Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-07


Special TO the Register
WASHINGTON. Pa, June O.
Detective McBurney, OF this county,
and Justice s. r. Miller, oil Republic
county, Kansas, Saturday evening ar
rived from the latter State having in
charge Jonas Haywood, recently OF
Monongahela City, Pa, who is charged
with the murder OF Thomas Forsythe,
also OF Monongahela City. Haywood
had several days start Of the detective,
but McBurney took the case in hand and
paid a visit to Indiana, on what after
wards proved to be false clue. While
there, however. he picked mp an old en-
velope addressed by Haywood to friend
in Indiana, and post marked Minersville,
Republic county, Kansas. This gave him
new lead. He at once wrote to the
postmaster at Minersville, sending de-
scription OF Haywood and asking his
arrest. This was put into the hands
of Justice Miller, who had made Hay
woods acquaintance short time be-
fore in a judicial way, and Miller at
once took steps for his arrest. Miller
was all the more certain because he had
received one of McBurney's circulars,
describing the man as follows: "Hay-
wood is coal miner by occupation, is
FIVE feet eight inches high, has short
think neck, will weigh $50 pounds, has
a sandy mus,ache and very large upper
teeth, tooth in his upper jaw is out,
shutters, when talking shows his teeth
plainly, his complexion Is fair"
At the request Of Justice Miller the
sheriff OF Cloud county, Kansas, arrest
ed Haywood on the 18th OF May, near
Beallsvile, Republic county, and placed
him in the Cloud county Jail at Concord,
Kansas. He then telegraphed to the
Marshal OF this place, and that gentle
man replied to "Hold him." and at once
proceeded to Harrisburg to procure a
rsauisitiOn. The requisition was OBJ
tanned and, together with other papers
bearing on the case, placed in the hands
of Detective McBurney, who forthwith
departed for Kansas. The detective
and his game left Concord on Thursday
morning and arrived here over the Bal
timore and Ohio road at 10 o'clock Sat
urday night. He was at once placed in
duraGce vile.
HAYWOOD bears a very unenvlable
reputation hereabouts, and his company
was Stunned as much as possible. 1t is
said that in 1872, in Indiana, he attempt
ed the murder OF his parents, laying
the father out with a stone placed in a
handkerchief and used as slung shot.
His treatment of his wife was brutal,
and as a result she died in an insane
ssylum. 1t is also known that he
at one time had two wives living, but
one oi them is now dead. One lived in
the State of Indiana aud the other in
Illinois. While in Kansas he made the
acquaintance ola very estimable young
lady, and in all probability she would
have been Mrs. Haywood No. 5, had
not the authorities of Pennsylvania
brought him TO such sudden halt
Haywood saws this is the third man he
has made away with. Heleit here about
eight or ten years ago. but came back
again some time in March and was here
until after the murder, which occurred
on the 18th OF April. His trial will come
on next September. He is very reticent
about the matter, but says he expects to
be acquitted, and that If he should be
he will return TO Kansas and make Miss
Murray his bride.