The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-28
Ed NEALD'S CAREER.
An Interesting Letter from Ash.
land, KY, about tho Man
WHOM FRANK CHURCH ASSAULTED.
lie is Said TO have had n Habit of
Insulting Womcn...The Inquest Into
the Cause of Ncald's death Finished
and the Verdict Rendered Ycstcr.
dny..-Tho Evidence.

In view Of tho provocation which
Frank Church claims to have had for
the assault on Ed Neald, tho agent oil
the Southwestern Publishing company
who died from tho injuries inflicted by
Church with a club, the following letter,
received yesterday by Church, is inter.
ing:
Mayors OFFICE, |
ASHLAND, KY, Nov. 90. !
Mr. Frank Church.
SiR:-Looking over tho Cincinnati
Eaggircr OF November u, 1891, | SEQ
your name connected with difficulty
with man by the name OF Ncald.
believing know this man and that tho
information may give you may DO OF
some benefit TO you, | take the liberty
Of writing TO you. In the latter part OF
October, 1890, there was man giving
his name MS Ed Ncald came to our city
in company with another young man
whose name | forget, representing
themselves TO be from Louisville, md
selling bibles and albums. They had
not been here but few days until n
Mr. Kramer, from lronton, Ohio, came
here hunting them, alleging that this
man Neald had insultcd n young lady
living with him. | think he told me
the young lady was his adopted daush-
fer. Also another man q few DAYS after
Bramcr came hunting him for insulting
his wife and he said to me he would do
him up ii hc found him, but he did not
find him.
Now, think this man Ncald is the
came man. He was tall, light-com-
plcctcd fellow, il my memory serves me
right, and he is in tho habit OF insult
ing ladies', as the deputy sheriff Of our
county had to do him up for insult ting n
lady III the cars coming from Cattletts-
burg to this city, and our city docket
shows fine entered thereon OF S. and
costs, amounting to $965. on November
{, 1880. for the same offence. Now,what
lwould say is that if this is any good
10 YOU you can fully establish it. | have
not heard OF Neald since he was in tho
courts here, but arr fully satisfied that
llllS ID lIlC stluC QUITS,
WILLIAM SENEY,
Marshal OF the City Of Ashland, Boyd
county, Ky.
THE INQUEST CONCLUDED.
Yesterday at half past nine o'clock
the coronor's jury impane!cd by Coun-
ty Coroner Phillips on Thursday to in
quire and true presentment make us to
what manner and by what means Ed
ward Ncald came to his death, reas-
scmblcd ut the office OF the coroner, on
Twelfth street, to commence the taking
Of testimony. All tho jurors, Messrs.
II. z. McGregor, John Howell, William
Fee, William EllinSham, c. T. Brand.
lass and Eugene Hanke, were promptly
oil hand. Coroner Phillips presided,
while the State was represented by
Prosecuting Attorney Howard and Hon.
&. W. Atkinson. and Frank Church by
Capt. B. b. Dovener. Stcnographer 7.
NJ. Garvin took the testimony in short
hand.
The first witness examined was the
city health officer, DR.. Spragg. lie told
all he knew OF the case lie first saw
Neald ut the city building about noon
OF November "a. He found Il cut on the
head and bruise over the ear, and the
doctor sewed up the cut, to do which
required several stitches. The wounds
had the appearance OF having been
inflicted by blunt instrument. The
man was conscious when the doctor
was first called, but had become uncon-
scious when he next saw him about
three o'clock. The patient complained
OF pain in his head, and was given
medicine to relieve that. This was to
be given every four to six hours, and
the doctor supposed the directions had
been followed.
AN OVERDOSE OF THE MEDICINE
would produce coma or unconscious
hess. The mar remained unconscious
until he died. Captain Dovener wanted
to know ii the cause OF mans death
could be decided ii he had received n
mortal wound and also taken dose of
medicine sufficient TO cause death. To
this the doctor responded that 1t would
be difficult to tell definitely just which
Of the possible causes was the actual
cause OF death. He thought that Just
about one dose OF the medicine had
been given out OF the ounce bottle. The
man had one eye dilated and the other
about normal, which would indicate
that this was the result OF blood-clot,
because an overdose OF cloral would
cause dilation OF the two eyes uni
iormly.
THE AUTOPSY.
Dr.. L D. Wilson, the county physi-
clan, said that he had made post NOR
ten examination OF NeaId's body. He
found . confused wound near the crown
OF the head, near the line OF the ear,
and the skull was discovered to be frac-
tured above the right ear. There was a
,I-sh"ped cut on the right side and u
bIrisc on the left arm. There was n
blood clOt on tho loft sido nj the HUGO M