The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-07
LITTLE TO REST ON,
gnAT BIe sIXrH wARp MYsTERY
Not so Much Of . Mystery AH 1t was Made to
sssm-Mrs. Flsisusr's stOry-ThS shot
Fired aud why She Fired tt-shs Dug :.
no HOlO-HOrsa Gill At BsllaIrS.

The sensational stories circulated in the
Sixth ward Wednesday, based on the
finding Of an alleged grave ina cellar,
were yesterday pretty satisfactorily sx-
planned away by Mrs, Fleisner, the
woman who formerly occupied the house,
Mrs, Fleianer is a fairly attractive woman
of IS years or so, a widow, evidently pos
sessed Of enough common sense to carry
her through the world. A reporter
called on her yesterday, and found her
perfectly willing to talk. She said had
the police who called the day before been
more respectful in their demeanor she
would have taken pleasure in explaining
away their suspicious, but they made
such breakfast her as, "say, you poisoned
your husband, didn't your" and "What
Toes Mr., - call on you 80 much Tor r.
She says she did not deem 1t necessary to
be polite to inQuisitors whe were evident
y bent on getting her 70 betray = guilty
conscience or give herself away, She de-
nies that she felt any agitation OF. showed
any when asked about the digging in the
cellar. Stevens, she says, asked her IL
she was digging post-holes,"
Much OF the basis 81 the Sensational rl'
mors Mrs. Fleisner admitted 10 be true,
aud frankly explained it away. She says
she was induced to move to Wheeling In
the hope OF securing more work and better
pay. She does plain sewing for q living.
She says she had scarcely moved into
the house in the Sixth ward when one
night after midnight two men came to the
door and demanded admittanCe. They
made insulting in~sinuatIons, and kept rap
ping on the door for hall an hour before
they gave up. The next night three men
returned. Mrs, Fieisner carried q heavy
piece Of iron upstairs, and when the men
refused to leave, threw 1t out at them.
They then left pretty quick.
On another occasion, she says, several
other men came to her door aud insisted
on being admitted, She ordered them
away, and when they refused 10 go, fired
OF, a revolver, They did not wait to see
il she meant 1t.
Mrs. Fleisner's Idea is that q personal
ShpthS Wa1 AZ tAS bSttSh Va A9A bASNgASHi
and that the men merely came 10 her door
to attract attention to her house and give
her q bad name. She says that she never
dug in me cellar, and knows nothing
about any hole that may be there; neither
has she been out OF her yard since she
moved into her present house. She de-
MES that there was ever any quarreling In
her house, and says she only acted the
part Of q friend to Rena Boiles mot Algle,
as before printedl in giving her shelter
after she had left her home till she found
u place. This she did find at Van
horns boarding house, at Bellaire, and
Mrs, Fleisner showeda letter from Rena
saying her parents had sent her clothes Ia
her there.
Officer Stevens went to BellAire yester.
day, and had no difficulty in finding Rena
Bodies. She knew nothing Of q hole In
Mrs. Fleisner's cellar and had no com.
plant to make OF anything wrong while
she lived there.
The whole case now appears to be one
Of deceptive appearances. Certainly
nothing definite that could reflect on
Mrs. Fleisner's character has been shown,
and she appears to be q very much
wronged woman.