The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-21
Travellers Guide.
LUST AND REVENGE,
A Terrible Affair at Logan Court
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loSrre,Poadeneo (Aug. 18th CT the New York
Logan Court House, the seat Of the
county OF that name, hardly rises to the
dignity Of even country village. 1t is
located away among the hills Of the Guy.
andotte, completely isolated and about IS
miles from the mouth of that stream,
which empties into the Ohio, near Hunt
Ington. Besides the Court House, which
is primitive structure, a curious speci-
men Of architecture and very unpreten
tious in its style, there arc but few other
houses in the place. These include the
Inevitable country store and the black.
smiths shop, the dwellings being email
rough log and plank buildings, quite com.
Portable, however, in their arrangements.
Upon my arrival l found the little COM
munity still in ieverish state Of excite
ment over what l ascertained to be
MOST BLOODY AND MURDERoUs RIOT
having It's origin in the alleged seduction
OF young and handsome widow, resi-
dent here. In order 10 give clear con-
CeptiOn of the affair 1t will be necessary
10 state briefly the circumstances Of muir
der that occurred here as far back as
1870 During the month OF May of that
year the quiet mountainous Of this county
were startled by the intelligence that q
murder had been committed In this Vicin.
ity-a most cold.blooded, deliberate and
foul murder. The victim Of this tragedy
was well known and esteemed young
man, a stOrekeeper by profession, named
Peter D. Morgan, whowas sipgularly pop
ular throughout the county, while the
murderer was supposed 10 be one Uriah
Bushkirk, man Of exceedingly bad repu.
tation, and who, owing to former Difficult.
ties and rencOntres in which he frequently
used the knife and pistol, had to leave the
country and seek an asylum for the time
being in the far West. Consequent upon
the murder was the arrest OF Bushkirk on
the suspicion that he had committed the
deed, and this was almost confirmed be-
yond the question OF q doubt by develop
ments that followed. Unfortunately for
Buskirk he had very pretty, charming
and
FASCINATING LITTLE MOUNTAIN WIFE,
with whom report went 10 show and sub.
sequently facts 10 prove that Morgan had
been too intimate. It was during one Of
the periods Of Bushklrk's involuntary ex.
lie that this intimacy was begun, but so
attached had Mrs. Bushkirk become to
her paramour that the liason was con-
tinued after her husbands return. For
time the Illicit visits Of Morgan to the
fAithless wife were skilliully concealed
but at length they became unguarded as
10 their meetings, ard the knowledge of
their intercourse finally reached the cars
of the husband. Bushkirk, who was a
desperate man, had after this been heard
to threaten to kill Morgan, and on the
very evening Of the murder he said he
should not be surprised to hear OF Nor
CANS brains being blown out It was on
that very night Morgan was at his store,
as usual, attending 10 his business, and
Bushkirk was seen in the neighborhood
armed with rifle. Morgan had served
several Of his customers, and was en-
gagged in waiting upon lady, standing
behind his counter, when some one on
the outside, with terrible and deadly aim
sent outlet crashing through the win
dow and
THROUGH THE BRAIN OF MORGAN.
Almost simultaneously with the report
Of the gun, the blood -spurted from the
wound over the face Of the lady Morgan
was waiting upon, and over the goods
that lay upon the counter. The lady
screamed with terror, thinking she had
been murdered. Morgan fell 10 the floor
bloody corpse, crowd rushed TO the
scene and the greatest excitement ensued.
A few moments alter this Bushkirk, with
the most imperturDablc coolness and de.
liberation, went to doctor living near
by and told him he had "heard gun 90
OIL" and he Should not be surprised II
some one was killed" Bushkirk, after
some trouble, was arrested and lodged in
jail; but that edihce not being very Sc
cure, he found no difficulty In escaping
from 1t very soon after his incarceration,
and he remained away over Two years
He returned in 1879 and showed himself
publicly In the neighborhOod, when, as
in duty bound, the authorities had him
RE'ARRRsTRD, - q
and a trial as had. Among the witness
sea at this trial was one 4. Q. Williams, Q
young lawyer, who testified 10 some Of the
threats Bushkirk had made against Nor
gan. The jury, however, disagreed and
his counsel moved for q change Of venue,
and had his trial transferred to Wayne
county, where, after several postpone
ments, At came of last March, resulting In
another disagreement OF the Jury. Bush.
kirk was then released on bail and return.
ed here, where he most OPPORTUNITY in
terpoeed and prevented a great deal Of
bloodshed on Tuesday last. The only
connection this murder has with the al
tray Of Tuesday lies in the TACT that the
origin Of each was similar, the results
nearly the same and some Of the principal
characters figured in both.
ANOTHER WOMAN THE CAUSE.
Peter D. Morgan, who was murdered
by Bushkirk In 1870, was q married man.
Besides being the seducer Of Bushklrk's
vile he was also, therefore, unfsithiul To
his marriage VOWS. His vile was quito
young and pretty, and, as mountain beauty
was the rivyl OF Mrs. Bushkirk In their
maiden days. This rivalry, which had a
cessation during their early married life,
was renewed when the one was A grass
widow 10y the deeertion Of her husbSnfN
the other widow indeed Both Of them