Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-04
A QUEER Fish.
J. P OlRNRLL OF NEAR KEHSER, OlROULATRS
AIRPORT THAT HB WAS KILLED.
Then Hs Rspsntsd and Wre!s His Father that DO
Could No. Account for the Report
Hs Is Now In Jail.
J.P. carnell. of Burlington, Mineral

J.P. Carnell. OF Burlington, Mineral
county, near Keyser, is queer fish.
He is not only queer ID his actions,
bat he appears to be decidedly on In
his mird, if one may come to con-
clusIon from the engagement he has
been playing in this vicinity during the
present week.
Carrell, who Is 3 young man OF seem
ingly fair education, came TO this city
on last Monday, and registered at the
Hotel Windsor. On Tuesday he left
the hotel and went to q boarding house,
and the same day he came into the
REGISTER office and handed in slip OF
paper. with the remark that 1t was
news item, which man had handed to
him on train, with the request that
he deliver IL at this office. This item
was as follows
"GRAFToN, w. VA, July 31.-The
body of a young man who mad been run
over by B. & o. train No. A was
brought here to-day. When near Iron
town the man was struck By the train,
instantly killed and mangled beyond
recog milton. From pagers in bis pocket
he was found to be j. P. Carnell, OF
Burlington, w. Va" :,
His mind eased OF this matter, carmen
went back to his boarding house, ana
on Wed nesday he seems TO have callea
at the Windsor for his baggage. when
he was told the stuff he claimed aP.
peared to belong 10 dead man, ana
was shown the item in the REGISTER.
Carnell could not account for the pres
encs of the item In the paper, although,
as matter of fact, he had procured lts
insertion himself, by misrepresentation,
and went back TO his boarding
house. 1t afterwards transpired
that In addition TO leaving the
bogus information at this office,
he also forged the name OF Mr.. Z. b.
Carney, proprietor of tho Hotel Wihd-
sor. to letter TO Mr.. c. K. Wilson.
postmaster at Burlington, Mineral
couatv, stating that Carneil was dead.
On receipt OF q telegram from Mr.. Will
son, Mr.. Carney telegraphed, yesterday
that he had written no such letter, and
then laid the matter before the police.
Officer Lukens was put on the case, and
was soon informed that Carnell had been
seen sitting in front OF Adams board
ing house. on the east side OF Market
SQUARE. When the officer arrived there,
CARMEL was not to be seen, but search
Of the premises resulted In his being
found in his room. He was taken to
the City Hall, and later was arraigned
before Justice Gilespy, who sent him
to jail to await an enquiry into his
sanity. >,
Several letters written by Carnell
were found In his pockets, among them
he following:
WHEELING, August Q.
"To 4. NJ. Cdrneu:-
DEAR FATHER:-I have done great
wrong by making 1t appear that l was
killed. My head hurted me so bad, and
hated to leave home so bad, / guess
must have been crazy. | am sick. now.
| would nearly as soon be dead as In the
fix I'm In. Ny face Is still swollen, ana
my eye is quite black, and l just have
TO sit here in my room and study over
what disgrace been to you all. am
very sorry, and l know that 1t has near
ly killed Sis. And oh! just to thiuk that
LIQUOR is the cause Of it all! But am
hereafter going to live up to the prom
ises made you when | left, and per-
haps can yet redeem my past.
II won't get to work this week. my
head is so dizzy, and should not have
left home in this fix. They say times
are very hard here, and the Chief OF
Police wants license II sell pencils
outright. l have only So left, so you
see have got TO do something"
81 don't feel able to write TO Sis now.
Tell her you heard from me, but don't
tell her am not well, and II l can get
better and can go to work may be can
do all right"
Another letter from this strange
young man was as follows
"a terrible mistake has been made
and ] hasten TO correct II. 1t was In
this way: When l arrived here Mon
day evening l had my baggage trans
ferred to the Windsor Hotel. then
went and secured boarding house, re-
manned all night, and Tuesday morning
| was so sick l could not do thing,
and then. when ! went down 10 see
about my baggage, they would not let
me have it; said what / claimed bore
the name Of man that was killed, and
they showed me . special in the REGIS
TER / went TO the REGISTER men and
they could not account for the mistake,
as the special was sent in by their cor
respondent In Grafton. Well, l gave
them sufficient evidence that was the
man and they went with me and we got
my baggage. The proprietor said be
had notified the postmaster at Burling-
ton"
1t will be seen that there are num-
Der OF clumsy ialsehoods in the above
letters. What Carnell's OBJECT was In
getting himself into such snarl, as
suming him TO be sane. can only be
imagined. OF course, IL he has wheel
In his head, that explains everything on
the theory that be is not responsible for
anything.
II