The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-18
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About week ago Edward scarry and! AL
Rose, two drivers employed In the Belmont
mlllfoal bank, got into an alteration 10 which
Rose struck scarry with q whip, lnAictinS a
serious wound over the eye. Since that time.
scarry has been confined 10 his residence,
and early yesterday morning he died. The
police were notified Of the death, and on.
GERS. Williams, Kennedy and Barum were
detailed TO, arrest Rose. stationlng them.
selves at the mouth Of the bank. they patient.
lyayaited tho appearance OF Rose, Shortly
Barun made grab for him, which Rose
eluded and Immediately started of on race
ior liberty. The officers were not slow to fol.
low, and after zlg.zag course had been run
officer Williams finally captured Rose.
p He was very doCile after his capture and nc
compauied the officers without resistance un.
I'll tho Fifth Ward school house was reached.
At this point lc was informed In answer 10
inquiries Of the charge on which he was ar.
rested. ''Well," said Rose, III that Is what
am arrested for, might as well die here"
But a. Mr.. Rosc still lives, he, Of course, did
not die. Lie gave the officers some trouble
IN getting him to jail, but he was Anallyco
tor,ably. ensc0ncedl In cell, from which,
however, as the sequel shows, he soon emery.
Yesterday afternoon Squire Philips, at the
request OF some interested persons, impan.
neled Coroner's Jury 10 inquire In what
manner md by what means Scarry came TO
his death. The following persons composed
the jury: -. tf4.'y'. -lW-., M'5m {
George llili. Waldmar Gepp, T.. s. Hop.
kins, Casper Hell, Ferdinand Weber, II. J.
Fclber, James Acker, Erhard .Slmher, n.
Alderman. John a: Gering Joseph IIase-
naner, Frederick Forster.iti III biuE
The body was viewed vt the hou,e OF the
father OF the deceased, and the inquest was
then adjourned to tho office OF Squire
Sweeney, where testimony was taken AS to
the difficulty In the coal bank, and also as 10
the results Of post morttin examination
made Yesterday BY several prominent ply
.aGeorge Barum, was the fint witness sworn.
He was In the Belmont Mill coal bank ut
the time Of the fight, and heard the disturb.
ance: though he was too far of to see any OF
1t. He reached the party after the fighting
had ceased, md was told by Scarry thar Rose
had struck him across tho eye with whip.
John Hanson was also near the fight, but
did not reach the spot In time 10 sec Il.
When he saw the two men they we're some
eight or ten yards apart, and scarry was
holding his eye with his hand and crying.
He had heard no intimation OF any difficulty
until he heard the noise OF the fight. lie
testified In very indifferent way that he had
not paid much attention to the noise, as he
thought some stone had merely fallen on
somebody or mile had kicked driver.
John kri'ier was in the rooui will, Hanson
when the noise began, and ran ont. He passed
Rose, some ten or twelve feet from Sca.ry,
with u wagon between them. Scarry said his
eye wns out and the witness imagined
mule hnd kicked him until the wounded
man said In response to h query from George
Barlm that AL. Rose had hit him with Il
whip. krder hud previously asked Rose
what was the matter and got no reply. Z,
Dr.. Campbell was next, called, and ques-
toned as to the condition of young Scarry
when on last Tuesday week, Just after the
Fight, he had come to his office in company
with George Barum. The doctor said he
found the mans eye somewhat congestcd
lie was also present at! the post niortem ex-
animation, and could find no aiment
except in the left lung, which showed the
presence OF inflammation, or pneumonia.
This WAS the result Of cold, and not OF vic.
lencee, and there was no INDICATION OF, the
results Of any, violent treatment ItitjRH
!. Dr.. Hardestyi also testified as to the con-
dition of scarry on Wednesday, the day
after the injury was sustained. Ills tcsti-
n!ony did not differ from Dr. Campbell's,
either US to the condition of his eye or the
results OF the post mortem examination. Dr..
Wilson corroborated the other physicians
testimony SO far rs it related to the post
, ,norlen; examination, at which Lheo was
Officer Joe Barum told about the chase
after Rose yeste day morning. md said TINT
when he and Policeman Williams were
taking him to Jail, they told hin! scarry was
dead, whereupon lie said he would 10 no
further; they might as well kill him there rs
any time.
Officer Williams testified to the same
effect ~ ldBtgl3.-f " G.lI-EIs
The jury then retired, and shortly returned
verdict that the deceased came to his dealt,
from pneumonia. ~ =&'ra6 tWatTII
Later Nose was arraigncd before the Justice
on charge Of assault and battery, TO which
he plead guilty. lie was fined SO and costs,
which he paid, and was released. !
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