Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-25
A TODDLING GIRL
OF FOUR YEARS LOST IN TEE MOUNTAINS OF
PENDLETON.
Euudrsds Ct People Searching Fruihessly for a
Wesk-Thres Bear Storiss-Fatal Accidents
Buried Gold Discovered.

For week past from fifty TO three
hundred citizens Of that portion OF Pen
dleton county lying about North Noun
tain have been engaged in a search Tor
little Ada Whitecotton, aged four years.
who was lost in the woods on the 18th
INST. That morning the father went to
his work as usual, and little Ada asked
permission to 60 along with him; but as
the place where he worked was rough
and rugged the father objected to her
going. but compromised by letting her
90 with her brother and two other
children 10 play in the woods Inc
children started in the direction thdO
Mr. WhitecOtten went, ana aiter OeInS
oDt some time Ada complained that she
S,,as hungry and started for her home.
when last seer by her brother, who Is
,,,elve wears old, she was going In the
direction of the house; but she never
.oacbe6 there. The child was not miss
"a NV it's mother until the return OF the
fstber and the other children to their
Ii-nor when Mr.. WhitecOttOn asked
,,.Lo.a she was. As soon as missed u
sosrcb WAS made for the child oy
nth father and mother, and they con-
tirned IN search every conceivable place
for severa. hours without hndihE any
.r,cos of r.. The alarm was then made
10 tbe'neichborS who cheeriully came 10
their assistance, and searched through
ont tho night with lights, but all TO no
nnrnose. Is no sign of the lost one could
be found. Next day the search was con-
tinued and TWO or three hundred peo-
ME Joined in it, and the woods were
tboroucblv secured, the searcherS al
most Joining hands and so close was the
Ground scanned that bells and pocket
Lpivcs were found that had been
drained bv cattle and hunters. About
O0O wards from Mr.. Whitecotton ;
house is pond Of water "hlch
covers about Oue-eighth oil an
acre of ground. Here on the second
day the child's tracks were supposed 10
have been found, aS the lmprlntS OF
child's feet compared in size with thOse
of Ada. Upon close Search oil Ih'S
Dond il was found that the little wan
derer had waded around and through
the water. finally turning in the dlrec-
zion of the house. The course OF the
tracks were followed, and some distance
from the pond "a rotten log was found
with a mole across il which showed plain
footDrints of a child. From this place
the same course was continued out
nothing of the little wanderer was
found The anxious crowd OF people
augmented in numbers everv day, ana
D. from Franklin TO
holm i'm the search, and IL continues.
Mailing whatever can be found OF the
lost child. and whether IL mas Iaaieu
into some deep hole, been carried OH oy
some wild beast. or kidnapped oy some
deyiliSh rutlian, il is Impossible 10 say
The country i'm that section OF fenGle-
ION county is very rough aud rugged,
and where che child was asst seen there
il nm upderCrowth OF brush anu 10 =
killed Together with great OrlarS, rem
derinc u amoSt impossible for q human
heinz 10 mass through it. The search
is still going on, and what the Result
will be no one can determine
The confession made at Huntington
nv Willis. the murderer of =. X. Watts,
whose body was found in the river at
CattlettSourg, about ten days ago, Is not
very generally accepted. HIS state
ment, TO which he tenaclouSly auherS'
* tbat g. quarrel occurred on the Shanty
boat. between himself and watts, ana
that he struck Watts with his INST ana
knocked him overheard, the body lloat-
ipg away. The IdCeTtiSCr says" Not
withstanding that the water Is too snail
low for o man 10 float i'm where he says
the tragedy occurred and that watts
was a much heavier aud stronger man
than he is. Willis gives the above as the
only EXPLANATION of the killing, and the
people don't take much stock IN the eN-
PLANTATION, believing that he either was
helped by some one or hit Watts with
some heavy instrument. However, II
Willis divulgeS no more cOncern!ug the
affair he will probably be the only one
20 suffer the penalty of the law lie Is
certain 90 at least do long time IN the
pen
Last Monday at noon 4 section OF
freight train, consisting OF some thirteen
cars, were derailed al Black Oak Bot
tom, Mineral county, and We're rolled
down the embarrassment. The cars were
all empty except four, and some OF them
were badly splutered up. No. was
forced 10 return 20 keySer until the OBJ
structiOnS were removed from the track,
having come up but short time after
the smash-up. The cause of the wreck
was the farming Of a rail which had not
been securely fastened by the wOrkmen
who were &epairing the track at the
time. Eight buns who were beating
their way were treated to surprisingly
rough roll down the hill but none were
hurt past q shaking up and u few slight
bruises.
About three weeks ago Mr.. A. j.
Rider, of Authony'S Creek district,
Greenbr,er county, had two hogs killed
by bear. and a few days later another
one was Toasted up by 6ruin. Mr.. Rider
and his son. George, then set trap for
the marauder, which they visited the
next morning, and found that bruin had
been caught but had decamped carrying
che tran with him. Mr.. Rider and son
followed the trail, and after going
about two miles came upon him. a
shot from a Winchester rifle in the
hands Of Mr.. Rider quickly put an end
20 his earthly career. He weighed
nearly zoo pounds, and his skin when
moderately stretched measured + 4. by
Be-. feet.
The Huntington Advertiser says;
Ivy. ID. Holly, of Lincoln county, was