Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-04
SEVERAL MURDERS
REPORTED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE
STATE
LawlsSsnsss, Casualties Of Various Sorts, and the
Usual Grisi Of Miscellaneous Sac
News

kins to go with him 10 Norwood 10 ar
rest w. w. Whitelaw, who was eharSeu
with breaking into house aud destroy,
ing furniture and other houSeholu
goods. Having learned that their man
was on Browns creek, he reinforced MS
guards aud repaired 10 the house OF u.
@. Ross, where Whtelaw was suppOseu
to be. The night was very DARK anu
Christian and Hawkins became sepa-
rated in reaching their posts OF duIy ae
the rear OF the house, and Christian was
halted by someone, who snapped three
times and then fred. Christian then
fred In the direction Of the pistol hasn'
and at the same time Bob Mullins nred,
the three shots being almost simnltane-
Gus. Some one cried out as II wounded
and was heard 20 fall 10 the ground
Lights were brought, and HankinS was
found dead with a bullet hole through
his body. Mullins had a 3S-caliber PTS
tol, and Christian was armed with
Winchester rife, and one empty she'll
was found In each. Hanklns was
married man, living a. WEIGH, and
leaves a wife and too small children In
circumstances none too good.
Thore are two suits pending In
Peasants county that present some
ridiculous features. They are both for
Islander. Alex Justice sued VIM. Bark
er for SANDER alleging as grounds for
action that Barker had said to some
one that he. Justice, stole some money.
For this Mr.. Justice will be content II
Barker pays him $4,000. Whereupon
Barker retaliates and sues Justice for
SANDER, setting up in his declaration as
q cause Of action that Justice told some
one that Barker had stolen some money.
Mr.. Barker, according to his DILL, not
William, will forgive Mr.. Justice upon
the payment OF $4,000 In the way OF
damages. Silver taken at par. A num-
Der OF lawyers have been retained TO
help the respective gentlemen collect
this aggregate Of SEQ, 600, which in these
hard times Is q sum not TO be sneezed az.
The project for building bridge
across the Little KanAwha river st Par
kersburg is again being discussed. IL
Is conceded that the bridge is needed,
and it would have been built several
years ago except for the inability OF
those interested 10 agree as 20 the loca-
tlon for the approaches In the town.
The two principal streets mentioned
are Market and Juliana, and the repre-
sentativeS of those streets have now
proposed the plan OF building the bridge
to land upon a street between the two,
with approaches from both streets, thus
putting the two streets upon equal foot
ing. This proposition will be presented
10 the County Court at its next session.
The court is prepared TO build the
bridge as soon as the local differences
are settled.
At picnic and platform dance, in
Grant district, near Peasants county
line. about ten miles from Cairo, gen.
eral fight and row occurred last Satur-
day. A lot Of drunken roughS from Cow
creek, Peasants county, sent word in
advance they intended to break up the
affair, and they and the Goose creek
BOYS met on the day Of the picnic and
had a miscellaneous scrimmage, about
fifty men engaging in the fight. All
were more or less hurt, and few seri-
Ously so. John McCally and James
Vanosie, two oil men, were badly cut,
and Harvey Thomas, an inoifensive
young man who rushed in TO take his
brother out Of the ARRAY, was knocked
senseless by Charles Barnes.
Fred Brown shot and killed Charles
Watts at Rush Run, Fayette county,
last Sunday evening, and all about a
pocket knife. 10 seems that Watts had
possession of Browns pocket knife, or
at least one he claimed, that he had
asked Watts for the knife, but Watts
refused to giyeit up. Brown told Watts
he would give him until Sunday noon
70 return the knife. When the time
arrived Brown demanded the knife, but
Watts jokingly refused 10 give IL up,
and Brown shot him, killing him In
stantly. Brown escaped and is still at
large. 1t has only been a short time
since a boy named Otey was murdered
about a barlow knife in Fayette, and
the murderer Is still at large
On last Sunday night, at Dingess,
Logan county, there were two torpedoes
exploded on the railroad track in order
TO signal train. John Dillon, George
Dillon and James Lackey hearing the
explosion and thinking IL was shots
fred az them from the negro camp OF
the Guyandotte Coal Land Association,
charged the camp, firing some thirty or
forty shots and stampeded the negroes,
Several Of the negroes were severely
injured and Il is thought that one of
them will die. Deputy Sheriff Mead
arrested the two Dillon boys and
they are now in jail.
On last Saturday night the dwelling
Of W. ID. Hall, on Laurel creek, Logan
county, was burned to the ground.
Just one year ago and one day before
the burning, Mr.. Hall had his dwelling
house burned down, near the same
place. In which he lost everything, In
GLIDING seven hundred dollars in cur
rency. He again loses everything, the
house itself being Just completed.
James w. Jackson, q young man Of
GreenhYier county, was married 20 Miss
Bette s. Echard, daughter OF Silas c.
Echard. just after the wedding feast
the groom became ill, and in few min
uteS lost consciousness. He remained
in this stnpor for eight hours, recover
ing consciousness for few moments
only before death. In less than ten
hours the bride was maid, wife and
widow.
On SWago, PocahOntaS county, last
Monday George Kellison, son Of Clark
Kellison, Esq, and about twelve years
old, accldently shot himself while play
ing with his brothers re osTer. The
ball entered the leg, passing through be-
tween the bones below the knee, max
ing a bad wound.
An Italian employed on the B. & o.
works across the river from Martins
Ferry was drowned in the canal last
Monday. 1t is 8 question whether the