Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-07
ALL GOOD CITIZENS,
BUT LIQUOR AND PR0VOCArION GOT THBN
INTO LOTS OF TROUBLE.
The Exact Details Of the TaylOsbwn Riot and hur-
dg-You Of Those Charged With the Crime
Lodged in Jsil-An Arrest Here.

The Exact Details Of the Taylostown Riot and kur-
da-yOu Of Those Charged With the Crime
Lodged in Jsil-An Arrest Here.
The publication in the morning papers,
yesterday, of substantially accurate out
line of the riot and murder at Tsylors-
town, the evening before, created good
deal of excitement about town, and eepec-
tally among the residents of East Wheel
ing, where all the parties charged with
the grave crime live and are well-known.
The papers had been unable to secure the
names of the men making up the hunting
party, in time for publication, but the
fact that the expedition had gone out was
well-known in the eastern portion of the
city, and it required little effort in day
light to get all the names. The party was
made up OF Edward Brand, son of Lock-
up Keeper William Brand, Peter Grass,
Adam Shsffer, a former police officer
under Captain Tom Bennett, and
now an Eighteenth street saloon
keeper, John Rust. and Frank Riddle.
All except Shaffer are employees OF the
Crescent mill, and all are good citizens and
have a large number of friends and &C
quaintances throughout the city, who are
greatly shocked at the unfortunate occur
renee. 1t is conceded. on all sides that
LIQUOR was at the bottom of the affair, 30
far as the actions of the Wheeling men are
concerned, but there is also disposition
to hold some of the citizens Of TaylOrs-
town responsible for the ARRAY which led
up to the killing, it being claimed that al
though the party of hunters were more or
less intoxicated, they were proceeding
quietly along, and would have molested no
one bad they not been jeered at from the
sidewalks.
The party left Wheeling about l o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, in a one-horsespring
wagon, as WAS stated in the REGISTER
yesterday. They were seen off on their
trip by quite number of friends, and
they anticipated good time, little dream
ing that in six or eight hours four of them
would be hunted by posse of armed men,
or that they would spend the greater por-
ton of the night and many ensuing days
in Jail, charged with riot and murder.
TWO SIDES TO THE STORY.
Several friends OF the Wheeling men
went out to Little Washington yesterday,
and although they were afforded very
meager opportunities for investigation,
they came away with the distinct impress
sion that the stories which had been sent
abroad from Taylorstown were very much
one-sided, and that if full and fair inyes-
tigation was had, the blame for the TRACE
dy would be found to rest very largely or
entirely with the Taylorstown people.
These gentlemen are satisfied that the
shooting of Staub was entirely accidental,
pointing out in support of this, that he
was an entirely innocent party, and
further. that as all the guns in the party
were discharged, it must have been merely
in the attempt TO keep off the crowd by
shooting in the air, as had they fired point
blank into the mob, several would certain
ly have been shot.
The shooting and the subsequent club
bing of guns by the Wheeling men was
not through desire to make war on the
Taylorstown people, but was done to keep
the advancing mob away from Adam
Shaffer, who had been knocked down
with stone, and who was lying inseusible
and helpless on the ground. As soon as
they could find chance, the Wheeling
men picked Shaffer up and placing him in
wagon, drove ont of town. Shaffer was
bleeding profusely, having been beaten
and kicked in q horrible manner, and il
was six hours before he WAS restored to
consciousness. The wagon was halted
about half mile out Of town by a bridge
being gone, and then the two men in il,
having Shaffer with them, one of the
others having been captured and the sec
ond having made his escape, drove back
through town, and were again fired upon.
Fortunately they were too far off to be
hurt, but the men found shot in their coat
pockets which had lodged there from the
Tay lorstown peoples guns. They got out
of town a considerable distance, but were
eventually overtaken and compelled to
surrender.
When Grass, the first of the men cap
tured, WAS taken, the Taylorstown men
deliberated q good while as to whether
they should hang him or not, some being
very much in favor of taking that course
with him. Wiser counsels prevailed, how.
ever.
It was with difficulty that the Wheel
ing men got physician to visit Shaffer,
and he received no attention from the
time he was hurt until late yesterday
afternoon.
The horse used by the men belonged to
Charles Otterson and the wagon to Mr.
Riddle.
What transpired at Tsylorstown, during
the row, the subsequent killing of Adam
Stsub, and the pursuit and capture of four
of the party of hunters, is told in one way
in the following, from the Washington
Reporter, of last evening:
THE TAYLoRsTOwN VERSION.
1.-The unusually quiet village ofTaylors
town was the scene of murder Wednes-
day night. A party of either five or six
persons left Wheeling about p. m. We'd
nesdsy, on bunting expedition. They
travelled in wagon drawn by a
gray horse, and arrived at Taylorstown
about 8 p m. The party were in various
front of Anderson & Bucbanan's
store their appearances eAClIcu tue
derision of some youngsters, who
made fun of them. The Wheelingites
drove down the road which runs
along Anderson & Buchsnan's store to the
north for a short distance and hitched.
They then returned to in front OF the store
and expressed desire to fight those pres
emit No answer was retained to their
challenge, at which they became more
boisterous. One of them. large man, de-
clared that he could whip any two men in
the crowd and advancing on q tool dresser
named Zske Ham knocked or pushed him
over. The melee then became general.
Ham left after being knocked down, but
returned and hoored one of the Wheeling
ties and was hit in the back by one of
them with q stone and again Knocked
down. Stones were thrown freely, but the
wheelipgites were worsted and went of to
their wagon and returning with their
SHOT GUNS OPENED FIRE
on the parties who were still on the scene
After firing they would use their guns as
clubs and several of them were broke
while beipg used in this manner. One Of
tha nartv raisad his oun IN strike a man