Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-02-11
AFTER FIFTY YEARS
A usEan's nystsrioss Disappsir.
ance 10 Solved.
A RUSTY SUTTON SILENT PROOF
OF the Identity ofa Gih Whose Fate for Hlif
aCentury Has Remaiasd Unknown
Was She Murdered . Ques-
ton Unanswered.

Eliza D0nnelIy are uncovered trOm o.
meath the forsetfulness Of half century.
She 10 remembered BY many living Wit
nessea who knew her as . schoolmats, Q
neighbor, or - the sensation OF their old.
time memories, Her age when missing BY
no account 10 placed higher than % ysara
She was supposed to DO the illsgitimsts
child Of Hugh Donnslly. She took the
name Of Donaslly from this oircumstanee.
She was, according 10 rumor nov busy In
delvins into the mystery, no better than .
servant to Hugh Doanslly. She hsavsd
coal ina big basket from the mouth OF the
mine up . steep bank, 20 II could b
more easily loaded into the waiting wagon
| or sled. She went with him to mill.
She wandered in bride paths after the
COWS that were hunting precarious living
in the woods. That she went to school
to John hartman. now sixty eight years old,
and who then lived on an adjoining section
OF land, and Is now resident Of Somerset.
Ohio, is here to certify. On another point
there is no disputs-EliEa was rather
soft" she would believe most anything
she was told. That she was robust must BE-
believed IL We believe the stories OF hsr
service as the menial OF Donnelly. These
stories are handed from lip 10 lip - cur.
rent truth. and not possible fiction. They
originate in the same locality aud among
the oldtime neighbors Of Hugh Donnelly.
Eliza bore an illesitimate child.
what became 81 the Chtid.
Zsrtman says Eliza WAS sent away aud
stayed away some time, the neighbors not
knowing wha, had become Of her. At last
she came back without, her child, out bore
with her papers showing that she had left
il in the care aud custody OF childleSs peo-
e, and that they were willing TO be writ.
ten to. visited, or interviewed upon the
subject. This settled that scandal, aud
every thing ran In the old ruts again Tor
year OF more, and the false ramors Of foul
play to the child were hushed In the calm.
| nsss Of satisfied curiosity, But the weak.
ness OF Eliza was again overcome. How
lar CESSATION had progressed rumor Is not
| reliably informed. II might become I'm.
portant TO know, II II could be found out
with certainty. The neighbors talked, and
.candL aoated In the sea OF gossip, when
rumor again declared the absence OF Eliza.
This time her departure differed from
her prior absence. Her mother was found
in tears. Her step father, Donnelly, could
viva no clue to her whereabouts. She hsd
gone at late hour to hunt the cows aud
had not returned. Search WAS made but
made in vain. Days, and at last weeks, hsf
| passed with no udings Of the lost girl.
Many believed she had been privately sent
TO parts unknown, and would again return
as she had done before. But In this oil
we're doomed TO disappointment. She
never returned. No trace OF her was ever
discovered. Her grandmother had wand.
| cred away from ths same looslity, u nos
the same roof, but she Was found and her
whereabouts made known. 30 rumor nov
declares. But Of EliEts whereabouts there
ca ne no Tumor, no hint, no tidings. Al
length her mysterious and unaccountabls
disappearance became forgotten and lost 70
active gossip, and occupied the most OBJ
scure shelf IN the memory oil those then
and now living.
The Discovery.
In the latter part OF last month John
Brintgsr,ner was prospecting for coal near
the former residencs Of Hugh Donnsily.
and near coal mine then open, which hsd
been searched In vain for the missing
Eliza. He had only struck few blows
with bis pick. when II encountered stony
substance which he supposed Was nothing
more or less than the usual isolated lime
stone found in that vicinity. II Vas Of .
round form with clay clinging 70 It. He
thought be would examine tbs specimen
of ttone. Il might be ore. He took H. 70
/ saier, washed OF the dirt, when To- 70 bis
smsz.msnt, there appeared head. iees,
sys q s: Sum." %SniS & 'Ss p:a D..i q. o.
the skull and Of one side Of the face IL said
10 be apparent. Further search sIhumsd
the part from whence the neck wss broksn
~ Tue pick, both arms, legs and hands
we're fornd one Of the latter almost per
fect in form. While the other paris we're
on served by the finder, the hesd wss taken
o Dr Gordon, OF Junction City, Who. "
rumor - correct, pron0unces tt femas
r.sd. An iron buckle ws found, which
Nr. BrinrgsriDer thought Of prsssfyins.
ut upon closer inspection he found tbs
'sst lad destroyed iu integrity In several
places.
Har Ilessisy.
If strange thst this sensation took not
the wings Of the telegraph; but II must b
known that it took some days 10 connect
this fossiliud body with the forsottsn lost
eue, and now the best proof Of identity ID
In the buckle. which memory declares 70
have been the only jswelry worn by Elisa
and this not for ornament but 10 hold the
eirdle which she habitualIy wore 70 keep
her clothes In place around hsr waist The
worthless, rusty bsckls yisss up 70 tsseiy
| 10 its owners idsstity eftse Gfty yeees 81
| silence. and, though In esoksn socsnn, ~
appeals TO the living We knew Eiiaa 70
'u A,,ip. " this ioss Eha wss not osly bid
| svsy in the okseurs earth which coysred
| her. snd the sD<A which ooncsalsd hsf
| guarded by the 10 s-bill forest, which we're
| ihe only Witness 81 her fsts. But msm
| ory itsslf VS. nst quick 70 oil her eecs
when this pst,p ded corpse esFen 70 Hs:'
| connected With the early days OF Ferry sno
Fairfield coan' dss no tfsos 81 this oue -
| peary, vhiJs . ,orss Of othssA lsss borr'h"
;rip Quickly B., Q plscs On II page o! as
tory, printed only Last yees.
- sDSsly ao1 In viz
are sill Nv M, not on ths farm oceupisi
CITY ysa1 no, but . lsw miles south. Ia
the saDs county Of Furry. and are saes
eighty q d yssrS Of sgs. Thsif fsoollse
lions q The Lost Elm hsvs not yet hsss
givs.. They live near where tbs gIss
cogTsO ,opdsut HcfjaSfahaa begsn lie. ~
u Of frish and a. Of GsrmAo dssosat
spsJ Ing The Language with sass, - Or
abo the upfortusats Elm whss shs ven
70 o'schooi.
W. found In he sIcsvatioa eSsAtsd ~
free partly washed out b surssnt ot .s
Ter. II was found o. . plane below ~
I limestone, which, u voaid sssn. in nnJ
years NOT sely prsssrvsd ths BODY OF h'N'
but tr,nsSormsd II late ststuS d roes.
One hand lsy oatstsstnssd ssAfiJ .
hight aasIss silh hss bady. - ne sersp'
| .idsbiSs. dssp nvisss ed ssssiis serisc,
FAVE sctS6 ss % n0y ssahnen 70 eusN
} N. 80 f,em istriaea- That she 90
mwssmd b esnseaiiy belisvsd. bus sy
, snsm 10 oss tsev. ne sesiu, q g
c.sr"e mirht b thss q = Indian, bot "a
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