The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-06
A DISCOVERY.

other hall OF the same house, in whose
custody the key had been left, heard the
noise, and unlocking the basement door
from this yard, she went in to release the
hoy. Right in front OF the door o spot OF
the ground OF the cellar floor showed
plainly that it had been recently dug up
and filed in again.
This fact was reported by the
woman, and other neighbors ex.
amlned' the spot. The ground in that one
place vas damp aud soft, for q space Of
81 OF q feet long and varying in width
from 2 to 8 feet, while all the rest Of the
cellar floor was dry and hard. Finally,
after several sensational facts had been
weighed by the residents Of the neighbor-
hood, and q sort OF a consultation held,
Officer Stevens was informed Of the peCu.
liar discovery.
soMR SIGNIFICANT FACTS.
AS stated above, when Miss Bodies dis.
appeared from the Fleisner house, her alb.
senCe caused some comment. Repeatedly
beforethat time the three women had been
heard quarrsling in the night, and the
night when she was last seen a shot was
fired. Early the next morning Mrs. Fleis.
ner and her daughter were seen carrying
water into the basement in large quaint.
ties. The woman did not bear a very good
namo among her neighbors, from the fact
that numerous men visited the house at
unreasonable lhours In the night, and for
this reason no inquiry was made Of her as
to the Whereabouts Of the girl.
A few days before the girl was last seen
and the mysterious shot was fred, q man
named Bodies came from West Wheeling
and asked Officer Stevens to assist him In
finding his niece, Algie Bodies. The girl
not found.
1t was only a few days after the girls
disappearance, and not the end OF the
month, though the house was rented by
the month, when Mrs. Fleisner moved.
The key was not given up until the next
week. The neighbors now say that be.
tween the times Of leaving the house and
returning the key, noises were several
times heard In the house at night. Attic
time these sounds were attributed 10 rats
or cats, but it is now believed that the
house was visited by Mrs. Rbisner or
aome OF her friends after she moved out.
This, however, Is a nero conjecture.
DIGGING UP TIE GRAVE"
Night before last Officer stevens and a
friend visited the house and began to dig
out the freshly filled hole. There was
no room for a mistake as to the fact that
the earth had been dug up. The marks
OF a shovel were plainly visible on the
surface. and the ground had evidently
been wet down." as 1t was soggy and soft,
while elsewhere the clay was as dry and
hard as a stone. The work OF digging was
pursued under some difficulties until solid
ground was reached at one end OF the OBJ.
long hole, at a depth Of between three and
four feet. The work was then given up.
In digging, pieces OF coal as large as a
mans fist were thrown out with the wet
clay. The surface OF these was bright and
fresh. Pieces OF dishes were also found
two feet under ground, and the blade OF a
case knife was unearthed, red with the
fresh incrustations OF rust. II the fact OF
the outward appearance Of the ground did
not settle the question whether II had
been dug up recently, these facts do con.
clusively.
1t is stated by a woman living near that
on Tuesday night about 0 O'Clock she saw
Mrs. Fleisner In Alley L, looking through
the coal hole into the cellar. She had on
a green sun bonnet.
MRS. rLEisNRR FOUND.
Yesterday Officers Junkins and Dunlap
got a pointer Rs TO the locality 10 which
Mrs. F"leisner had removed, and by some
inquiries at random for a fictitious Ohio
girl whose parents were searching for her,
and who was believed to have found EN-:
ployment with a resident OF the Second
ward, they found Mrs. Fleisner domiCiled
In Alley 8, south Of Market alley and east
OF Main street. Officers Dunlap and
Stevens called o little later TO pay their
respects. Mrs. Fleisner was at first very
defiant. When asked as to the where.
abouts OF the Bodies girl, she told the OIL.
GERS they could "Go and find out"
A good deal OF general conversation was
INDUCED in, and finally Stevens asked sud.
SWhat did you dig that hole in your
cellar ior2"
The two officers sgree in the declaration
that Mrs. Fleisner became Btrikingly pale
Of this question, and tretnbled 90 that her
hands could be seen To shake.
For a moment she was at q loss for q re.
ply, and then she faltered, "You better 70
and find out"
The officers will proceed 10 "and out"
or attempt to find out, to-day. In tile
meantime Mrs. FleiBner Is under surveil.
lance,
AcALL on THR WOMAN.
Last night about = o'clock two reporters,
who had heard the story as given above,
had visited the cellar aud talked 10 the
nolghbotu, all respectable and intelligent
who speak Of the matter with re.
luCtanCe, called at Mrs. Eleisner'B new
abode ii Alley u. A sharp rap on the
door was unanswered for some time, and
the callers wete about 10 look for another
door, when a blind was pulled back from
a window above, and q woman snapped
out AnvrllyI
dWell who's thete7"
"Does Mrs. Fleisner live hefe2" was
"Yes, Mrs. Fleisnsf lives herel What
DO you wAnt7"
She was told that The visitor would like
10 speak with her q moment.
Cant you say what you got TO say
Ghetsp
"Pefhapsp the reporters suggested,
you would prefer 10 have what We want
talk about kept quletet,n
Then the head was Withdrawn, aud q
younger woman looked out Of the next
window. Presently a step was heard
ust inside the door, and then q key was
ufned and q bolt shot into its place.
snow said The woman, ~"Whatevet