Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-26
A FRUITLESS Scar
OFFICERS AND REPORTERS ON THE
OF JOHNSON,
The M~oundsvillc Murdorer--A Man
lowed Into Jefferson County VIII
May Be the Person So
Much Desired.

On Thursday night when Officer.
and Duff, of Martins Ferry, lear
! John Young and Albert Brown lrT
man partially answering the dcScri
Eugene Johnson, the MoundSyill
dcrer, rs detailed in yesterdays Rn
they, accompanied hya REGISTER IT
set out for Rnineytown, Jefferson {
in hopes of meeting him.
Their plan Of reasoning was aSf
The man waS On the read mention
McSSrS. Brown and Young; his journ
evidently nOrthward; h. lormerh
employed at RaineyS, Steubenvilk
| WrllSburg, and it is natural i0r Il III
20 where ne has once been when he
trouble. and there is no man, no III
how low, who does not make fr
wherever he is. From !
things the officers concluded
since Johnson was so car his old h9
he might conclude to return and try
find shelter about the Raincy ba'
being out OF use or in some of thet
or more vacant tenement houses abO
works, until such time rs he might
leave. The officers and news hunt
rived ut R~aincytOwn about halt-paS
o'clock Thursday night and pr0ree,
once to see if there were any sign O
one having passed owe
county bridge acroS Glenn's
There being no signs, Charles ELL
Weakened up, and in reply to que
stated that he had seen no such p
piss that way. John McDaYitt was
next man Weakened, and at this hot
was learned that about twenty mir
before, u man had knocked at their {
and his fifteen year old daughter goin
answer the knock had found Il man
wanted a drink and something
cat. The girl furnished
with 4 drink Of water,
standing in the doorway with
light full in his face. When asked
scribe him, she gave the toll0wingr
ton without any assistance from u
ing party: "He was man abe
us Mr.. Burns, five feet tenahda
weighed about 100 pounds.
small. cheap straw hat, long
coat, evidently made for son
the Sleeves being 81
the body too large. H. lair
mOustache dark, face red, ant
and 4 pair of stockings with the
worn out. He had evidently ,
run recently, us the stockings wei
cd of all the mud, while his pants
were rUtiCi - H." calf of his legs,
muddy. The sncks looked as ii the
been bluc wooden, with white u
toes" The hunting party, thinking
were on the right track, proceed,
search the vacant tcnemcntS about
place. and aftcrward explored
mine a distance of nearly 4 half mile.
trace of the iugutivr being found they v
on to Portland Station, Onc OF the COu
road. another on the railroad and
third making numerous crossings Ollie
between tho talir,etG and "auntT Il
When Portland Was reached il was al
2:3O in the morning and they laiC
waiting about the depot for an hour
returned home, their search being u
warded. They have 10 doubt, howe
that they are on the track of the same |
who was seen by McSSrS. Young and Br'
neal rridsepogt Mat heGamr Of his 81
and why he should rhnQ$a 10 Nalk Ia
footed is a mystery. Marshal Joe Alct
naughcy went ON horseback out Ia
Pleasant and run across Il man who mi
he mistaken for the murderer in the Il;
but he proved 10 bc nearly 90 yoam al
and entirely too small of stature. He
returned empty handed.