The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-08-27
WHO Murdered Mr.. Connell.


The Basic City Advance OF the goth is
stirred mp over the shooting OF Mr. D. f..
Cornell, on the Pullman sleeper three
weeks ago. This occurred near Basic
City. The 44dUonce says:
We have never believed that e. rebnefy las Was
more than a CLOAK to conceal the true ihGylye
for the E;lIf,,.5 i'm ali criminal history there
has never been a parallel 30 the case OF a man
bent uiJcn robbery. using his weapons OF Celeace
wjtholit nrt,v,fatloI to defeat the very OBJECT
of his assault and. at the same tle, Ieiiuer' MS
ne would naturally suppose, ms eso 81 yy
Die II this be true. he was more iooi eiia
and should be easily oVertaheu: ,, -
Here are the exceptions TO the generally re,
ceiyed opinion unat MIR. connel was murdered
for his money A man with bare head, restless
eyes, nervous manner, was seen 10 see C ~ .ii .
train at Stanton lie carried d pisSoi ~ nis
hand He followed. u party who nad left tne
same train and peered into the faces oI each one
as il looking for certain man. Apparently ne
labored under great mental excitement AItef
satisfying himself that the man he wanted 10
Kill did not leave the train, he retuneo, Jumped
on the rear end of the sleeper ana NE cue iuiia
tic that he must have been, Killed a PASSENGER
instead OF the porter. Here IS announcer sGofy.
Mr.. Cornell mad made investments "a CralB
county for . certain party. me pi0nts rom
said inyestinent did not materialize. The spec
ulator demanded return OF ms money tlig laii
ing in this he determined 70 see IN, ailu
make a mere rorcible demand. Following hm.
or more probably coming on the NofEelk ana
Western railroad and waiting mere for INN ne
again demanded the money dust iCeStF00 pi4S
reply.'1I have no money for you, Wniei caused
the tragedy. A passenger ON LIE @nrfolk ana
western corroborates the last STORY " lesc i
ing fellow on the train VINO stopped OH nv
Basic City, as Il slispicios character anu appar-
entity on the lookout for victim,
We do no5 pretend to endorse either story,
while both fully as plausible as the one
Wl1cl. liaat 4 1abery the only motive. What
we uv believe Il this; there We're parties on the
sleeper Win 4 Nv more about the AFFAIR than
they were III .,is TO tell. No one was put onoath
anu no Inquest was held. What was the lady
that Judge Christian, who jumped ONT OF his
berth immediately upon hearing the shot fired.
saw standing in the alise dong tfap she saw no
one enter or leave the eoachf Her evidence
was never taken, nor has she yoluteefed TO give
any. What was the husband OF this young lady
doing up at . O'Clock and who was said to be
the most excited man on the sleeper,the man
who carried the first news OF the shooting to the
conductor, that he saw no one enter or leave
The coach? His evidence might be worth some
thing, but it has never been given 81 required.
If the solution to the mystery is not buried in
Mr.. Connell's grave it il in the breast OF some
passenger, who can, II ne Wall throw all the
light that is needed to solve the problem Of Mr..
Cohnells murder,
The Roanoke Times has the following,
which it is hoped may be verified by
future Developments
A Times reporter was reliably inform |
ed yesterday evening that Detective |
Baldwin, of the Norfolk and Western,
was in possession Of sufficient informa- I
ton to land the murderer of ID. Econ /
mel, on the cars near Basic City q few /
weeks ago, behind the bars in less than
five days, and thus clear up the Pullman
car mystery. There are now three de-
tectives on the case, but it is said they
are off The clue. Baldwin is one of the
finest detectives in the country and +
should he go to work on this case the
mystery is sure. to be solved,