Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-04
WAYNESYILLE HORROR.
DETAILS or THE TRIPLE MURDER.
A Mother, Her Daughter and a Sis
ter Found Butchered by a Fiend
and ROtting in Their
Room.

horror anu aWlul mystery NJ the us
cOv,ry OF three dead and decOmpOsing
bOlits i'm little house right on the
main thoroughiare Of our village. close
to ncighborS and directly on the side
walk. In this little house for nearly q
year has lived in happy contentment,
As lar as was known, Mrs. Mollie HATTIE
AMI her son, Willie f. Anderson, boy
OF eighteen, who for two years has
worked in the Gd-,tis office of this place,
ami contributed toward his mothers
support.
Mrs. HATTIE. whose maiden name was
Cr,,y. was married TO Daniel k. Andcr-
son. of this place. at her home in lndi-
ana wear or two before the war. she
was beautiful girl OF sixteen, petite IN
figure. with sparkling black eyes and
mStruuS dark hair. She was warmly
welcomed to the home Oi her huSbandS :
parents. the late DR. W. Ill. Anderson
AMI wife, amt all went jocundly Tor a
while.
But disSenSionS came between huS-
band and wife after the birth of their
SON. and after a long time the unhappy
par were severed by divorce, the hus-
band, who had joined the army, having
control OF the boy.
Alter a time the lady married again,
an the divorced husband has also been
twice married since. Death divided
him from the second, and mutual con-
sent has within the last wear dissolved
partnership between him and the third.
Mrs. Hates second husband died in
or near Cincinnati in an insane asylum,
AMI two wears agO she came here 10 keep
house ior her boy. They had kind
friends who encouraged and as
sisted them. and Willie, although
ab bounding I'm the Vigur of youth and
full ui mischief. could not be called 4
wild or baJ bow lie was generous 10
a fault, and his employers here could
fin no serious charge against him in
any respect. His mother on her re-
turn % this place after many
ycIrS. was StIll beautiful and attractive,
bur. although here in the same place
with her first husband, conducted her
sell with strict prCpricty, appearing but
very little in public and going into no
50 .irtv but that OF her relatives. Her
~, Was probably thirty-hve years.
The family of Mrs HATTIE was increas-
el. lew weeks ago. hy the arrival of
her sister. and little daughter, Mrs.
Clementinc Weeks and Myrtle, of Gin
cinuati. who came mp 90 board a few
weeks i'm the country. The little Girl
wIs about twelve years old. The hus-
band is Philip Weeks, now, Us it is sup
posed, in the city.
Since sunday last, persons passing
thu house noticed an offensive smell
coming therrirom aud to-day it got so
hal that this afternoon tn Marshall
yeuturrl tp raise one ut the windows,
when the stencil became 50 terrible
that uobulv could stand near. But
wuu WAS his Uuuttcruhie horror 10 see
tn. ruum iu dire confusion and two
bpIi,.S living one ou bci ami tine other
under. \ further search revealed a
third body iu the back room, and all m
an advanced Stugc ut decomposition,
while the head Ut one In the front room
hal been eaten hv rats until the HAIR
AMI scalp were J.i gone. The bodlcS
wrr,. uurrcusull3hlr, except 10y the gar
mrui~. Tho mother uud child lay m
the front room. and Mrs. HATTIE IN the
bIrS room. near a lounge, and was
covered by tick and had her head
mashed.
The greatest confusion rri.us all about
th,. rooms. The poor victims had evi
IDENTITY retired. The little girls pallet
Law uu the floor near the window board,
stained and fumhl,d, while the child lay
on tine Lr,l partially covered 10y clothes
Tho poser mother rrawlcd under her bed
10 lie. \ gaSh WAS found nu thc left
side. The mother looks as ID the throat
was cut Mrs. Hattie lies in tine back
room.
Coroner Carey has been sent for to
Lebanon. and will bc here, when iur-
thrr reports will he sent.
Willie Anderson left here SUNDAY
morning. saving hc WAS going tu Gin
cinuuti. where hr hJd been sent Tor To
attend his mother. who, he said, had
eou, there last "Wednesday 10y the ! A.
n. train. lie has not turned mp nor has
anv thing been heard from him since.
lie had tuld friends that his mother,
aunt and cousin hal gone tp Cincinnati
thi, morning, but hr never said any
thing oi 10 ut his place of work.
10 now appears that tine house had
been shut mp and nothing had been
seen oi the family, save Willie, since
Thursday night last night. Meantime
Willie has been boarding at hotel,
anil has hreu seen going into the house
ON two or three occasions.
Ills friends have detected nothing pc
cuGIr iu Wi,ur'S department, and with
the exception that hc hal not been
working for two dJyS prior % his de-
pIrturr, owing tp AN accident he Sus-
tliurl, there Is nothing to Crimln1tc
him.
II certainly must bc, however, that he
had some knowledge ul the bloody
TRAGEDY enacted i'm hIS little home. \
fftv-pouud lour-sIrk ot pulyerlZcd lime
hal been cmpticd oi its contents over
the floor and the bodies i'm the front
room. nr. Anderson Is now working
ON bridges on the Kentucky Railroad,
AMI b1arl~ 40 the Kentucky House, cor
ncr tir,t street and Mclean avenue.
TIN, coroner Is here, and made as tull
an examination u possible considering
the horrible condition of the bodies.
Death was caused with hItchet lett ON
the place. Nothing further can be
elected until Willie returns AMI tells all
hc knows of the .cdy. Circumstances
indicate that the murder was done a
week ago tonight. and that the depar-
turr %, the family for the city was
Tu~r.
The whole community iSin termcnt,
and verify We are slipping our It'll OF hor-
ToTS
Suicide of Willie Anderson.
CrNclxvNrI. September 3.-The body
of Willie Anderson. who WAS suspected
oi the murder al the three women at
WavnesviIIr. was found this afternoon
i'm an mDcrupird water station at PAIN
vile. o.. ten miles from this city, where
ne hal suicilcd by shooting.
pE. G.. MCLANE's Celebrated Liver
Pills are not recommended to cure all
the ills that flesh is heir to, hut in alice
tions of the liver and all bilious COM
plants, dyspepsia and sick headache,
they stand without a rival. No better
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