The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-05-01
A SHOCKING MURDER
Perpstrated in Lower Benwood
Late Saturday Night.
THE MURDERER is NOV IN JAIL.
Sam MOoloud, Laborer, Is the Vic
tim, and His BrOther,in.Law, ohAs.
Tibbs, the SlurdercF-stFOng Drink
the Cause ofthe Deed-raquest and
Examination Yesterday,

der at BenWood late Saturday night
that caused sensation in that town
yesterday,
In the lower portion oil the town, al
most adjoining the Baltimore & Ohio's
tracks, Is located a row Of brick resi-
dences, which has long been known as
the market house" or brick row. Some
ton or fifteen families usually reside
there, and at present every apartment
ia occupied, The people living there
are mostly families Of employees in the
various mills and furnaces, while some
OF the residents do not enjoy the best
possible reputation for quietness and
good citizenship.
In the apartments second below the
upper corner, Mrs. Tibbs, her son
Charles Iibbs and another younger son,
George Tibbs, and Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
McCloud reside. Mrs. McCloud is the
daughter OF Mrs. Tibbs. The whole
family lived in two rooms, one at the
rear on the first floor and sleeping
apartment on the upper floor. Both
Charles Tibbs, who IL young man OF
about twenty or twenty.one years, and
MeCload, who IL some older, work ut
the Wheeling steel works in lower Ben
wood. For some time there has been
bad blood between McCloud and his
brother.in-law, caused as some people
declare by McCloud's i'll treatment OF
his wife, and Tibbs has said that ii he
ever hit his sister he would kill him.
Saturday evening the entire party
spent several hours at Allbrights, q
neighbor's house, INDUCING in drink
and revelry, including card playing and
dancing. When the party left tor homo
about II o'clock all were under the in.
Auence Of liquor. Charles Tibbs had
left the Albright place intending to go
to Bellaire and purchase suit; but
when up town he had encountered
some boon companions and went to
saloon where he drank beer for some
time and then started for the brick row
in drunken condition. In the mean.
time, Mrs. Tibbs, Mrs. McCloud and
Sam McCloud had reached their domi-
cile, all under tho influence OF drink,
and in quarrelsome mood: 1t was
not long before McCloud and tho two
women became involved in quarrel,
whereupon Mrs. McCloud left the house
and went to q neighbor's. Ac.
cording to the evidence produced
at the Inquest yesterday, McCloud went
out through tho front room OF the
house occupied by another family, who
had become alarmed at the noise and
left, gone across the street to Balti'
more 4 Ohio car, secured big coupling
pin and returned to the house with the
intention OF hurting some one. AT this
juncture Charles Tibbs returned from
up town and Joined in the melee. Nc
Cloud and Tihba almost Immediately
became involved in q quarrel, and the
former struck at Tibbs with the coupling
pin, striking him on the forehead.
Tibbs clinched with his assailant and
secured the pin, and it. is evident that
it was then that the murder was COM
mitted, the coupling pin being the in.
atrument and Tibbs the murderer. 1t
is also probable from the evidence that
Mrs. Hbbs took hand IN the matter
and helped her son kill McCloud.
Tibbs did not seem to realize the
enormity Of the crime he had com.
mitted, as he went on up town to get
Marshal Cooke to arrest McCloud. In
the meantime neighbors who had been
aroused came in and found McCloud
lying at the foot OF the stairs in tho
hallway, with two wounds on the top OF
his head and one on the nose. At this
time, nearly midnight, he was still
breathing, but life soon became extinct,
Tibba while on his way up town met
Cooke, and told him McCloud had been
fighting and he wanted him to be ar
rested. AT the same time he told him
McCloud had assaulted him with q
coupling pin, but he had taken II from
him and smashed him." Accompanied
by Constable Sprout, the party proceed.
ed to the brick row, where 1t was found
several people were in the Tibbs.MC.
Cloud apartments, and McCloud lying
on the floor, dead. The marshall taking
in the situation at once placed Tibbs
under arrest, and took him up to the
Jail, leaving the constable in charge OF
the premises. He soon afterward re-
turned and the two officers took Mrs.
Tibbs and Mrs. McCloud to Jail.
Health Officer Dr. Mcdonald and
Squire Riddle were at once informed OF
the murder, and the former made an
examination OF tho remains and in.
formed tho officers that death had been
caused by conclusion OF the brain
caused by blow on tho head by the
coupling pin, which laid on the floor
but few feet away, covered with
blood, evidence OF its ghastly work.
After tho three implicated persons
had been locked up and tho corpse OF
McCloud placed under the care OF
neighbors, further consideration OF tho
case was postponed until Sunday morn.
ing at II o'clock when Squire Riddle an
nounCod that coroner's jury would DO
empanelod and inquest and examine
ton held.
THE INQUEST.
The coronors jury was soon en-
paneled, composed Of ], Mahood, foro.
man, John Curren, John Chapman, II.
Hagor, h s. Riggs and Thomas Guilty..
1t was eleven o'clock when the first wit
ness, Charles Iibbs, was called. Tibbs
10 big, raw.boned fellow, but has not
an ordinary look OF intelligence about
him. In fact nelghbors nro not slow in
saying that the young man Is very weak
montally,
When questioned, Tibbs testified that
whom he came into the house after he
had been up town, Sam MCCloud hauled
of and hit him on the forehead with
tho coupling pin. wheroupon no throw
away tho blow, and at tho same time lie
wrcnchcd tho pin from his assalants
grasp, and taking II to the front OF the
house throw II away. Cross examine
ton could not bring out that no had
done anything else with tho pin. He
claimed he had had no fuss before this,
with McCloud. After throwingthc pin