The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-03-29
The WALLACE TRAGEDY.
A Pittsburgh Reporter Appears
Upon the scene, And Warns
DIVER the Fuuerai Bnlked Meats.

Upon the scene, And Warns
over the Funeral Baked Meats.
Pittsburgh Evening Leader Of the 9Th.
A Leader reporter visited the horror
stricken home Of Theodore Wallace,
father Of the murderer, and father.in.lsw
Of the murdered, yesterday, for the pur.
pose Of cleaning few Of the untold facts
in relation to his sons.
THE DoMcILE OF THE ELDER WALLACE
is situated in the edge Of dense woods,
beside Cassilman's run, a distance OF four
miles in northeasterly direction from
West Alexander. The house Is built OF
logs, with the customary stone chimney
erected on the end-which answers both
as fireplace and smoke.stack. In ap.
pearance the primeval structure is neat,
the mud filling between the logs still in:
tact, showing that the house, although Of
the most ancient style, still is new.
The reporter, on approaching the house,
was met by three young men, one OF whom
carried cross.cut saw on his shoulder.
.Good day.. said the reporter, on meet.
ing, and then inquired: "Does Mr.. Wal
lace live in that house,"
ayes, sir" replied the young man with
the saw; do you want 10 see himp
II would like to-" answered the mud.
bespattered scribe. q
swell, he Ia just dressing TO 90 to
Wheeling. My cousin came up after
him to go down to see George to day; but
then, you can 60 in the house and see"
aThen YOU are son OF Mr.. Wallaces?"
inquired the reporter.
Eyes, and this is my cousin from
wheeling" paid the young man, pointing
to his well dressed companion.
The reporter then turned and walked
up 10 the house and raped at the door.
'"Come TO-" was the welcome response.
The invitation was sufficient, and the
reporter was soon seated in the family
circle gathered around the huge fire.
place, on which blazed a log Of wood.
CHURCH MEMBERS REFUSE a DECENT
BURIAL.
After passing the usual remarks about
the weather, the scribe broke the Ice by
turning TO Mr.. Wallace and saying:
"You will forgive the intrusion Of q
stranger who has presumed 10 call on
your family under the circumstances
when l tell you that The Pittsburgh
Leader, thinking perhaps you would like
TO say something in relation to your pres.
emit troubles 10 the public, sent me here
Tor the purpose Of hearing anything you
have to say" {,
81 have seen some Of the papers, and
they tell a great many things that are not
true. which / would like to have correct
ed, and | will tell you anything willingly
that | know. But won't you have come
dinner first? We have just got up from
the table," :. as
The hungry reporter declined, with
thanks, adding, ~ would like to have you
tell me frat about the funeral yesterday
"I received dispatch from the coro
per, Joseph Morris, Of Burton, Sunday
evening, saying that he had the dead body
OF my aon John in his possession, and
asked what he should do with II, to which
/, without thinking, answered: "For-
ward the corpse here by express. The
body arrived here Monday morning, at
half.past eeyen o'clock. ! got 10 the de-
not q few minutes later, and had Mr..
Alexander, the livery man, take the lid
of. as I wanted to see how they had mnr-
dered him. He looked very natural
/ want to FAY here that Mr.. Bell did not
say anything about the express charges,
as some Of the papers have stated, but
turned the coffin over to me without
word. / then went to see some OF the
trustees Of the Old School Presbyterian
Church yard and asked them II ! could
eet place to bury my son, but they re-
fused. l then spilled to some oil the OF.
ticers OF the West Alexander cemetery,
and they would not give me place there.
Nv heart was nearly broke to think that
nv brothers In the church-old friends
and neighbors-would not Jet me bury
my son decently.n Here the old man
broke down for while and could not
speak.
THE GRIEF OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
His intelligent and rather lady-like
wife then spoke, saying: "My dear boy,
John, never smoke cross word 10 me In
his life; never. II was whisky know
Il was whisky-that committed the deed:
NV son never could have done IL; never J
never" Here the mother pressed the
child on her knee to her breast and wept
as though her heart would break. The
oldest daughter, a fine looking young wo'
man. to add siiil more TO the mournlul'
mesa Of the scene, leaned her head on her
fathers shoulder aud sobbed, "Oh, l was
40 proud OF John; he was always 40 good
10 me. He was the best looking brother
/ had, and everybody liked him: OIL
ohl Poor fellow! and then TO kill him
a. they did"
Finally the old man wiped bis eyes and
continued: ~ then went 10 some OF the
trustees Of the United Presbyterian
Church and asked for the privilege Of
burying John In their graveyard, and al:
Ter acme talk DR.. Davidson said that l
might bury him in the lower end Of the
graveyard, over the tunnel, II lwonld
agree 10 take him up 10 case any trouble
came up or any complaint was made BY
others whose friends were Inferred there.
/ consented. Ithen got Mr.. Alexander
10 haul the remains OF my Eon out. Some
Of the friends who came along and assist
ed az pail bearers dug the grave. The
coffin was lowered into the grave al u lit
lie after Eve o'clock, when Rev. Lester
pronounced the benediction. None Of
The family cared 10 attend the funeral
under the circumstances, 40 ! was the
only relative there. ! must say though,
that some Of the good people here have
been very kind to me-
THE FAMILY RlRLE
Thereporter, in Response to . question
asked concerning The number Of children,
their ages, etc, was handed . well.bound
volume OF the Bible, opened a the paRe.
on which Ras recorded the births Of oil
o q a "A liz.