Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-01
M'HENRY'S MASSACRE'
OfTwo Young h.nof "eiIsbu'g Last Night
Bear and Pool 'he Inducing Causes
The Murdered foulh oriy 10
Years Old Particulars Of the
Awful Crime.

OF NelisDufg fOugils went oNti W ="
Grange, Ohio, for the purpose OF playing
pool. gettiug drunk, fighting, q" III
this party were one or t"o oil the Ns!sJn
family, Douglass Montgomery, VIM.
Mchenrv, Harry West and several
other choice spirits who are wont 10 90
over 10 tie OHIO town on Saturday
nights to fight. drink AMI carouse Scn'
trallv. rhey first went to Hassner's
saloon where they drank some
beer and then they went :"
Sprirgborn's saioon, where thty
PLAYED pool for quite time, meintIne
filling themselves up with coP'"Gs
drauyhts OF beer. Leaving SprInghorn
they again went in the direction oil
Hassuer's saloon, and when they we're
about in front OF it young Harry West
made an attack on VIM. McHenry and
succeeded in beating him up in telfi-
BILE manner, and tirally threw HIM 10
the ground, in front oil the saloon. AS
soon as the fall took place West sprang
TO his feet and exclaimed, Il am cut, l
| believe | am done for" whereupon
Young Douglass Montgomery. sprlnglng
forward, said ale has cut West, but you
bet he can't cut me" and threw himself
upon McHenry only to stagger back
with the same expression upon his lips,
81 am cnt.
The friends of the young men at once
went to their rescue and assistance, as
did also those OF McHenry, and all were
hurried oil before the local authorities
| could do anything. In a few moments
all we're on the West Virginia side and
shortly after all went home. As soon IS
West was taken home a physician was
summoned, who made superficial eN-
animation and decided that the young
man must die, as it was thought that ms
intestipss were all cut. The blade oil
the knife had also been driven clear
through the body of the youth, so that
il nrotruded from the other side. 1t
was also fo,rnu that Montgomery had
been badly cut on the right side belo"
the ribs and was in 4 dangerous
condition. But little was said OF the
matter until Sunday, when the danger
Gus condition OF Young West become
known, and in the evening
HIS DEATH
was announced. Ncllenry never made
anv attempt to evadc arrest, and was
easily asprehonded aud confined in Jail
70 await the outcome oil the inquest,
which was appointed for the next day
(Monday.) Early yesterday morning
Doctors Curtis. Cooper and Werlich
held a post mCrtem examination, which
developed nothing beyond what has al
ready been stated, viz: that death was
produced by the knife ot McHenry, the
blade of which penetrated and separa-
ted the intentines Of West. The blade
entered the body Al inches to the lett
and II inches above tie navel.
THE INQUEST.
As soon as the post mortem was over,
VIM. P. Campbell, Esq, one OF the Jns
tees Of the Peace for Brooke county,
summoned Jury and proceededto hold
an inquest, Eugene Tarr, Esq., prose
cutting attorney oil Brooke county, and
John NJ. Cooke, prosecutor OF Jefferson
county, conducting the examination.
Nearly all the witnesses examined told
the same story, that the boys had gone
over to. La Grange; drunk beer; played
pool; become involved in quarrel with
the results as given above. A REGISTER
reporter went up to Wellsburg yester-
day afternoon and was present part OF
the time that the inquest was going on.
He found very large but very orderly
crowd IN the Court House intently lis.
tening to the testimony, come occasional.
IL remarking on some strong point or
commenting upon weak one in the ev-
idence.
In the Jail, in the rear oil the
Court House, our reporter was allow
Tor minute TO converse with MCHenry,
the murderer. He is rather fair look
ing young man, tall and spare and had
his head bound no with kerchief, hls
whole countenanCe showing the severity
OF his Saturday night rencontre with his
two adversaries. He was the coolies. man
We ever saw under similar circumstances,
and talked OF the matter with aSang frOW
that was horrible to see in one so young.
At the door OF the Jail we stopped for
moment and began conversation with
another inmate in relation to the matter,
but was Immediately encouraged to 90 in
by the the later, who said, con, come on
in and talk, he'll talk with YOU.
Il have been working at the Wells
burg glass house for WHILE said
McHenry, ''and went over with the boys
last Saturday night. He, referring to
West, dumped on Inc in Hassner's sa-
loon and hammered me till couldn't
see. | was very drunk
thi, N pifippr from IptiAr-
son county came in and called McHenry
to the other end OF the cell and began
conversation with him in regard to the
propriety OF going to Steubenville with
out the formality OF requisltion, to
which he finally consented, and is now
likely in Steubenville jail.
THE MURDERED ROY.
Harry West the youth who was killed,
had not yet completed his fifteenth year,
but was large, well developed lad tor his
age. He was very bad boy and Was
always fond of the company OF boys
larger and older than himself. His pa
rents are very poor people, and allowed
tire BOY all the license that his uubri-
died passions demanded, and his early
and horrible death is terrible COM
mentary upon his training.
Montgomery, the other young man
who was injured, has nearly the same
history, and it is hoped that the lesson
learned at sucn q fearful expense last
Saturday night may be sautary.
Mcllenry, it is alleged, comes OF a
bad family, and has always been bad
boy. He is now less than ~ years of
age, but with history that would 90
credit to criminal twice his age.
The whole story OF the crime can be
nutshelled in the language OF citizen
describing the occurrence Yesterday:
at his been the custom for WelIsburg
boys to 90 over to Lagrange on Saturday
nights for years to raise h, and this |
is the result OF it.
Mr.. Tarr, the Prosecuting Attorney,
says that the line of defense is sell de- |
tense, and so far good case has been
made out by the witnesses for McHenry. |
Mr.. Tarr waived the question of iurls-
diction and con3ented to McHenry's |
going to Steubenvlle. Prosecutor |
Cook, OF SteubeLvile, says that he |
thinks case can be made against Me- |