The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-01

AuS gO9y W SVEu INV MAUI 40 SsANs
een.ycur-old girl, who was drowned
near fishing camp above Gloun's Run
on Sunday evening. was found in tho
river Just below tho Union bridge yos.
tcrtlay morning. The Bowman girl,
who resided on tho river bank near tho
First Ward school building. this city,
was a. fishing camp noar tho Gaylord
coal works on Sunday, with hor mother,
aud both were drunk. Miss Bowman
wandered away from the fishing camp
bctwcon S and 0 O'Clock aud did not re-
turn. II lie supposed that che walked
down the river shore to the Burlington
bar and was drowned in tho deep hole
lust below IL. Nothing had been hoard
Of her until Conatable T. II. Stanton, OF
MARITIME Ferry, wont 10 tho camp last
evening and learned that tho dcecsip-
ton no gnvo was exactly that OF the
missing girl.
Eho vas known as "Toossey" Bow:
mau, and wEa an attractive girl oil
V,ghicOn with auburn hair and blue
oyCs.
Mr. Nodehavcr, tho night toll hooper
on the Union bridge. snysthnt hc hoard
woman scream two or three times
along tho West Virginia ahore about IL
o'clock on sunday hight. but heard
nothing after tina. time.
H0 says no knows ct no disturbance
on or near tho bridge on Monday night.
lie did not eco tho Bowman girl on Sun
day or Monday night
Thomas Moore and George Reesbcck,
who live in Martins Ferry. near tho
Union bridge, heard splash under 1t
in tho wator, on Monday night
Her body was caught on a trot limo
hy Alvin MCAmich, Of MARITIME Forty.
lie was looking at his line about G
o'clock and felt Croat weight oil the
limo. This no supposed was bic fish.
and he carefully drow his boat over to
tho place, where he was Mortified to
find the body Of woman on the limo,
clothing having caught on one Of tho
hooks. Tho body was towod to the Ohio
ahoro.
The point at which Il was found was
ncur tho Ohio shore. Coroner J. Is.
Lowman, OF Belmont county, was call:
Ell. lie soon arrived. but did not hold
m inquest. The body was conveyed to
tho undertaking establishment OF &. +.
I.sscm, on FayOtte sttoOt. whore it was
viewed by n largo number Of persons
during tho day. Tho interrnent was at
Rivervicw last evening.
At first it was supposed to DO tho
body Of the WGllsburg girl WHO diaap'
noarod on July 60. Several peraons
who saw the face Declared that II was
tho body OF Mary Pond, OF North
Wheeling. Word was sent to Fannie
Pond, . sister Of Mary, who soon ar
rived, nnd after closely examining tho
body mud clothing stated positively
that 1t was not her sister Mary. Several
friends Of Mary Pond. both male and
f0lnalo, also snid that il was not hor
body.
Ono man declared that It was Jano
Pond, that he know her well, had sono
to school with hor, and go on.
William Mcknight enid that II was
not Mary Pond, and that he had seen
Mary aud Janc in Brilliant late Mon
day night i,
UtneF6 tuouRut tHe uUuy was t""t W
MoIlie Ayers, but she Is in the county
jail here.
Tho drowned woman was about five
foot four inches tall and weighed about
10 pounds. She wore black ealcen
waist, white soorsuckcr skirt with black
stripes, leather belt with silver buckle
and morocco buttoned shoes with pat-
ont leather tips. sho wore d sterling
silver ring on tho second finger of the
right hand with green lizards on 1t.
Tie only piper found was q small piece
Of q song shGc, tucked away in the
bosom oil hor euteon waist, The nainc Of
this song had been torn oil, and II told
Of a young man who Ind told her Of
his love, won her afections, ihon mar.
RED another girl; ever since that time
sho bad been unhappy and shs wished
to be laid away carefully, etc.
Whom the body wa frat found the
face was not discolorad, and looked as IL
It had not beon In tho water more than
tii.con hours. There wese no marks Of
violence, and whcthor she committed
suicide by drowning or was thrown in
tho river ia not known positively.
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