The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-25
thenlet the car without washing and went
TOWARD the Pan Handle train.
.RACIp 10 NRW oRLEAKB.

The detective saw the conductor OF
the Pan Handle train for Indian.
apolis, and he said 8 man closely an.
swering McColloch's description bad gone
on his train To Springfield on that Saturday
morning, and paid bis fare in cash. The
conductor Of the O., O., Q. I'll road whose
train left Springfield shortly after the ar
rival Of the other train, said the man repre-
sented by the picture OF McColloch had gone
with him 10 Cincinnati, also paying his
fare in cash. He inquired anxiously about
trains on the Cincinnati Southern road.
Inquiry OF conductors on the Q. 8. road
showed that the same man had gone to Nash
vile, where ticket agent had sold him 9
ticket for New Orleans.
The committee was OF this iuncture in
doubt about pursuing the Investigation
further. They had only succeeded IN max.
ing It reasonably probable to their own minds
Friday night and who had left
Nashville for that the man who
left the Baltimore & Ohio depot here on
New Orleans several days after, was
has Withdrawn the $1,000 appropriated
to continue the search further.
The bar committee, however, con-
cluded to send Stanley to New Orleans. In
that city he found two persons in each Of
two different eating houses who recognized
McC lloch's picture as that OF man who had
taken meals there. One OF them noticed the
peculiar depression in the back OF Mr.. McCol-
ioch's head. This left little, II any, doubt
that the missing clerk had gone to New Or
leans and stayed there several days No
business could be found which wauld take
him there, however, and Stanley proved the
rumor that he had bought lottery ticket
and gone there to see about II to be without
| foundation.
At New Orleans Stanley was taken sick,
and left for his home in Chicago, leaving the
case In the hands OF Capt. Terrell, we'll
knowA Nav Orleans detective. Nothing has
been heard that throws additional light on
the case sinoa that time.
WHY DID HE LEAVE? ss5
As an illustration Of the ease with which
one may be mistaken as to the identity OF Q
person With whom he Is not personally ac'
quainted, Mr.. Russell yesterday related an
incident from Mr.. SANKEY'S experience dur.
| ing the search. At New Orleans he saw q
man he at once believed to be McC bloch, but
after shadowing him for some tins he
learned that the gentleman was o prominent
attorney who bad lived in New Orleans for
years. He satisfied himself, however, that
this was not the man who had taken meals
at the restaurants.
The question remains: Why did Sam Nc
Collooh leave Wheeling as he did?
| A few evenings before his departure
he had remarked to his sister, Mrs.
Baird, that he would not stay from home
over night without letting his wife know
where he was for a thousand dollars. His
purchases on the evening he left showed he
then intended ID go home. He had not
taken any extra clothing Of any kind from
home, and SO far as known had made no
preparations whatever 10 go away.
Under this state Of affairs, and in theab-
sence OF any rational motive for Mr.. Mo
Colloch's departure, the committee incline to
the theory, which, indeed, seems TO be the
only one now tenable, that he acted from
some insane freak or under the impulse Of
an alteration for which he was not morally
responsible.
learned, time alone can tell. The work OF
the committee has, however, been intelligent
and thorough, aud they deserve great credit.