The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-27
THE REVOLVER.
shooting Of Phillip Nieharf by Po-
Iieeman Mcfarland.

Late Friday night, Phillip Niehart
was shot and killed, at his residence at
Martins Ferry, by policeman MeFar-
land. deceased resisting the officer when
IN the performance Of his DUTY. lmme-
dately alter the death OF young NIehart,
Coroner Garrett, OF Bellaire, Was notified
Of the affair, and summoned q jury con-
sisting OF Messrs. Levy Shipmsn, sr., l..
w. Jones, j. 7 Thomas, John Wallace,
ST., w. ID. Beszell and K. NJ. Thaker,
who returned the following verdict: ODE
ceased came to his
DEATH BY PISTOL SHOT
in the hsrds OF officer Mcfarland
whether accidental or otherwise, we are
unable to say"
Mrs. Niehart, mother of the deceased,
Mr.. BENJAMIN Dawson, Miss Ella
ONeill, Fred. Stead, and DR.. Williams,
were among the witnesses examined, and
from their evidence the circumstances
connected with the affair are about AS
follows: On Friday, it appears that Mr..
Niehsrt, father OF the deceased, went
home very drunk, and IN the early part
of the evening began
WHOLESALE ABUSE OF HIS WIFE.
Officer Mcfarland, hearing OF the dis
tsrbance, went to Niehart's house about
ten o'clock that night tor the purpose OF
arresting him, and while in the act OF SO
doing, both Niehart and his son made n
stout resistance. The officer called to
young Niehart who came out on the
psvemeni) AID threatened to shoot him
unless he dosisted from assisting his
father to resist the law, The young man,
who is about II years of age, responded:
Here l am shoot me-" The officer
stood still for few moments; and then
caught hold of the young fellow, when
a scuttie ensued between them. While
engaged in the scutfle Mrs. Nlehart at
tempted to separate Mcfarland and her
son, when the officer
PUSHED HER TO ONE SIDE AND SHOT
Young Niehsrt, who walked about one
hundred yards after he was shot. Dr..
Williams was Immediately sent for to
attend to deceased's wounds, and stated
IN his evidence to the jury that he found
ION examination, that gun-shot or
pistol wound had taken effect in the
right breast, about y lIches
from the upper end of the claw
Gle. The ball cut the subclsvian
vein, which produced internal hemor-
rhage, which is necessarily fatal, causing
death in about u hours after the shot
was fired The ball lodged in the spinal
column in the second dorssl vertebrs.
Drs. 5. b. West and j. NJ. Blackburn,
who assisted in the examination, corrob-
grated the testimony OF DIR. Williams.
Soon after the shooting Mcfarland was
crested and locked up, and Is now in
jail a preliminary hearing Of the
merits Of the case will be had before
Squire Buckingham to-day, at Martins
Ferry.
OFFICER MFARLAND's VERSION.
Below we give Officer Mcfarland 5
version of the affair, rs related to a
REGISTER reporter:
officer Duff went in and arrested the
old man, and followed him in, and this
boy jumped up and interfered; Duff
pushed the boy away twice; then | took
hold of him and pushed him away twice.
the second or third time | caught hold OF
him arrested him, when the scufile be-
gan We had q rough-and-tumDIe fight
until we got out on the street; alter
we got on the street, his mother
come running down street and rushed IN
between US | had no weapOf with me
except my revolver, which ! had in my
right hand. His mother caught my right
hand, ard in some way the revolver went
of and shot the boy. then told her
if the boy was killed that she did it..
Once previous to this trouble, the boy
made several threats that if | cane IN
the Yard to arrest him he would shoot
me-