The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-29
Va, March The 24th, 1878, age q years.

month and "a days.n
The daughter mentioned, at the insti-
cation Of her father, dried her eyes, and
produced n number Of pictures OF the
family, among which were those Of George
and John, taken when they were little
fellows. These mementoes, after being
scrutinized by the scribe, were passed
from one member OF the family TO the
other, where they invariably had the
effect Of reopening the aoodgate oil their
pent.up emotion.
Old letters from the boys were fshed
up and read by the griei.stricken girl,
who would ever and anon turn TO the re.
porter, after reading come endearing sem
tence, and say "That shows that John
was a good boy until after people got him
10 drinking. Does that look as though
be could have killed anybodyT
Miss Matte Patterson, the daughter Of
8 well.to,do farmer, whose place 10 near
West Alexander, and where John had
frequently worked, was present during
the time the reporter was there, and IRE.
quently added her testimony to that Of
the mother and sister in respect 10 the
murderer's past good conduct and anna.
bility. As IL was drawing near train
time, the reporter shook hands with each
one present, and as Mr.. Wallace was 60.
ing Ia to the depot the scribe asked the
old gentleman to ride with him, as the
distance was four miles. BE consented,
and while on the wayto town Mr.. Wal
lace told many things about the boys,
which, had we room, we would give.
1a A DREAM.
The old man said: II want to tell you
the curious dream had the night John
committed that awful deed. I dreamed
that night that was surrounded by sew
eral dead persons who were covered with
blood and cuts. Among the number was
q little child, and thought It was yet
alive, as 1t looked at me in such q pitiful
way, and I would not let them bury II.
The dream troubled me so that told
my wife about 1t, and she remarked, I'VE
will hear some bad news.' Thursday
evening one Of my neighbors came TO my
house Just as was leaving for prayer.
meeting, and told me that he had heard
in town about John killing his sister.in.
law, her baby and Miss Church. This
was the first news had received OF the
affair, and went into the house aud told
Jane This wife), when she said, There,
your dream has come true.' I then said,
4 never believed much in dreams before,
butt do now"
THE GRAVEYARD.
On reaching the graveyard the repor-
ter and Mr.. Wallace stopped, and the old
man pointed out to the reporter the new
.ly.made grave Of his son John, and also
that Of Johns first vile.
The burial place is extremely old and
dilapidated. Gross neglect and desecra-
ton are visible on all sides. Tombstones
are down, scattered In every direction,
and the place is oyergrown with briers
and underbrush, go that II ia q difficult
matter for one TO get around. In tue ex:
IRENE eastern corner OF the triangular
lot Is newly made mound Of earth with
a large pile Of clay laying beside it-an
evidence that the job was poorly done.
In the northern corner, . distance OF ten
rods from the place mentioned, is buried
in an epclosed lot, the body Of Hannah
Goslin, the fret vile Of the man who was
inferred with so little ceremony Monday
evening. This grave is well kept, and is
shaded with number Of cedar trees,
which gives the spot q pleasing look,
which constrasts strangely with the bar.
rem and uncouth place where the hus-
band rests.
Running diagonally under this grave
yard Is q tunnel, and John Wallace's re-
mains are lnterred directly over 1t q few
rods from its mouth.
WHAT THE WEST ALEXANDRA PEOPLE
SAID.
The reporter, on reaching West Alex
ander, called on a number OF prominent
gentlemen Of that place and interviewed
them on the subject OF the remains being
buried there. Several Of them said that
the old man should not have brought bis
son home at all, and said that in the
morning threats were made that the body
OF the murderer should not desecrate the
neighborhood, while one or two sympa-
thizers took the stand that he should be
putieu ~ o'le Vi 'ie es t4 N''N
or mo 70 neense ;. .,..,;,. -, Tho oo.,sr.
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the sIiee.s rom ., ana,has h an ier
going rom one 70 ai.o.u9r' tV,ssh San'
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inserted 'ha. IN ease .ney sny aaa. ' :" r.
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disih'effeu'
AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE WALLACE.
The reporter reached Wheeling, 10
company with the elder Wallace and his
nephew, about seven o'clock last evening,
when The trio proceed frat to the lookup,
and then to the Jail, where George Wal
lace ia confined awaiting trial as an ac-
complete to the murder. The meeting
between George and his father was touch.
ing in the extreme. Both were so COM
pletely choked with emo1 rSn th na, sney
could scarcely sPeins 49,. Luz ZIP, ,epo' srd
atIef Tue in'erVLeI De'" "seu, it III. w;,S
son was IieI nsa s,h,,s snSs was a "a fni.