The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-01
HYours Very Respectfully,
The nau,S of tho writer, who is well
known, Is withheld in accordance with
his rpNuest and LOr Obvious reasons.

kuOWHI IN NttHUtlu III uCCOluuuGe WIN
hisrrquest and Tor obvious reasons.
DOS'r LOOK MXR 4 pRuTE.
The testimony Of the neIgtlbors and
family, and upon which he has been
convicted, make Striker an inhuman
monster. But in appearance he seems
like some Bihlc patriarch, or 8 Rip Van
WinklC awakened from a twenty years
sleep. lie is Of medium height, with
quite a Stoop in his neck aud head from
the shoulders forward, with full white
beard aud long flowing white hair, both
Of which he Is quite particular TO keep
COmbed with comb he carries with
lin. Ills manners seem mild Rnd gen.
lie and bis voice the same. But on close
inspection his eye Is seen to be very
keen, lila features strong, his nose Ro-
man, certain lines hard, and at times d
CLEAN Of shrewdnegs and cunning flashes
out unbidden and half reyeals the hid.
den tiger which lies within.
The vile Is 4 WORKOUT woman who
looks IA II Sue lad been crushed. The
children pArtakG Of the same appear.
ancr, and all were much frightened.
The children sobbel bitterly and pIti.
iullyas they testified, all casting fearful
glancea al Striker.
The evidence to-day corroborated tie
charges. A couple Of months ago, when
hu beat the little girls, tho mother could
llear the llCkH over hundred wards
away. Their backs were all covered
with wCltS. Julia, one Of the little girls,
said he had once tied her up by the heels
to II tree and whipped her. Another
timelt Is sad that lie whipped Q iO.yeaT.
old daughter with blacksnRke whip
until shU WIS neOrly dead. Also that
once when he was angry at q balky
horse, he killed II with u stick and then
cut It's ilnat. Ills wiiC says he hos
threatened to Kill herself and children,
His ACTION ApTHl SENTENCE.
When Stricken received hls sentence
he cid; "rhats all very good, ! can
stand tint" but he also remarked tllat
there was no Use in his saying anything
lhO refused any lawyer Us II was evident
lhal the case had been decided by the
Justice before II had been tried and he
would get no justice. When he was
MEen TO jail by Constable Ault he re.
marked 10 him: "lm not going 10 eat Q
DIe as long az stay In here, bat let This
"'u O0dy ury uR and pass away"
striker claims 10 hRve come 10 thiI
county along about 1925, aud 10 have
Neoh O9.h IN Banker street, New YorE
Slty lie las been a LeamSter for nany
ysaH OF his life, and remembers haulipI
sea gravel onto broadway near the place
Nhere Ihe Bowery brAnehpd oil. II Il
sa.u OF llim That when d teahlster In thil
county years ago, that he used 10 cont
Y etl0 tho akin and lIU down on thI
t uvOr ahI sleep by preietpnce, rathe
inah TO change lllS clothes aud 10 10 bed
nlS constitution must have been an lFoi
one aud Of this there ID conGiderabII
evidence yet, ior notwithstanding MI
s'ow movements, there's d look abnu
nun "a u 10 could be as quick and spFy
~ cat II he wanted 10, and BY nj
means gasy 70 handle. Por the ftp
lNealy.lOur hours after hiS ImptiSon
melt previous 10 trial hO refused l,,oj
To-day after tile trial, when hiS iamil
ZANE to bid him goodbye, lie broke III
ute9u among his crying children an
nauH "., lhrn share II with him loS III