Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-12
BLOODY BIRMINGHAM
BEGINNING TO RECOVER FROM THE
RIOT.
Goy Ssay UphOldS the Action Of Sheriff Smith
The Troops Will Be Taken Away
The Horrible Story Of Hawss
Triple Murder

|
Governor Sesy had an interview with
| many gentlemen this morning on the sub
ject Of the tragedy Of Saturday night The
Governor afterwards had an interview
with Sheriff Smith, and said that he en-
dorsed the sheriff, and was glad that JEFF
ferson county had high sheriff who, no
matter how painful his duty, could uphold
the law and protect the county jail. The
events Of to-day are briefly told.
The eoroner's jury to investigate
the shooting met and adjourned till TO-
morrow, in order to procure witnesses.
Sheriff Smith was released on $25, COO and
will take charge of his CfIice again at once.
| Beginning tonight the troops will be sent
away one company at time until all are
gone.
Martin Walker and jeff Brown, colored,
have been arrested as supposed accom-
plicss in the Hswes murder, but the
evidence against them is only cirCumstan-
tial None of the wounded have died to-
day.
1t is not absolutely certain yet that
Hawes killed mis- wife and two children.
Some of the authorities believe that be is
innocent, but public opinion, which is,
however, not always right, brands him as
the dend. That the perpetTatOr of such a
cold bloOded deed should maintain the
self-possession exhibited by HIVES and
persist in declaration Cf innccsrco ssems
almost incredible. That he hsd ACCOM-:
pliCss, if he is guilty, there is no doubt.
There is a bare possibility that the two
coo ed people, Fanny Bryant sn1 Albert
Patterson, now in Jail charged with com
plcity, may have done the decd.
HAYES ATTORNEYS SAY
that their client will astonish the commu-
nifty by establishing his Innocence, and that
every body will be glad that the attempted
| lynching did not tucceed. A vital circum-
stance which might save the accused from
the gsllOEs is the payment OF $500 to bis
wife. He claims he gave her $500 to sup"
port herself, and thst several people knew
she ha1 the mOrey. Iftbis is true. robbery
might have been the motive for the crime.
But the hideous fact that two innocent
| little children perisaed with their mother
couiIOnts HaWts, aud the rope seems al
ready daT Cling above his head. 1t is known
that the acCnsed murderer has
CONTADGCTED HIMSELF
several times 10 gaining tae confidence
CT Miss May Story Re tO!d her that be had
procured divorce from his wife. This
wes q deliberate fatSehCOl. Two years ago
while living in Atlanta HaHe5 caught bis
wife in red with q man and instituted
proceedings for divorce, but the matter was
| finally compromised and tie couple lived
together again. Ia October they had an
other quarrel and the husbsnd corsultsd
at trOrneys about divorce proceedings, but
tbs matter was dropped.
saw Hawes in the jail to-day. Access
to his cell is difficuls to obtain, for the
civil and military discipline is complete.
| The mau charged with these most terrible
murders is q plea5ant-iooking fellow about
thirty.fye years of age. He has light
mustache aud i3 about medium height and
well built. No ore would pick him out
as q Crimisl. He still insi; t' that be knows
nothing about the death of his wife and
childIeu.
JENNIE BRYANT
il repulsive in appearance, and, Judging
from her physlOguomy, ehs would rot hes.
itate 10 do anything wicked if well paid
tor it. A place of melancholy interest at
pm ant is Llkeview, the picturesque re-
tort 1t is adorned with handsome villas,
and mammoth hotel stands above the
pretty art fetal lake. The place in which
was found the body of Mrs. HATes was
near a miniature island.
The home of Hswes is the middle one of
three modest cottages, built together.
Some one crushed in the skull of the de-
fepseless wife, and when taken to the lake
her boiy was weighted with railroad
iron. She must have been quite dead.
/ But for she finding OF the body OF little
! May floating on this waters OF EAstlake,
seven miles south OF the city, il is proba-
BILE that Mrs. Hawes would have remained
in her watery tomb. The
MARKS or BLOODY HANDS
were seen on the walls Of the front room
Of Hawe4' house, Just after the tindipg o.!
the body Of May. Bot some participant
/ 10 the dreadful butChery scratched them
of. Bloody clothing which had been
worn by young child WAS discovered un-
! der the hou,e.
| Little Irene, the two-year-old girl, is
! still missing. II is said her poor little
bpdv is not IN either of the lakes. The
theroy most accepted is that she was muir
dered and buried. Little Mary was gent
" put cut Of the way by her monster
! father. He seemed to have real affection
70. the child. One week ago tonight he
rode with her to Eastlake. She sat upon
his kre4, and her childish Prattle attrac-
ttd the attention Of the conductor On the
railroad. Au hour later Hawes
RETURNED TO THE CITY ALONE.
He had, So il is believed, chloroformed
the girl, and, when she was fast ssleep,
threw her into the lake. Perhaps some one
disturbed his guilty cOuscieucs and before
he could weigh the body, ss Re did that OF
hls wife. he became frightened and ran
awsy. THIS was his second Relish deed,
but Re was more humane. How Heae
died is a mystery, bat il is the most rea-
aonsb'e conclusion that she wss put out OF
the way about the same time as Ter moth
er. Lakeview ia where Postmaster Fhrock'
morton lived, and the residents of that
unusually hsppy section OF the city are
overcome by the horror OF the murder ana
the death of a dear friend.
\ dispatch from Columbus, Miss, says:
The correspondent had few minutes
talk to-day with Miss Story, the young
lady whom Hswes married after killing
his irst wife. shs is a charming girl OF
about twenty Yeas of age, OF excellent
lamily nnd educstion. Her ewes were red
with weeping. Ga being tJld OF the st
tempt to lynch Hawes che said that if he
was guilty no tate could be too harsh toc
bim She added that she could not be-
hsve in his proteststiouS of innocence, as,
after the cruel manner IN which be had
deceived her, she thought him capable Of