Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-24
MURDER AT FAIRMONT,.
/ PartyOf TrampS Indulge in a Pro
miScuOuS Drunken Fight.
VIM. E. TRACY, OF DUNBAR, Pa,
sstspay killed, and Man Of the Same Name
Norially Wounded-A Third Man Danger
ously Shot-An the Parties Arrested
And An Inquest Begun.

Ipseisl Telegram to tes Regisssr.
FArRMoNr. w. Va, April IA
,riqbtful tragedy was enacted by party
Il tramps at point on the river oanS
lbout a Quarter Of a mile west OF the
Baltimore and Ohio depot at tnlS place
NJ six o'cOck this evening, the result OF
which was one man instantly killed, an
1otber mortally wounded, and thlro
dangerously though not necessarily
Efatally hurt.
4 Early Yesterday morning party OF
hsya tramps. three men and two boys, ar
Eived i'm town aud at Ouce located
ErsmD on the river bank az the point
mentioned. They ouilta hre, procured
la keg of beer aud some edibleS and be-
4 gan a aregular spree.
The names Of the party are james
Marin of Syracuse, y. y; "Balti-
more" Tracey Of Baltimore Mu.'
George Workenbecker of ParkerSburg,
IW. Va. ana George and James johnson
of Saginaw, Mich, the latter being
I brothers and about twelve and fifteen
wears old, respectively. These boys
saw thew we're enticed from their home
sbout six weeks ago by the men OF the
marty and that they got so far away
rom home in few days that they
,ould not get back else they would
have left their companions.
The bows did not indulge in the in
toxicants but by noon the men In the
marty we're in a humor for a orawl.
shortly after noon William +. Tracey,
m Dunbar. Pa, who had been visiting
In Pslatiue across the river, joined the
Dsrtv on the river bank. He drank
rather more rapidly than the others
and soon was about even with them IN
I .be matter of intOXicatiOn.
The two Tracys, who are not related,
soon engaged In quarrel that threat
tbned TO come to come TO blows. Each
Nbad a revolver, and in their drunken
05anterings they drew them and COM
nented upon their good qualities and
Ered them into the air. After time the
tusrrel was resumed and the whole
Msrty was mixed up in 10. Numerous
bots we're fred prOmiscuouSly, and two
them took effect in William (. Ira
c7's head. The first shot killed him In
sanity, the bullet passing through his
hraiu. entering at the right temple.
Another bullet ploughed its way up
song the scalp from point below the
left ear, cutting an ugly cash.
After the firing number or men
about the Il. & o. yards ran down TO the
scsus. but all but the dead man had
-led. RE was found lying on his face
where he had fallen. The other mem
bers OF the party were overtaken down
near the ''Y, ," about hall mile further
west.
They showed no disposition 10 fight,
and we're held by their captors till the
Sheriff and his deputies arrived, who
brought them 10 town and locked them
Am up in Jail. The body Of the muir
iered man was brOugt to Nuzum q
Musgrove's undertaking establishment,
where the coroner, DR.. Roger, and
jlry at once began an inquest.
An examination OF the prisoners
lhOwed that Baltimore Tracy had
/, leen shot in the left breast, the ball en-
Arring Just below the nipple. The man
badly injured and is almost sure to
e. He was sinking rapidly late to-
ight. He also shows the marks OF a
svsre knife cut on the head.
NVorkenberger was shot through the
the bullet barely missing the
ar vein aud passing close in front
spinal column. While his in
y Is quite serious, ii is not neces-
II yfatal. Martin and the two boys
unhurt.
Is not entirely clear how the quar-
tar,ed or who fred the shots,
Martin and both the Tracys
IA stols, and Martin remarked when
N was taken from him, that he
"a 4 in self defense.
M Coroner'S inquest which is still
rress does not develop any addi-
"a Information, the Johnson boys
n he only ones who will talk and
ing badly mixed.
BOYS are bright little fellows and
,eem TO be bad boys. They are
y khly repentant and very anxious
N back home
uting Attorney Hagerty said
that he would try 70 have a
N rm OF court called so that an
imm, g trial could be had.