Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-22

| Strau0ru, yesterday, hrS. NaluTou, lor
some time i'll, called a granddaughter to
her bedside and cut her throat from ear
to ear with razor, and then killed her
self
Killed By an Officer.
Sr. LOUIS, November PA man
named Jessie Merin, living in the viCin
| ity of Kirksvile, Mo-, was shot and kill
ed by Deputy Marshal at that place,
whilo drunk, and trying TO run the
town.
Thirty-Five Indictments.
NORWICH, n. V, November 2l.-The
grand jury of Chenango county has
found thirty.fve indictments against
Henry 7 Robbins, for forgeres during
1878 and 1879. Robbins has resided in
Kansas since, under an assumed name.
Desperate Shot.
COLUMBIA, S. c., November 2l.-A
notorious white outlaw, Frank PearCe,
was shot and killed in Marlboro county,
Yesterday, by T. &. Chisholm, a consta-
bile, who was endeavOring to arrest him.
Pearce bore very bad reputation in
the community in which he lived, and
had during the past two years been i'm
picated in a number OF aitrays.
Town Marshal Killed.
MEMPHIS, November 2l.- At Coving-
ton, Tenn, Saturday night, i'll a diff.
Guilty between Marshal James Cooper,
and James Slaughter, Cooper was killed,
receiving shot in the abdomen. The
killing grew out OF fight which the
city marshal mad with brother OF
Slaughter this afternoon. The deceased
leaves a wife and two children.
Negro Hanged by Mob.
C HCISNATI, November 2l.-A Times
Star special from Athens, o., saws
Chris Davis, mulattO, who was in Jail
for an outrageous assault upon wo.
man, Mrs. Locke, living at Albany, O.,
was hanged by a mob, last night. The
sheriff was Overpowered and held while
the mob broke into the jail and took
Davis ont. This morning his dead body
was found hanging TO bridge over the
Hooking river, at the south edge OF
town. The mob was not masked, and
will be arrested.
Fleeing from Vengeance.
ST.. LOUIS, November 2l. - Tucker
DdSildlD, VI a'O WIZ
sentenced to ten years in prison for
completely in the Glendale train rob-
berry, and pardoned to testify az Il Wit
ness for the State against Bill Ryan, who
was recently tried ana convicted for the
same offense, has left the country in a
sudden and mysterious manner and his
whereabouts are entirely unknown.
Basham 5 testimony convicted Ryan and
gave the entire gang away. Before the
trial he was threatened with death II he
testified, and during the trial his dwell
ling house was set on fire and an attack
would have been made upon him had
he not been closely guarded. Since the
trial he has received threatening letters,
some signed Jesse" and some ED"
supposed to mean Jesse James, Ed.
Miller, and others signed The Boys"
Basham has been very excited for
several weeks, and the letters frightened
him SO terribly that he concluded the
only hope to escape their vengeance
was to fly secretly. He took his wife
with him and left his property, and
even his father did not know where he
has gone The best posted are firmly
OF theopinion' that the threatening letters
were written for the purpose OF making
Basham leave Independence, and 1t Is
believed that the train robber garg will
now lind out his whereabouts and get
even with him for his betrayal OF them.
The State expected to use Basham as a
witness against parties indicted for the
Blue Cut train robbery, and his evldeuce
was iDnnOrtant