The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-13
STABBED TO DEATH.
JAMEs BAnKLEY, or wHEn1INo
Isl NJ in a Pltt.barsh saloon aIontlas Night
His sruldsrsr In CUSTODY partisaisr
IF the. Tnasskntay= rEEzrsy q
I.-nIs Relatives in wheeling, ).

AT a late hour Monday night, or rather
at an early hour yesterday morning,
James Barley was stabbed in the saloon
Of A. Bteck, on Penn avenue, in Pitts.
bureh, by Phil. Mcclure, and died within
a few minutes. For the murder three or
four persons are under arrest, among
them Phil. Mcclure, foreman Of the
Niagara Fire Company, A. Brock proprie.
tor Of the saloon, and his wife, Emil
Meyer, a barber, 1881 Penn avenue, and
Corney swinehatt and. Fred Blikely,
boarders at Breck's house.
Emil Meyer told the following story oil
the murder: within ten minutes OF its
occurrence Phil McGuire and myself had
been down to the fremen's benefit at the
Grand Central Rink and started home.
When we came to Breck's saloon we
stopped in to get glass Of beer. While
in there Mcclure and Alrs. Breck had
some words, don't know what about.
This stranger, young Barley, took Mrs.
Breck's part and knocked Mcclure down.
We tried to separate them and 80 did two
men who were with them.
awe got them partly apart Barley
rushed in and hit Mcclure again. Then
Mcclure drew his knife and stabbed him.
We all left the saloon then
A young man named I. ]. Saulsby heard
the screams and rushed in. There was no
one in the saloon except the proprietor
and his wife and the dying man. Saulsby
then ranior doctor, at the came time
directing the police where to 60. BE
found Dir. Klageg at his office, 4S Thir-
teenth street, and brought him to the So
loon. ~,
Tho Doctor reached there Just in time
To fiud the victim breathing his last. He
made an examination and found that
Barley had been stabbed In Ave or six
places about the groin, one fthe cuts hav-
ing severed the femoral artery. Under
the most favorable circumstances the mans
life could not have been saved.
The saloon presented the appearance Of
slaughter-house, the floor being covered
with clotted blood. On;a table was laid
the dead body. He had the appearance Of
q young man between % and 30 years OF
age. He was dressed in a dark, well:worn
coat, light striped pants and had on blue
check shirt. He had short black hair and
wore heavy dark mustache. When his
body was searched nothing was found on
| it except a common pass-book with num-
Der OF letters and q in-type In 1t. The
letters were addressed in a feminine hand
to James Barley, 2S42 Penn avenue, and
! the tintype was the picture Of a cookbook
| ling young girl, apparently about 10 years
,, of age.
Lieutenant Orth and Officers Grady and
Moran and one or two Others OF the police
are rather dubious about the statement
that Nee uirei did the murder. Some very
bard;looking characters who were in the
aaleon disappeared within two minutes OF
the cutting and have not yet been appre-
hended despite the efforts Of the officers.
The gentle dispC OF Mcclure, his in
offensive habits, and his aversion to quar-
rels all combat the theory. No one who
was in the room can be found to say that
Mcclure cut Barley except McGuire's
companion.
The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette says:
Coroner Dressier took charge Of the re-
mains and had them sent to Flannery's, on
Grant street. From a letter on his per-
son 1t was found that his name is James
Barley, and he comes from Wheeling,
West Virginia, where his mother, Eliza.
beth Barley, lives on the Island. Heis
brother OF Samuel Barkley, a member Of
Chris. Won der Ahe's st. Louis ball club
Barley also has another brother here,
and is himself we'll known here.