Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-06
.STABBING AFFAIR
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sbaft There was good reason ioi 20
Snnnosition. Tracks of man WI
foppd leading down to the very orinA
Of the shaft. and it was thought lmpo y
SihIe that a person could go SO near an nr
escane On Saturday night strains, :.
had manfred of the telegraph opeIH.JI-
81 Tnnnelton the way over the tunnen,
and he had been directed 10 Ives Ives
the telegraph wires. Inc ut
pass directly over the 80
Il was thought he had come TO the ieno o,.
enclosing the shaft, had clmoeu 80 ~
and walked into the abyss. ProsecuIlns
Attorney Fortney was notified oy tele-
granb and he went up and causeu an
eramisation to be made OF the snaiv;
The examination was made with the alu
If mirror. held in such q way 10 'no
snn as 70 throw it's reflection directiy W
the bottom OF the shaft. The shalC -
119 feet deep, and the rehectioh mSS ~
perfect that the head OF TACK cou'o =
clearly seen. There was no sign u 9
body In 1t.
The Pittsburg authorities are hoidihs
one Wilson to answer charge Oh oui
elarv. and from a description OF Tue
man it Is very likely that he Is the sah'e
Wilson that so mysteriously got Out Oh
Jail here two years ago this summer
0nr readers will remember that wilson
and Carter were convicted in the OircuiV
Court for burglarizing l.. Il. Steaiey
store. Carter was taken to the feh''
where he is working out his sentence;
From an error committed in the Trial
Wilson secured suspension or SELL
tence. and his case was taken 10 the
Court Of Appeals, and IN the mean
time by some hokus pokus Whicn
remains a mystery to the people he es-
caped. The old lady who visited VII
son during his stay in Jail and was ais
covered TO wear little fine steel saws
for garters, is supposed to be the
mother OF Wilson's sweetheart.
We understand that our Sheriff mas
made requisition OH the Pittsourg
authorities for Wilson and il lie is able
to enlighten an ignorant public as 10
how he made such miraculous escape
from the jail.-The ". Va, Echo.
Wilder Blanchard, who was confined
in Jail here for selling whisky, made his
escape last Thursday night. a few
months ago Ben Lawson, who was In
iail under the same kind OF charge,
ESCAPED by removing d rock from the
wall The rock had only been tenn
porarily replaced and the room was used
for the confinement OF lunaticS. Blanch-
ard was in an adjoining room, and with
a crowbar, furnished MIN by some one,
he succeeded In drawing the staples OF
the door and entered the rooB, In which
a very old colored woman-a lunatic-
was confined. He then had no trouble
in removing the loose stone and made
good his escape. The crowbar was left
at the place of exit.-BrdrtOn Democrat.
The storm on Wednesday OF last week
was more severe than that on Tuesday.
The attorneys were arguing the case OF
Beckett VS.. Banfeld, but every one got
so nervous about the court house that
Judge Harvey adjourned court and the
building was deserted In short order.
1t IS pretty state of affairs when the
court and the Jury have TO take to their
heels every time the wind blows. Fences
were blown down and trees were up
turned across the roads in almost every
direction. Here Oh the hill the wind
was the most severe ever known. The
beIfry was blown off the Masonic build
ing, the front blown of of Potter Fisch-
bachs saddle shop, and the glass front
of Burgess & Napier's new store was
broken in.-WdyRc NelcS.
John f. Fraey, of Terra Alta, W..
Va, fell from the platform Of Baltimore
and Ohio train No. 5 Wednesday after
noon while it was running forty miles an
hour aud dislocated his left shoulder,
and received severe seal p wound three
idches long on the back OF his head and
severe cut on the forhead. The accl-
dent happened east OF Paw Paw, between
that and No. 10 water station. He was
taken TO Cumberland on train No. Is.
When he arrived he was suffering q
great deal but after DR.. Carr, the com
pany's surgeon, had dressed his wounds
he felt better and was sent to his home
on No /. Mr.. Fraley was returning from
Mt. Alrley, where he had gone for his
sons body, who was killed Tuesday.
Ed. Picket, the popular Baltimore
& Ohio conductor, carried as passengers
on his train last Thursday thirty pupils
of the deaf and dumb school at Romney
who were going home to spend their
vacation, and expected to take the Ohio
River railroad at Parkersburg. Ed.
telegraphed the officials OF the road,
Il have thirty mutes on board, please
| be prepared TO receive them" The dis
patch was received all right, but the
operators read it "muleS" instead OF
"mutes." Two cattle cars of the most
improved pattern were awaiting his
train as IL pulled into Petersburg
ClorkSblug NeaCs.
Mr.. Walter Conrad, killed, few
days ago, on this side CT the Shenan-
doah, near Bloomery, large rattle
snake-3H feet long-and with eight
rattles and button; supposed there
fore TO be eleven years old. This IL the
first rattlesnake which the present res
idents of that locality know OF being
found on this side of the river, and it
is supposed that this one, as perhaps
others, was driven out of the mountain
by the recent fire and swan the river
to escape burning. We hope Commo-
dore Nat Conrad has not quit catching
bass and gone to ferrying rattlesnakes
across the Shenandoah In his fat boat.
Spirit.
The Randolph Enterprise says: There
is a cave near Hendricks. Tucker
county, one mile long, which has been
only partially explored. An arched
channel, varying from six TO thirty feet
in height, leads throughout the entire
cavern, that has a subterranean stream
of pure water constantly flowing
through the main way, and all the re-
cesses so far discovered. Half a mile
from the entrance there is an opening
where many snoW-White pillars almost