The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-26
LAST OF John WALLACE.
Taken to West Alexander and
Buried Near His Old Home.
Difficulty in Obtaining a Place Of
lntsrmsnt.
An Interview with His Father,
Theodore Wallace.
WET A1rxlxpEK, March e5.

its blacker criminal, as it was taken from
the car and placed in the freight room of
the depot. By and by the news spread
over the town, and when the father
Theodore Wallace came in from
his home in the country to claim
his own, there had gathered con-
siderable number Of persons in and about
the depot. The father had the coffin
opened, saying that he wanted to see how
they had murdered his son. After that
there seemed to be no objection to the
removal Of the coffin lid whenever any
one expressed a wish to look at the dead.
During the day quite a number OF per
sons who had known the criminal from
boyhood looked at him, but there was no
exhibition Of that morbid curiosity which
brings hundreds, often, from long dis
tauces, to look upon the victim of viO-
lent death. All day the father sought
for place to bury his dead out oil his
sight. He went from one authority to
another having control Of church yards
aud cemeteries, soliciting the privilege
Of burial 10 their yards, only to receive
from each point blank refusal.
Finally, DR.. Davidson gave the old gen.
tleman = fraction of lot in remote
corner Of the old Free Presbyterian
Church yard, north of the town and right
over the tunnel. A grave was there dug,
and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon the coli
6n was put into an express wagon and
preceded by the father Of the dead and
the Rev. W. q. Lester, and followed by
Messrs. s. L. Farley, J. R. Bell, G. S.
Howell and ]. P. Sutherland, wended its
way slowly to the place of burial. A
sister Of the criminal followed afar of,
showing how strong even in such dread
ful hour are the ties Of kindred blood.
Thus was the body Of John Wallace
laid in the bosom OF mother earth with
a small show Of charity, which, however,
even Christians might have been pardon
ed for refusing to oneso stepped in crime.
1srERyrEw WITH THEODORE WALLACE.
We had an interview with Mr.. Wal
lace, the father Of George and John Wal.
lace, this afternoon, from which we
learned that he was born in the city OF
wheeling III the year 1920, and is eonse-
quen.ly 40 years of age. He is brother
Of Alexander Wallace, keeper of your
city lookup. Dressed as he was in coarse
attire, he nevertheless prssented the
appearance of . very decent man.
He Is a taller man, than his brother,
but bearI a very strong resem-
blance 10 him. He informed US that at
an early age he lost hiS mother, after
which he resided some three years with
his uncle Moses Thompson at Ports
mouth, Ohio. He then came back to
Wheeling, and alter some little time went
to live with Mordecai Yarnell, sou OF
Peter YArnell. He next went to work
on the farm OF Joseph Waddell, on Short
Creek, Ohio county, and afterwards work
ed for a short time with Mr.. Lyle at
the bIack-smithiDg business. But, fai ling
10 make satisfactory arrangements about
his apprenticeship, left him and went
back to live with his father who then
lived on the Good farm not far from
Triadelphia. Shortly afterwards be mar
ried, At the age Of 20, E.thsr Hannah,
daughter Of Mrs. Abigail Hannah, who
resided at Liberty township, near Mrs.
Beagles. His wife was Of very respecta-
bic family. By her be has ten children,
the first Of whom died in infancy. All
the rest up to the tragic death Of John
we're still living.
GEORGE AND JOHN.
George, husband Of the murdered
woman, is bis third child, and is now 25
years Of age. BE was married at the age
OF eighteen to Alicia Strickland daughter
Of Edward Strickland, Of Msrshall Co.
W. Va, a vell.to.do farmer, son oi
whom married a sister Of George Wal
lace. Miss Strickland was . years oi
age, and it was against the will and th'
remon..rances Of both Mr.. Wallace ant
his vile that she married George, they
alleging that he va. bot mere boy.
john, for his frst wife, married Mis-
Hannah Cooling, daughter Of Thonal
Gosling, a respectable citizen Of West
Alexander, an Englishman by birth and
tanner by tsale. She was an amiabl'
and intelligent girl, some 20 years Of age,
They were married by Squire Mayes IL
1875. She died in December, 1875.
Mr.. Wallace speaks Of his son John ~
when boy, Of an amiable disposition
gentle and kind towards bis boyish asso
eiates. lie accounts Tor hli late crime Of
the ground OF his evil associations il
wetrel county. Says that his iAther'in
Law (Ha,kins) ia man Of very intem
perate habits, and thus John had ialleI
into his ways. He believes that his sOl
could never have committed the aWfu
crime for which he suffered except unde
the influence Of whisky. Mr.. Wallac'
himself served as Union soldier duripI
the war Of the Rebellion.
PURLIc OPINION.
In an interview with the older citizen
Of this town, who have known the Wal
lace family during all their residenes Il
this vicinity, We learn that TbeOdOr
Wallace, the father Oi George and Johr