Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-23
A 7HIEF CAPTURED.
, WEST VIRGINIA COLoaED YOUTH HAS
Fad LUCK.
4 S,mnambal;si Taxes a Tumble-Sruck By
Eghniug-Martsrer Conyici'd-Aeei-
dents, Fatal and Otherwise.

formerly from Jefferson county, was
oonloved Ia q large restaurant in Chi
.ogoas a waiter. a short time ago Ed
envy disappeared rather suddenly and
soon after it was discovered that 800
g., money had been taken from the safe
q, the restaurant. Detectives were put
,,,or the track. Edemy was suspected
and tracked to Harpar's Ferry. Requi-
sitfon papers were taken ont, aud Off
GERS came on 90 Harpers Ferry and ar
rested him upon the char &c. He con-
fsssed the crime and they took MIN TO
Uagerstown. where he drew some Of
ths money from a bank in which it was
5snosite5 and turned 10 over to the Of
F,srs The money consisted of three
S-00 bills and three 500 bills. All OF
+ta $500 bills have been trace 3. When
F1emy came back from Chicago he
s1srt money quite freely, buying
ciotbes. saddles and brides, organs and
ou sorts of things. To his friends be
said that be had been Injured on rail-
road aud go; $1,000 damages, thus ac-
coDntfng for themOuey he had. Edemy
will be taken 90 Chicago 10 be tried. 1t
&, said that Edemy distracted the Sl,sOO
from q roll Of bills amounting 10 over
$4,000.
Last sunday lightning struck the
residence of William Brown, near 81.
Nsry's. Seyera. persons were In the
borse AZ the time. The lightning struck
near me gable end Of the building, max
inc hole in the roof. 10 followed
studding down to the mantle, where 10
struck clock, which 10 shattered ihto
fragments. After splitting the mantle
into pieces, 10 leaped upon John Col
mar. who was sitting near, striking him
O1 the back of the head, ScOrching the
hair. The current then run down his
hack. burniugthe skin O little. Mr.. Col
mar was thrown 90 the floor iHSenSible.
Strange 90 say, none Of the other occu-
Dsrts OF the house were at all injured.
The dwelling caught FIRE, which, how
ever. was soon eXtinguiShed before any
material damage was done. Mr.. COimar's
injuries did not prove fatal, as was at
frst supposed. The electricity ala not
penetrate through the S6iu. He Is able
90 be about, but is considerably worse
for the shock. 10 is a mystery how be
escaped instant death, or how any OF
the other inmates escaped injury.
For years Do.uh Work, Of Point
Pleasant, has been in the habit o. walk
ing in his sleep, and last Monday night
he came near walking into eternity. He
was sleeping i'm the front room Of the
second story OF the new jail building,
and while dreaming be was sleeping in
q room he recently occupied while In
Baltimore, be also dreamed OF IRE,
and while attempting 10 escape by
means of a supposed fire escape on the
outside, fell on the ground distance of
about twenty feet, striking on an iron
flower vase, and when he gained con-
SciOuSness had his mouth buried in the
sand. No bones were broken, but he
was pretty badly bruised up.
Another big gasser has been struck
out in Writ county. The drillers on
the farm of w. v. Vernon have gotten !
shout ten Feet into the big Injun"
sand, and the flow OF gas is so strong |
that 10 will throw q pebble the size of a |
hens egg over the top OF the derrick. |
The force of the gas is so strong that 10 |
is imp0Ssible 10 get the tools % the bot |
tom of the hole, and drilling is Sus- |
pended. The flow of gas seems to in /
crease as the time passes instead of |
aOating as is customary. oil has al |
ready been struck iu the well and Mr.. |
Vernon thinks If the gas abates they |
will get good oil well in the bottom /
OF the sand.
On Monday two young ladies of Mar /
tinsburg desired 20 90 TO HagerStOwn, |
20 is understood, for the purpose Of con- |
Meeting themselves with Burke's cir !
Gus. Fearing parental interference /
they walked % Bedingt0n TO take the /
Cumberland Valley railroad train. /
When the train stopped, and upon en- /.
teriuy the car, they were Mortified 20 I
find their father, an elderly gentleman, /
awaiting them. Some loud talk aud /
wild -estu.atiOnS followed but the /
"O.d Man. carried his point, and the /
girls were hustled from the train.
When Mr.. Hunter went to the brick |
yard a few morning ago he made the /
discovery that his horse had fallen into |
the We'll To falling into the we'll /
which had a wooden pump in 1.-THE /
horse knocked the pump loose from the /
stock, falling i'm such a way as TO bal /
ance lbs body on the top of the pump /
stock ike a weather-vaue, which saved /
Toe horse FROM drowning As soon as |
IL became known, a number of persons /
went 90 the horses assistance, and by |
means of large ropes lifted 10 FROM the /
weil-WC.-Cl RCUJbl.CUB.
Two weeks ago, j. NJ. Blackburn, of |
Ml.wood, jackson county, was knocked |
seuselesS and one side of his face badly /
mashed by q slab from his mill. Sur /
gicai aid was az once summoned and /
rendered aud Mr.. Blackburn, after a |
few days, was able 20 walk 70 his store /
and his mill. His condition changed, |
however, and Monday night he died |
from locEjaw after the most horrible
s-ter,0gs ever witnessed by attending
physicians He had taken o life insuT-
ance policy FOR S. 900 on the 21th OF
April.
Near Warrington, Presley GlOyer's
son, boy OF six years, was playing
win a loaded 30 calibre revolver last
thursday and came very near ending
ais lie. His brother took the weapon
from him and was placing iton bureau
out OF the little fellows reach when it
was accidentally discharged, aud the
oa.l entered the child'S arm just below
the shoulder joint and cut its way
through his body 20 a point about ~
inch 10 the right of the spinal column,
Just above the waist
Last Monday the MOnongalia Circuit
OQurt issued a writ Of possession 70 Il.
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