Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-08
lit WITH A BOTTLE.
SERIOUS ROW IN EAST WHEELING, MS
TKRDAY MORNING,
lich Promises to Lead up TO Scandalsus
Dsyslopmens-An Arrest and q Plea Of
Guilty, Which is Accepted, and The
Natter flushed Up.

Yesterday morning about one o'clock,
bile Officer William Carney was patrol
z his beat in the Fourth ward, he
'ard woman screaming in the yard
the house of lll-fame run by May
-illiams, at No. 1919 Eoff street, the
les being accompanied by sound Of
.eaking glass. The officer at once
emit to the house, where he found that
ay Burkett, who was formerly an in
ate Of the Williams house, but who,
IT a week or so past, has been boarding
1909 Eotf street, had been struck on the
Fad with beer bottle in the hands of
le Williams woman, and that she was
eeding prolUsely from a wound on the
ght side OF her head, about three
Iches back of and TO the right of the
re. The woman was taken to No.
BOO, where the inmates Of the house
ade vigorous attempt, extending
fer an hour and a half, TO staunch the
roiuse flow of blood, but their efforts
ERE not successful, and DR.. j. r. Pipes
lis called in. He found that a blood
psSel had been cut, and that the outer
late Of the skull was slightly fractured,
10 that the injuries were not Of a very
.rious nature. The patient was made
comfortable as possible, and was left
n the night by the physician.
In the meantime Officer Carney went
! the residence of Justice Davis and
.ade q complaint, and q warrant charg-
May Williams with assault and bat
nv. was issued. The officer made the
freSt, and the woman was taken TO
Nh, for a hearing before the Justice at
sven O'clock last evening.
The fact that the trouble had Oc-
hrred, soon obtained a wide circula-
Dn, common rUmOr not only making
IL condition of the wounded girl Seri-
hS, but connecting with the transac-
'Dn the name of a very prominent
hicial, and all during the day the event
aS the talk Of the city. Many allega-
DnS, leading up 10 this elimination Of
scandal which has been in circulation
b months, were brought forward, and
le folks who said Il told you so, were
bite numerous.
During the later portion of the morn
b and the earlier hours Of the after
bon, there was a strong pressure
bought 70 bear to hush the matter up,
81 at the hearing TO take place in the
iening the matters gOsSiped about dur
b the day should be touched upon,
ad Col. w. w. Arnett, and later Col.
eorge B. Caldwell, were employed pro-
.ssiOnally 10 do something TO benefit
,e defense, and, indirectly, others con-
.rned. Colonel Arnett, being errOn-
3nSly Informed that the arrest of the
iililams woman had been made with
at q warrant, drew up an application
" a writ OF habeaS corpus, and going
) Prosecuting Attorney Howard, got
aat official TO waive the fOrmality of a
turn, and Judge PAUL issued the
aper, it being understood that the
Earring was 70 take place some time
aring the afternoon. Before this mat
u could be perfected, however, Col.
rnett made an arrangement by which
plea of guilty was 20 be entered and 4
Ne Of SIS aud costs assessed. But the
tlonel's attention was here called 10
bother case, and in the meantime Col.
aldwell had been called in, the amount
fine and costs was paid over TO JUS
ee Davis, and the woman was released
Yesterday afternoon a reporter for
Ia REGISTER went TO the house No.
sDq Eon street, which IS kept by Nellie
rhite, and asked TO see May Burkett.
be newspaper man was referred 10 the
lEer back room, where the patient
AS lying on bed. Asked to give the
icts in relation TO the assault, she
ia:
N went up to PittSburg last Monday
II used to live at May WilliamS-and
hen came back I came TO Nellie
Mites. Last night about half-past
welve or one o'clock, the professor
rom May Williams came up and said
Iay wanted TO see me. / went down,
iking this lady here, girl who came
ack from Pittsburg with me, to see
fhat was wanted. May Williams
,as waiting for me in the door-not the
ROM door. but the side door I'm the yard
and when l went up to her, l asked,
What do you want, Mayo She had
cen holding the bottle in her hand, and
hen l got close enough she hit me on
1e head with il and cut me"
"Do you know why she hit yOu?"
mo"
rDid you ever give information to
,arried woman about her huSband?"
nNo; I don't know anything about
'arried woman. l never told anything
r her. How is the case?"
eIt Is all settled, plea OF guilty be-
ae entered"
eThen I won't have to appear to-
lght?"
mo"
TIC reporter could see, from the man
"a OF the patient, that there was some
ling the matter, which made her reiuc-
IN 10 talk, but he left without press
4 the point further. Later in the
fernOon, however, gentleman VINO
80 no the house ascertained that prior
f, the appearance Of the reporter,
man had come in, sought ont the
|bnnded girl, and told her that she
iidn't want to appear in that case to-
rht or itll be the worse FOR you, and
,hetblne more to the same general
5ect. This, approximately, had an efect
ton the wounded girl, and made her
luctant to go into details very extern
telv. The person who practleed this
,iimidation act1S well known.
Last evening the girl seemed to be in
danger, although naturally weak
BIN the loss Of blood. She VIII nave
1ry painful head for several days.
1wever.
Later i'm the day the wounded girl al.
tied to another reporter that she ha0
en to Williams house before she was
F.. Oh bod lxnoel,ed at the front door.