Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-23
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
A Nicholas County Fisnd Likely to
49,. Stretch Hemp.
His Victim Lingering in Critical condi-
tion-Court Proceedings-Punishing
Rioters Killing Stock-A
Little Mill.
POINTS, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
SpeciGl 10 the Register.

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NICHOLAS CouRr HOUSE, w. VA, August
l9-Last Saturday Constable W. D. Odell
lodged in Jail, at this place, Ellis Martin
from Hominy, in Wilderness district
charged with committing brutal assault
on Mrs. Bashman, of that place.
1t seems that Martin went to Bashman's
during the absence of the husband, and
finding Mrs. Bashman alone, he seized her,
and choking her until life was almost ex-
tinct, succeeded in accomplishing his vile
purpose. Mrs. Bashman was in delicate
health at the time, and is now in critical
situation from the shock. When the Off
GERS went to arrest Martin he
Was Fortified
in his house, and had his arsenal ready and
waiting andkept the Constable and eight
OF his men at bay from eight o'clock in the
morning until late in the afternoon, at
which time he was finally arrested and
jailed. .-
Martin is about twenty-five years OF age
OF sandy complexion, and is Of rather light
build, and looks like he might be associat.
ed in any crime. He was visited at
the Jail to-day by a REGISTER re presenta-
tive and when asked how he liked the
place, replied: "0h, bully. l would as
soon be here as any where else;' but he
seemed to be in great trouble and at one
time pretended to be crazy.
Great Indignation
is felt against Martin on every side, and
should the victim Of his hellish deed die
har i,,in hl a
thing as Judge LGnch passing sentence on
him.
The Circuit Court convened here yester-
day. VI. Scott Graves Chas. w. Bell, John
A. Cambell, Pompus Bryant, and W. V.
Duffy, indicted for riot. The crime con.
sisted in whipping man, last fall, at
keslers Cross Lanes. They was allowed
to confess by the Judge and fined so, and
imprisoned in Jail two months each, ex-
cept Duffy, who appeared before the court
in
A Drunken Condition
and stated that he did not want to confess.
and began TO use abusive language in the
court room, for which Judge Brannon fined
him $25 and sent him to Jail for thirty
days for contempt of court. 1t is probable
that Duffy will be tried by a jury, and the
leniency that was shown to the other parties
by the conrt will not be so liber1.y eX-
tended to Charley.
Considerable excitement was Occasioned,
last week, by the report that valuable
mule had been shot at Hookersville, a lit
tie station about ten miles north of here,
the property of Herold t. Bros, merchants
of that place. The next morning after the
mule was shot a man by the name OF
Thomas Brock acknowledged the
killing of the Property
and offered to settle up at once and have
the matter stopped, claiming that he did
the shooting accidentally, but as bullet
marks were found in two different places
on the mule the story of the Brooks is
little two transparent. This is not the
first time that the old man Brock and his
son have been charged with killing proper
", and if the Grand Jury does not take
hold of this matter it is hard to tell where
this Cowardly practice will stop.
An Alteration
took place, to-day, in Bell & Starbuck's
picture gallery, in which James Bell and
Anthony Bell, first cousins. pelted one an-
other considerably with their fists. Whisky
and peppermint was the cause. No arrests,
as the matter was considered OF boyish
nature.
1t was the arragnment and general wish
term of the circuit court; but on account OF
the absence of four of the States witnesses
the trial was laid over until the November
term. The counsel for the prisoners made
a motion to have the prisoners released on
bail. This, however, was denied by Judge
Brannon, and they were remanded to Jail.
The wives of the Moriscs accompanied
them in the court room to-day, and the ap-
peal OF Col. J. NJ. French to have all imme-
diate trial was eloquent as we'll as touching.
Col. French left for home to-day. This trial
promises to be very interesting on account
of the talent on both sides of the case.
Hon John Z. Kenna, Col. B. W. Byrne
and Mr.. Philip Snyder, of Charleston, ar
rived here yesterday ell route to Webster
Springs. Messrs kenna and Byrne made
short speeches here to-day at the close of
the Democratic convention, which met to
nominate man for the House of Delegates.
MIR. Kenna and his party will rest up at
the Springs for few days and then start on
a fishing tour down Elk river and reach
Braxton court house by the time the circuit
for that county begins, where they will re-
main for short time and then proceed on
down the river and stop at Clay court house
during circuit court and then on to Charles
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