West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-04-19
ELIHU GREGG
HAS AT LAST ARRIVED IN
THIS STATE.
A Review of His 3" Celebrated
Case "---Incidents Of His Ale
ged Crime and Trial--A
Sentence Hanging over
His Head for Ten
Years.
HIS ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY
STRYCHNlA.
Wheeling Register, Tuesday.

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court house at kingwoCd, ON March :.
\ 1859, his subsequent Trial. conviction and
sentence, but the presence of the defend
ant in this city and the uncertainty M
| present surrounding hi, fate, renew the
/ interest in this celebrated case" aud we
! repro luce brief synopsis:
on March :. 1863 the Court House Of
| Preston County, at Eingwood, was burnt
/ to the ground and suspicious were di-
/ rcctcd toward Elihu Gregg, whether wcll
| founded or uot. comes not in our prov
! incc On say. On the eighth of the follows
| ing April, Gregg was arrested i'm POM
! Sylvania kidnapped his friends saw and
| brought To- Kingwood tor triai. lie vas
convicted of arson and sentenced bv
Judge Ollie to be hung on September :
n bill of exceptions was filed and the
case taken to the supreme Court, where
! the appeal was sustained, and tho son
| toncc set aside aud new trial ordered.
| He was re tried, again convicted ON
| October -. and sentenced to be hung
january 2S, $50. lie was z ven his
choice as To whether he would be tried
under the old law or the now and chose
! the former. \ petition Tor an appeal on
"A writ II error was submitted. pending
which he made his escape from the King.
| wood Jail on November /. He went %
Greensboro, Pa, from whence he wrote
letter to G. Davenport, Esq. ating
his readiness for trial provided lac
coul bo tried outside that judicial cir
cult. Mr.. Davenport wrote that he fcar>
cd that would be impossible, but this /, t.
ter failing to reach Gregg he went West.
remaining ere for seven years. during
which time he 'ver changed his namo.
In December 1877, he returned to his
daughter. Mrs. J. ii. Alfreo, at Rice's
Landing, G reere county, Pa, remaining
! there until October %, of the next wear
when lac was arrested under "A warrant
from Gov. Hartranft ISSUED i'm pursuance
TO rcquisition from Gov. Mathews. ON
the next day he petitionod GOV. Hart.
rnnit for a stay i'm the warrant of delivery
u-til he could SHOW cause why he should
be released. The petition was granted.
the warrant stayed aud the prisoner ncld.
Amer several mot 1ns by counsel, De
cember 20 was fixed for the examination
the result of which is well known.
In his trial, the motive he might have
had was greatly onla rged upon by the
prosecution, who charged that his land
was To hevc been sold upon tho opening
of the court the next day. Tho defense
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