Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-21
THE VEIL STILL HANGS
Dark and Heavy Over the necol-
loch Mystery.
NO GLIMPSE OF LIGHT As YET.
No Abatement Of the Seareh-A Large
Sum Of Money to Prosecute It
Various Rewads
Offered.

Another day has dragged along without
bringing tidings Of the missing man, and
the anxiety and alarm continue undated.
There has been no relaxation Of the search,
but not gleam OF light has come Is re-
ward. As on preceding days, the cir was
rife with rumors, but none OF them
amounted to anything when followed to
earth. The missing clerk seems 70 have
been as completely removed from oil
knowledge as though he had been blotted
from existence. Il.
The Beard Of CommisAioners
held NEE. ling. yesterday morning, in par.
suance Of request of the Ohio County
Bar, at which Capt John Boring presided,
and stated the object Of the meeting. Mr..
w. z. Hubbard, OF the Bar oommitIee, ad-
dressed the Board, outlining the Bar pro
ceediDgs I'VE have raised SO" he said.
which sum is now in the hands
of committee for expenditure in
aid Of the means OF discovery OF
Major McColloch. Messrs. Caldwell, Barr
and myself have called upon the Governor
relative TO the matter, aud he has conclud'
ed TO oiIer a reward for Mr. McColloch
upon the hypot thesis that he has been MUIR
dered or been made away with in some un.
but not IN advance Of tha; Of the county
authorities. Msjor MC' o!!och was
man for whom We oil had an affection.
lie Was oihser whose absence has de-
ranged the public business. IL causes
much confusion. II has put NO! Only
attorneys hut suitors ~ we'll, % much Ia
convenience aud eNptnse. The cpanty has
also suffered sn expense by II aud II Is our
duty ard your dgty 10 take all mcsns To
restore him. have 10 doubt tut that the
Board will act hDcTslly IN the matter. The
Cbio county bsr has appointed committee
10 eNpCnd the money raised by II, sni !
would suggest that another one b" appoint
ly your iiusri tr at in conjunction with
Il. think that "A reward Of Sl"n would
meet with the hearty concurrence Of every
Tax payer in th" county,
Mr. An Caldwell supplemented these re-
marks. after which, on motion OF Mr.. spei-
del, the SUM of
$1,000 Was Appropriated.
Resolved, That the sum of one thousand
dollars be appropriated by this Board, out
OF she county funds. for the purpose OF as.
slstIng in the search for =. Is. McC1lloch,
who Is now missing.
R.,nl,ed. That 3 committee OF two be ap.
pointed by the Board, 10 act in sonJunc'
lion with the committee OF the Ohio Coun-
~ bar, TO see that the funds appropriated
he expended Judiciously and any fund re.
vcrts back 10 the county, and that oil
moneys paid out be ON order Of the com
mittes.
Messrs. Joseph Spcidel and q. W. Woods
were appointed rs such committee and the
Board Iu JournCd.
Joint Organi sasion.
Immediately after the adjournment OF
the Board al Commissioners meeting
Messrs Woods and Speiiei Joined the coun-
mittee appointed by the ohio county bar.
and the joint committee was Organized by
electing Col. Robert White chairman and
William FFskIne s.cretary and treasurer.
IL was decided 10 ohcr n reward ~ 500 for
the recovery Of MAJOR MCColIoch's body, or
any information tending thereto. Some
other minor matters were attended 70 and
The Joint committee adjourned.
The states Reward.
Yesterday Governor Jackson Issued .
IruClatiuu Offering 800 reward for the ar'
Iist and CJnNiCt:Dn oi the person or per
sops who, II such were done, committed q
crime Oh the body OF Samuel Is. McCo!
loch.
There is now q total rewsrd Of 81 80
Offered, which should certainly induce Ell
periencsd detectives to get 10 work on tho
case and 10 attract them from abroad.
Outside Runners.
Yesterday and The night before the RI.
NOR became general in the surrounding
towns that the body lad been recoyercd
snd a bI utal murder disclosed. The Bell.
sirc independent raid the body had been
found under q heap OF stones near the
Hempfeld tunnel. The Washington Re
porter had II found under q stone Pile
near his residence.
A dispatch was received from Toledo
Yesterday morning aunounoinG the finding
Di the body there. Shortly aiterward
another came saying the body bad been
Identified 30 that OF Q known man who
lived there.