The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-02

miles below BflIIlahti on LHS
GINA side, Saturday afternoon.
Two young men. who live at Bril-
liant, Ernest Young. sOvente0n-year
old boy, and Charles Hoover, a young
man Of about twenty-five years, were
out skin riding on the Ohio, below that
place. At appoint two miles below Bril-
liant along the shore by Riddles farm
tbev noted two households Of the type
40 familiar along the Ohio. Their at
teption was attracted to these boats be-
cause they were securely lasheo W
gether. Ono was white painted ooat
and looked to be above tho usual run o.
such craft. The other was smaller, anu
was painted brown. While tho two
Young men were floating silently by,
two or three hundred yards away.
commotion was heard in the larger
Of tho boats; mems and women
voices were raised in angry outcry, ana
what was thought to be blows were
heard. The noise suddenly stopped
when a young man opened the door q,
the bow Of tho house boat and jumped
into the water next to the shore, where
It WINS onlv about two feet deep, anS
made the best Of his way up the BANK
into tho willows. He had hardly
reached the bank when two women ano
another man emerged from the CABIN
The man had n huge butcher KNIFE u
his hand and brandished it in, the di
rection OF the fleeing man. Stopping
only 10 saw something TO tho women
the fellow also jumped into the water
and made after tho one who had disap
neared in tho willows up the bank. The
Two women seemed to have different
opinions about the quarrel, ior one
yelled after the man:
"Catch him; kill tho -
The other woman, who appoared tG
be quite young, Oh the contrary crieu
"Iet the poor fellow alone; don
hurt him."
10 the remarks, ran up the bank ant
also disappeared among the tress;:
The two young men who had beef
witnesses Of this scene remained to SCI
the outcome. Strange to say, tho occu
pants Of the boat did not seem to notice
these witnesses Of what seemed to be
nm impending murder. From their nc
tons it is thought the entire party
we're considerably under the influence
OF liquor.
In few minutes tho man who wen
after the other, was seen coming dowr
the bank again withthe butcher knife II
his hand. On arriving at the watel
side lie yelled out to the women:
swell, I've finished the - TIL
time"
The whole crowd then entered The
cabin OF the boat. In few minute
two men who had not before been sceI
came out and went up the bank, hay
ing been told to find out what the mai
with the butcher knife had done to tn
young fellow he wont after. In shor
time these two appeared coming dow
the bank with the body OF the man be
tween them, half dragging and half car
ryingit. The man was utterly withou
motion, and was either dead or nncon
sciou.. The two drunken brute
dragged the body through the shallow
water and threw it down on the ior
ward part of the smaller boat, ate
which the whole gang again retired in
side. They evidently bud enough clear
headedness left toIat least partially re
alize what they had done, as 1t wa
only fow minutes until tho two mel
cnmc out and united the two lashe'
boats and started them down the river
Hoover and Young naturally did no
care to approach such gang OF thugs
and pulled up the river to their homes
when they related tho story OF tn
crime that had been committed. Tn
story became generally known abou
Wellsburg yesterday, but no step
we're taken to follow up tho probabl
murlerers. People visited the scene c
the trouble. but no signs were discov
cred TO indicate what lad occurred Il
the willows. Possibly the exact spo
was not discovered.
The two house boats went on dow
the river and their whereabouts wer
unknown until two were discovered b.
mn INTkLLIdENcER reporter, tied up q
the bank at Martins Ferry, above tn
Buckeye glass works, yesterday, tina
resembled the ones wanted. They al
rived there yesterday afternoon. Al
euOFL Wua ul1uG W utSSONut MHVbuV
there were any signs to indicate that
wounded man was aboard, but no MAJ
tins Ferry physicians, SO far as cont
belearned, had been called down to tn
boats, and the occupants themselve
kept very quiet last evening, Tw
other boats that resembled the two Il
question passed Martins Ferry yestel
day afternoon without stopping On
was q large white painted ono and th
other q brown one. These may be tn
boats whose occupants will be wante
by tho authorities.
The Wheeling police were yesterda.
afternoon informed Of the supposed
murder, and later that tho boats wer
supposed to be Mt Martins Ferry, au
this morning, probably, an invostigi
ton will DO made, either by Wheelin
or Martins Ferry officers.
The two boys who saw the affair tror
a skiff few yards away were sure thr
3 the man who was dragged down TO th
boat was dead. The only solution
that the butcher knife carried by h
pursuer was tho instrument that vi
used to Finish him" as was espresso
BY the fellow at the time.
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