Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-08
A POlsoNER ABROAD,
A DeyiIish Scheme Narrowly Es-
canes Its GOnsummation.
A Member of the Salvation Army Tells
What She Knows---Fires, Fights,
Accidents and General
State News.

State News.
One of the most daring and malicious
attempts at murder ever made IN this
State, was made few nights ago in lay
or county. Mr.. J. F. Ross had opened
up his sugar camp and was prepared to
make sugar, when some person went into
the camp took an eighth of an ounce bot
tie full Of slrychnis and put it into kettle
of supar water. The next morning, as
good luck would have it, the hired girl who
was gathering il. the water, discovered the
cork and bottle and seeing the name OF
the drug, made known what was in 1t be-
tore any Of the water was drank or boiled
into syrup. Mr.. Ross took some of the
water which contained the poison to DR.
F;ndley who administered the same to
cat, which lived only twenty minutes. The
doctor analysed the liquid, which proved
beyopd a doubt that il was strychnia.
How many innocent persons may have
died from the effects of this poison had not
this girl discovered it, can not be told.
Besides there was an amount OF other DIRT
and filth thrown in the kettles, buckets aud
trouphs. This camp was treated the same
wsy last year except there was no poison
nut into the kettles In the same locality
about two years ago schoo! house WAS
burned, and several horses have since been
poisoned.
The Huntington Advertiser prints an IL
terview with Miss Cora Hysell lieutenant
in the Salvation Army, in which The lady
"pives away" the organization In great
shape. She says: The Army IS nothing
but money making scheme, and the Off
GERS so understand it. Captain Brucker 8
salary is ten dollars week, and
my salary as Lieutenant was
five dollars week. Out OF
this we were to pay our personal expenses.
After paying incidental expenses, rent, etc,
the money remaining is pretended to be
sent 10 headquarters 10 establish and keep
running posts that cid not pay expenses
This was never done, however. Captain
Brucker retained all this money, not even
paving my salary. My board was paid and
that was all. There were but two salarled
officers to a post. A Division captain
GETS tn dollars week and a dollar a
week from each post in his division.
Ralph C. Jones holds this Office, with
eight or nine posts in his division. Our
Collections amounted to $50 per week
The Offices collect this money under false
pretenses and keep it. think the army
does more harm than good,
The trial of John Miller, German, who
was charged with stealing $500 from
Isaac Morgan, farmer OF Upshur county,
resulted in a verdict of mot guilty. This
trial served 10 develop some OF the queer
phases that the law can assume. AT o
former term of the Circuit Court Miller
and his wife were both arfaigned for the
same offence. The wife was debated III
noceut while the husband was found gull
II. The wife then declared that she alone
bad taken the money and that her bus.
band knew nothing about. On this de-
claratiou new trial was demanded for
Miller which the court granted. The new
trial came off last week with the above
named result. Miller and his wife both
testify that be did not take the money,
while Mrs. Miller said that she had taken
and concealed it. The jury under the cir.
cumasnces could do nothing but acquit,
and Miller and his wife went on their way
rejoicing.
For several months past there has been
complaint BY a number of citizens Of
not getting their mail regularly and losing
small sums of money and other valuables
on the route between Addison and Buck
harmon. Some of our merchants, when
ordering goods, have to register their let
tiers, or, ten chances to one, they will never
reach their destination. The matter be-
coming monotonous, some one made COM
plant to the chief postoftice inspector,
who sent Mr. 7. F. Thomas, OF that depart
ment, out 10 investigate. Mr.. Thomas
travelled over the route and visited
all the postoffices and reported that
be was unable to gather any information
or clue that would enable him to ferret out
the guilty postmaster.
For some time past, exchanges from tie
interior have been printing accounts Of
the msrauoiDg exploits Of o man and boy,
known as Tom Brady and his son. Their
favorite occupation seemed to be horse
stealing. Last week W. H. Tripleit, de
lec,ive from Youngstown, passed through
Beverly, Randolph county, on the track
of these parties. He gave the mans name
as Jerry Hays, and that Of the boy as
Frank Hays and said that they hailed
from Preston county. They commenced
their depredrtions in Pennsylvania and
worked down into Virginia, and then into
this State.
W. L. Hyson, Of Taylor county, was
greatly mortified one morning last week
10 find bis only horse lying dead upou the
field knowing that something singular
had happened the unfortunate animal, a
brief exsminstipn was made at once which
revealed a mass Of corn and hay, lodged
in the throat. The horse had choked 10
death, but to our surprise and smazement
on the following morning, the horse was at
least fifty feet from where he had died,
standing erect and his head high up il the
air; against him might have been seen
several rails used as braces and the pre-
ceeding night few boys coming to church
as the congregation was being dismissed.
Some parties in the edge Of Nicholas
county have resorted to quite o novel way
OF evading the liquor license in Fsyette
county. 1t consists Of q wire stretched
across the river, with reel at each end by
which means small box or basket at
tached 10 TIE wire can be drawn from
either side Of the river. Now g parry on
the Fsyette aide can place his money in
tie receptacle furnished for the purpose