Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-05
THE TRIPLE MURDER.
WAYNESVlllE'S MYSTERY GROWING
DARKER.
The COrOner's Investigation Points Strong
" to Willie Anderson as the Chief
Actor-0ther Parties Supposed
to Have Been Interested,

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WAYNEsvILLE, o., September 5.-As
matter Of course, the Juror regarding the
murder mystery discovered here yester
day has only increased since then. Peo-
pie compared notes this morning, and
almost to a man they had lain awake
most OF the night trying to evolve some
reason, some object, the fiend or fiends
(ior now there are believed to have been
more than one engaged in the bloody
work. could possibly have had in con-
cocting and carrying out so vile, so in
expressibly appalling deed OF blood.
But all in vain. From all that any one
knew, there had existed between all the
inmates of
The III Fated House
naught but the most amicable relations,
and what private grievance there could
possibly be to avenge, or what there
could be to gain by the death OF these
victims, is what passes everybody COM
prehension. Here, there and every
where along our streets knots OF people
stand earnestly discussing the tragedy.
The rain fell all night in drenching con-
tinuitv, and has done so all morning, as
if the very heavens were in sympathy
with
The Feeling of the People.
Business and the ordinary occupa-
tiOns are Knocked into confusion, and
the populace is almost beside itself. The
town was filled with people all day,
many OF whom had ridden fifteen and
twenty miles 10 view the scene OF tho
tragedy, and it is probable that many
will come again tomorrow. 80 lar there
is absolutely no clue 10 the identity OF
AnderSon'S accOmplice. Every effort
will be put forth to find him out. \ let
ter was received tonight from
Daniel Anderson, Father of the Boy,
stating that he was ready 20 account for
his whereabouts during the past ten
davs. The bodies OF the three murder
ed women are lying tonight i'll collins
i'm the house where they were found.
Supposed Motive.
In an interview with Messrs. Man
nington and HartSock tonight these
gentlemen expressed the theory that
Willie had been guilty OF crime
with his little cousin, had been de
tected and had then murdered
the three females to cover up his
guilt. They also stated that witness
was ready to swear that on Tuesday
night a week ago she had heard at late
hour of the night loud talking in the
HATTIE home, and that on going to her
door she had seen two men issuing from
a rear door Of the house which Mrs.
HATTIE and her sister occupied. "Willie
was an unusually bright boy, and very
witty" remarked one of the gentlemen,
''but his mind had become crowded
with the trash which for years he has
been gathering from dime novels, OF
which he was a constant disciple "ln |
my opinion concluded the gentlemen, |
''therr Is no question but that Willie |
Anderson was matrlclde.
The Suicide of the Murderer.
PLAINvILLE. September About !
o'clock yesterday afternoon Ed. Wilbur, |
a brakeman on the Eastern Narrow
Gauge, while standing near the old wa
ter tank al Plainville, station on the
Little Miami Railroad, about ten miles
from Cincinnati, observed through the
opening OF the old water tank shed, on a
hpap of coal, what he thought TO be a
man i'm drunken stupor. He was
about leaving the place, but before go
inc notified T. G.. Bodine, the agent and
operator at this place, that man in the
shed needed some attention. In
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couple of men To the place named, and
they, upon entering it, straightway dis
covered that which had appeared to be |
man drunk was nothing more or less
than corpse. The body was found |
living upon the left side, and near the !
right hand was an empty, single bar !
relied 22 caliber pistol. In the right |
temple was discovered a small hole made !
bv the pistol ball, from which there had |
been quite a cOpiOus hemorrhage. From |
the nose brains had been slowly Oozing. |
Naturally an alarm was sounded, and |
Mr. BOdine, coming TO the spot |
recognized the deceased as a boy |
who the evening previous had been
i'm the depot inQuiring about trains for |
Wavncsviilc. The particulars pub |
lished i'm regard to the Waynesville |
tragedy were Immediately suggested, |
and the theory adopted that the suicide !
before them was the Willie Anderson
suspected of being guilty OF the triple !
murder at WayncSville. Coroner Car
rick, OF Cincinnati, was notified, and
from him instructions were received to
turn the matter over 10 the nearest
magistrate. Accordingly Squire Clason,
of jacksonville, was summoned. On
his arrival, he made a search OF the de-
ceased. but other than the initials "W.
f.. A." pasted i'm the straw hat found
near the body. nothing was discovered.
Not even penny was found in the
pockets, and, save the pistol, a ramrOd
and single cartridge which fitted the
pistol perfectly were recovered from the
deceased.
During the inquest three witnesses
were examined, and il was learned that
on last night boy answering to the
description of the deceased had boarded
a Miami train iG Cincinnati, had stated |
to the conductor that he was particular
ly anxious TO reach WavnCSville, and |
that he had no money 10 pay his fare.
The conductor, not having any diScre- !
ton in the matter, put the non-paylng |
passenger off at Woodburn, the first
station after leaving the Cincinnati de-
pot. About seven o'clock Of the same !
evening, Mr.. Bodine saws he noticed a
stranger in the waiting.room OF the |
depot, and noticed him particularly !
rs he made a move toward pushing his !
way into the agents private office. Mr.. |
Bodine called the strangers attention to !
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interlopers to keep out, when the !
stranger. saving That's all right, seat
eel himself in the waiting-room and be-
gan talking to an old gentlemen about |
goin. To Waynesville this morning. He |
dwelt not a little on his anxiety to reach |
that destination rs early as possible, |
and soon after went ont OF the depot |
and over to the hotel hard by and !
asked for lodgings for the night. |
lie was told that it would be neces-