Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-20
NOT FOUND.
The Search for the Body Of the Murdered
Child,
TILL GOING ON At NINGO.
The Latest Developments in this Curious
Case.
PETER BOUCHER STILL IN JAIL.

lie hILS5J CT IeleI DOuBueIi IuI INC mui
DER of Mrs. Fishers child. as narrated in
TIE REGISTER Of yesterday, was the sensa-
tioa OF three towns.
Martins Ferry, MingO and Sleubervlle
people, together with Lot few in this
city, were greatly interested in the matter,
aud at MiOgo, especially, there was great
excitement, and further developments are
awaited with great anxiety.
Yesterday morning there was a persist
snt rumor circulated through Steubsnville
and MiDgo that the body of the murdered
child had been found in the cellar of
Beugher's house, at Mingo, and this added
to the excitement, as it fully corrObOrated
the s.cry told by Mrs Fisher and her ad-
missions made 10 reporter for the REGIS
TER Marshal Scott and Prosecuting At
torney Gregg, of Steubenville, at once went
down to Mi9gO on hearing the report of
the finding Of the remains, but on arriving
there they ascertained that the rumor was
rumOr mas Brought 10 Wheeling, bat en-
curry showed that it had 10 foundation.
Mr.. L E Ers&ine, attorney for BOugh-
er, who is sull in jail at Steubenville,
came down to this city yesterday, ard had
90 interview with Mrs Fisher in her
rooms at the building at Twelfth end Mar
ket streets. He returned last evening.
Last evenings Steuhenyille papers had
long accounts of the affair, but there were
few additional developments. They made
several corrections in previous statements,
the Gazette saying:
The child was bora on the 28th Of
May 1885, and was the daughter OF Avery
Fehsr and not the child OF BOugher. as has
been charged"
The Herald said
las to the paternity of the child MUIR
dered there is some doubt. Mrs. Fisher
now claims that it WAS Avery Fishers, but
BOUCHER always tainted his wife that it
wss his. 1t was girl and bore the name
of Ellie May Fisher. There is also a dis
pute as to its age, those being in tie best
position to know say that it was upwards
of year old, while officers who rely upon
Mrs. Fishers statement say it was only
about SIX months.
The same paper also ssys:
Mrs Fisher owned mouse of Mingo,
and on ths next lot owned by BOUCHER
was on old shanty about 14x16, which
Bcugher moved back when he built his
house. After he became so infatuated with
his sister-in-lsw he persuaded her to rent
her own house and live in the sharty. This
ste did and Mrs BOUCHER came TO Steu-
benville where she lived with BOughet's
mother for time During her absence
Mrs. Fisher took up her home in BOUCHER
house, and it was during this time the
deed was done ard the child buried under
meath the cellar of his big house IN the
rear Part. She soon became
wearied of Der illicit relations with BOUCHER
ard left him, going to her fathers house in
Brilliant. She has never since lived
with BOUCHER although he has begged,
coaxed and threatened her. At one time
he vert TO Brilliant and reOsised
all day in a stable near the Wiz
ming house in hope to see her.
Finally some men discovered his where
abouts and drove him from the town with
stones. BOUCHER came back to Mingo,
broke into the shsDty which still con-
tanned Mrs Fishers effects, and burned all
her clothing. For this he YVES arrested and
compromised by paying her $3.50. On the
day of the last circus in this city he at
tempted to shoot his former mistress, caus-
/ ing qnite a sensation. On account OF these
insane actions of Bougner and other threats,
Mrs. Fisher never before made coherent
state neut of the matter. But she does not
escspe unscathed in the commission Of
this crime. 1t is said upon some good su-
thority that its unnatural mother tried
once to kill the child by chlorOiorming it..
The house is now occupied by Felix Nc
Gee and Is one of the best in MipgO, being
situated north of the station
ana slOng the G. & P.
track. The failure to fiud the body in the
spot indicated has considerably annoy ed
the officers, aud their next move has not
vet been determined upon. From Mingo
1t is learned that the general impression
prevails down there that the child disap-
peared during a buggy ride, which BOUCHER
and Mrs. Fisher are said to have taken
That the body will yet be found in the
cellar of the house appears TO be low al
most abandoned, and the fact that the
corpus ce.icti is a necessary element in the
prosecution of the crime of murder rem
ders it now embarrassing to predicate the
procedure IN the case"