The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-04
THROUGH THE STATE
Interesting News Cleaned from
the State Exchanges.
he CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Ola Week that Did not Get Into the
Regular Topographic Rcports-.aiur.
dcrs, Fires, Accidents and Other
Events Worthy Of Note.

Tho Charleston Gd.ttie, OF last Thurs.
day has the following: Dunlow, the
new town In Wayne county, tho pres:
cnt terminus OF the Ohio extension OF
tho Norfolk & Western Railway, has
seen an unusual amount OF bloodshcd
in tho last few days. The population is
composed principally OF people who
have boon working on tho railroad con.
atruction and they are pretty tough
set. Within the past week there have
been thrco murders and none OF the
murdered men men or murderers arc
West Virginians. A weel; ago lot OF
negroes who work OH the railroad there
got into n big row and one Of their num-
Der waskilled. On Monday two bridge
builders quarrelled, afterwards coming
to blows the man who was getting the
worst OF IL pulled gun. fired and Killed
his adversary instantly. There Is one
camp OF Italians left ut Dunlow. On
tho eve OF the same day that the bridge
builder was killed they all got drunk,
and from some cause there was n dtvl-
sion OF the party and war declared, one
with the other. A charge was made
and tho dirk OF one OF the sons OF sunny
Italy was plunged into tho heart OF ono
OF his cocntrymcn. The war was de-
clared ut an end and all tried 10 find tho
man who had killed tho other one, but
he was not located. There has not 4
day passed for q loEg time that there
has no. been a fight among :l,c railroad
hands, and in most cases tho results are
serious ii not fatal. a peculiar thing
about the three murders OF the past
week was, that those killed met their
death at the hands Of their friend, ard
kind. The negro was killed by negro
the bridge builder was killed by
bridge builder, and the Italian by All
Italian. There were no arrests, as all
managed to get away before they could
be caught.
Friday night an attempt was made to
dynamite the residence OF John Hall,
night watchman at the Guyandotte
depot. 1t seems that either large
quantity OF powder or q stick OF dyna-
mite was placed under the door step at
about S o'clock and the fuse lighted.
Hall and his son, noticing smoke COM
ing the doorway, the door being ajar,
went out to make an investigation.
Just rs they reached the doorway
fearful explosion occurred, prostrating
both men and decorating their faces
very seriously. Other mem beers OF the
family were also thrown down. The
front OF the house was badly damaged,
wcathcrboards being torn of, windows
broken, etc. The injuries to Hall and
his son are not dangerous, but painful.
Randolph Wills, aged nineteen, and
Henry White, commonly called "Jay-
bird, aged twenty-three, were arrested
shortly after the dastardly deed,
charged with the crime and brought to
this city and placed in Jail. 1t seems
that much petty stealing has been
going on about the depot, and Hall had
cast reflections upon these young men.
For revenge they attempted to blow
Hall and his family into eternity
Huntington Commercial
The Mountain Echo has the following
account OF how Christmas was cele-
brated at Addison Last Monday night
about eleven o'clock some of the citi-
zens OF this place were startled by i'm
usual sounds coming from the lower
end OF town, but rs they experienced
no unpleasant sensations they concluG-
ed that "thn boys" were beginning
Christmas. What was their surprise
next morning when they found the
Hotel de Cutter at the mouth OF Back
Fork in ruins Windows. doors and
lumber were scattered promiscuouslv
around, while the bed OF the river look
ed as though 4 miniature Johnstown
flood had visited the country above.
Mr.. B. S. D. G. McCourt had made mr.
engagements to move into the property
the next day, and had already moved
part OF his goods. Mr.. McCourt patch.
cd up the remains OF tho house and has
since moved in. As to who wrecked
the house seems 4 profound mystery,
but it is no less shame and disgrace to
the town to have such work pcrpetrated
within its borders.
The Randolph Enterprise has this
Christmas story: A Jew days ago Hol-
land Dewitt, son OF Squire Dewitt OF
this place, and some other boys decided
to have Christmas explosion. The
charge OF powder placed in the ground
did not 60 off wheE expected and young
Dewitt preceded to investigate While
STOPPING over to examine, the charge
exploded and burned his lace, infiicting
painful wound which will probably
leave footprints enough to remind him
not to be too curious in his chemical
Investigations when fire and powder
are the mixture.
John Monaghan, a well-known Graf
ton boy, committed suicide ut Norwich,
Ohio, the day before Christmas by de-
liberately walking on the track in front
OF q train, throwing up his hands and
allowing himself to be ground to death
under the wheels. His mangled re-
mains were brought to Fairmont and
inferred OH Saturday. Monaghan was a
young man about twenty-eight years
OF ago and unmarried. He had been in
bad health and hard luck for several
years, and it is supposed that despon-
dencyimpelled him to sclf-dcstruction.
-GrGfton Sentinel.
c. II. Gatrail, OF Martinsburg, son Of
Oscar Gatrall, q brakeman OF tho Balti-
more 4 Ohio railroad, was instantly
killed while in the act OF coupling two
freight cars in the Cumberland yard
Wednesday morning. 1t seems that he
miscalculatcd the length OF the "nose"
OF the bumper, and when the signal was
given to back lie was caught between
the platforms, thrown down on tho track
and his body cut in two.
Watson Williams, an aged resident OF
Poca district, living near the Tupper's
creek bridge, fcll into the fire on Thurs
day night and was fatally burned. His
wife was sick in bed and was unable to
help him, and there was no one else in
the house. In his struggles he Knocked