Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-17
oarasld's Welcome to the Capital.
WASHINGTON, IA.
Tho COlwell Murder Case DE.
parturc Of Carrier Pigeons.
Special Ia the Register


WAsuINUroN, PA, June III.
Tho COlwcll murder case came up Tor
trial THIS morning Owing 10 the all
scncc oi part of the jurors, who were
engaged on another case, hut ten jurors
were drawn this morning, when court
adjourned TIL after dinner. Colwell Ia q
resident oi Paris, this county, a fine
looking young fellow, about tweniy.,no
years ol ago Tho murder took place ut
Paris, Hanover township, on Saturday,
tho 3lsi oi January last Several differ.
ont stories are told M to the crrum-
stances surrounding the case, ono 0i
them bcin tnisi
"Jullcrsnn Davis COlwell and John
| II. Oulwril, cnuSlnS, young men ol ro'
| spectacle parcnlago ~ this virlnlly, met
~ the village early IN Tho evening, but
separated Tor HhuIt time. Jrlicrson
wns afterwards net ~ front oi Cham
bcrs' store 10y John, when n wIanslo
cnsurd between them ~ The rual, about
u love affair The he was PASSED, when
| John struck Jefferson. who ~ once drew
| u small revolver from his pocket, which
he had purchased lew days before nj
| sleubenyillo, and fired Que shot at John
| latter, strlking hIm hear ,,fu uo'', "a"
| Tell mmrdnl, v, and was carried hy
| somr men, who had assembled, 10 Dc
Chr,sllr's n niliru near hy. Drs Christie
and Mccoy rxuIulurd the wound AMI
| prnnnuucud II iu ho III very dangerous
| character almost necessarily ialal me
| mnn vas IN too CIilirai n condition 10 br
removed to his house, and 80 ronainod
at DR.. Chiistiu's.
| \. Il. Caldwell, brother Oi tho
| wounded man, immediately prorrode'
| lo Squire Francis finlgan, Justice "'
the Peace M PARIS, aud procnrrh MAR
rant lot the Hrrcsl at Jch Caldwell lhn
warrant Wan placed IN iho hands oi Con'
stable Thomas u PlotlS, ol FLORENCE,
aho soon took Jrn ~ custody, he MAX.
,up no resistance The prinnnr saH
| In1urd at the reAidcnCc oI Squire fini'
van during the balance Oi the night,
aud on SUNDAY morning taken Ia tho
rcs,drucu ul Olliur plOlls, ~ floronur,
where hc was kept until Monday mora
ing, when hc Was taken iO Washington
and handed over To tho caro- oi 'hrnIi
P,rrilIu, Who at once, Oi course, lodged
him In lail "
Th, i,II,uiny story vastold by James
Man ,,r,nJ father nf the victim /:
saturday night Was band practice, anh
jeff ColseIl briug full. vent into III"
room aud began throwing water over
tho music aud otherwise interfering, ahh
N".iIv nullrd his pi,tol and was going
49, "L,o, a L,, man caught him bo.
&c.,. a., diI nuv harm. hnwrvcr, aud
,.,',L ,h, ni.,,L ,..y from hin. This
s,,,I,J L,,n lar avi,,lr. hat upon hi.
,',,,,,isr in nui 4, IA hi. uock,l aud act
r,h, !, uas restored To- him. lie had
nn',n,, Than yot II. when he bccanlo
had again. aud began swearing aud
wan,inv Ia know whore that John Col
w,lI Was as hn had bought the pistol Ia
nhnn, him with, aud lac was going tn
do n
.,..u. ala, ,J. I,,,, came An and.
,,'''' ~, ,h. rn,rn ,,,hi aud rails
,"ua raw vent out again. accompanied
t -" ,"nn, man viii whom he Acnt Ia
The Po,lohro when the lwo Csme out
ui the office they met Jrii aud young
man namrd Wa'', HNn 90" ,"a 'o'" ."" ,,,sn', y"
va, was ,,.'.n p'"s " ," ~" ~" m bu, Watt inter,
Irrrd aud pushed him aside, and iunI al
that time JEFF fired, striking h's COUSIN
IN the navel 'he oa'l ,s"p,"s no" s,
49,. w." we ~" ~, S a t,IaI wound
MOI satisfied with this, Jrn said
| sF..l al