The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-07
WAS 1T MURDER?
How,WAs JOHN PErrlcoRo KlLLED7
5-Ia l-rllA f+tg1 tIsl.
Confirmation ofths 0neial lsquiry into ths, Al.
i,x.d Accident At Madame shipp'A-A New
Theory And Evidence TO hack TWAS
Ptttlcord Killed By . Jealous Nan 4

n r,,o roro,.,,. ,r,ue., tpt, tho r,onror hv
~ ,u1u''s y O.. "
which John Petticofd came TO Ills death was
resumed yesterday by Coroner Schultz, and
Ina iprv impnneIsd IN Tuesdsv. Tha ;n,v
$1,000 IN po,, = =, ~, S,,,r,I 49,,
Stt yeS.et""s ~ Ht : " 'no o'toui' oout',
at the County C~ourt-honse.
The jurors were all In their places, as fol.
,ou,. shr;ver Woods foremnn. william n
inIm Haistsd' Henry IieilanhInn Wiii;sn -,
A.lsw GIsn,snt GaIeaa' Il II H;,," Iamss
= np,.h William Itaunr ana A n5ran, v"hs,
Prosecuting ATTORNEY Joydan ra%n,s.ontsi
the interes,s Of The Slate. and Mes.rs Crsc,ait
md Dovsner wtrs nresrnt IN lonf afer Tho
intsres,s ri Madame Hhinn and iha OIL Msrv
Vsndvne. Judge n. II. Honston sc.sd NJ
clerk for Corouer BcLui,z,. A yery vooI.
sizsd crowd had gathered In tho coArt.room.
attracted by curiosity. Among those nresanf
wers A large number nj neonle f,om thc
counlry. old uejphboru Of paltiaord's.
= a..,,rn ~. %
o.i'oA" nAnoA w thh stAs"'
officer Barum was tho first witness exam.
ined. he told the story Of his discovery Of
PetticoId lying IN the hall OF Mrs. 6hipp's
house, which has already been printed. The
only Important feature Ia hla evidence was
that tho stairway at the foot OF which the
man was found was very steep, and without
any baluStrsde or railing OF any kind, and
any man, drunk or SOBER woult DO In dan
ger Of pitching down them and killing him.
sell, as there was no Iosslble way Of catching
ones self II ore should fall. The officer was
asked why he had not reported the circum.
stance to Chief Bennett, and answered that II
had been his intention to report on Sunday
evening but forgot owing to the excitement
~ tue o."ei n,uiuei ! NJ .saiucance Oh tnls
nis;nsd that he meant tha Roa,t,sr.n;cp 81.
fair -" 80 800. 60
= Foreman Woods nj ths ;nrv a.ted Rarnr,
whv hs hsd tnken iha n,onsv rom PATTI.
cnraa,s nocke. IN INV tbe %h"ctdr;vsr ia
said ia iii mt tbInI ,ha hact worII hsro
been ,cnf II the money had mt haon nsid
md he did not nronoss IN nar Il ont ~ H.,
own nockrto r bacon,e narsona,,v ,%e.nons,hIe
At tbe coorlusion of Ofbrsr Harnin,s testi.
mony. Inc iurv procssded in a h,dy 10
Madame Shipn,s house tn ;n,nact the s,,r.
ronni;nps Of the nlacs ut whinb tha acc;dsnt
occnrrsd' The sbort and nsrrow hallwav in
which Peddicord wa, Wing when foun3 bv
Onissr Bsrum Ia s,rrounded IN thrss sidc.
nv doors and on the other by a sfairwav iend.
Ing into the aecond story. One Of the three
doors is nm entrance from Twentieth utreet.
one leads into A large sitting room and the
other into the parlor, Immediately In The
roar NJ tHe store which on.ns m MAIN etroa,
Thc hall or entiv wsv IL shont fonr fsat bv
fnrr- and tla distance across Il dia r,nallvy
in which n~osttion tina oiiiror taat;nsd nv
peti,cora vas wing in ahont Ave- fsst n 90
inches. '>''
Afi.r insneotinp the nlace tha inv al.
ionrned IN meat AZ 1.3O p
=. s
i"f'ht"Nf, " TRUE.
y The first witness called upon reassembling
was Dennis Gardner, colored. he testified
thHt he knew John d.. Petlicord in his lie
time. 81, last saw him at 8 or 10 o'clock
Friday night LETT, near Webb's saloon, on
Sixteenth street. Witness asked him why
he did NOT 80 home, aad he SAID he did not
want to 50, because he had some money
over the creek, but II the witness would 60
over the creek with him. he would 60 home
q" u S,oa ~ III ~ 10 IT, Wa; LIS non1y. .%o went
witnass decl;neI n On ~ tha sL,nn hors az
and wa;ted nntile Patt;cord rsma hans
When he cana bacl he wsa h,sad;nr nr a.
least had blood IN hia clothes Il. oai,i
come one had Ind hit him. Ds,nis ,stad
who II WINS. and he ss;d la I'D mot tnow
Ia had said he had S3O over there Int All
not asv who had II w WINS, uve wsif,d 0 ~ Thu
nos.ciHce Garner with PsIl;cord and 1aTI
him there. Hs had m, sssn him s,nna te A
Cant, Doysner rsksd II ths witne.s Erav
OF a house mar shinn,s kant hv.s un nnsm
na,nsd Woos.sr' Wos p;d ts 9a;d yn1 "3G ant
Dov.ner iniimatei tbat he wonld nrovs o tbpat
at tI,e time The witness nroiesssd ~ NV .aan
Petiicord thu lsttsr W. in hsd a. anotbar
honse' - ~ y
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