Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-05
PETTIcoRD's HEAD
Makes Revelations Thai are Con.
sid.rsd important.
The Arrest Of Mary Van Cyme, Nymph d.
Pave, at SHOPS, the First Re-
suit of the Inquest.

OF the Snlpp uOuso VI llfIaue, COruer VI
Main and Twenty-first streets, was arrested
on a warrant issued by Justice Ankle
chsreing her with having been accessory
to the Il urder of John Petticord. The az
rest We II cde by Olfcer St. Myers and the
cirl ives committed to jail to await the YER
&c; Of the jury of ioquisition. which yes
''r sy ct upon the body Of PstticOrd.
The arrest was
TIE LATEST DEVELOPMENT
.ht lse snd was brought about by the
srcceeGings al EN- Grove. TIE girl is ar
rested on. suspicion and will Oe held nc I'll
fu;:l er Developments, which are expected
tomorrow. As Was stated The REGIsTER,
yestt rdsy, Coroner Schultz visited the
r, NE of Petticord, Oh Monday night, and
after a consultation with Or. Storer, the
attendant physician, decided an inquest
necessary ar d instructed Dr.. S;orer and
Cracrsft to prepare for an autopsy of the
body. Yesterday morning the Coroner
ard Onicer ST Myers vent 10 Elm Grove
and the autopsy was he'd by the two
physicians. When the sep was removed
the cause Of death was made apparent. Ga
the right side OF the head, Just above the
lobe Of the external ear, large triangular
indentation wss discovered, with three frsc-
lures running of from the an2les OF the
triangle. The superficial area OF the in
dCntation wae
NEARLY FOUR SQUARE INCHES
! and the lal .est Of the fractures, which ran
toward the ocC.put, was extended an inch
III "A
the brain was found to be cio,ted with
! blood and the pres sure of blood IN the ear
| sud mouth wsa made apparent, by the
| pre- ssure on the brain. DC:tn was cIused
! by concession Of the brain, bsonght about
| by tie blow which produced the fracture.
] The condition Of the skull Evidenced that
| the blow must have had terrific force, as
| the right parietll and p-rE o. the frontal
| bone were frac; ured. 1t was the opinion OF
| the physicians that such an eftec: colld be
produced only by heavy blow f:o some
| blunt instrument, or by fall which caused
! the l. cad 70 strike upon projection.
THE JURY.
When this was made apparent, the Cor
! oner ordered all funel ~ arrangement" post
| pObEd Cntil further surgical lnve"tigntiOn,
and Jury We summoned for a Cononer's
| INQUEST. The Jury, Composed o. the TO-
y
| ward Dennis, JsnGs Bed!l!ioT, Shriyer
| VIC -,Js, John Halsta4 id, Henry Helte abiue,
William Rauer VIM. AskeT, Cline Collins,
W. Fl. Hill, Jsne- Russell. Andrew Rsh u,
met at the home o; John PettC1rd at ,
O'Clock and viewed he b. ~ The taking
OF te,timOly We" imDracticih.e at that
time, aud the jury ws' adjHmn"t II 9
O'Clock tc morrow Torr; M, at VIII y time
witnesses will be present and tae true
story ELECTED.
When the Coroner returned to the city,
p ConfS. e-ce wa he'd at tie ottics o tre
Prosecuting Attorney. end the result was
THE ARREST OF TIE VAN DIE GIRL.
She came to he city about year s-o,
frop Flat Creek 0hiC, and s. - g
f, straight forward "a it is ! - bic for g'r'
in her position to De. Her story is that
PetticOrd returnpd 10 SIipp's ab9 It 6
O'Clock, on SaturTly evening, and was with
her in the third story OF the building.
Whsn they started down STARE he was
considerably under the influence Of liquor
| ard she offe ed to assist him; he rejected
cry aid, and when defending the lower
fight of step, missed his footing aud fell
hFaJiODg to the bottom, where be remained
unit. picked up by Officer E1r1m, as al
Isady detailed.
DETFCTIyE HAG"EETY
has made some invs -tigation of the case,
but wEeh approaches by a REGISTER re
portOr he declined 10 tell anything he
might have leaned, or ID tell whether he
thought thC re was anything in the Cise.
So far, no motive for 4 murder has been
made apparent, though the autho-it'CJ are
in possession of fecrs which c,nnot yet b.
mace public il is sid the iuqUisition
will revea some star.lirg Information.