Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-21
HoRRinLu nuHpnn
OF. wealthy Indiana Farmer by Mn sou

ofa wealthy Indiana Farmer by uls sou
koHoao, Ism, juno 10 This city 10
well.nish Wild with excitement o,cr tho
cold blooded pcfpcitaiion oi one oi tho
most diabolical murders that over stained
tho lair name oi any city, Our city has,
IN the past, been tho scene oi several
heartlcss murders, but in cold airocliy
ponc has parallclcd tho most unnatural
dcoi oi blood W. a,o about io nArrair,
Atslih o'clock this motnina, tout p,s.
tol shots rang out IN quick Hucrrasion
from Jake Mass Naloon, Rnd another
dccd oi murder had brcn committed iot
the atoncmrnt oi which. ,iod nave tho
mark tho gallowH viii doubtless lo
brought into r,quiHltion, immediately
alter tho sho0iing, n man ran out ol NJ.
Mass saloon, aud cries oi "Muf,lrt''
woro heard, Mni tho man polniod out
who had committed tho deed, T. A,
Davis, Omar DAVIS, and Mr iiamoy,
who wore standing IN iron, 81 Davis 4
Cats Htorc, soited tho man ~ ho MAS
passing, di~armrd him and delivered
him over to Deputy sheriff stewart aud
Constable Huh, Who quickly h"ig,'i him
IN Jail, Upon Investigation u Was ascrr'
isined that Nv, murdered man wA ia
cob VoguH, aud his aon James, tho mur'
drtrI, Tho implement ot death sas u
Nuallbcr smith aud Wes@on revolver,
A. eight o'olock this morning james
vopus called al Armstrong, Pickett 4
Co = aud bought tho pistol which ~aH
iakon from him, and which Was idsnti'
nol by A y. Armstrong aH tho same hc
had sold him.
TIE shootins
Occurred IN Tho rear roam NJ Jako Mass
saloon, Rnd VAS witnessed hy Ave per
.onn brniics Tho murderer aud his vie.
tim, nam,ly, Wm. H. Floyd, Dave
Miller. Frank hprinprr aud iN0
iIlrndA ~ the murdered man,
who were niiling talking with him ~ u
table James came IN tho saloon, said
good morning" Ia Mr., Floyd. an'l pass
el on inio tho back room. where. With.
uui saying = word, ho iook nnt his ~
yolvcr snd commenced nfing nj his
father, Ito hrcd inur shots, and then
.tsfnssi aud vent 0ul .oi the saloon m
quietly ~ he had como In. Those ~ho
saw tho Hnai Aay II MAS tho moni dslib
e,a,o ca~a III Gold bloodrd murder IN.
avinable. aud that the murderer did his
diabolWal work IN oa On y aud impaa@ion'
aiely ~ h' would stop up Ia tho liar aud
iako q drink
The Wounded Man
Was carried Ia The nili,n III DIS. Arm
strong aud MoulloI, aud laid on n ten
poIlrrd rui An examination Oi hia
wound showed the iulln~ing ia,ia One
hall hal entered tho meek aud passed
clear through bnhind The rafa, ono had
ludyrd IN The lrli gIpin, onu hal IUlgri
IN The loli shoulder. aud onr had enter.
al the lriI hidu Tho family II The ,ly
iny man aRs Rrni fOr NJ once. Ito ,iid
not srcm ~ sniirf much, owing to tho
nun,hnvss ocoa.ionrd by his sounds
III, physicians have no hope ~ his rr'
UoyoiV,
III. origin 81 the trouble w~s oi
family nature. The paifiridr 10 the
y0ung.ni s,n III u large lamily oi boys.
aud is unmarried, Ito claims that his
father owes him wages ior nv. years
w0fk on tho isrn,, aud Tor the collection
oi this sun hn hal brought suit IN the
Howard Circuit Court, Tho cause is
pending IN tho present term 81 that
o"nt -, -
Iho v'c'lm J@'"h 'oHus ono "
the ~eal'hlest farmers 10 w. ""n'I'
Tie lives IN Honey creek township, ten
nile" west ol kohomo 'i'. wealth 10
placed o., D," Ito rA p'a'rAhl"
aud Law abiding citizen, Ius'And honest
iiis ase's ~ years
The hurd.rs, -
10 tho yonns,H' son o' we ,hnn,s''u
'a'her, Ani 's ba' 'Snn,y scyen yra,. ~
aye ~ hfs' he den'ed having sn" h,s
father, but 90 being P'.Hs"i aesnosI
ehred ihr lao ,'hlc u','' ne ~eh' !"
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s'.'anoe' iis s"e'ns pen.iy o"' a'u
nnoon1ernrd about w" s"a, "" t"
TO han '"sn o'Asy o',' we r'"s
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