The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-23
HIS own FAULT.
An Iuansst Hold ON John Bmiih's nc.
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An ] no nest Held ON John Emith's nc.
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About a o'clock Saturday afternoon the
workmen engaged IN rs.djgglng the we'll At
the WAhr Works for the new pump became
aware that they were near tho body Of John
Smith, the boss carpenter who was caught In
the caying we'll last Monday afternoon q. bv
ths horribls stencil that greeted thelr nos.
trlls. The body was found about elpbieen
feet below the top Of the debris In Tbs we'll
after the ewing In had ceased. II WA
partly under the edge CT the CRIB; In fact
tho cutter In its downward course would
have cut OH an arm, and that would have
been all that would have besn found ipside
the CRIB had not tito stanch caused the mon
10 work slow. The body was In i,orIz IN iaI
posi-. Ion, resting on the right aide, feot down,
head to the west and HtilI wearing a hat
MOI q scratch or bresk OF ,hs skin was no.
ticeable, except on the fingers NJ tho rlph,
hand, which were stripped Of 4 ash to thu
right ,int. Bmtth was probably s.unned
at the nrst and before ha recovered he INNS
have sutiocatei to death. !, n :"
As soon % the body wao found Contrac,o,
Chisholm tslsgrsphed the mans family. vino
are with relatives At Harrisvllle, Ohio, hny.
Ink left their Wellsville homo since tho acct.
dent, and yesterday representatives arrived
to take charge Of the body. Coroner Bohui,z,
war also notified rs ,oon ~ the body VA,
found, but as Is nssrly al ways the c.1o il ,ouk
considerable time Tor that worthy to arrive
About 8 o'clock, when he did get there. All
he did was to order the body taken out and
conveyed to friends undertaking rooms
and SGT the inquest for 0 o'clock yesterday
morning. iaga 4a F;Eg, s64' f''I,' - Z
. When that hour had arrived there was i M I,
Jury Oh hand. Constable Huroggins was sen,
out to hnnt upa Try. by 10 O'clock be r..
,urned With one composed Of the following /;
Ralph Arkle, Jacob Swl'zsr, Jouaph soatF.r.
Daniel Whitehead, William Mcclure, Ell
wood Shallorcss, Thomas Fox, Daniel f. =.
patrick, Edward Stsgtr, William Irwin.
William III Z aud William bailey. The di .
oovefy wsa then made that there was no ps
psr IN which to take down the evidence.
The Jury was taken to Tho wareroom to view
the body, aud camo back to the store Win
Mr.. 9hhl cr3sa passed around the emu # which
vas thankfully received, o 10 Of the ;nrv.
men then went after some paper and hall
doz,n others went out for beer. The ons 70.
turned with the paper and the constable bsd
to be sent after the ones that wont for beer.
It was now after II O'Clock, and business was
progressing nbont as rapidly as 1t ever does
In Coroner's court. ~ ~. :, -
There had bsen about one dezsn vi,nessp.
summoned. They were all men that had
been engaged on the well. Mr.. Rite WIS cho.
sen foreman aud Mr.. Ankle did thu writinp
schultz.sst still, sweat and talked wheueye,
thsre was an opportunity. The taking OF tht
testimony ought not 10 have occupied over
an hour and q halls time, yet It was sitter 8
o'clock before the taking Of evidence was
flushed. To some their evidence was read
over and to Others It wss NOT. All tes,iG d
that It was from three quarters 10 an hon,
and halfs time from toe time that ali come
out until the cavirg took place, that 1t WA
from 10 to rs minutes from tie time
Chisholm warned all 10 keep back until tht
caving took place; that a fence was erect I'd to
keep all back; that Smith, who acted es bos,
during Chisholnls absence, ridicul.d the
idea Of cave, and that he IVES naturally
A verdict was found TO the { feet thu. the
death Of Smith was In no way the fault OF tn
contractor or anyone elss; that had be obeyed
Instructions he would not have been killed
that all precautions had been taken 10 sav,