Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-08
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
A WOMAN FOUND DEAD on HER
HSARTHST0NE.
The Sad News that was Borneto John Long
at the Top Mill Last kight-His Wife
Found Dead With Her Head
Cut and Bruised -
Money Missing.
IS THlsA CASE OF HEART DISEASE ?

About 10 o'clock on Sunday night
Magyie Lash, sister Of Mrs. Jennie
Long. whose husband, John Long, is
a Waterman at the Top Mill, returned
from a visit in Wheeling TO Longs home
about half a mile north OF the Top mill.
She was accompanied by young man
named Ebeatzsr GosS. Upon entering
the house they found Mrs.
Long living on the hearth. Her sister,
Mortified, attempted to arouse her, but
did not succeed. A. she bent over her
sh. discovered that blood was flowing
from Ms. Longs mouth and nose, and
that her tongue was prptruding and her
teeth tightly clenched Upon 1t. hight
was obtained and the unfortunate wo-
man lifted to chair. There was Knot
on her right temple and cut over her
left eve that looked as though 1t might
have been made with sharp lnstrn'
ment. Her face at first appeared bruls'
ell and afterwards became purple. She
was entirely unconscious when found,
but her pulse was still beating.
Her husband was Immediately sum-
moned from the Top mill. As soon as
he saw the condition oil his wife he has
tened to DR.. Uirich, who responded
promptly and went with him. On the
arrival oil Long and Or. Ulrich at the
formers residence, they found that It
was too late for earthly aid. The un'
fortunate woman mad breathed ner iast
before medical assistance could arrive,
and the physician could only pronounce
her dead.
n / i,t l,n l,n hpnn a.
tending Mrs. Long for two years past
for heart disease. HeinfOrmed nfr nus
band some time ago tHas her case was
incurable, and that he could only nope
To mitigate her suiirrlngs whlle she
might BE- allowed 10 live. The Doctor
made the usual examination al
ter his arrival, and pronounced the
cause OF death TO be paralysis
OF the heart At tie time he came
to this conclusion he attributed the
cause OF the cut over the eye 10 the tact
that the poor womau's head had struck
upon something sharp az she fell. The
Knot npon the other side vi the head
had moi attracted his attention, and the
face had not begun to disColor as II from
blows.
Weighed down with their sad allie.
ton, the husband and friends oil the
deceased woman proceeded to prepare
her body for the burial, with no thought
Of foul play, accepting the theory OF
the physicians as correct.
Yesterday morning Long went TO
ureau drawer where his thrifty vile
had been in the habit Of keeping his
hard earned wages, AMI Was surprised
to find the key, winch she had
ALWAYS carried in her pocket,
in the lock OF that particular drawer.
Upon looking into the drawer where
his wife had the evening before left SG'
or $40 OF his money, he found that 1t
was all gone. With the exception OF a
8. 80 gold piece, which was tied up in
the corner OF the bag, where the money
had been kept, there WAS not cent re-
naming. He looked in every nook and
corner where he thought it was possible
for the money to be but was unable to
find it. The suspicion then dawned up
on him that his wife had been murdered
and his money stolen. But he thought
there was no conclusive evidence to that
effect. His wiie's body had been pre-
pared for the tomb, ami it would nave
been impossible for u coroner's jury to
ascertain the real facts. The
position in which she lay
when found might hav" explained
the bruises upon her head, but he hal
not seen her upon the hearth himself,
aud those who had could give him no
satisfactory description ri her appear
ance then. Besides, two OF his children
had been asleep i'll the room when their
mother fell, and five in the room above,
and none OF them had been awakened
bv any cutlery. He therefore determineG
not TO ask for cOroner's inquest, amt
the advice OF his friends sustained him
in this decision. DR.. Ulrich says
that it is possible that some one
NAV have entered the house and at
lacked Mrs. Long, and that, while her
injuries were not sufficient to cause
death, bursting oi the heart sac may
have been produced by fright. This
would have necessarily resulted in
death.
The deceased was about thirty'six
wears OF age, and the mother OF seven
children. Her funeral Will take place
from her husbands home this morning
at 10 o'clock. Interment at the PENN.
sular. Rev. Louis ii. Jordan, Of the
North Street NJ. r.. Church, will otliCiate.