Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-12-21
A new LIGHT
Thrown on What was Held a Dark
Mystery.
Additional Particulars Of Supposed Muir
der Written Up in the Register
Four Years Ago.

GRO REWARD tor information dead or alive
Seos J relating TO Mary Quigley, maiden nam
MARY Long, last seen in Wheeling W. va, aoo".
August Is. 1850. She left Pitts0urs IN conpsih!
with Patrick ROurkc about two weeks previously
gyiuy South, leaving this party WIN Inc sta'Su Ia
Irutinu o. returning 10 Ne" YORK; Hic M ueS 81
op,y ten mouths in the country and was ann "
year, OF age. Apply L" NOHi:IS ~ .,,a.' New
Il tiima!lIu y Doyle No. i4>I'Su''H ''''. = 49,
l,rk.
This advertisement, which appeared III
tie last issue of the Police Gazette, will re
call mysterious affair, about four years
aro. an account Of which was printed in the
K,rIsrEg at the time But the story which
.oIl.wswi!l throw flood OF light upon 1t
lie story, as learned by REGISTER rePor-
ter, is AS follows:
The Rourkes, including the Patrick
named above were relatives of the Qmgleys
and the two families wandered about 70,
gr,her. In the earl y spring they would
sta-, out With wagons and camp hXinSS,
and travel west, selling and trading horses
The party would generally meet at hotel
somewhere near the Red Lion in Pitts
burg That WAS always their rendezvous.
Just four wears ago in 1850, they met at the
hotel as usual Mary Quigley, the mother
of Norris Quigley, Was one OF the party
Shc had been in this country but few
months. and she made the journey with
them 10 see the county. She was sixty
seven years old, but was in the best OF
health and possessed all her tac1lueS unim
;aired. When the party was ready to leave
pi,tsburg Morris Quigley returned from a
short trip in the country. lie was sick with
malaria. Rather than delay, the party, and
TO save expenses, divided up at once,
o.e PARTY going north, another west
and another south, leaving Norris
! lick in Pittsburg, Mrs Quigley went with
The party that followed the Ohio river, 1t De-
inc understood that Morris was to JON her
rnrty as soon as he got well. Patrick
| Iourhc a cousin OF Morris, commanded the
party. In about two weeks the parry
| cached Wheeling, and passing through the
! civ followed the turnpike, or river road, 10
q clpmu of trees beyond the toll gate about
mile Here the party went into camp
Twas Just getting dark. Mrs. QUlgley,who
I'D ~ this time had appeared contented
.iorc un and saii she wa going back tc
it,sburg pgd from ihgsc to Ne" ORE
! nc manner wa 80 d.!td,d aud determined
.latr0t uprh objection vas made. Gin
I'd tie informant did Tot stat" taat any
Election was maze or any offer to SEE
;.Or safely, or any iuq.;ry rs 70 he
.aa,yes. With Wis regards 50 strangt
l,tu note is made Of ii. Mrs. Quiglcy LEI
H., camp. and alone w,ut out into the fast
,a.hrr;us darkness on the road toward
Wheeling She was never seen again
Patrick ROurkc wrote 20 Morris in Pitts
a,rgh, telling a'.oat his mother ,cavint an,
20 him to look out for her. lie wrot
vice. but Morr;s was angry ut him for let
ling her 90 and did not answer his letter
Whom Mrs. QGig'9y did not arrive in Pitts
iurgh and no word could be learned Of he,
rom New York Morris went over thu
ground where she had disappeared, and al
vcrtised and hunted for any clue to his los
mother but all in vain Two facts wev
earned by close crosS.QueStiouing in tn
dark stable. A detec i've would consiic
them carefully. The toll-keCper insist
hat neither Mrs. Quibl"y orany such woma'
rs he saw sitting in the wagon which passet
his house going down the river road, re
turned towards Wheeling that night. Tn
dollhouse was less than u mile from tn
camp. Shortly after Mrs. QuigIey ha
started on her lonely journey parties in tn
little camp heard shot in the direction 9
dollhouse. About hail an hour atlsgs. + Il.
Ter little while. Ali this, and yet the part
n camp never asked any questions until tn
ext day or after, and never followed u
atat the duIlcSt intellect must have regard
d rs the deadly peril of the old lady Tn
clio river borders one side Of the roa,
where Mrs. QuigleY disappeared. On thu
nlh5r side are the farms and scatteriu.
house ot the owners. Was Mrs. Quigle,
murdered and her body thrown into tn,
y.yor? Ifso, what WAS the object?
WEAR Locke's own make 81 30 shoe
my style. Lockc's, 1913 Main street.