Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-24

no incumbrance OF title. Inc htnsi
saws he would have no objections TO ms
sons marrying. Rumor says the boy
polsoned his mother some years agpo,
and this Is urged as q reason why ne II
guilty OF the arson. The father end tee
hmily physician, DIR. Ellst, say that tne
mother died from natural csuees, occn'
stoned by the critical period OF HE. Ths
son left her well in the morning. 70 eessn
his school; in the evening, when ne
was sent for, she was insensible.av very
sudden but not unnatural death. M
NOR saws the son recently tried to poison
the family, and 80 must be guilty Of
irving to burn them alive. The father
saws that the family tasted something
bitter in the coffee. He put some O.
James dyspepsia medicine in q cup o.
coffee, and it was like the other. "
Minton, the druggist in Claysviiie,, says,
he prescribed q "bitter tonic OF aioes.
for James. How did James medicine
impart it's flavor to the cotfeeI Possibly
James took the medicine from the same
vessel in which the coffee or cream Oh
sugar had afterwards come to the table
Rumor saws James cold thirteen sheer
from his fathers flock, and then
went with his father to the neigh
bors, pretending to hunt them;
The father says he had some 0id
ewes. He missed thirteen from the
flock he asked q neighbor II he had seen
them; the neighbor answered he had
not. James told him he had sold thir'
teen ofthe poorest of the flock, as they
could not survive the winter. Flnleys
boys sold sheep at the same time. ne
did not 20 with James to a neighbori
to find the sheep. Rumor SAYS the,
James uncle gave him some money anu
told him to clear out a he was the per
son who set the house on fire. As We
did not interview the uncle, we do MOI
know whether the statement is true
Rumor SAYS that the fathel
and grandfather gave him money
TO clear out. The father says nc
told his son he would not rebuild
this winter and that rs there was moth
ing to do on the farm but feed the stock
he had better get into some KIND O
business; possibly might get q school
He then gaue him 81. The SON wen
to Claysville and remained there two
DAYS ut his grandfather's. His grand
father, Anthony Mealy, gave him -
and his grandmother gave him dollar
OF which he retained only % cents. They
said he had two dollars besides. Prev
Gus TO this, when he made u visit u
Canonsburg, he borrowed ten dollars
from one person and five from another
He left Claysville on the l2th instant,
aud it is supposed has not been there
since. 1t is runored that he has been
at Washington and at Canonsburg since
leaving Claysville Oh the 18th.
That there is something very myster
ious in the robbing of the house and ~
the burning OF it there is no doubt j,
should be thoroughly investigated by
the proper authorities aud II the perEe-
traitor al be discovered he should bt
punished in accordance with the law.
James Worrell should not he ostracized
by the popular clamor either OF . mol
or q newspaper. He has a right to q
trial, he should be tried, and NJ senti.
mentality on the one hand, or yindic
~tiveness on the other, should prevent
Justice being done. We have interview
ed those who are most likely TO know
the facts. II what rumor says can be-
proven, then James Worrell should sui
Ter the full penalty OF the law; II on the
other hand it shall appear that the
rumors are uniounded, he should he AZ
quilted. All that We ask is that the nc
cused shall have fair play and that JUS.
tice be administered. w have formed
no opinion Of guilt or innocence in the
case, and W. shall not, until oil the par
ties are heard, under oath, before the
court.