The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-22


the cry will not be unanswered, for neil
will come, and Woe betide the next per
petrator OF crime in that neighborhooc
If the majesty OF law is not vindieated II
this case.
Your Littletou correspondence story
about ropes, noOses, &c, IS all ouncom0e
No threats whatever were INDUCED IN,
however freely men denounced the per-
petrstors of the deed, and dec!aced WITH
out hesitation that vengeance, swift, sure
and terrible, should fall upon the heads
OF the guilty party or parties.
Bakers Home.
Bakers cabin. . small affair, is stu.
ated in cove half way up towering
hill, stall clothed in its coating of virgin
forest It is Just above the head OF a
steep, rocky, wild gulch, leading down
10 the large stream Long Drain and
about thrse -!ourihs OF mile up. It is
completely surrounded with forest,
was finished two weeks ago, and oc-
cupied by the Baker family last Saturday
week The surrounding country Is very
rough and exceedingly picturesque, rang
ing from the deep green pine 70 the hard
black stone that looms out in tremendous
Size from top TO bottom of the hills, the
bases Of which are washed by the deep
blue rushing waters Of the Drain.
The Scene or the Tragedy.
The scenery, as l said, ID quite pictur-
esque, equaling in many instances, the
scenes OF the 1yrol and Katskill. From
the cabin, by crossing the head OF the
cove and ascending the nigh knob, we
reach the scene OF the double murder,
that of Mrs. Baker and child, about three
tourths OF mile from the cabin.
There the mother lay, her blood and
brains bespatering the fence, brush, leaves
and ground, with her ghastly blood
stained face upturned 10 the sun and for
est trees. Over her body lay that of the
infant, wrapped in light covering, and
on the fence hung the shawl OF the
mother.
Removal OF the Bodies.
After the jury had viewed the facEs
the justice ordered the removal of all the
bodies 10 the house Of VIM. 5. Church,
the father OF the girl. While one party
carried the body of the girl, tied IN 4
heavy sheet and strung on pole, down
the narrow dedle, another moved
the mother and child in like manner,
and sll Assem- bled st the house about the
same time.
An Affecting Scene.
The scene at the house beggsrs dis
cription. The wall of the children was
mixed with the louder wall of the women
and groans Of men. The husband and
brother were present, both prisoners, and
viewed the scene with seeming lndlfer-
slce.
The Pursntt and Attack.
The clothes OF the brother, John Wa
lace, on examination, showed evidence or
blood on the shirt ristbands and neck
yoke, and had evidently been washed the
night before. His boots which were
brought from his home). ne had creased
.arly the morning following tie murder,
and compared exactly With tSe foot
prints found on the hillside, and All the
way up the I'LL IN company with the
.o lan and child 20 the top, where he
began the attack. The prints show where
me turned snort on and ran from him
until she encountered the fence against
which she ran and evidently attempted
% surmouIt. At this point she was
1vertaken and received the first blow,
lr q the child was taken and its brains
beaten out on q rail Of the fence. The
mother recovered and ran on ten steps
when she wss again overtaken and the
work finished.
The murderer then returned ana closed
he last act of the tragedy in the cabia by
ne msltrestment and killing of the girl.
The Theory OF the Murder.
l. is evident ne got the mother to dress,
under pretext that a neighbOr
Fss taken suddenly i'll and required ler
presence, as she mad on clean under
clothes, stockings and collar and her best
iress, as had also the infant, go it is evil
tent she did not leave her home in big
hurry. She had lett the girl with the
1ter child which wrote yesterday
through transformation had been taken
Oy lts aunt which was too heavy to car
y and to sleepy 70 walk, promising pro-
badly that she would return TO bear her
in s .sw hours at the farLhest.
This i, the theory of one side. and now l
give you that of the other which impli.
,ates the husband as the assassin:
Alex. Vanhorn, who lives three-fourths
of a mile from Bakers, on the opposite
says that at hslf-psst seven
, clock ne heard cries coming from the
direction of Bakers, on the knob. He is
positive as 10 the time. He called to his
vile TO come to the door and listen. He
could not distinguish ss 20 whether It
was q mans or wOmans voice. After
A snort time It ceased entirely, and that
va, the last Of It. Now, at this time
John Wallace was in LIttiston, and the
husband cannot establish where he was
rom seven till after eight o'clock, or
rom tie time he and MS brother parted
n L.ttletOn until ia turned up 81 NJ.
Conawsy's, where be boarded.
Did George Baker laiidS Wallace, IN
he interval Of Oue hour and few min
Il es, 90 70 the cabin, commit the deed
iuA EtLuIH. LIaNCi4LE Al sAf LIlIo ANtiF
,Ignt miles Il he did not. then he ls
innocent, tor NJ. Conway SAYS De vas
4 ais house from aight o'clock IL. next
Agsin, toe testimony OF the
tuCtors will show that the w5man and
he y,rl were both ouiesged.
There Is 70 danger whatever Of lynch
ng. The men ~ ile scene are nearly
Nj veterans Oi tue ate war, VITO have
witnessed many scenes Of olOocshed and
both IN ths field aud hospita,
md there is DO likelihood of their giving
way TO excitement and thereby fOilIng
he vengeance OF the law.
The jury was dismissed at 3 o'clock last
ught, % meet st II to-day.
Later.
Nothing further was done to-day, snd
he jury WAS dismissed !ais evening -
meet 70 morrow.
Early .c-dsy John Wallace took some
nen 70 spot near the house, where he
picked I'D = stonsmasons hammer, tie
pole and handle Of which were covered
With blood. which he said MS brother
the husband mad directed him n. He