Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-20
4 Man Falls from the Railroad
Bridge and IL DrOWneds
sUsPIeIos OF FoULlPtAY.

From our Special Correspondent. - -
= Since the evening of tuesday, the 1lth
nst., our commlnity has besns nssomewhat ex-
ercised over the supposed murrlsr, by droEp-
mg, Of Finley g. 7MeGrew, frDm the south
end Of the Rsiltpad bridge over the month of
Che creek.ATha facfs thus far elioited are
. lbstantiaily IS follows MIR. McGrew, who
had been of late years addicted to occasional
sprees, was, at the time II bis death, in the
Employ of Smith & Son-Millers, and had
Serked that daytill noon when friend Of
( he same lame - distantfelative, VISITED him,
fook dinner with hirn, sand together they
drank of SONS whisky furnished by the Wis
Tor. Finley did n9i Ieturn during the after
noon. to work, and at about half past seven
NJ, he left his. residence at the eest end of
the creek (cou ty) bridge. it seems, Yithopi
nay aunonaee1 O' ject in vieY. HIS wife,
Il once invoked the aid Of friend TO watc :
lim and bring him home-whither he agreed
% 20 on scertaip conditions compiied with
and to see that he did SO the friend. KEPT
watch of him well Is he ~osild. Finley, ,hoy
ever, instead of ging @home, started south
lcross the county bFidge, on and near which
ne wssm met by number OF persons. Mrs.
McGrew vas on the alert also, and happened
to be standing on the porch of her house oyer
foo}sing easily and within plain hearing dis
iance thespOt Of her Ausfnnd's death. While
here, she, ,swith others, heard Einley's voice
Il the end of the Railroad bridge, ery ont "OfH
TOhip--and then o splash in the Water--7sope
Struggles and all was hushed. Others heard
,ersops in hot dispute atthe place of drown
ng, and exclamations of distress, fall in the
water, &c-while msn "a small oue) ran
lsstilys away from The scene OF the quarrel
- h-x<.t Lcf
'anti on inte the darkness. Mrs Mc(3rew in
but all the care thought necessary to verify
herBaspicidpa wasexescied by friends, who
nadecSnfu1 examinaiiou with lights OF the
'snpposed locality. but without seliciting any
thing concerning the missing man, who was
now supposed to have gone to Wheeling. In
quiry at the bridge toll house concerping him
prsught nothing new-and, except his wife,
AL cOgnizant of bis absence, supposed ne
would turn up all right In the morning; but,
instead of this, few friends, acting on the
odds and ends of the news of the evening
previous, made search for the missing mans
body, and soon c. C. Cochran caught it with
grab hook just where it had alighted in its
fall from the bridge. q. :.
Now came weIi- i-foinded suspicion Of foul
play. The body was taken to bis late resi-
1ence, and pretended Coroners jury em
panelled, which has been holding repeated
sessions, gathering up little vague testimo
ny, going mainly TO prove that citizen OF
our town had q terrible enHaliy against Fin
ley, and thai he had repeatedly threatened to
kill McGrew and bis wife, and further that
the two men were sscu not far apart, going
in the same direction-cne over, and the sus
pected one toward the creek bridge. Persons
lave testified that the voices OF the men
quaKrelllng at the bridge, were quite feminine,
corresponding exactly with those of McGrew
and his supposed murderer. This 10 the sum
|pf the Fstimony. through abe sir-is thick with
LfupanH afC lmpepding rsselations OF most
damaging character. The jury adjourned
over from saturday till Tuesday. to have the
Grew whisky. tell what he knows of THE case
Insegard to the motive that many assign
for the murdeF-if It be 0De--is that an i'm
portsnf lawsuit is pending between Mrs. Nc
Grsw and the suspected party, for SANDER.
lirunetsive man, NOT having in the communi
in these suits. McGre was not drunk on
he difficulty ip walking it; be hsd but few
ffieodsyhe Eslssd awey wy roSad e Tie END Of
er less Eqt how Finley McGrsy got in .he
creek wethink. after ALL The investigatios
W. ssss ssss ss5is I
>. The unfortupa.e e man was buried at Snith-
destEs n UT II 3hJfId -
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