The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-24
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Mrs. Lara A. Shrewsbury, OF
Charleston, recently died at her home
in that city, aged 75. She was a rel
alive of General Washington, being
a daughter of Harriet Washington,
and possessed many memorials of the
General, among them the gold snuff
box presented him by the city of
New York.
There has been "war to the knife
and the knife to the hilt' in Tucker
county over the Office of county clerk.
Each candidate claimed the election
and the whole county was aroused
and young Cincinnati riot was bill
ed but the play didn't come off,
Latest reports say that the Republi-
can candidate holds the fort.
Thirteen easels, made of as many
different kinds of wood, all native of
this State, are being made at the c.
IL o. shops at Huntington, and will
be sent to the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton. They are each seven feet high,
and upon them will be placed scenes
from along the line of the c. d @.
railroad. Among the woods are ma
pie, beech, elm, persimmon, oak,
chestnut, sycamore, walnut, yellow
pine, ash and hickory. The design
of the easels was invented at the
shops.
ARREST OF THE GRAFTON WIFE
MuRDERER.-Last weeks Grafton
Standard gives the following account
of the arrest of Warner, the fiend,
who wantonly shot his young wife a
few days before: The shooting of
Mrs. Warner on Wednesday night Of
last week created wild excitement in
town and country, and officers and
civilians felt common interest in
detecting the murderer and bringing
him to justice. No clue was left
By which he could be tracked. I'm
der the cover of night an assassin
had crept to the window and without
moments warning, and without
leaving tell-tale foot print behind,
had wantonly taken the life of a
young woman and then glided away
in the darkness as noiselessly as he
came. No cause for the desperate
act could he found, and public
opinion turned from fact and
acted upon mere suspicion. 1t was
quickly known that the woman, who
is but lS years old, had been married
early in the summer to a man in
Barbour county, and that after few
months they had separated. Officers
and civilians began securing the
country in search of her husband,
VIM. Warner. Conscious of his
bloody deed, Warner skillfully kept
out of sight until Thursday, when
James Warder met him between
Grafton and Webster. Mr. Warder
called to him come to him. saving
he wanted to talk to him. Warner
answered by saying that he was rs
close to him as he desired to be. As
Mr.. Warder was not armed, and Var
ner possessed a revolver, he could
not arrest him. Friday Mr. Warder
and L. Perry Thayer went out in
search of Warner, and near the scene
of the shooting they saw him 90 into
a rail pile some distance from them.
They marched to the rail pile and
demanded him to surrender. He
made no resistance, though he had u
revolver on his person with three
loads in it and two empty chambers.
He confessed the deed to Detective
Lloyd and Writ and several Others,
but claimed that the shooting was
accidental
The preliminary hearing was held
before Justice Brown, who sent Var
ner to Jail to await the action of the
grand jury. The prisoner is but a
boy in appearance, of small frame,
dark complexion, and strikes one as
being of very low grade of intelli-
gence. His life has been a useless
and reckless one. and the separation
between he and his wife was caused
by his harsh treatment and failure
70 provide subsistence for her. He is
said to be an expert with the rifle
and pistol, and marvellous stories are
told of his skill in driving the bulls
eye" at impossible distances. A story
comes from Barbour county that
gives him an additional claim TO the
title of an arch fiend 1t is to the eff
feet that a few weeks ago he made
desperate attempt to outrage the
person of fourteen year old girl, for
which the authorities of that county
now want him, and which is proba-
bly, the cause of his presence in this
county last week. His face still bears
numerous scratches received in the