Roads. aud proved that he went
to bed on that night. Detective Cupples
visited the room where Brieelsnd slept,
and found conclusive evidence, in marks
on the window sill, that Bricelsna had
gone to bed and then climed out OF the
window at night.
"a WOMAN AT TIE BOTTOM OF IT"
In this, as in great majority Of such
cases, an investigation revealed the fact
that woman Oes connected with the
affair. 1t seems that some time ago
Briceland had been very intimate with
two young VIII te women named Kate
and Maggie Howard, who lived short
distance from EldersviIle. About one
year ago one OF the girls became the
mother Of child, ard it was strongly
by many, and plainly inti-
IN ated by some, that Briceland was the
father OF the child. About this time,
it is said, Mr. Arlington, the murdered
man, circulated numerous anonymous
letters to different persons in the neigh
borhood, in which he charged Briceland
with the crime. When this came to
his ears he became very angry, and ia
said to have declared that be would be
revenged.