Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-19
THE MURDER MYSTERY
BEING INVESTIGATED OUT At ST. GLARS
WILLIE.
A Large Amount Of Testimony Taken Yesterday,
but It Is not Particularly Strong against
the Prisoners

Andy Corbid and others, charged with
killing David Naylor at the Wheeling
Creek mines, July II, were before Pro-
bate Judge Tallman at st. Clairsville
yesterday on an application for re-
hearing as TO the charge. They had
been committed without bail originally.
j. H. Hollingsworth, Prosecuting At
torney, represented the State, and L. 5.
Jordan, of this city, appeared for the
defendants.
The parties, unless discharged by
Judge Tallman, will be held until the
action Of the grand jury on their cases.
Coroner A. NJ. F. Boyd was the first
witness called. Mr.. Boyd said he was
called to Wheeling Creek Mines at II a.
M, June 18th, and there viewed the
body of David Naylor who had been
killed. Somebody called his attention
TO some blood and hair on some bricks at
the east end Of the new suspension bridge
over the creek, near O'NeaPs saloon.
Hero the bricks were handed to witness
by Mr. Hollingsworth, and Mr.. Boyd
identified them as the same bricks he
had found. Mr.. Boyd said he found
the body Of Naylsr scattered along the
railroad for hundred yards east of the
railroad bridge. His foot and leg was
found few feet from the bridge. His
trunk was twenty-five yards east. His
skull was mashed in and cash on the
left side made by something blunt. His
hat was found 100 yards east OF
the bridge. Here the hat was intro
duced. Mr. Boyd said it was the same
one he had found. The hat had several
holes in it. On cross-examination Mr..
Boyd said he saw blood and pieces OF
flesh along the railroad from the sus-
pension bridge to the place MAYORS
trunk was found.
w. J. Bratton, the undertaken, testi-
fed that he gathered up the remains Of
Naylor. He said the skull was cut and
mashed and looked like it had been done
with something blunt, but said it might
have been done by the train.
Mrs. Jane Matthew said she and her
daughter were on the railroad about
10 o'clock Saturday night, and heard
some one crying Murder" and "Oh!"
and then some one who spoke in a
broken tongue, cried xiii him" She
said this seemed to come from the east
end OF the suspension bridge. Mr.. Con-
way gave the same testimony.
Mrs. Kesler, q French lady, was
called. Albert Ruthmun was the inter-
prefer. Mrs. Kesler lives at the east
end OF the suspension bridge; two OF the
prisoners boarded in the same house,
but two stories above her. She pointed
out John Bogles and Frank Dulevan as
the two she had seen. Mrs. kesler
heard the fight between the Poles and
Ed. Davis. in which the parties fighting
fell in the creek. Ma lor helped Davis.
She saw BogleS and DIlevsn coming
from the place OF the fight, but did not
know whether they were in it or not.
Mrs. Kesler was recalled and said she
had heard a noise like stones falling on
the railroad about II p. m. Saturday.
About . o'clock Sunday morning she
heard Bagles and Dulevan go TO their
room.
VIM. Campbell testified that he knew
KnishinSki, Duevan, Curbid, Goeteze
and Bogles; That on Saturday night
Polish clearinghouse keeper called at
his house to see his brother, who &C
companied the Pole to his house, No.
rs. William said his brother, DAVID
Campbell, came back about II o'clock,
bleeding from a cash in the head, and
then crowd of poles passed with clubs.
Que said "Me fix English - -
-" The above named prisoners
were in the crowd. The cross-examina-
ton was conducted by Mr.. Jordan. 1t
was long, but threw little light on the
case.
David Campbell then took the stand.
He knew five OF the prisone Ts drank
beer with them at No. IS and offered to
treat. He put up his money and Dule-
van took it in, and he and Duevan got
into fight in which Dulevan received
a serious cut above the eye. Campbell
said he saw the Poles 60 towards the
railroad track, They were mumbling
and one said, "Me fix English ---."
On cross examination he said the
Poles were at No. IS at 10 p. M, the
time the murder was said TO have been
committed. Up to this time very little
had been said of Naylor the murdered
man. VIM. H. Williams was called. He
knew NaylOr, who was one OF his
boarders. He said he met him at half
past six Saturday. He was wet and
looked as though he had been in the
creek, He said be looked at the body
the next morning and it was Naylor.
VIM. Williams was the next witness.
He knew Naylor, and saw the fight be-
tween Ed Davis and Polander, in the
creek. The Pole got the best of Davis,
and Naylor rushed in to assist Davis.
Mr.. Williams said he has never seen the
Polander since.
George Slater said he heard the fight
in the creek, and saw some OF the pris-
oners coming from that place.
Here the court adjourned until a.
m. to-day. There has been very little
testimony so far that would 60 to con-
vict any of the prisoners except Bogles