The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-12-22
WAS IT MURDER?
MRS. EMALlNE MusGRAYEFouDDEAD
In Indian Creek With Marks Of Violence
On Her Person,
A Coroner's Inquest and an Autopsy
Do Not Indicate Suicide.

alton will make an Official Report this
Morning-The Prosecuting Attorney
Making Vigorous Efforts TO Sift the
Matter to the Bottom-A Deplorable
Occurrence that has Aroused the
Whole County.
Last Thursday evening Emaline
Musgrave, the wife of David Mus
grave, was found in Indian creek
near her late home in Grant district,
in this county, about two miles from
Arnettsville. The tragic circum
stances and later developments have
caused great excitement in the neigh
borhood and the general opinion is
that the unfortunate woman came to
her death by foul means. When ia
ken from the creek but little water
was forced from her. There were
finger marks on her throat and other
evidences of combat and struggle
for her life against the hand of an as
sassin. Suspicion rests upon her
husband as being the man who took
her life.
Such is brief statement of facts,
not differences. 1t is not the province
of this paper to try cases, but TO give
facts. This being true the New Do
MINIoS, not accepting one of the hun
dreds of rumors and theories that
are rife, gives its readers the subjoin-
ed as an accurate
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
David Musgrave did not live hap
PLY with Emaline, his wife of about
two years. She was the daughter of
Samuel Headlee, living near the Clay
district line in Greene county, Pa.
She was his second wife, was aged
about 43 years and died without
children by her last husband. BY a
former wife there were at home four
sons of David Musgrave.
On the night mentioned there was
literary society at the school house
near the Musgrave home. While the
young people of the neighborhood
were in profound discussion of the
science of letters tragedy was being
enacted within a stones throw, the
dissolution of the soul and body of a
neighbor was Transporting by means
which will require the agency of the
law Of the land to determine.
David Musgrave went to the school
house on the night in question, and,
informing the people that his wife
was gone called his boys, and all tour
of them came out. The five went to
the house and procuring lantern,
which LEROY, one of the BOYS car
ried, all then went to the creek.
There, in the shallow water of the
brook, not enveloped by the stream,
but relieved above it, was seen
THE LIFELEsS FORM
of the hapless woman for whom they
were searching, not more than $50
yards from the house where her last
evening had been the scene of vio-
lent quarrel.
They pulled her from the water,
which was not over boot tops. When
they waded to her, her head was up
stream, back and hips out of the wa
ter When the body was brought to
the bank of the creek several people
had collected, among whom was DR..
Brown, d physician of that vicinity,
who employed the usual means to
discharge the water from her lungs,
but very little was emitted. Upon
her throat were found four large fin
ger marks on one side and thumb
mark on the other, while the woman
had small fingers. Blood was run
ming from her mouth when she was
found, and kept flowing for quite a
time afterward. The remains were
removed to the home after the futile
efforts at reeussitation. as
THE BODY WAS STILL WARM
when found, and a superficial exam
nation disclosed the facts stated
above.
The day following, the suspicious
of violence entertained by the neigh
bors seeming to warrant it, Justice
l. E. Arnett summoned a jury of in
quest, which was held, the following
composing
THE CoRoNER's JURY:
d. NJ. Camp, S. G. Hess, G. M.
Arnett, j. G. Straight, D. F. Morris
and j. c. Glasscock This examina-
ton was then adjourned till the fol-
lowing day, Saturday, in order that
more evidence could be found to en-
able the jury to more intelligently
render a verdict. At the inquest it
was developed that the deceased had
been in good health on Thursday !;
that she had been to visit at the
home of Jonathan Michael that day !;
being cheerful and strong; that she
left there late in the evening; after
arriving home, a gentleman passing
heard her and Musgrave quarreling
sin a terrible row." as he says; that
she said to Columbus Michael's wife
five days before, they are going to
make way with me-" In addition to
this is
THE STATEMENT OF THE HUSBAND
He says they went to bed at 1880,
and we're talking over some trouble
in the neighborhood, and in little
while she got up and went out of
doors in her stocking feet and with
only her night clothes on. In about
Is minutes be got up, stirred the
fire, looked out, and could see moth
ing of her. He then put on his
clothes, went to the school house
called his boys, got the lantern and
found her in short time. Upon the
evidence so adduced the jury render
ed the verdict following:
"The deceased, Emeline Musgrave
came to her death on the 18th day
of December, 1894, by drowning and
by means unknown to the jury"
The opinion of physicians, howev-
er, is contrary to the result of the
jury's deliberations, inasmuch as it
is to the effect that she must have
been suffocated before she was put
into the water
There has been other evidence,
what may be termed unofficial"
which has accumulated since. 1t is
said positively that the day Mrs.
Musgrave was at Michaeps her hus-
band, who was passing with wagon,
would not allow her to ride, and that
she walked through the mud follow
ing the wagon home.
A measurement was taken of his
fingers and
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