Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-03-21
THROUGH THE STATE. .
Additional Details of the Safsr'n0
in the Interior.
A N;oiste, Describes the Situation IN VIII
County, Sensational Tragedy
the Kanawha valley--le-
rbIe Accident

State papers coming to hand this weex
contain many of them, additional detaiiso VI
The suffering and want existing IN the cen.
tral belt of counties extending from mason
and jackson, on the river, on thIousu
Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Lewis ana p RAJ
ton to the western part Of randolph an.
the border of P~ocahontas. In many i.nese
nlaces the suffering is not as bad as IL mas
been represented-the people are not starv-
;ng-while in others the state OF anairs Is
ye1v bsd, the true facts having beer con
cealed bv the country press, through prlde,
~ sone other motive, and the distress Is
The Parkersburg State Journal contains
the following letter from Rev. huat ~.
Eodaps, of Eyalyn, Writ county, descending
the state of affairs in bis neighborhood:
Having been requested by q number Of
our most influential citizens to write you,
ami give a true aud unvarnished sta'eheG'
of the facts in regard to the destitute conai
| tons of many of the good citizens OF tn:s
county, l would say to you and all wnom y
NAV concern, that the unprecedented
drouths, of the past year, and the present
| long and severe winter, has caused many Of
| the poorer class of our hard working peo-
| ME now TO be in absolute want OF the nec'
cessaries of life, All public works nave
STONED, and the poor laboring men have no
way of getting any money to send oil Tor
bread and food. Ny calling has led me TO
| see and hear more Of the destitute and sui
| feripg condition than many others see.
NJ IL -zs.1, lrnunht this aQn c0Qul-
ton upon themselves by Incidence or iazi-
ness, we would be the last one to lit q pen
or say a word in their behalf. But we have
lived in this country forty.hve years. ana
am personally acquainted with the people OF
this section, and while there is now ana then
| las there are in all places a few persons
who may be indolent and shiftless, we DO
know that there are a great many such:
| There are but few here who will, from q kind
of false pride, deny and try to conceal their
suffering condition. Mr.. Editor, it pains US
| to make this sad condition public, but we
know that unless relief is had, many families
must suffer, and much valuable stock per-
ish."
The same paper says: The County Court
| OF Peasants county met last week In spec
ial session for the purpose of taking immed.
late steps to secure relief to a number OF
moor people In that county who are at the
point of starvation. The iniirmary up there
is crowded and reports of suffering from
lack of food are sent ia from all parts OF the
county. The people in most Of the interior
counties are passing through Just such an
ordeal, and it is useless for the press to deny
the fact in a spirit Of home pride, as many
of the papers have been doing up to the
present time. 1t is time for the full truth
to be known, and for measures to be adopt
ed that will alleviate the suffering and'want
of our fellow-citizens. The question is, what
shall we do2 The answer should be i'm
mediate, and in a substantial form, as the
necessity is pressing.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
The Charleston Times has the following
At the head Of Anderson and Morris
( creeks, about three miles south of Coal
Valley, lives-or did live until last Friday
a man named William Jarrett. He moved
into this mountain district soon after the
beginning of the war, in order to escape the
draft. A year ago Jarrett discovered that
his wife was untaithtul 70 him and set to
work at once to ascertain the name OF her
clandestine lord. Circumstances favored him
and in a few weeks he learned that Mrs. Jar.
rett had transferred her affections to one VIM
Molter, 35 years of age. About a year ago
Mrs. Jarrett and Molter fed from Anderson
Creek and went TO the New River country,
where they lived together for several months,
at the end of which time charges were pre-
ferrei against them for adultery. A hear.
ing speedily ensued, but as no one appeared
against the woman she was discharged, the
release of Molter taking place a few days
later for the same reason. After the trial
Mrs. Jarrett returned to the home of her
lawful husband apparently for the purpose
of leading a different life. So, it is said, her
husband thought, at any rate. Nothing more
was head of the affair, and very little of the
parties concerned in it until last Friday,
when jarrett suddenly died. People i'm,
mediately began to suspect that all was moi
right. Indeed, some went so far as to
boldly declare their belief that Molter and
the woman had murdered Jarrett. So wide
spread did this opinion become that the two
we're arrested and given q hearing before a
Justice of the Peace. The evidence val
not deemed strong enough to warrant their
detention, however, and the Justice dis
charged them. A day or so after the triaI
one of Jarrets little boys, nine years old
remarked to his uncle that Mamma didn'
poison papa; Molter hit him on the head
with a chestnut stick Moher and Mrs
Jarrett were at once rearrested, and will
have their hearing to-day. Nobody doubts
their guilt. Molter is So years old. Mrs
jarrett is 30.
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
George Stephen, a young man residing
near Rockport, Wood county, met with q
terrible accident Wednesday, which in all
human probability, will terminate fatally.
He went to the barn to feed the stock, and
in getting down from the hay NOV, be
jumped onto the handle ola pitchfork which
had been broken and afterwards whitfield to
a point. The handle entered the thigh aud
ran upwards into his abdomen, making O
ghastly wound, and one that was excruciat.
ingly painful. He managed to get 10 the
hoVse, and medical aid was at once sum.
moned. Yesterday evening he was bleed.
ing internally, and it is the opinion Of his
physicians that nothing less than a miracle
can save his life.
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