Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-22
GOT FOURTEEN YEARS.
GREEN GLIS SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY AND
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Another Killing in Wayns-The Remarkable
History Of "Old Hundred" and His
Family-Burned to Death.

Green Gill and James Long, VINO were
indicted for robbery in Summers cOuu-
" fer robbery, were tried last week aud
found guilty. The crime Of which they
now stand convicted was probably the
most atrocious ever committed in that
county. The facts, as brought out in
the trial OF the cases, are about as fol-
lows: Gill and Long decoyed man by
the name Of William A. Meadows up on
the hill back Of town, TO 4 pOtut near
the reservoir, where Long drew pis-
tOl and demanded his money. Mead
OwS, thus taken by surprise, gave up
all the money be hGd-S6. 75-aud was
directed by Long TO turn ~ over TO
Gil. Long still having him under COW
er OF his revolver, told him On permit
Gill 10 search him, which was done, and
nothing further OF value was found.
Long then ordered Meadows 70 climb
the fence into the reservoir, aud when
Meadows was on the fence, Long fired
at him and he fell TO the ground inside
the reservoir fence, severely wounded.
Immediately Long crossed the fence, in
tending, 10 is supposed, 70 Kill him and
throw his body into the reservoir, but
Meadows fled around the reservoir 10
the fence, on the side opposite from
where he had crossed, and
again crossed the fence and es-
capped. Long seeing that Meadows had
escaped him, gave up pursuit, Joined
his confederate and came back 10 HIN
ton, where i'm a short time they were
full Of liquor. Meadows Immediately
made known 70 the officers, what had
been done, and the arrest of the rob-
bers quickly followed. Gill was SEN
fenced TO fourteen years IN the peni-
Tertiary; he is a man OF about 30 years
OF age, and has no family. Long Is
only about % years OF age and has no
family. a motion to set aside the YER
dict in Longs case is pending.
Bob jerks, late of Sandy Knob, re-
Gently removed into Wetzei from over
in PENNSYLVANIA, and was stranger 10
our Ueople. Bob is something Of a wac,
or thinks he is, and is always up 20
smart tricks. lie dressed up the other
day and rode 70 town ON mule, and
finding that people along the road were
curious 10 know who he was, gave out
that he was a Mormon preacher on his
way 10 fIl an appointment. As soon as
the news got spread, the men all broke
for home and stood at their front gates
with clubs TO watch for Bob, and keep
him from running off with their wives.
As Bob came back in the even.
ing and saw the way the
farmers looked at him 10 tickled
him almost TO death and he tried 10 look
as much like Brigham Young aS he
could. Bob had lots of fun until he got
10 Sucker Ford OF Little Fishing Creek,
when Just as he was going down a steep
bank-bif, squash, went rotten egg
all over his bosom. He turned 20 look
and a turnip struck him under the left
wear and careeucd him IN his saddle,
and the old mule jumped into the creek
and dumped him. by the time Bob
scrabbled ashore hall-dOZen irGte citi-
yens began 10 lay on him with CN-gadS
until he reared with pain. Get out OF
this, You damn Mormon vile stealer,
whsck. whack, whaCk, Il amt no
Mormon" yelled Bob, bat the OX-gadS
still waved over him and scored him
and welted the face of the earth all
around him. All this might have ended
In tragedy had not Blll Wade, who
knew Bob, come along and saved him.
Some OF the farmers were very sorry
aud apologized 70 Bob in weak AMI
uncertaiC manner, ont old farmer Blake
wouldn't admit that he was wrong at
All. There are too many telicrS, he
said. 'gOin' through the country brag-
gin and BLOWN and lyin' on themselves
IS well as other people, and we are
bound to break il up. The lic6S you
got for bein' q Mormon will help TO cure
Won OF lyin'," Bob had nothing % say
pxceut that he believed be would change
his religion and move ont OF the State,
and on yesterday he crossed the Ohio a
sadder and wiser man.-WCt-CL Demo
crCt.
Henry Church, ST., q well-knOwn cit
lzen of Wetzel county, died at Hundred
last week, IN the 9Sth year OF his age.
Within year his sister, Sarah Sole,
died OF cancer, at the age of ninety-onc
years. They were the children OF O.d
Hundred and Ninety aud Nine. O.d
Hundred was quite character IN his
time. He was a native Of England and
\ British soldier during the war OF the
Revolution. He was not naturaliZed I'M
M he was over one hundred years oil
age. He deserted the British army
and bought home in the mountain
wilderness, where the subject oil the
preSeDt sketch was born, and where ne
lived during the QS years OF his life.
Old Hundred lived to be 1l2 years OF
age. and Ninety and Nine, his VIE,
lived 10 be 1O9. The combined ages OF
the four, father, mother, son and dauSh-
ter were 40 years. These are as re-
markable cases Of longevity in the same
family, as perhaps ever were known.
On last Friday morning a sad acct
dent occurred q Mrs. Richard Long,
who lives a few miles from New Mar
tIpsyilIe. II was about l o'clock when
the accident happened, and 10 was not
until 1920 o'clock Saturday morning
that she was relieved OF her suffering.
The particulars are as follows: About
/ o'clock Mrs. Long arose from her bed
and went into the kitchen. She said
that she was standing by the fire, when
all at once she felt sick. She attempted
10 sit down, but that was the last she
knew until she found herself wrapped
I'm flames, when she screamed Tor help.
Her husband who slept IN distant
room did not hear her until she had re-
heated her cries several times. She ran
ont OF the house and rolled in the snow
and was there when her husband found
her. He tore the burning clothes from
her and carried her I'm the house.
Friday night of last week 'Bub'
Lawson, charged with arson, and
..cbo,l~ Snencpr. convicted of carrying