Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-01
THE RECORD
OF CRIMES AND CASUALTIES THROUGHOUT TEE
STATE
Attempted Raps-Fatal AccldsDt-Raud Blown Of
Killed lis BrO,har-A Boy Murderer.
Suicide Railroad Accidents, E!c.

| man farm dJ DulHelu =, upon WnlCH
were engraved the letters "B. B., 1853,
presumably the initials of Mr.. Bunbury
Bennett, who used To live in the neigh
bOrhood. The same terrapin had been
dated in 1879 by Mr.. Links harvest
hands, and il was seen from time to time
in the field where ii made its home.
| When Mr. RonemouS found it last week
/ he carried il TO the other side or the
railroad TO show it TO some men, aud
then set it loose again. Br'er Terrapin
! knew he was on the wrong side of the
| track, however, and that night he set
/ out for home. But while his famous
/ ancestor won the race with the hare,
| this old fellow was no match for modern
/ express trains, and as he was labOriouS-
/ ly crossing the railroad track train
SwoOped down on him and cut him in
/ two. The accident is greatly deplOred
I i'm DuflieldS, where the terrapin was a
| universal -ShephcrdsioiCn Reg
/ tSicr.
The Pendleton NelrS says: "Since our
/ last issue an inceSSant search has been
/ kept up for little Ada, the four-year- Id
daughter of Mr.. Whitecotton, whose
] III SUI AONN RNeA VANN w c'N'N W.
account of last week We are sorry to
say nothing definite has yet been aScer-
/ tanned as to her fate. The searcherS are
positive that they came upon her tracks
seven miles from her homo on Brnshy
run. up Seneca, last week, but nothing
| further was developed. We fear these
! tracks were those Of some other child,
or the Searchers were deceived as 10
their nature. The child could not have
| forded the river to get there, even if she
could have walked so far in her little
bare feet, or have stood the cold
and rain in a thin calico slip, and having
no food since the morning she diSap-
peared."
A dastardly attempt was made to raw
ish Miss Lucy latter Sunday, by two
coored men named Edward Brown and
George Hall, as she was on her way to a
baptiSmal ceremony at Bailey church,
Pennington, Marion county, accom-
panied by her young brother. Hall
seized her by the feet and pulled her of
her horse, while Brown held the ami
NAL. Young latter jumped from his
horse and attacked the fellows, keeping
them from accomplishing their purpose
until assistance from the church ar
rived, when Hall was captured and
Brown escaped. The influence OF the
ministers in charge of the service saved
Hall from lynching. AT the prelimi-
nary examination he pleaded insanity,
produced by drink, and was jailed to
await the action of the grand jury.
At Huntington, last Monday after
noon, Miss Annie Wright, took an ounce
of laudanum with suicidal intent, and
her life was saved with difficulty. 1t
seems she procured the poison at one of
the drug stores and retiring TO her room
over the store took a dose. A girl pres
ent informed Frank Bush, Was clerk,
what Miss Wright had done, and he
hurriedly called DR.. VickerS, who ad-
mniStered the necessary antldoteS. She
objected 10 any treatment that might
save her life, but she was compelled to
submit. After her recovery she stated
that she took tae poison in order to OBJ
tain sleep. The attempt upon her life
is believed to be the result of love af-
fair, however.
John Stout, who resides on the head
OIL AtutI CIcCh. III dAlOil NOutANJi INV
with fatal accident Tuesday morning
last. He was engaged in cutting down
small trees for the purpose Of repairing
brush fence. During the storms OF
last winter a limb was broken from a
large tree and in falling lodged on a
small tree. Mr.. Stout cut the tree upon
which the limb rested, without being
aware of It's position. When the tree
fell the limb descended, and striking
Mr.. Stout on the head, fractured his
skull. He was taken to his home and
medical aid summoned, but he died in
about three hours,
One day last week an eight-year-old
son of Thomas Brannon, who resides on
Washington run, short distance across
the Wood county line, in Grant district,
Jackson county, Shot and killed his
brother, aged four years. While all the
| family, except the two boys mentioned,
were away from the house, the elder
brother got the gun and proposed to his
Younger brother that he (the younger)
act as rabbit and that he (the elder
would be hunter and shoot him, and
so it was carried out, the shot taking
effect in the boys chest, causing death
in a very short time.
A fire occurred at Bunker Hill. ten
miles from Martinsburg, on Monday OF
last week, which destroyed one of the
Oldest and most famous homesteads IN
the State. 1t was built long before the
revolutionary war by Major Andrew
Waggoner, one Of the first settlers OF
this section of what was then the State
of Virginia. Major Waggoner COM
manded a company in the American
army during the revolution and his con-
spicuous bravery at the battle OF Brandy
wine is referred to in complimentary
terms by Chief Justice Marshall.
Last Friday afternoon while Mr..
John Nunamaker, accom- panied by his
Young son, was riding in a dog cart,
near Keedysville, Berkeley county, the
horse ran away, and Mr., Nunamaker
was thrown violently to the ground.
The child became fastened between the
axle and body of the cart and hung
with his head downward until the run
away horse was caught, about two miles
from where it had started. The es-
cape of the child from death was simply
miraculous. 1t is not thought that the
Injuries to either the father or child
are serious.
On Tuesday Of last week, Mr.. Clowney
McClug, who lives in Meadow Bluff dis
trict, Greenbrier county, had his right
hand blown to pieces by the explosion