Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-10-14
MEADOWS MURDER.
DETAILS or THE CAPTURE OF KEA.
DIE AND THE e,scHFlELos.
Eatrapped By sKentacky" BIN and
lawyer" wshb-Positive Evi-
dsscs Against Thorn.


tCcrrespondence Of she Richmond pisoatch.l
covMuroN, Va, October 12.--1he capture
and falling Of Keedle and the two Blrchheids
were tho most exciting episodes In Allegheny
ccuaty since the lynchings at Clifton Forge. A
reward Wa offered by the Governor for the cap
turs OF Keadie for tho murder OF sn Old man
named Meadows and one OF his sons keadic
ives supposcd 70 be tho only ono Implicated In
the murder.
On the 9TH Of October Meadows, who lives
about fifteen rules from Coyington, IN Allegheny
county, near tho West Virgins limo, had a DIM
Guilty with kesdic who was working for him,
- result Mesdows. his two sons, and Smith
went 10 the neighborsng place 10 seize tho COW
and return II 70 the Mcadows place
LAT IN AMBUSH.
Keadlc ana the Birchfelds, ono Of whom IL
kcAcle's brother-in-law. lay In ambush for the
party and shot into them, killing old man Mea-
dows ana fatally wounding one OF hts sons The
other son and Smith ran away and escaped. AZ
soon 49, news Of the affair reached Covington.
"kentucky Bill" Whose name n William Ma
pser,. VINO h q detective. ing with him a man
named Webb, OF Coviugton, went 10 the house OF
the birchnolds and iasratistod himself with
them 10 such an ex,cnt that he and Webb actu-
Saturday Napier brought Birchaeid into covine-
Con and then went back to the mountains with
him.
oAFkH ALL AWAh.
Webb represented himself ~ q lawyer who
would undertake 20 get the mon OF ia case of
their capture and trial. The men took Napier
and Webb 10 the place whore the shooting oc-
CURED. and explained ita TO them particularly.
Upon the statement made 70 him at that time
trial.
THE TRAP.
On Monday Napier came into Covington, and,
hearing OF the reward, Immediately got out
Irr 81 ~ al naA hAH ~
- the mountains There he persuaded the three
men TO come with him to Covington upon an
agreement that he would 500 they were not
putin jail, but would 20 on their ball bond
Tor $1,000 and they would divide the re-
ward, and Webb would get them OIL whom the
trial came on. Wednesday afternoon the i've
men started 70 Covington, each one armed "a
would mover be put In Jail alive. About three
miles from town Webb put on in advance on the
pfetext Of sending doctor TO see Mrs keadle,
who was sick, and upon his arrival notified the
, town sergeant, Kerr, to summon men TO arrest
tho murderers when they should come In. and
shortly afterwards Napier walked into the court
house followed by the three men.
Webb took his seat 70 write out the bail-bond
and told the men TO put their gunsin the corner,
which they did.
IN THE LAWS CLUTCHES
Several men took places between the men and
their guns. and Kerr told them they would have
to 80 TO Jail until all the arrangements could be
mnde, and that they must give up their arms.
Knives and pistols were taken from the men
without any demur on their part and they were
taken TO jail and the doors turned on them be-
fore they realized that they were In the clutches
OF the law.
EXCITEMENT.
Tho town was In the greatest excitement du-
ring II all, as every one supposed II would be
impossible 70 disarm the men without a 1gst,
which would necessarily be bloody one. and
one IN which many OF the Covington men must
be hurt. And the wonder Is that the men shonli
have been so simple as 10 allow themselves to BIO
onuapped 90 easily.