Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-20
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
MISS JENNIE NIKE AND HER CHIED ALIVE
AND WE'LL,
And Residents Of Wheeling for Six Days Past
Along With the William in the Play-Sh' IS
Treated Shamsfully By Him-Origln
of the Indian Creek" Fake

The Indian Creek mystery, IN "hicn
Miss Jennie Mckee, of Pittsburg, Inquired
as suicide or a murdered woman, neither
maid, wife nor widow, is cleared up
The girl is alive and 50 is her baby. Inc
Indian Greek part of the sto7y was a i'Ao'
The other part is no doubt true.
Jennie Mckee and her child have peeh
in Wheeling, at a prominent apartment
house, ever since last Wednesday, and tue
man interested, Henry Reed, has been here
some time. a REGISTER reporter learned
this fact yesterday and called upon the
lady who keeps the hOuse, who told MN
TIE story of tue coming and going OF the
people, which is as follows:
TIE STORY.
''On last Wednesday afternoon man &C
cOmpanied by a woman carrying haoy
in her arms, came to my house, and the
man asked if he could secure room. l
told him he could, ard showed them the
room. which they decided to accept. lie
asked me how much it would be until
Monday morning, as my terms are III 40
vance, and upon receiving the information
| was surprised TO see tde woman hand me
tie money.
He said that their name was Red, ana
ahorsly afterwards he left the home MIS-.
Reed asked me where there was a bakery,
and l told her She went ont sod pres
entity returned with a few rolls. l told
her about the restaurants in the neighoor-
hooi. and said TO her it would be nice 10
take their meals at one OF them. The
next morning she Gaze down rather late
after some water, and she answered my
question if she was well in the affirmative.
she afterwards went out snd got
some more rolls, Dir. Red having gone
out in tbs meantime. l went up 10 her
room about noon aud found her sittiT Z at
tie windo crying. l asked what was
wrong and she said Mr.. Reed had gone out
and she didn't know whether be would re-
turn or not.
This was very surprising information,
and upon questioning her further learned
that see had no dinner. asked her down
stars and gave Ter
SOMETHING TO EAT,
and in this way matters continued. When
asked her where her husband got his
meals. she ssid che did not know, and 90
she seemed to have no money she kept on
eating with me, because l couldn't bear TO
see h,r suffer- He'd it rot been for me,
the man Reed would have allowed the
poor woman TO starve.
'She said she had bsen married for two
years, and th she was afraid OF Reed ne
cause he had bit off mans ear III Pitts
burg once Size said she was only twenty
ore years old, but sne looked to be forty,
because she was heart-6roken, abused
woman. She said she had gven Reed
about three hundred dollars since
last September, snd that she had
purchased the suit of clothes he wore, for
which she pad sos Read vas a large,
fine looking man, until you ssw his face,
then you could see at Is glance that ne was
villain. He wore goid-rimmed glasses,
and YVES elegantly dressed in the clothes
the poor women had purchased. She
ackuO dged that she thought Reed was
ouly trying 10 get money from her and had
requested her to send home for money,
which she Iefused to GO
81 asked her shy she dda't leave him
AID 20 home and she said her aiher
WOULD NOT SPEAK To HEB
ard she did not want 20 90 back. The
poor woman was madly infatuated with
Reed and when he went down street she
ygouid watch him until he got clear ont of
sight, and when he came in she could not
stay away from him.
''She had dropped the fact that her mai
den name was McKes, and when / saw the
evening 1 took it up and showed it to her
l mentioned that The name was tie same
as hers bat she said l vas mistaken, that
her name wss McAfse. She afterwards
acknowledged thst che was the woman,
however, ard when Reed came in that
night she told him that the people were
catching on 10 them, aud ne would have TO
do something. Then Reed stoTmed around
in a terrible manner and talked AID sTore
a great deal, pat the poor woman's voice
was rot head once during the whole time.
GAS the time was up Monday morning
told Mr.. Reed that as far as his wife vas
concerned size might stay, but l would
not have him ID II the house. However,
sgreed TO ALLOW them to remain until the
next morning, AID told him pretty plain
" what l thought If him, and thai the
woman woald have starved if l had not
fed her. He pr0lessed tn he ignorant of
the fact tina! she had paid me
NOTHING FOR WHAT SHE ATE
and showed himself to be the brute he is
The wonian tod ne ale expected 10 get
about S. 600 a. 10 distant day, end my
opinion is that he Ia just waiting to get it
from her
About half pest three O'Clock yesler-
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