Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-03
ST. GAINESVILLE.
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ST. GAINESVILLE. December e.-Another
Shocking case OF IN urder has occurred With
in tbe borders OF Belmont county. Mrs:
1raInsend Henry, a resident of kirkw sod
township, in tho western part OF the coun.
Nv Is the party accused. She Is charged
S;tb the murder of her six months old
chiJd The child IL an illegitimate one, ana
Sts father according to the woman's story
h Harry Hart, o young man who formerly
lived al Hendrysburg in that township, but
Who has not been seen in that region for
the last eight months. Mrs. Henry iiyes
9Th her aunt nm, last Monday she iett home
with her child. She returned home tne
same day without the child and SAID thal
sJIc mad given it to its father. Inns was
sncb an unlikely story, inasmuch as Mart
I'D been i'm the West since last spring, that
s,, was aroused, and search being
made the dead body of the child was found
on Tuesday night i'll a well
ON the farm Of James Shepherd, and only
short distance from Mrs. Henry residence;
on "Wednesday Mrs. Henry was arrested
and given a preliminary hearing before
Justice Perkins, who held her for trial In
The Common Pleas Court, and sent her TO
iail at this place. No opportunity was
given her to obtain bail. She arrived here
last evening in custody of the constable OF
Eirkwood township. and was assigned I"
quarters in the county jail.
Mrs. Henry il a woman OF sood appear
,nce and apparently about thirty-hve years
of nce. Her husband, Townsend Henry, IL
= resident of St. Clairsyille, and Is very
respecteble and industrious man. be has
moi lived with her for two or three years
They are Che parents OF five children: Mrs.
Henry bitterly denies her guilt, and insists
that she gave the child to its father. Hart,
The alleged father, was formerly saloon
keeper in Hendrysburg. The well where
the child was found is onlya few rods from
the spot where Tom Carr brutally marder-
ed Louisa Fox about fourteen years aso'
and for which Carr was afterw yard hung In
the county Jail At this place. The unlVers-
al belief il that the woman Ii guilty, Out
as yet the prosecution has no positive evil
dence that She caused the child's death.
The difficulty between the c. T. Y. & W.
and the st. c. { \. railroads still exists.
The Tuscarawas ValleyOfficials promised To
stop all their trains at the Junction OF the
two roads on and otter last MONDAY, OUT up
10 this time they have not done 81: Inc
through trains between Cleveland ana
bridgeport do not stop at barton staFion'
the junction OF the two roads, and this Is
not only a source Of great inconvenience,
but of considerable loss to both roads.
The county commissioners hold their
next regular session next week, beginning
on Monday.
o. ]. Swaney has resigned his position as
one of the trustees Of the 81. ClairsFilleand
Northern railroad.
Nj. Gutmsn Il Co., of Wheeling, have OBJ
tanned q judgment in the court OF Common
Pleas, OF this county, against Mcfarland e
Portcrfield, late Of East Richland, Tor
1861
Henry Ammons, of Bcllaire, was placed
in the county Jail to-day on a charge of as
suult and battery He will work his fine
and costs out on the county stone pile.
The Belairc and Southwestern railroad
has obtained temporary injunction against
the city Of Bellaire, restraining the latter
from removing or interfering with plain
tif's tracks in that city.