South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-10-31
Fatal Affair at Cumberland, Ed
An Editor Shot in his Office.

About o'clock, P. ". on Monday last, ILoTD
L. CtARY, one OF the editors Of the Daily Times,
was shot and MORALLY wounded by JoHS II. Res
Ley. The affair was canssd by the publication
in the 7iaes Of that morning Of an article asssil-
ing the character and honesty OF his flfi3sr, Hor
ace Resley clerk OF the County Court about
paying jurors and tolesmen in the Lear rape case,
tried last week Resley, il is alleged went to
the Times Office, met Clary in the second story.
and at the same time drawing pistol he fred
two shots in rapid succession, 'the first shot
taking effect in the left side OF NJ Clary's neck
the ball going through 20 the right side and
cutting ia its passage The thyroii artery CA the
left side, and the wind pipe and the carotid ar
terry on the right Me- ClAry must have then
turned around, ne the second shot, fred imme-
dately after the drst, took fleet on has right
side the bal striking tie posieliur angle of the
eleventh rio and glsucing upward and forward
yRversed The rio lodgiog at its anterior au Gle.
This wound was Insignificant, eud would rot
necessarily have produced serious results the
first having been the fatal ore There were no
witnesses 10 the shooting NJ hough Nr Bradley.
standing al The fo,t ~ the stairs ssw Nr Reslev
in the Ect Of firing Some hours before his
death. however Mr.. Clary made n statement 10
j. " Beall, Esq. Justice Of the Peace. which
Mr.. Beall, acting under the advice Of Judge
Pearre, has declined 10 make public" CLARY
expired about 50 T.. NJ. RasLEY surrendered
and was committed 10 jail CLAnY WAS 81 years
Of age
The following IS the article which appeared in
the Timer of Monday morning last:
GConei1orall. ;,c,,;.,
lie es To the calculation of The clerk or the court
IN arriving at the amount Of cost due the tales
men summoned on the Lear case from several
districts in tie county. The talosmen from Lo-
nsconing were paid - 80 each those from Frost
burg 81 co, 1.-THE clerk taking the trouble To- tell
them in court to 20 down to the Office and get
their certificates while those from Mount say
age and the country districts were allowed 10
go without being paid at all, and without re-
ceivlng any iaumaiIou from anybody that any
thing was due them.
''The talesmen 1T Homecoming and Frostburg
were severally summoned after clock on
Thursday evening They came to Cumberland
on The morning train and left in the afternoon
thus losing but one day Take the case Of
Homecoming, the talesmen from which district
received eight dollars and a half each The dis
lance from that point to Cumberland by rail
the longest route, is tlreaty-Sir miles The law
allows mileage al the rate Of tloenfy-fve cen "a
per mile one way upon ali distances over fr.
WNf' IHtIeiOVtr Nie 1NttenQt npOG tirfR'U.O1tS
miles should have been S. % which, added to
the per diem, So so, makes 81 70, the sum these
talesmen should have been paid
again. the distance from FrosthnrC TO Cam.
berldnG, by rail- isserehtes5i miles five oil would
leave f'celre, which would give the Frostburg
men three dollars as mileage Add this 60 their
per diem two dollars aud City cents and we have
hve dollars and fifty cents the SUM due in-
stead of four dollars and sixty cents, the amount
received. As before remarked the men from
Mount Savage and the country districts were
allowed to 90 without being paid In the case
of Homecoming, the money was handed over to
Mr. Patrick Mullen, an earnest satellite Of the
present incumbcnts for distribution: nll Of
which gives rise to considerable comment"