The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-19
WICKED WAYS.
OF DEPRGVED HUMANITY-RECRNT
CRIMINAL NOTES.
Sad Condition OF Son OF the Lats
Bishop Ames - Murder at Valley
fOFge-A Cincinnati Sinner Gets
His DeseFis-OIher HeWs OF
Similar Character.

BALTIMORE, March ls.-Captain Edward
R, Ames, son oil the late Bishop Ames, OF
the NJ. E, Church, tried for attempting to
kill NJ. W. Hodgdon, on the night Of Feb.
ruary 4th, was declared not guilty in the
Criminal Court on the ground of insanity,
and remAnded TO custody for confinement
in an asylum.
NJ W. HodSlon, the gentleman who
was shot at, testified that on the 4th of
February last he was sitting In the dining.
room OF dwelling No. l4S McOnlloh street
where he made his home when In the city
Mrs. Sterling and her daughter were In the
room at the time, and only a few momen,a
before the shooting the former had ra.
marked that II was strange Oapt. Ames
had not come home to tea. She then said.
Here comes the Captain now; will
call the servants to get his supper" The
dining room door was then pushed open
and pistol shot fred; witness immedl.
atsly sprang to bis feet and upon looking
around saw the pistol In Captain Ames
hand, who fired the second shot at him.
Witness then grabbed Captain Ames,
when the pistol went Off again he then
took the pistol out OF Captain Ames'
hand and gave II to Mrs. Sterling,
There had been no difficulty between
witness and Captain Ames, but he was
satisfied that the Captain was insance, AT
the time Of the shooting he had a Wild
look out Of his eyes, aud had every ap.
peArance ot q man who was laborinR
under q tit oil insanity, Witness had
frequently made he remark that Captain
Ames was Insane, and only day or two
before this occurrence had made . similar
remark,
DR., Conrad, Ia whose charge Captain
Ames has been since the shooting occnr.
red, testified that no had made a specially
ot insane cases and had had large expe-
rience, In attending insane persons. He
thought 1t was insanity known as "homi.
cidal insanity" which caused the patient
to Imagine he heard voices, footsteps and
various noises of this kind. He prononnc-
ed the case one Of the inCurable kind,
TRIO OF SUICIDES IN NEW ORLEANS,
NEw ORLEANS, March 1s-W, E, Fi,zver.
aid, 10 good circumstances, OF good family
snd well established In business, killed
himself this morning.
Armlicar ROux, Jr,, q young man of
great wealth, committed suicide.
Josephine Mobery was found dead,
having taken her own lie.
MICRO HANGED.
CHARLESTON, N. O., March 1s.-James
Black, Colored, was hanged at Marion TO.
day for the murder OF Ell Wilcox, colored.
he had been TeprleVed twice. As the tran
fell the rope broke and Black fell heavily
to the ground, splitting blood and calling
Tor water. Eighteen minutes later The
trap was sprung the second time.
MORE TO FOLLOW.
Richard and Bsnjsmin James, colored,
convicted at Marion to-day for the murder
OF D. M. Harnell, August last, have been
sentenced TO be hanged June Sd.
SHOOTING sCRAPEs NEAR CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, March 1S.-A Petersburg.
Ind, special says Ed. Braile Yesterday
wentto the house OF William Hayes, with
the ayowed purpose OF whipping HAYES.
Mrs. Hayes interiered and was thrown
out OF doors, when Hayes seized puu
and shot and instantly. killed Braile,
AT MARYLAND Ind, James Bennett, aged
eighteen, was shot and killed by Thomas
Hastre, OF the same age.
SAD SUICIDE OF A CHILD.
sT. LOUIS, March 1S.-A special from
Paxton, Ills, says: Steven Money, six.