Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-27
A Week d HI.ss.A.! !
JUDGE LYNCH!
A MOST TIENplsE MURDER !
BLOOD FOR BLOOD
a Wife implicated !!
Prompt: ExecutiOn OF the Murderer {!
He Confesses the Awful
Crime!
A Ceurt House Yard the Gibbet GrOnndi
states Attorney, Rick
otis, on the SituutiOn!
BLOOD FOR BLOOD
a Wife Implicated!
He Confesses the Awful
Crime!
A Court Heuse Yard the Gibbet Ground!
states Attorney, Rick
otis, on the situation!
special Rep. r, for the Aaver,l.er.

special Report for the Advertiser
Judge Lynch, after a feveri,h session
of his court in West Va, (and which
was convened after the murder of L.
Lee. Christmas night, near Charles
tom, has at last Satiated his terrible
thirst for blood, and although his
procedures deprecated by the masses,
the general verdict in the Barbours-
vile tragedy, appears to meet with
approval from three fourths of those
persons who have been made acquain-
It'd with the awful butchery OF
Meehling Not that they desire To see
Lynch law supplant the functions If
the Courts, but in this particular case,
they argue, that Is Williams confess
Ell To his having murdered Meehling
the community should rid itself of the
monster as eIpeditiously as possible.
And in connection with the summary
execution of Williams, th0re are
facts connected with il. that perhaps
have no parallel in the courts of
Judge Lynch. In all executions
where the Judge has presided, 1t
has been the custom OF the execu-
TONERS to so disguise their features,
that cOroners inquest, through Loose
questioning. fails To develop who the
real hangmen arc, bat in the tragedy
Of last Saturday night. no attempt
whatever at disguise was made. On
III" contrary, those men connected
with the hanging of Williams have
made no effort to conceal the fact
that they assisted in sending him out
of the world.
The reporter for the ADVERTISER,
aftera careful analyses of the differ
ent versions of the horrible murder
of Mechling and the subsequent
lynching of his murderer, is able To
present 10 the numerous readers OF
this paper the following reliable III
formation:
STSPICIONS OF FOUL PLAY.
On monday, 18th inst, Chas. III.
Meehliug, who resided within two
miles of Barboursville, was missed
by his friends and acquaintance, and
as it wa, well known to his neigh
bors that for the last two years he
had not erj,yed 4 happy home with
hi, wife, suspicious were entertain
ed that something wrong was attack
ed to his absence. As the week at
vanced, and the answers of his wife
concerning his whereabouts became
contradictory, suspicion grew into
general belief that Meehling had
been murdered, and that Mrs.
Meehling knew more about the awful
matter than she was willing to com
municate. The movements of Ed
/ Williams were also regarded with
suspicion, it being we'll known that
/ hi, frequent visits during the past
two wears to the house of Neehllng,
were regarded in a measure rs dis
tasteful to Meehling. In fact, hi
visits were not only source of an
noyance to the husband, but toward,
/ the last they became absolutely IN
tolerable and rs Il consequence his
lite was rendered miserable. The
wife protested her innocence Of any
unlawful act with the man Williams,
but the husband surmi>ed different
and deemed his wife untaithful Il
her welded vows, how far his sur
misses were correct the r,a Ter vii
learn as this report progresses. AT
/ ter the disappearance of Meehhng, II
was noticed that Williams was living
7 i'm the house, and the unconcern d
the wife at the absence of her nus
hand. induced several friends of tn,
missing man 70 obtain warrant tOI
the arrest Of Mrs. Meehling ant
Williams. The warrant was pro
cured and the arrest made IN du'
season.