The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-29

minute" When got out Rockwell was
standing on tie edge Of the porch; said
he was going 10 leave; told him not 10 be
in hurry, there was no rush; he
started from the porch and went out
toward the gate: / had hold OF his
arm when he went out there; The other
boys had gone. Wilbur McHenry told
him 10 come on; said he would in a min.
ute. We had been there but minute
when Jake came out. JakeBtepped right
up 10 him and said, allow do you do, Mr.,
Rockwell p Just as scorniul as he could.
He says 10 Rockwell, allow are times
with your Rockwell answered, "Pretty
dull; there Is nothing going on.o Jake
said something else, but don't know
what Il was; ] was scared. Rockwell un.
dertook to tell how he came 10 be there;
he told him he thought he Jake and me
had quit our correspondence. As near "a
l con tell after that Rockwell said to
Jake, "This girl is the one | want" Jake
said, "You are not going 10 get her; no
Cd d-n man that has two living wives
can get her; You are not fl for her." Mr..
Rockwell said, "Mr. Metz, have got no
living wives; had wife, but she is dead"
Jake said, "You have two living wives at
this time, and DID II I can't prove Il;
Mr., Rockwell said, "you cant do IL; |
have no wives" believe he said it was q
lie. Jake commenced cursing, but don't
know exactly what words he used at that
time. ] stepped right in between them
the second time and caught hold OF two
palings. Jake commenced cursipg and
swearing and tried 10 push me away; he
told me to 60 away; l told him to 60 back
into the house aud not raise a fuss; he
tried 10 push me away and get me IL 60
away, but wouldn't do II; he told me "a
60 away or I'd get hurt. Mr.. Rockwell
said he didn't come there for fuss, and
that he did not want fuss with him OF
anybody else. Jake stepped around then
on the other side Of me; ! turned around
and throwed both arms around his neck
begged him to go in the house and moi
raise fuss; he tried to push me away,
but held to him. He crowded me back
to the gate, where Rockwell was stand
ing. He was just going to so out when
Jake came out.
Jake crowded me back, cursing; when
he got up there he cursed him and struck
him over my head; when he struck him
begged him; for Gods sake to let him
| (RockwelI so and not hurt him; l think
as near as can recollect, he struck him
a second lick before he clinched him,
did not know whether he then had him
| by the shoulder or by the neck, He had
his left arm around me and had hold Of
Rockwell with that one. tried to tear
them apart with all the force l could use
all OF the time. Jake kept on striking
him over the head as hard as he could;
he had ROckwell's head curved down
right against my breast; / tried to break
his hold and threw out my hand, when
Jake caught il in his mouth and bit il.
screamed and yelled at the top OF my
voice; yelled murder and everything else
but il did no good. lie kept on thump.
ing him over the head and | kept on
pushing him till l got him beside Of the
kitchen; l was trying 10 push him in
there. Mr.. Rockwell said, and repeat
ed it a half dozen times, Jake, for Coda
sake don't kill me- Jake did not reply,
II he did, did not hear him. | was
screaming; l don't know when We
got close to the edge Of the poarch; there
was a little flower box on u stand, and
over that he dragged me, close to it was
long box over which he dragged Mr..
Rockwell and by that means got him
down. He begged then several times not
to beat him so and not 10 kill him; he
said, "tor Gods sake don't beat me so,
don't kill me-" / don't think Jake said
anything, il he did did not hear it nor
recoIlect it. Jake threwup his arms and
struck once more after thai; went to
knock the blow of and he struck me on
the arm, then he took his hand away from
striking, put it in his pocket and drew
out his revolver; as he raised it up
above my head | seen il; I grabbed hold
Of the revolver and begged him (Jake)
for Gods sake not to shoot him; let him
go; he tried TO jerk away from me but
held on to the revolver; then he put his
hand back into his pocket and l still
held on 10 the revolver until he got il in.
side his pocket and then let go, az soon
as ! let go he jerked his hand ont
again and commenced humping him
over the head again; he begged OF him
not 10 kill him. Jake did not make any
reply that | knowof, if he did didn't
hear it. Then is when Rockwell shot
him. Iripped and tore and jumped
around. Idon't know what done; I tried
10 pull them apart and pulled Jake's lin.
gers loose from him and pushed him in
The room and there let. 20. Rockwell
then got his horse and LETT, but as he
was going to the stable l followed
him there and tried to get his revolver
away from him, and he said, "neyer
mind Margaret" is all l remember him
saying, he went of down into the hollow,
| called after him, buthe did not answer
me. After he got down into the hollow
he came back and said something 10 me,
but / don't recollect what Il was. then
went into the house. As soon as went
into the kitchen where Jake was The was
sitting on chair and as went to 20
past him he throwed up his arms, caught
me and said, Maggie, | am shot, and
am bound to die" We'll, said, Jake il
you had stayed in the house there would
have been nothing Of this" He said he
could not help It now. After the shot
was fired Jake struck Rockwell five or
six times. When Jake raised the reyol.
yer l saw it in the starlight; after he
commenced striking Rockwell don't
think Rockwell could have got away safe.
| ly; don't know whether Jake brought out
his revolver again or not. He said,
maggie, il you had stayed away l would
not have got hurt; | would have fixed
him so he would not have shot ME or
anybody elsc," lie made this remark
several times.
From the testimony OF "Mas" it is
plain that she is one Of those susceptible
young women Of whom and for whom
the lines were written, reading
,",HoW happy could be with either,
Were rolhcr dear chatmer away"
When she found that her hero Jake,
who had hired a team to carry her home,
and on whose shoulder her hand had so
lovingly rested only a short time before,
was losing his grip on life, she addressed
him in such q cool and critical way as
must have indicated very nIsipIv In ~.