Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-10
WAYNESVILLE TRAGEDY.
THE BODY OF ANDERSON ExHusEO,
And the Ball in His Brain Extracted and
Found to Fit His PistOi-No New
Developments in the Shocking
AfFair-Former Murders.


ing the triple murder, although 1t Is
said by parties supposed to speak by
virtue of Office that things are working
under the rose, and confidently expect
some favorable response TO their efforts
before long.
Sunday morning two brothers of the
murdered women arrived here from
Clarksville, Ind. With both these
brothers, the Messrs. Craig, Mrs. Weeks
and her daughter had visited prior to their
arrival in Waynesville. They knew Of
no trouble between her and her hus-
hand. The correspondence between
husband and wife during that time was
freluent and uninterrupted. Nor do
they know of anyone whose vengeance
could be appeased OF interest subserved
by the committing OF a crime so iouI'
As lar as now appears 20 all human
vision, the guilty secret Will forever re-
man unrevealed, and this in spite OF the
generally well-fOunded adage that "mur.
der will out" As far as the records OF
crime in Waynesville are concerned,
since its settlement or laying out in the
year ltSOt lllt dCNC CPtCN oNASAi oiiSN'@ ~
reversed SO as TO read
Murder viii Not Always Out"
True, considering its age, size and
population, both local and surrounding,
II has been nOsably free from scenes OF
carnage, violence OF crimes oil less
ma nitude. For this statement the
old .st and best informed inhabitants
are responsible. Yet, in the minds ot
our Oldest citizens has been kept fresh
for nearly sixty wears the memory OF
hidden crime which will, doubtless, be
handed down only IN local tradition
from generation 20 generation. For the
substantial facts of this
Mysterious Disappearancs,
The writ.r is indebted to four Old
pioneers, the oldest of whom IL ninety
AMI the Youngest verging upon his three
score and ten years. In the early days
OF Waynesville, approximately about
In. wear lS22, the hOarse neIghing OF
IN, irOn-hOrse had never resOunded
through this lovely valley. The dense
primeval forest was only dotted here
and there with the clearing of some
sturdy pioneer; there was not even
turnpike, only rough and dangerous
road. which took Jehu well skilled IN
its meandering and critical places TO
pilot the rude omnibus Of the day,
with it, load of travellers, be-
tween Nenia and Waynesyllle,
and from the latter place onward
toward and TO Cincinnati. Horseback
ridingwas then much more generallyln-
dulsed IN, and made the principal mode
of loromOtiOn By solitary travellers, and
the sight of lone rider mounted upon
"A muscular steed, and with tightly
packed slddle-bags swung on behind,
would then excite no second glance or
elicit anv remark. At that time the
principal house here was what Il now
the frame part OF the Hammeu House.
The hotel proper was the twC-Story, and
an the bar-rOOm the Oue-stOry emu. IL
was a "hard hole The proprietor and
his two sons were desperate characters,
even for that comparatively unciyilized
period, and scenes OF violence and up
roar were no uncommon occurrence.
The BOYS were especially belligerent,
and If they needed any assistance. or the
old mans spirit was up, he had no re-
luctauce in taking a hand in whatever
the melee might b..
one wild and fearful night, while the
rain poured down In torrents, the light
ning blazed and the thunder rolled, and
while the lOIierS and attaches OF this
wavSlde inu cOngregated IN the dlngy
bar room and almost held their breath
while the tempest went on outside,
VERY. wet and sick traveller rode up TO
the house upon powerful horse, and
asked shelter for the night. 10 was
granted His beast was cared for, his
salilebags were removed with HIM To
his place OF lodging, and il was said that
medical assistance was rendered. Be
that rs il may, the strange traveller was
never seen again. HIS horse was dis
posed Of unaccOuntably, and the con-
tents OF the saddlebagS and the bags
themselves never came To public light.
An old well i'm the rear OF the build
ing was directly filled in with rails and
chunks Of wood, and finally earthed up
10 the surface, and a kitchen built on the
spot. Later ON, inquiry for the missing
traveller resulted IN no clew 20 hls dIsap-
pelrance; but 10 this day the old settler
speaks of il with bated breath and awe
stricken cOuntenance. The family, II Is
sail scattered here and there, never
came TO any good, and are all either
dead or forgotten, save for their assOcla-
ton with this mystery unexplained.
Bridging Gulf Of Halfa Century
From that time there had been no
tragedy OF much note until the klldere
affair, and the supplement OF the massa-
ere two weeks ago makes the cap-sheat
in our record Of crime.
Exhuming Willie Anderson's Body.
This afternoon Drs B. L. Turner and
James W. Haines caused the body OF
Willie Anderson 10 be eXhumcd, SO
that they might try 10 discover whether
the pistnl-ball still in his brain would
correspond in size with the barrel of his
pistol. with which he Is supposed To
have shot himself The duty was
most diSagreeable one, and only sue
ceedrd i'm satisfying the minds OF those
who were in doubt whether he had shot
himself The ball extracted was found
to correspond exactly IN weight and size
with the one found I'm WillIe's pocket
This explOdes the theory that some one
else did the shooting. and from behind.
The skull was very much broken by the
ball
More Testimony.
Mr.. Caleb Small called upon US to-
day Tor the purpose OF relating what he
saw ON the morning after the murders,
and al four o'clock. Mr.. Small was
coming down from his home 10 the mar
ket house, and at the corner Of an alley
he saw two men talking together. They
were near OF size, and vanished at his
approach He came 10 the market
house and found that the place had
been burgarized and money amounting
10 s. taken. Entrance had been effected
by removing one Of the panes in the
side window, which opens into the
yard screened by a high board fence
from the street, and removing the fds-
tening inside. The money, it Is thought,
Willie intended To use in making his
escape. Mr.. Smalls testimony is valua-
able.
What Mrs. Baltimore Saw.
Bv some il has been thought, because
her statements were not understood by
them, that Mrs. Baltimore must have
haar, in soma xav mistaken i'm what she