The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-05
AN OHIO HOMICIDE.
A Low Resort Across the River
is the Scene
OF A TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.
The windup of n Sunday Afternoon
and Evening of Bacchanalian
Revelry-Gcrt Williams shoots
Two Men, One Fatally.

occurred at the road house of Jere
Clemens, about four miles west of Bridge
port, us result OF which one man is
now dying and another lies seriously
wounded, while two women and two
men are in the Belmont county Jail
charged with the crime. The lamenta-
BILE affair is generally regarded rs nat
ural outcome OF the way things have
been allowed to go on at Clemens's place,
and the only surprise expressed is TINT
such an event has not long ago startled
the public and aroused the Belmont
county authorities to the nature of the
resort maintained in their bailiwick
with impunity.
Sunday evening two young men,
named Frank Souders and George Ar
baugh, of Martins Ferry, hired a hack
and driver and came to this city to find
female companions to accompany them
out the pike for drive. Gertie Will
liams and Bertha Hamilton. two notori-
Gus inmates OF houses OF i'll fame here,
were taken in the carriage, and the party
drove to Clemens's to while away the
evening. They reached there about
half.past 5 o'clock, and at once took
possession OF the parlor and began to
drink freely. While there party of
coal miners, mostly Welshmen, came up
from the Wheeling Creek Mines to spend
the evening They were drinking their
beer in the diningroom, while the party
OF four were dancingin the parlor. About
twelve o'clock the women became tired
OF their sport and went outside to enter
their carriage and go home. The pro-
prietor OF the house was in the bar at
the time, and soon after they left the
house he heard several shots and rushed
out to see what was the matter. The
women had gotten into an alteration
with the miners, and when they reached
the county road, the two girls rushed up
TO man named jonathan Fisher, and
each putting revolver to his head, one
OF them said: an fix you"
As they discharged their weapons
he threw up his hand and struck both
women's arms, and the ball from one Of
the pistols plpwed q gutter through the
shoulder Of his coat, instead OF entering
his head, MS it was intended to do.
The girls then opened fire on young
man named Cornelius Waters, one shot
entering his left side, and, as he stag
gered and fell, Il second shot out track
on the top OF his head. His brother,
Samuel Waters, rushed to him and
stopped over to pick him up. and while
in that position he received shot in
the back and fell to the ground fatally
wounded.
Cornelius Waters was seen by IN
INTELLEGENcER reporter at Clemens's last
evening, and he told the following
st9ryi nnmno, =. .,,o,,. and ,,,r.o,t
were in the dining-room drinking beer
and the two fellows and their girls were
in the parlor. The big fellow [Soudersl
came to the door in the hallway and
asked me to come and watch the dane
ing. did so, and stood in the doorway,
had hardly got there when the big
girl LWilliamsl says; What are you
looking ut, you d. yapY
81 begged pardon, and walked away.
Shortly afterward the party left the
house to go home. When they got out.
side the yard, the hig fellow [Soudersl
came back to the house where my broth
er and Iwere standing together, and said
We were wanted down on the road. Just
as wegot there the lame fellow Arbaugh]
grabbed me by the throat and said some
thing, and just then the big girl shot me
in the side,
II staggered, and as fell over l heard
second shot, and felt bullet going
through my hair. Igot up and ran to-
ward the house, crying, Pm shot, and
my brother ran to catch me.
While in STOPPING position he re-
Ceived a ball in the back and fell down.
The big girl hallooed to the driver,
Drive like HI I've got one down, any
how and they drove away"
Mr.. Jonathan Fisher stated thai when
the women came out OF the yard they
both pointed revolver within few
inches OF each side OF his head, and one
OF them said: "You s. ola, I'll fix
you!"
He threwpphis his hand and knocked
one pistol away from him, and the other
was discharged, the ball cutting through
the wadding in his coat on the shoulder.
Just then the other fellows come down
and the girls turned on Cornelius Wat
tiers.
Mr., Clemens said that about half.past
eight o'clock the two boys and two girls
came in and went into Hie pArlor. They
had little to drink all evening.
"About half-past twelve o'clock l
heard several shots in quick succession,
and ran out to see what was the matter,
and found Sam Walters on the ground"
Arbaugh and Sopders were seen 1.-THE
lookup in Martins Ferry. They say
the miners were all drunk and one OF
them insulted Gertie Williams, and she
and the man both pulled out a revolver
at the same time. Arbaugh ran between
them, and the fellows weapon was
knocked aside and the woman's pistol
discharged, the bullet going in the mans
back.
The women made the driver drive at
a terrible speed to Bridgeport and pass
ed through the toll gate without paying
fare, but were stopped ut the Wheeling
end of the bridge.
The wounded man was carried into
the house and made as comfortable MS
possible, and four physicians were soon
in attendance, hut the ball could not be
located, and nothing could be done for
the poor fellow but to make him rs easy
us possible. At9:S0 last evening it was
thought he would not live till morning.
All day yesterday he suffered terribly
and the physicians said he would die.
His brother does not look much the
worse for the wear, and is able to wait
on his brother and goabout as II nothing
serious had happened. The boys are
held on the other side OF the river as nc
Cessories and witnesses in the prclimi-
nary hearing to be given the parties at
Squire Howell's Office in Bridgeport to-
day.
Tie two girls were arrested here and
committed to jail by Squire Davis as
fugitiyes from Justice in Belmont coun-
ty. Last evening Sheriff Foulke and
Marshall STUFF, OF Bridgeport, came over
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