The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-25

Up at Cleveland, during the late political
canvass in Ohio, the case OF Eli Ice, Of
west Va, got into tho newspAp pers in the
form that it originally appeared in print
in this State and naturally enough at.
rrlc,cl the deep interest 81 1.-The public, es.
peciaily OF the soldier element Interest
in the case has been again revived by a
recent publication in the S;eubenvile
Herald, consequent on the arrival In that
rity Of daughter Of lees, who Is stopping
Ia that city with her aunt, sister OF Ices,
Owing to the interest in the case at Cleve-'
land, the Herald Of that city sent a repor-
Ter to steubenville, who, after interviewing
the parties referred to, come on down to
Wheeling on Tuesday and sent tho follow.
,ny dispatch to the Herald, which appears
IN that paper OF Yesterday:
WHEELING, W. Va, December 93.-The
Ease OF Ell leo, the ex. Union soldier who
hI i0T ten years past served in tho State
prison at MOuudsville for the alleged kill.
iug OF rebel, while In the discharge OF
MS il'lAN hNllllk NIAE WAL AAlho NkktAIkGA IA
irAOrdiuary attention throughout Ohio, rs
we'll As many other States Ot the Union.
aud requires no review 10 render II tamil.
lar to Cleveland readers. To-day at Steu.
benyiile your correspondent listened TO Il
terribly narrowing tale Of lees sulIerings
from the lips Of his wife's sister and his
own daughter, both evidently honest In
what they said. but there are two sides
to the case, and Judge Robert II. Cochran,
u distinguished jurist Of Wheeling, pre-.
Bents the opposite one in letter address.
ed 70 Senator X. e. Richards, Of Steuben.
vile, just prepared for publication. This
communication the Judge states involves
much research, investigation and inter.
viewing, aud IL Is To bs presented to the
people Of the United States through the
Herald with Wow OF
SETTING AT REST
forever All inquiry aud speculation with
reference to Ice. The letter Is too long to
telegraph fully, but will be sent for tho
nOxt issue Of YOUR paPerH possible The
following il bFiet synopsis: During the
winter OF 1862 leo left tho Union army
aud returned home 10 Marion county, this
State, without iurlough. Some time be.
fore, young Wade, whom Ice shot, had
been arrested and sent to Camp Chase,
and II was reported in the neighboThooi
that he was about TO bO released and 10
return home. Ice said II Wade came
home he would kill him. Wade returned,
and while staying with neighbor was re-
Iulred by Ice TO get up and 20 with him
10 MGunington, distant four or five miles
While III deep hollow about daylight he
ordered Wade to go before him. lie com
piled and At tho same time thought HI
heard
TnE cILcE or ICES GuS COCK.
Said Wade, 'IcO you are not going t
shoot me| Almost instantly Ice fired
the bali striking him In the back, passinI
diagonally through the body and comm
out Of the breast, Wade gave a stasCmen
before death, eight hours alter. Ice wa
arrested, hut altUrwarl released lust beIor
rebel raid. After the close Of the wa
he returned to West Virginia and settle
In Welzel County. lie was very violen
and tho ncigh6Ors becoming alarme
caused his Tearrest Tor the old CrlmI
Judge Cochran is assured that the Prose
cutting Attorney who framed the indie
ment, tho grand jury who indicted, an
the Judge who presided were all unio
men. The twelve jurors who convicte
him, he thinks, were Union men, elovC
OF them OK, Union soldiers. Some Of Il
Jurors now Claim that so desperate is i
character Of Ice that II at large he wou
KILL THEN rRoS RHyNoE.
There are suspicious OF some other Grim
laid at his door. Judge Cochran thinks
time that the State Of West Virginia hi
the blot oI tho lee accusations rCmovC
from her fair tSue, and certainly his Q