Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-12-25
PARKERSBURG.
A Shocking Crime-The Alleged
Robbery of a Dying Man by an
Old SchOOl-Mate-Cut Him.
self

Special Dispatch TO the Cincinnati. Enquirer.
PARKERsBURG, December 23. - The
doctrine Of total depravity has been ex-
emplified in this community in the per-
son of a Young man-said man the son
of parents who morally and seyerally
occupy a first position in society. A
brief synopsis OF the case will better ex-
plain: A short time since, Mr.. Henry
Nash. son of Professor John Z. Nash,
came home from Nashville, Tennessee,
on a visit to his parents, and was taken
sick and confined to his bed. His ILL
ness had finally taken a serious turn,
and required the constant attention Of
nurses and attendants. The young
friends of the sick man were called
upon to nurse the invalid, and one OF
them an old school mate and acquaint-
ance. in company with other gentle
man, sat up with him during his last
night on earth. During the night or
rather early in the morning, Nash died.
One of the gentlemen present saw the
young man take from the coat pocket
of the sick man an envelope, which he
was not seen to return, but nothing
particular was thought of this action
until il became known that young Nash
had been in the habit of carrying money
in an envelope, and that the money was
gone. About the same time a reyol-
yer was also missed from the
room. Although nothing was said
at the time about the matter,
still suspicion rested upon the young
man, who was watched. = few days
AGO a pistol was sold by him to an olii-
Ger, which was identified by the father
and brothers of the deceased. In fact,
the suspected young man, after telling
half dozen different stories as to how
it came into his possession, acknOwl-
edged that ne got il from young Nash,
but claimed that it was presented TO
him by the owner on the evening spo-
ken of, which, from all accounts, was q
physical impOssibility, as the young
man is said TO have been incapable OF
cOnversing even in awhisper Tor some
time prior to his death, and, besides, the
pistol was not missed until his death.
A suit was brought for the recovery
of the pistol, and was recovered by the
fatherOf young Nash. An officer went
10 the Young man suspected Just before
the suit for the recovery OF the pistol
was entered, and told him OF the sus-
picion which rested upon him in Teier-
ence TO the money, when he acknOwl-
edge to the officer thai he had stolen
upward OF $50 in money, and said that
he had been trying 10 save money ever
since TO return 1t. He begged the otti-
Ger not 10 divulge, on account OF his
family. No warrant for his arrest has,
as vet, been issued by Mr.. Nash
through sympathy for the estima-
bic family, but the facts in the
case could not be kept concealed, and
every detail of the outrageous crime
is passed from mouth TO mouth with
comments very unfavOrable throughout
the entire community; every man ol
whom says that the guilty man should
not 90 unpunished. He will undOubt-
edly be vindicated by the grand jury,
whether the officers OF the law are lax
in the due performance OF their duty or
not. Ii is said that he has not been
seen in town during the past twenty
four hours.
A fellow named James Kemp got into
a difficulty with q man in Bush's saloon
Yesterday evening. and, drawing knife,
cut at his antagonist, but missed his
enemy and stuck the knife in his arm,
breaking the blade off IN the wound.
The wound is considered very danger
Gus, as he is said 10 have cut an artery