Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-23

A-AIaiu street.
+ Lookup.
C-SaiIhs Flour Sill.
| D-WOOdcOck 5 Foundry.
E-MYIO earns Grocery.
F-JOhn teltS Salon.
! G-BSer Kegs.
/ II Where COnaway stood when he hred.
Martin Joice's saloon, On thu steps oi which
J McConnaughy sat down after being shot.
! J-AntGn Hammer BAKERY.
k-ShOc shop.
! L-TunCr's Grocery.
M-Crosslng where McConnaughy s'ood wher
The spot . where MeCOnnaughy stood wheu
! shot is about % feet from where Conway stood.
From Joycs's the wounded man was
taken to his home aud Dire. Cooke
and Fisher called, who upon investigation
pronounced
The WOUND FATAL.
CoGayay after the shooting held on to
the gun and started out the pike, and is
supposed to have gone to the house OF a
friend named John Moore, in the hollow
nesr Pasco. From here he went on the c.,
l.. & W. r. +. 10 Bartons, and from there
on the line OF the Sc. & n. W. r. L to
St. Clsirsville, where he arrived about six
o clock sui gave himself into the custody
of Sheriff Sedwick, confessing that he had
shot Joe McConnaughy, and also stating
that the Marsha! had not touched him, oft
had only come toward him. After he was
put in Jail he said he would rather be hung
or 90 to penitentisry TOT life, than submit
to being arrested again and abused as he vas
before by McConnaugby." In this state
mept he evidently had in mind the trouble
he hsd with the Marshal several years ago,
out of which the grpdge had grown. AtSt
Clsirsville he was accompanied to jailby Mr.
Moore who had evidently impressed on his
mind the impossi5ility OF escape and the
danger of returning to Bridgeport. AS
soon as it became known that the shoot
ing had occurred, q number Of citizens,
particular friends Of the wounded man,
ARuCD THEMSELVES
and started in pursuit of Conway, intend.
ing to either brig him back dead or alive
William Koehnlein and Jesse Gill, mount
ed on good horses, arrived at st. Glars
vile Just few minutes ahead of Conswsy
but by 3 different route, having evidently
only missed their man a few hundred
yards, as the Sheriff had not had time TO
dress himself after their cell until Coma.
way arrived. Several other parties scour-
ed the entire territory between Bridgeport
and St. GAINESVILLE, and every hour or so
during the forenoon horEemen would ar
rive, eitGer ainsiy OF III pairs, having
reached ST Clairsyille, and finding the OBJ
iect of their search in Jail, returned salts.
fed. 1t would not have been well for the
criminal to be brought to Bridgeport.
LyScEING
was the fayorits theme OF conversation
among many citizens who, on ordinary &C.
casions, would deprecate il the strongest
terms any violation Of lay. The occur
renee of yesterday morning shows very
clearly that the Marshal was one of the
most popular men il town. Several men,
with anything but chicken hearts, shed
tears of grief and snger when they learned
that poor Joe," as they in their synps,
thetic way expressed it, was shot by a
cowardly assassin.
At about m. the wounded man be.
gan TO sink rapidly and
An ANTI.NORTEM STATEMENT
was taken BY Squire Howell, &c follows:
Q-"Are Jou aware that you are going
to die Foon?'
A-That is ny judgement as have
been advised bymy physicians. ! think l
SIN
Q.-"Do ~ make this statement With
that in vieWf'
Al DO"
Q-"Who shot your
A.-"Silss COpsssy, son Of Samuel Con-
away"
Q-"When ard where7'
A-"0n Saturday night or Sunday
between John Pelts saloon and !
John Turner'S He was standing between J