Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-10
THB QUEST FOR MAIER.
ANOTHER LONG SEARCH FOR HIN rES-
TERDAY.
The Sheriff, Chief Of Police and Squad Of Oficsr'
Shake the Bushes East Of the City, Bat
Without Definite Result.

Another day has passed without any
definite trace being had Of Murderer
Maier.
To be sure, there has been the usual
run of "clues" and rumors, but these, when
run down and investigated, have uniformly
been found to have little or no practical
value, so far as getting hold of him is con-
cerned, and last night when the officers
gathered in and compared notes, they did
not seem TO be any nearer their game than
they were Cd the morning following the
murder.
Yesterday afternoon a telephone mes
sage was received at the Public Building
from the residence of Sheriff Steenrod,
which held out more hope Of the speedy
capture of the murderer than anything
which had heretofore been received.
The import of the message was that dur
ing the early portion Of the afternoon a
man, answering the description Of Maier,
had called at the house of Mrs. Gallagher,
on the east end of the Steenrod farm, ana
asked for something 10 eat He stated ne
was almost starved, and his appearance IN
dicated TO Mrs. Gallagher that he might be
Maier. The Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff BentZ
and Chief of Police McNichol aud Oftcer
Terrill went out at once, closely followed
by Officer Lukens and REGISTER re
porter. Arriving at Mrs Gallagher's, she
stated that the man came TO her house
from the direction of an old coal bank, on
the hillside, about ? o'clock. He was a
Young man, was muddy, had on soft nat,
n black suit Of clothes and a dark shirt
with white buttons. He seemed TO have
false moustache on, and had mud or some
other substance rubbed over his hair His
clothing was good, but was wet and
wrinkled, as though he had been sleeping
in them and exposed TO the weather Tor
several days He spoke German. She
refused him food, thinking that he was
Maier. and she would help starve him out
and as soon as the man went away she sent
word 10 the residence Of the Sheriff,
whence a telephone call was sent into the
city.
ticulars, Deputy Bentz and Officer Ierrlu
started up over the hill, south OF what is
known as the second cut, y stopping on the
way to explore an old coal bank. rms
bank had two feet OF water in 1t, but the
officers were well supplied with lanterns,
and officer Terrill penetrated the bank
long distance, clamDering over and search
ing five coal cars. Tracks were seen going
I'D to the mouth Of the bank, and the OIL
GERS. with Mrs. Gallagher's story fresh IN
their minds, began to think that at least
thew had got onto something tangible, and
that they would, perhaps, capture
their maa The interior OF the
mine showed no recent evidences
of any one having been there, however,
and the officers scattered and searched the
surrounding hill-sides for clues, Whhe
Sheriff Steenrod and Chief McNichol went
out the road three-quarters OF a mile
further, in the direction of Elm Grove. Al
the house of Mrs. Meyers that lady said
that a man had stopped there in the AFTER
noon. begging for something 10 eat, but as
she described him as being fifty years Of
ace. no attention was paid to the matter
About five O'Clock Chief McNich0l came
in TO town, but the Sheriff and the other
officers kent up the search until six o'clock,
when thew also returned. They overhauled
the men who had been at Gallaher's and
Meyers, and found that neither OF them
answered to the description OF Maier, ootn
being common ordinary tramps.
Officers Terril and Lukens spent Fri
day night over in Belmont county, making
a further investigation of the story OF the
man seen near Krause's, and found tnat
the man seen in the orchard by the FAMILY
was named Muhleman, and in no way re-
sembled the murderer. They further as
certaincd that the Krause girl had not
really seen Maier for three years, and
therefore could not have been so very sure
that the man in the orchard was he, as she
stated upon the first interview with the
police Thus another "clue" vanished, and
the officers are at sea again, with no trace
of any sort amounting 10 anything.
Rumors and stories, often OF plausible
nature. come TO police headquarters almost
every hour of the day, regarding Maier.
Some of the most promising are lnvest-
gated, but so far all have proved to be with
out practical value, and the murderer
seems TO have dropped out Of sight as COM
pletelv as Tascott or Charley Ross.
Late last night the police got hold OF an
other clue to Maier which will probably be
investigated to-day. A young man reported
that farmer named Mckee, who lives
near Haneytown, and VINO knows Maler
well, told him be met Maier on the road
five miles from Haneytown Thursday al
teruoon. Mckee used 10 deliver butter ana
egga at the Molter bakery, and knew Maler
well. The police were at Haneytown
Thursday. and saw Mckee on the road put
the latter did not tell them OF meeting
Maier-possibly he did not meet him until
after the officers left--and thus much val
liable time was lost.
Alteration saIe-spring Jackets and
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