Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-03
WHEELING w, VA, MONDAY. MORNING. APRIL 3.
PARKERSBURG.
Young Hoods shot Himseh - Ned
Mems Trials - Compliment TO Cra-
craft.
HneciR % the Re1taer.

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craft.
Special 10 the Reotaer.
PARxERsBURG, April Last night some
| of our fast young men, amongst them Hen
~ Raugh. Don. Moss, viii Stewart and
othsrs. after iInbibing pretty freely OF the
cup that intoxicates started out, as "Don.
says, for walk. They walked in the
direction of the dwelling place of one
Annie -, and one of the party having
applied for admission, was refused, when
Don knocked on the door and the gentle
Annie opened it and ordered the boys to
leave; but Don. forced his way into the
room, followed by Henry RauCh. One of
the crowd threw a stone through the win
dow, and about this time Annie's hus-
bandl?) appeared upon the scene,
and proceeded to get in a
few well directed blows about
Rauch's head. The disturbance brought
the police force down upon the boys, and
the whole party was arrested and held TO
answer before the Recorder, who fined
them So 80 each, and when Don. walked up
to the desk and settled his bill, he remark
ed that he thought that it was paying
mighty dear for a short walk Capt. Con-
ley, the Recorder, suggested to Don. that
sit would be cheaper to keep out OF bad
company" Book beer seems to have a
bad effect on Parkcrsburg boys, and makes
them about half crazy.
A.sotrOf eK-Mayor Remley,of this city,
while loading pistol, yesterday, accident
ally discharged the weapon, the charge
taking effect in one OF his fingers, causing
a painful wound.
Hon. +. G. Cracraft. of your city, passed
through here ON Friday night, en- route for
Writ c. H., where he had been called on
legal business. While there one OF the So
called Red Men cases came up for trial,
and Mr.. CraCraft was employed to assist
the States attorney in the prosecution Of
the case. An account of the outrage was
furnished TO the REGISTER at the time. and
related to the brutal whipping of DR.. Dan
icl Cain for some alleged ShOrtCOming, the
principal fault charged being that the
Doctor, who owns steam mill, had Occa-
sionally incurred the expense Of raising
steam for the purpose OF grinding small
griSt of corn. amounting 70 probably two
bushels He was visited one night last
summer by band OF these OutlawSand
most Shamefully whipped, and FOR
>Seyeral days his life was dis
paired Of The State was represented
as above by Mr.. Cracraft and the Prosecuting
Attorney of Writ county, ID. &. Casio, ESP,
The defense was represented by '. Il.
Archer, OF Writ county, and John y.
Hutchinson and G.. I. Caldwell, OF ParkerS-
burg. We have been informed that the
speech of Mr.. Cracraft was the best ever
heard in Writ court house, and pro-
nOunCed BY those who have Ofcn heard the
gentleman to be the greatest effort OF his
life. The Writ county Mentor in referring
to the subject. after cOmplimcnting the
other able counsel engaged in the case,
refers to Mr.. CraCraft's effort as follows:
at is simply impossible to give our readers
an adequate idea of the speech. us the look,
the tone, the magnetism of the speaker
cannot be put on paper. No one can realize
the thrilling inyieCtiye hurled against the
midnight mauraderS and viOlatOrS OF every
known law, without being present, and il
We were a criminal We would rather confess
and trust to the lenienCy Of the Judge
than stand our chance with 4 Cracraft
laundering such terribly eloquent argu-
mcnts against us. His speech will long he
remembered, and whenever the diamond
throated orator appears in our midst, he
can secure an appreCiatve audience"
Capt. Nate Caswell, OF the steamer Oneida.
is having a new whistle put on his boat,
which will awaken the natives for twenty
miles on each side Of the kanawha. The
whistle is aCOut II inches in diameter.
f.
LArEE-In the case above referred, To the
jury disagreed and was discharged.