Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-19
TIE BOY HOMICIDE.
Carothers Released on Bail BY
Judge Jacob,
After a Charge Of Murder Was Prsfsred---
An Inquest Shows the Manner OF
the Oeath---Sad Details
Of Sad Case.

The killing of young Voltz, with all OF
the attendant circumstances, was one OF the
saddest things Wheeling has known for
some time Il has plunged two families IN
the depths of despair. Mrs. Voltz is en-
tirely Frustrated by the death of her son
and Mrs Carothers is suffering from nervous
prostration and her mind is in danger.
There is terrible warning to boys in this
homicide and a warning to parents to take
heed to their sons and know how they
spend their time.
ARREST or CAROTHERS.
Yesterday morning Harry Carothers was
arrested on a warrant sworn out before
Squire Caldwell on charge OF murder in
the first degree. Col Arnett was secured
By the prisoner 10 defend him, and the ex-
animation was waived before the Justice.
Col Aruett went before Judge Jacobs and
succeeded in getting the Judge to admit
Csrothers to bail, the bond being fixed at
81 800 on producing evidence that the kill
ing Of Eoltz vas not premeditated act.
THE INQUEST.
Coroner Schultz after viewing the re-
mains of John Yoltz decided that post
mortem examination was necessary. A
Jury was Immediately summoned and was
composed of the following gentlemen: A.
Ankle. +. Whally, John Iiegenfelder, G. ".
Kennedy, Jas. Mckinley, A. K. Butts, A.
Hebraik, Ed l.srkins W. Rinehart, N.
Matthews, J. c. Orr aud J. 4. Waterson.
The testimony taken before the coroner s
Jury. was that OF the eyewitness to the strlk-
ing Of the fatal blow, the witnesses being
Frank Arnett. Benoni Good, George Har-
tong, Charles Houston JOS BOsley II. At
SinSon, Life Hobbs and Ed. Gutman. This
testimony did not conflict on the material
points Of the trouble all of them
swearing that CarOthers struck VOltz on
the left side of the head with stick. The
history ofthe case. as learned from the wit
nesses, is this Two sets of boys were
playing cat near the Capitol Voltz being
In one crowd and Carothers in the other.
During the progress of the games one Of
the cats struck Noltz in the face, which
caused the entire crowd to laugh at him.
This angered him, and walking up to young
Ear,ong be struck him IN the face with his
/ list. Some words we're then exchanged Dc
tween Voltz and the crowd and he express
ed his wiliI gness to fight any two Of them.
Tur, Tiers and one of the other boys stepped
.owsrd him. Vol,z pulled out billy and
/ also something similar to pair of knuck-
| ..rS. but was finally compelled to pocket
| he latter. He shook the billy in his OPP
/ pOneuts faces. aud just as he lowered it to
/ his side Carothers raised the stick and with
/ Goth hands struck him across the left side
+ If he head, which broke the instrument
and knocked Voltz down, which
ended the fuss. The evidence is
conflicting on the point as to whether Ca
! rothers had the club or stick in his hand
when the fuss started or picked it up as he
and his friends stepped toward yoltz The
| lnstrumeni,which caused Voltz' death was a
rocker OF u cradle. being feet long, about
! inches wide and an inch think and was OF
! oak.
} SICKNESS AND DEATH.
DR.. George Baird testified as follows: |
vas called in at Samuel Voltz' residence
sst after supper Friday night and found his
on John in the back room of the front floor
lie told me he was hit on the head showing
a scalp wound about an inch long on the
eft side of the head. above and little for
ward of the LETT ear. In my examination
IF the wound | could not detect any
fracture or depression of the skull.
The BOY was perfectly rational at the time
( md told me the particulars of the affair,
hough apparently irving to shield CarOth-
rs He complained of a severe pain in his
head and gave him a prescription to re-
ieve it, Later in the evening received a
. telephone message to call at the house.
! Ia entering the sick room, | found my son
. Dr.. Red Baird with the patient, who was
hen in a stupOr, vomiting every few mo-
nents He died in that condition, being
perfectly insensible 1t was the effect Of
he blow that fractured the skull and burst
cd the blood vessel, the blood from which
pressing on his brain, caused mis- death In
The postmortem, we discovered that the
outer table Of the skull was fractured about
m inch in length and the inner table g
much larger fracture. The blood found or
he brain would easily ill alarge turkey egg
THE POST MoRTEN.
The post norton examination was per
0ormed BY Drs. George and Reid Baird as
listed by Drs Wilson, Hoge Charles, FRS
,el, Campbell, Myers and Stifel Dr. Reid
laird doing the surgical work and Dr. vii
son taking notes of the injuries. The fol-
owing is the sworn statement Of l.. ID. vii
on before the cororer's jury: Il made a
ost mortem examination OF the body Of
Ohm Noltz; that the examination resulted
IA the discovery of a linear wound in the scalp
n the left side OF the head above the ear and
NbOut midway between it and the top OF the
head On removing the vault of the era
rium a large clot was found inside the skull
pressing on the brain, A fracture of both
he external and internal tables of the skull
vas found. The hemorrhage apparently
rame from one of the branches of the mid
lie meningeal artery, several OF which
crossed the line of fracture Of the internal
able. Death was caused by pressure o
he blood clot on the brain.
l.. ID. WILSON.
The Jury, after being out about titeer
minutes returned verdict TO the effect tina
,lohn Yoltz came to his death from blow
delivered by Harry Carothers