The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-27

An Investigation That Does Not sh0W b
Martyr In our henitentlaEy, bai a
Guilty Murderer hat Judge Cochran

An Investigation That Does Not show b
Martyr In oar penitentlaEy, bal
GuIIiy Murderer v hat Jadge Cochran
AGreFiRlnttI.
slsSlll Correspondence Of The Cisvs'and Hsrhd
waEEuSo, ". VA, December @a'-"do
to West Virginia aud spare neither tune
nor money In giving the Ice case a
| thorough Investigation These were'ub'
nanllally the instructions which the
R,rald gave, and came here to carry them
out. II ever poor prisoner seemed .
subject OF pity, that man, were the hat
written about him true, was Eli Ice,
the ox.l'nion soldier lmmnred ina dnh'
gcon for life, his wife insane, his family
broken up, his children wanderers VIM
out caro- or education ut any time his
property seized by rapNciOus and rcIeht'
less enemies, aud his pension stopped
these were some OF the terrible infections
that Eli leo was compelled to undergo, II
was claimed, because he shot rebel
prisoner, In accordance with the instruc'
tons OF his superior officer, while the iel'
low was attempting to escape, When en-
route here, ] stopped over one train at
| slcubcnville, Ohio, to see Ices wiie'G
sister, Mrs. Isaac Faith, aud his daughter,
Nancy H., who had been spending short
period NJ that place, while the lion, L. G..
| richards, State senator from Jefferson and
CoIumbiana counties, was GndeavOring 10
secure for her u satisfactory permanent
home.
CALliSG oS mas. FAIIm.
lat mean looking, hut neatly kept
frame house, No, $50 Third street, ] found
Mrs Faith. She appeared like All ordIn.
AIRY woman, in rather poor health, who
had been obliged to grnpple with hard cir.
cumstanCes. Nancy r. Ice, tho convict'B
daughter, was with her, lust preparing,
however, 10 depart in company with Mr..
Martin Householder, u highly res pecte,l
tiinGr Of llammOndAVille, who desired to
adopt her. having no children Of his own,
Nancy was fourteen years old, large Of
her age, plump aud healthy looking, with
nus brown eyes and fair complexion.
,h9 was quite intelligent, but had never
bad tho advantage Of more than iOur
months schooling. lStated the object Of
my call to Mrs. Faith.
Are you on Els side? was quickly
asked. ''''
The Herald wishes TO get Of the truth
Of the matter, and ! want you TO toll me
all that you know Of lees history"
Carefully, so as TO get everything as cor
Wrt as possible in her own mind, Mrs
Faith proceeded, giving minute account,
50 FAR as her memory would serVe her OF
lees lie. The following Is very brief
synopsis;
TnE woMAN's SAD STORY.
My full name Is Ida Faith. My last
uame was Wright before married Isaac
Faith. My husband Is getting ont stone
Tor the new pottery. know all about
Iii Ice, his fortunes and misfortunes. Ice
wss soldier in the United States army at
lh4 beginning Of the war, enlisting In Al
Virginia regiment, either the First or
Third, for three years. During this period
Of service he came home on iurlOugh be.
Cause Of sickness, aud stayed at Manning.
ton, In Marion county. Uriah Wade, a
Young man who had belonged to gang
Of rebel bushwAckers, sent to Camp Chase
in consequence, but aIteTwArd released IN
promise Oi good behavior, was in the
vicinity. Wade brought with him cane
having rattleSnAke carved on II,
which had been the property oil
.lrc OF the Union men In Camp Chase.
\ lis cane was used to tAunt unioniSts at
Warrington, and Ice was ordered by
colonel Shinn, OF the Home Guards, to 20
Had get possession Of 1t, II, said Colonel
slim, any rebel inlerieres, break the
cane over his head. Ice demanded the
cane at Abraham Hess house, where
Wade stopped, and Wade interieTed The
dawing OF Ices revolver caused Wade to
surrender and Ice started with him as
prisoner 10 Huntington Center. On the
way Wude tried 10 capture lees gun and
then assaulted leo with rocks. The latter
ifed ak Wade in seli.deiense, believing II
to be an act Of simple duty to keep him a
prisoner, or TO shoot him il he attempted
to get away. lie designed to merely
wound Wade, but the shot went too high
AID he died the following day. Wade did
not want Ice prosecuted, aud said Just be.
fore his death that Ice was his friend.
There was no personal difficulty whatever
between the parties.