Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-19
4 BIG ROLL MISSING
,,,u7 HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN DOLLARS
STOLEN At PENNSBOR0.
p,,-i,- q aHorsshead BIZ at Tazswsll, @,
Nv 1Dsh Of Colonel Naisnbourch-A
Child Po.solei-Faial Accidents.

commOu occurrence az AsA1O1io OOul'VJ .
-s-rly that sum lately disappeared
ov.,erious way. Mr.. II. L. Hoyt
..,gbt hundred and sixteen dollars
has not been able to get sight OF it
80 rs mysterious flight. Mr.. Hoyt
a,sssnts building association AZ Co
,,a,5rs. Ohio, and was stopping st Mr..
,-,v,', hotel al Pennsboro. On going
- small house In the corner OF the
den Iot. he laid down bis immense
IN ofeash and must have got to think
,.- ~ something very pleasant, for on
ming away he forge, his money. In
ssbor, time his lapse Of memory ended
"a his temporary absence of mind was
oys- His carelessness flashed over him
,-o startling and distinc. way. But
..,sr he returned for his money It was
-,,gbers be had left it. Some other
-ls.t9r had wandered i'm and then left
ga hurry. de took Mr. HOyt's SSl6
,r.-r r.m. From that day to this the
t~r4frc association gentleman and his
,,n of bills have been apart and seem
-gs.v 90 stay so. However, Mr.. Hoyt
...r-Et be had some clues and some
srf.n,5 of the whereabouts Of bis
.r.~sv So be swore out warrant
-gq.-,t Harvey McGreRor, young
man of Ptuusboro, and on last
Sunday an examination was held
rsf,rs Justice Hess, OF that place. This
o9...r. after taking the day listening
,-,rs evidence OF the witnesses and az
-rrarrs OF the counsel, discharged the
T,.rsed. McGregor was defended by
M 81 TX, Duty and prosecuted By Mr..
p r. Avres. About the only evidence
-r,frst NcGreg0r was that he was seen
with q large roll OF bills by Mr.. j. y.
Toe,hman and that be was spending
..me money Tor wine, having s. and $40
-,-ss None Of the money was ideutl-
FED as belonging 20 Mr. HOyt. IL was
mn rr7ved that young McGregOr was
ir the small house iD the garden ~ any
rim. near that OF the loss of the money.
Tn Su.te of the lack OF proof against
Young McGregOr, number OF people
believe he secured Mr.. HOyt's bills.
There is o. good deal or talk in cOnueC-
-..r with him and the pocket book Of
Mr.. Charles c. Davis, which, strange
t5 say. walked away one morning from
tbs same spot iu Penus0Oro, and then,
after % week or two OF hiding, strayod
back into Nr. Davis possession. SUI,
NcGreeOr may be innocent and there
may 5s no real grounds for all this talk
about him.
After several months Of delay, VIII
liam Davis, better known as "Horse-
head. was hanged a TaZewell Z. H.,
near B.uefeId, w. Va, last Friday, for
the murder Of Policeman Jones al PO-
cabort,s. Az 10 o'clock the prisoner
was brought from the cell, accompanied
bvbis guards, O. few special friends and
sc0lB.a Of ministers OF the Baptist
church and proceeded 20 the river, one
mile north OF town, where, 70 accord
arca with the prisoners Wish, the rite
of baptism by immersion was admins
tered by w. j. Carter, who, after earn
est prayer and an affecting song, which
was beautifully rendered as only col
0-ed people can, selected q text from ]
sam. as follows: "There is but step
between life and death" The sermon
was brief and especially appropriate,
and full OF uathOs aud eloQuance. For
the first time the prisoner appeared
serious. and when he was raised from
the water shouted the praises OF his
Master, clapping his manacled hands as
US. ..o 49, 80 g. t5o Conr, Eouse
80. 49,, - F,.,I s,oe.b nj Horse
i,aI SiII IIe VS. o,sistad N the Mat
Corn, nv Sbo-ig R,r4v and after a few
moments pause. bpr77 a talk which
',,t5d more imam b,IF hour. The
rrfsoney EXPRESSED bis appreciation OF
-ss friends who had con. 10 see the
h,,ofbiro Said "bo vss going 10 tell
trs t,rrb and n vorrjn', rrrt tse POOR
f-iys.r5 ~, br-, The -fcl tbev mnst
t,gsit~ ME v,tr,a. srs.rh was based
Inn a., i-,r,,i,iq.s ,f rba r,,D uDon the
-ro- ,,s os,o,i,rfv r,oo the negro.
Hs-s,~~-sl -. -afrt,dIv IN the TACT
t,t t. 80 ro ',orov "a others had
v.7 we've srn,Irv ,s Guilty as ne WAS.
and vh, lived TODAY while he. a poor
f-ro-s7t rigger WAS CONDEMNED
rdis MI, cnm,rornfse inries some
STRAIGHT hloygs and win effect and
w,-rs5 ,bs Ina -es tbo, new nd better
b. ,ars,e- how, ,6sv nrI,ed fba ro0es on
some and s-.,Jsrej tbeu an loosely ON
others The bodv hung for forty-eight
minutes before il was cut down.
ttsb,-,. - ,f.-+irsrrv,or rUres-
f,v -. L.. -, o.-Ig borr
.C.i IN q" ..F,,,s,b 5t.5 ~ Dor-
fr..s -. -l ~ 80, ra-fo5 - in-
r.,. ~, 49, ~, tts Ito bae2
.o.s,t,.- ,''.' .-,', OF. -. ,-9HoS,tai
men - -. ,''.. Slt lo ~ - 80
h V'r ,-s Co'', u, ,I,,5 y,i ~ now
IVES, w.. ~ - tLo 81, - o.
tar ,s,, w. ,,. oN ~ ~ - - y,
s-.. NAea tus war oioNo UuI LT