Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-12-13
AZ INTERESTING CASE

term of the Common Pleas and sentenced
to the penitentiary-th former for seven
years. the latter for one year. Frank
Souders and George Arbaugh, who had
accompanied the women from Wheeling
were charged with aiding and abetting
in the shooting of Cornelius Waters, and
were acquitted. This term they were
put upon trial for aiding and abetting in
the shooting of Samuel Waters.
This case attracted considerable atten-
ton. because of the circumstances under
which a tragedy was attempted. The
women were inmates of a sporting house
at Wheeling. Souders and Arbaugh are
members of good families of Martins
Ferry. On the night of the shooting
they hired hack at Martins Ferry. and
driving over to Wheeling got the two
women and drove out to Clemens. 1t
was Sunday night. Arriving at Clemens
place. they found number of men, and
with wine and dancing high time was
had until about midnight. 1t was a car
nival night. In addition to the hack car
rying the belligerents, there were three
other hacks, buggy. and ten miners,
with whom were the Waters boys. After
all were well filled with wine and whisky,
the fun began-the music furnished by
a piano, and the dance rounded up by the
can-can, danced by the accomplished
Williams woman, veritable Amazon.
The festivities ended shortly after mid
night. and more serious work began. On
the lawn in front of the house the Will
liams woman discharged one chamber of
her revolver in dangerous proximity to
the head of a man named Fisher, one OF
the party from the mines Soon after
ward she fired three other shots, one of
which is supposed to have struck Samuel
Waters. inficting what at the time was
supposed to be fatal wound. Then she
commanded her companions to get into
the hack. and the driver to drive to
Wheeling with all possible speed. At
the East end of the suspension bridge
they were stopped by four or five police
men. who, on being informed the hack
was from Martins Ferry, permitted them
to pass on. They drove out the Nation
al Road short distance East of Fulton,
and thence back. Arriving at the top of
the Fulton hill, coming back, Souders and
Arbaugh left the hack and got across the
river in skiff. The WON II were arrested
that night, the young men abOutS o'clock
the following morning.
Souders and Arbaugh were put upon
trial as accessories to the crime, and all of
Friday and Saturday occupied in empan-
neling the jury and examining witnesses,
one of whom was the Hamilton woman,
who was brought down from the peniten-
tiary by Marion McAllister, one of the
guards. The case was hotly contested
Prosecuting Attorney J. W. Hollings-
worth, J. w. Shannon, and n. K. Ken
non represented the State-Hon. L. Dan
ford, Geo. Duncan, and J. c. Gray the de-
PENDANTS. The arguments of counsel occu-
pied all of Monday forenoon. The jury
was charged Immediately after dinner,and
about one hour afterward returned into
Court with verdict of guilty of aiding
and abetting the shooting with intent to
kill, of Waters.
Much sympathy was expressed for the
aged parents of the unfortunate young
men,. Verify "the ways of the trans
gressor are hard
The men were brought into court Tues
day afternoon, to be sentenced. Hon. l..
Danford, in answer to an inquiry from
the court, remarked that he would not
argue the motion for a new trial, where
upon the court overruled it, and sentenced
each to Imprisonment one year in the
penitentiary. As they were being re-
moved to the Jail, sister of Souders fell
upon his neck in the corridor of the court
house and sobbed piteously. Stout men
were deeply moved at the spectacle.
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