Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-28

clothing and covered the pavement LOT
an area of perhaps two square yards. a
number of children and two or three
grown persons had followed the officer
and his charge up the street, and meSSen-
gers were at once sent for physicians.
DR.. Hutchlns was quickly on the spot,
and with the aid Of several handker-
chiefs. succeeded, after time, in par
TALLY controlling the flow of blood.
which was rapidly draining the veins OF
the PROSTATE man. The crowd rapidly
/ increased in size, as the rumOr spread
/ that Williams had killed himself, ana
soon the entire sidewalk in the neigh
borhood was blocked. requiring the Ell
/ forts OF several officers, who had arrived,
10 keep them back
FULLY CONSCIOUS.
Williams presented a CHASTITY specta-
Gle. but was fully conscious, and while
the officers were awaiting the arrival OF
additional physicians, he kept snort
lead pencil in his right hand and made
repeated motions, signifying he desired
to write. A REGISTER reporter placed
a pad on his breast, and he wrote, Il
am cold" in a tremulous Scrawl. a
moment later he wrote, "Handle me
easy: my throat is very sore, 1t being
AT a time when the officers were dis
.cussing the ACCESSIBILITY OF moving him
into the Jail He made signs that his
head hurt him, but when some one
spoke OF putting a cushion under his
head he again motioned for the pad and
wrote. DO not raise my head.
d. 9 a..
was keeping the horrible cash in Will
liams throat closed up rs well As he
could. and officers and other messengers
were securing the neighborhOod Tor an
other physician. All the doctors seemed
To be- out Of their Offices. and perhaps
ten or twelve minutes elapsed before
/ Dr. Hump arrived on the scene. by his
directions Williams was picked up by
/ four officers and carried into the jail
corridor. where he was placed on two
/ long benches. laid close together. From
| this improviSed table he was later re-
moved To the Office Of the JailOr, where
the physicians. together with Mr.. Eu-
gene Warren. a medical student, wash
ed away the blood and proceeded to
close up the gap in his throat. Just be-
/ fore the physicians went to work, VIII
liams again made signs for the report
er's pad. and wrote: Il am all right.
do not think I'll die" A little later he
wrote: Are you ChriStian?' but no
one could gather the import OF the
question.
A CLOSE CALL.
An examination by the physicians
showed that the wind-pipe had been cut
almost entirely through. and the only
portion not severed by the knife being
small part at the rear, and the tissues
were cut through clean. None of the
large arteries or veins of the throat
were cut. but the ctfuSion Of blood had
/ been very considerable and the patients
pulse was weak. The doctors thought
| his chances were rather slim, owing to
| the danger that the Situred wind-pipe
would not unite permanently, as
well as from the complications
which almost inevitably follow
such wound. BY the time the
physicians had Sewed up the wound
Williams was pretty well drained OF
blood, and when seen at the jail about
; o'clock last night his features looked
like wax and his pulse was very weak.
The doctors. after a consultation, de-
cidcd IL would be best to have the pa
tlent removed To the hospital, and this
was done. by permission Of the Sheriff,
about half-paSt eight. Williams being
carried ON a Stretcher furnished by
Mendel x Co.
HOW THE ATTEST CAME ABOUT.
Chief Delbruggc said to a REGISTER
reporter
I'VE had been hunting up iniorma-
ton bearing upon Williams and Dickey
during a considerable portion Of the
morning. and among other things We
asccrtancd that Williams had been
in the neighborhoOd OF Sadie
Tracy'S house of i'll fame WedneS-
day, with the girl. We deter
mined to arrest both Williams and Dick |
ev. If this was true. Officer Shorts and
myself went ont to see Miss Tracy about
the matter. We made known our err
rand, and ! asked her if Williams had
not been at her house, yesterday, with
the girl Lulu CreSS. She said they
were outside, but that they did not come
In. said
"'MiSS Tracy. we know all about this
thing. and We want you to tell what you
know" She then said
" Well. Williams came To the house
Yesterday and told me he had girl out
side | said, "Well, bring her in He
went outside Of the door, and came back
/ I'm little while and said she wouldn't
come in. | said. ''Oh, bring her in,
and he went out again. When he came
/ back ne said the girl was a good girl,
/ but she wouldn't come in. Then | said
/ he needn't come around here any more.
/ | said, Il offered you your tgures-two
dollars for each girl-and You could
bring her in If you wanted to- He
went away then
This was not all told to me directly
said the Chief, "but il came ont through
our questions. This girl Lulu" con-
tinued the Chief, lis not the only girl
| Williams has taken to Tracy's house,
although i'm this last attempt he was
unsuccessful. | aSccrtained that before
! went out to see her. and when she had
told me about Williams trip, yesterday,
| asked her how long it had been since
ne brought the other girl to the house.
She said: That was four weeks ago to-
day / said Wasn't her name Harriet
Mathers?' No, it wasn't, she snapped
out: lit was Lizzie Flanagan, and she
came from Moundsville, she's here
now"
This seems to make convincing the the
ory that Williams and his partner were
engaged in the dcSpicable work of Turing
Young girls to ruin. and getting places
/ for them in houses Of III fame, and that
the woman Sadie Tracy IS equally
guilty with the men. This is borne out
by the following statement made by
Miss Tracy, last night, her version being
decidedly different from what she had
told Chief Delbrugge in the morning,
she having heard OF the attempt at sui
eide in the meantime.
SADIE TR4CY's STORY.
Last evening a REGISTER reporter