The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-24

Tho leading theme OF conversation
yesterday in the city and moro particu'
larry out about tho Bethany pike, was
naturally tho "whitecap" occurrence
tho nigh! before, whom n man known
US Davis wNa driven out OF tho Grcggs'
vile community and put on m Elm
Grove train with n warning never to
return. The man had only been in the
ncighborhood for few months. 1t Is
said his namo is not Davis, though
that lie tho name ho went by. What his
real name is nobody about Greggsvillc
peems to know. lie issaid by some 10 be
Welsh, though Germans who know him
said he spoke that tongue like native.
Ito was accompanied to this county by
another man, spauiard or Italian,
whose name nobody seems to know.
Both worked for Mr.. Rccs, who oper.
ateg coal bank on tho left side OF tho
bethany pike going out, in Greggsville.
George kliCvls. formerly carpenter
well known in Wheeling, has also been
digging coal for Rocs lately. lie lives
in On attractive cottage OF three rooms
Just beyond Woods Run, tho first
house in GrcggsYillc. Davis boarded
with him, and in tho same small houGc
lived little daughter OF Dayis's and an
adopted child OF Kliovis's.
Neighbors cay Davis was shameless
in his talk about his illicit relations
with women. Men assert that he has
told them he was twice before driven
from communities ior tho same oticnse,
and he was not backward about tolllns
OF Mrs. klieviG's preference for his COM
pany to that OF her husband.
Yesterday morning Davia rode out to
GreGgsvillc on horacback. lie told one
or two people he proposed to return last
night, but this was doubtless bluff II
no had returned, however, he would
not have been lst OF 80 oarily as he was
tho night before.
Yesterday an lSTELIIGENCER reporter
spent som9 time in tho vicinity OF the
occurrences OF Tuesday night, but it
was hard to got any additional informa-
ton to what was printed in yesterdays
lSrrLLIGEHCER. 1t was surprising how
many eyc-witnossos there were, and
how impossible it had been for any OF
them TO recognize any OF the partici-
pants. klieYis was not to be found.
Mrs. klievie, nee RAIDER, instead OF
Rittor. az stated yesterday, was sick in
bod. 1t is said that whilo she has beOn
sick Davis rursed her while her hus-
band worked on in the coal bank.
All three OF the parties TO the sensa-
tional affair are in tho neighborhood OF
forty years old. Mrs. Klievia is said to
be rather handsome woman, and Davis
not at all well favored in fucu or form.
Night before last when preparations
for the visit to Davis wcre in progress,
tho other miner who came with Davis
to the neighborhood heard tho party
talking, and he hastcnad to hlievis's
and warned Davis. When the commit
tee dcputcd by the crowd to talk to
Davis knocked at the door, the other
man first appeared. Davis camG soon
after, followed by the rest OF tho house
hold. The foreigner was warned TO
leave the vicinity in five days, Gil pain
OF being summarily dealt with. lie got
on n mule and started toward Alien
helm station, saving he would tc!c-
phone to Sheriff Franzhein. but he did
not DO SO.
Ono OF the men said to Davis: 1--WE
want you"
Davis looked about and saw thet the
house was surrounded and many men
standing in the pike and on the steep
hill opposite. He said: "All right; I'll
CO." lie went into the house, got his
coat and hat and came out.
While he was inside, his little girl.
standing in the door. recognized one OF
tho masked men, and called out his
name. He said, yes; hero am" and
removed his mask. klievis accom-
panied tho party to Altenheim. There
tho main body Of men, who numbered
probably one hundred, doployed along
the track and tho pixies. while COM
mittec took Davis to the residence OF
Rees, his employer, where he drew
what money was coming to him. lie
was then marched back and up the
track to tho station at Echo Point, where
he was put aboard the car.
w men t!lc COuuuCloI aSScl DaNlS
what was the matter, he said he did not
know. you had some trouble about u
woman, did MT your" lo was asked.
'Thats what they say"
lilo then asked what no could do to
the men, and was advised to keep very
still about tho matter. Yesterday he
said he knew number OF the men in
the party, and proposed 10 prosecute
them. 10 steps in that direction were
heard OF, however. In TACT no trace OF
Davis could be found alter his return to
the city.