The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-25
MURDERINF AIRvIEw OHIO.
An Old Man BrutaiIy Kills His
Wife.

An Old Man BrutaiIy Kills HIS
Wife.
From the Barnesville Daily Enterprise.
On Friday afternoon the citizens o.
the quiet village of Fairview were hor-
ror-stricken to learn that a murder had
been committed in the suburbs Of that
place. A lady passing the residence OF
David Brown, discovered the lifeless
body of Mary Brown lying by little
stream a few rods from his house.
Hurrying to town she gave the alarm
when people rushed to the house and
found Brown sitting beside the lifeless
form of his wife. He eaid she had fall
len and probably killed herself; that
she had called to him to bring her a
drink OF water, and after he had spoken
to her and failed to get any reply, he
had discovered that life was gone. lie
also stated that she had fallen out oil
the back door and Numbered along to
where the body was found, which was
some distance from the house.
A jury was hastily summoned and an
inquest held before Newell Kennon!
ESQ. Upon examination it was found
that the right leg and left arm were
broken, the back part OF the head was
crushed in by a blow from some heavy
club or stone, some of her ribs were
broken, and her breast was discolered
from blows by come heavy missile. A
number OF witnesses were examined
and after a deliberation of three hours
the Jury returned q verdict that the
woman came to her death by violence
at the hands OF her husband, and
shortly after Brown was arrested char
ged with the murder of his wife. He
processes entire ignorance as TO her
manner OF death except as above stated,
David Brown is coal digger about
seventy-four years old. They had been
celebrating the tenth anniversary of
their wedding in the Welsh mining
style, by a grand drunk, which COM
menced last Tuesday and was to
continue for week, including Thurs
day, the happy day. When they were
sober they were very kind and loving,
aud it was always "Davy dear" and
MARY honey" but when they were
drinking they enjoyed themselves and
ANNOYED their neighbors by battling,
treating each other to cuffs. blows,
burns, &c, besides exhausting the
whole catalogue Of violent dove and
abusive epithets.
This gala drunk does not appear to
have differed from previous ones. They
procured the whisky from Hendrys-
burgh, and when. on Sunday, an Irish
man named O'Neal attempted to take
an extra dram, a battle ensued in which
all three united, and the result was
some very serious bruises and wounds.
When their first supply OF liquor was
exhausted Davy went IS usual for more
to some OF those damnipg sinks OF In
iquity in Hendrysburgh. And Mary
went again on Thursday and procured
another gallon. which was nearly dis
posed of before Friday afternoon.
Brown is large, well made man, Of
powerful frame. His victim was an
Irish woman about fifty years old, a
large, square built woman, and usually
seemed TO be a match for her husbsnd
in their drunken carousals. .. Ill.,.
The citizens are unanimous In their
opinion that Brown is guilty Of the
murder. A chair rupg has been found
which seems to correspond with certain
marks on the body OF the dead woman.
The accused had preliminary exam
ination this afternoon.