Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-10
TWO MURDERS.
MOSES NAPIER KILLED IN WAYNE AND OkV'
TIHSLEY IN SUMMERS.
A Shooting Scraps at HunhngtOn-Faial Aceidsns
at Several POints-Miscsllane6us
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citizens of Wayne county occurred al
Wayne c. H., Wednesday evening" ana
created considerable excitement. Al
derson Walker is deputy sheriff OF
Wayne county. He is also jailor' ana
popular fellow. Moses Napier Is Il tim-
Der man, lives on Upper TweiVepoie
creek. and is considered a very good
man. However, about five years ago.
he was arrested for stealing timber
Walker. who was at that time deputy
sheriff. worked up case on him. lie
had some trouble in getting out OF the
scrape. and feud arose between he ana
Walker on account of the arrest ana
after trouble. Napier vowed vengeance
on the taller. The latter was notlhed
Of the fact. He said that he was not
afraid of Napier. Both were deter
mined men. They met OH Wednesday
evening last. Both were under the III
fluence of liquor. They met at "A prom
inent resort there, and war OF words
began, which terminated III walker
milling n revolver and shooting Napier.
The wound is bad one, and, II is
thought, may prove fatal. Walker was
placed under arrest.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred ut
the round house at Hinton, thursday
morning, n short time before twelve
o'clock, II seems that white man
named James A. Burnett, who was drlV-
ing one of the teams there, came near
near being caught by an engine that
was backing, and had some words with
George Tinsley. colored man, who had
charge of the engine. After a lew
words. Burnett drew a pistol ana
threatened the negro, whcreupon Tins
lev seized a pick and sprang from the
engine, advancing on him. burnett re-
treated and warned him oil, ana on ms
continuing to advance, fired mt HIM once
Tinsley then struck at him with the pick
and he fell. While lying on the ground
he fired three more shots and Iinsley
fell MORALLY wounded. One bullet
struck him i'm the head and the other in
the body. the latter wound being fatal.
Burnett at once gave himself up TO the
authorities, claiming To have Tired III
self-defense, and is now in Jail awaiting
an examination. There Is conflict OF
testimony as to when the first shot was
fired, some Of the witnesses saying that
Burnett fired before Tinslcy left the
engine and others that he did not fire
until after he had retreated some dis
lance from Tinsley's advance.
On Monday night last, about IL
o'clock. ID. f. Hale, the jailer of Mer-
Ger county, was disturbed by the break
ing of a lamp in the upper hall Of the
jail, and almost Immediately Bob Bur
nett, Randolph Franklin, Jesse King,
Monroe Jones and Fayette Pendleton
escaped Jail, with Lewis Hale, the jail
ers brother. in close pursuit. Lewis
Hale caught franklin and turned him
over to Frank Hale, who took him back
to the Jail, while Lewis made an effort to
CAPTURE another man. Frank Hale got
his prisoner inside the Jail door, when
Franklin, thinking Hale was unarmed,
no doubt, made an effort to clutch his
throat and exclaimed, Now, G. d
YOU, I'll kill You" Hale had been sick
for several days, hut had sufficient
strength TO jerk away from Franklin,
and hastily drawing his pistol, he shot
him through the neck, severlng an ar
terry. from which the negro died in few
minutes. If Hale had been unarmed he
would, no doubt, have been killed.
Franklin was in Jail for breaking the
skull of colored woman at Blueilcld,
and was considered Il very dangerous
character. Bob Burnett is the notorl-
Gus desperate who attempted to shoot
the Mayor of Blueiield, and who broke
Jail at that place some three or four
weeks ago, and was recaptured u day or
so afterwards at Richlands, Va. Mon
roe Jones murdered another negro at
Mill Creek, and was awaiting trial for
his crime.
In the Oak Hall saloon, at Hunting
ton, Tuesday, Chal. Gould fired i've
shots at George Roadcap, baggage
master on the y. y. Il NJ. V. road. None
OF the balls took effect, Roadcap was
standing at one end of billiard table
and looking up saw Chal. Gould advanc-
ing from the doorway with a pistol IN
his hand. Chal. walked up to the end
of the table and saidi Now, b g,
we'd better settle this" and began firing.
The first shot struck the left side OF the
table, tearing the cushions, the see
oni struck the center, the third
and fourth hit the door and the
fifth went into the corner Of the
room, but there stood George, Unhurt
and unframed in every way except be-
ing scared nigh unto death. After
firing the five shots at Roadcap, the
would-be assassin snapped the weapon
again at him, but the chambers were
empty. Chal then turned to the crowd,
who were seated near the table, and be-
gan to snap the pistol at them. George
Realty hit him with billiard cue, and
that ended the fracas. Gould was at
once arrested.
Last Sunday a serious accident occur
red at Irondale, Preston county, which
came near resulting fatally. Myrtle
Pyles, l2-year-old daughter oil John
II. Pyles. miner, while crossing foot
log over the Three Fork creek slipped
and fell and was swiftly borne down the
rapid stream. There being a boarding
house near where she fell in, several
men went to the rescue. One man