The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-03
A TERRIBLE DEATH,

Hurled Into Eternity Without n Slonsr,,.
Wnrning-The Victims lsody Literal,
Carved-iiIs Career OF Crlme-A rr mi
mont business House Connected WIN ~.
Deed = Sensational Development, =,
pectcd. .ij
Comparatively speaking, no CITY iph.
Union can boast OF a cleaner ctim;MnS,
record than Wheeling, but the atrocio ,'a,
and brutal details Of the tragedy enSct0J
on Market street last night far or,s,,isa
any recorded In the criminal calrnjn,sa
OF any other city, and Is only rouaiio5
In shocking and inhuman bu,chrry Nv
the White Chapel murders. The vl,cs
selected by the murterous Grnds T io'
their terrible crime was tho lot adioinin.
the Wheeling Instalment Company'snss
stores on Market street, and back Of tbs
building now In the course Of corsttnC'
ton there. From what can be lca,nSi
ut present, the murder must have bean
committed before II o'clock. Some cav
II was done before tho Wheeling lnsSi
ment Company had closed liz doors ~,
the night. Upon inquiries at their stores ~.
We were informed that the firm did M,
close till 1850 on Saturdays. How
murder could BIO committed on sucb n
prominent tllorOughiare while the stra.,a
were alive with people without at,roE,.
ing public attention is indeed mystery
From the terrible mutilatcd appcaran:o
Of tho murdered mans head, il i, snn.
posed he was sand.baggcd md his boJy
literally carved. The body lay parallcl
with the Wheeling Instalmcn, Com.
pany's store and little east Of il. Tho
victim, apparently very Respectable
man, was dressed rather stylish anJ
wore silk hat with the initials iii Pr
worked in the lining.
APPEARANCES OF THE BoDy.
Tho forehead was hammered in ,bo
eyes gouged from their sockets tbS
throat cut from ear TO ear, the lrit Srm INN
was cut clean from the shoulder and lbs
right dreadfully hacked. The stomach
was ripped open, leaving the bowels pro.
truding. Tho sight was CHASTITY in The
extreme and very revolving.
THE VICTIMS CAREER,
Tho face, from the dreadful mptia.
tions, could not be recognized, but is Ina.
lieved by the majority OF people who
saw the body, to have been 4 residen, Of
the city for many years and moved
among the best society. Ills presence
In every household was quickly acquiesc.
ed in, though it was well known by
these people that he was n fugitive from
justice. He took part in all social affairs
Of note and was greatly admired by the
lair sex. His company was courted BIZ
well known professional gentlemen.
Merchants, and even clergy, were known
to DO his boon companions. That he
has made many victims among these peo.
pie goes without saying. That he has
actually robbed many OF them they now
realize and they all unanimously pro.
nounce him scoundrel OF the lowest
type. In order to escape dreadful ex.
pose which n prominent firm threatened
to make, the victim left the city las,
September and returned yesterday, pre-.
Stunning everything had blown over.
TIE BODY IDENTIFIED.
The initials al. p" in the hat were
also worked on nil his undersarmen,s,
These facts, with the identification Of
the body by very reliable citizens, vic.
tins OF the murdered man, establish
beyond doubt his personality. As we
said before, he lived among lis for many
years and was known by the name OF
"High Prices" iI
TIE ACCUSED.
1t has been established beyond a
doubt thatthe gentlemen connected with
the Wheeling Instalnent Company are
guilty OF the crime. In IN interview
with the leading member OF the firm, he
admitted the guilt Of his firm and stated
that his firm had determined by selling
Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Crockery,
Lamps, Clocks, ETC., at lower prices than
any other house and on easy payments
to not only kill High Prices but msrep-
resented values. We strongly recon.
mend those in need OF household goods
to visit the Wheeling Irsialment Com.
pany, 1l3S Market street, the foes OF
High Prices and Misrepresented Values.