Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-24
2 81 -1f Terror.
The People Of Parkersbwg Live in
Dread Of ASSaSSinS.
Men Go Heavily Armed in the
Streets and Women stay Indoors
After Dark-An Efforts to Locate
the Murderer of Mrs. Mullen
Prove UnavaiIng-A Hair Upon
Which Much May Hang-Pohce
and Detectives Active.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg. w. Va, July 22.-The
murder Friday night of Mrs Mary Null
len. one Of the most highly respected
and wealthy old ladies of this place,
still remains a mystery, although
mulatto answering the description OF
the murderer. has been seen about diff
ferent residences i'm the city since the
horrible crime, and acts very SUSPECT
ously. He was seen emerging from the
barn of Judge George Loomis early this
morning. and escaped. There are peo-
Pile, however. who do not give any
credit to the belief that the crime was
committed by a man.
Nothing developed at the coroners
inquest that could be considered OF any
importance in bringing to justice the
fend who did the bloody deed.
The bludgeon in possession OF Cor
oner Keever is the implement used by
the murderer. and a single hair found
ON the club is considered OF mucn I'M
portance by the authorities. Inc nan
of the murdered woman was Qulte
gray. but the hair found on the roughly
made bludgeon is brown, and about
five inches long.
THE BELIEF Is PREVALENT
that the hair is from the head OF the
murderer. who. in welding the horri-
BILE implement of death, caught the
hair. which is broken off, in the SPIN
ters of the bludge0n, where 1t was
found. The hair is of q very line tex
ture and is not believed to be from tnd
head of q man.
The belief is also general that the
murderer is the same person who as
saulred and almost killed Mrs. Hayden
and Miss Rosa Archer several weeks
ago. Miss Archer was assaulted AT the
mouth of the alley where the SUSPECT
Ous-acting mulatto was seen emerging
from the barn this morning.
EX-Chief of Police j. II. Mehen has
been employed TO assist in terretlng
out the william; an extra force of otliS
GERS have been placed on duty and all
the streets of the city are patroIed reg
ularly.
The city Council viii take action at
its meeting here tonight i'm regard TO
Offering a reward for the capture of tho
murderer and the county authorities
already have the matter under consid-
Grafton.
THE SONS OF MRS. MULLEN
are firm i'm their belief that the murder
was committed by a party who was
thoroughly acquainted with their moth
er's habits and the premises, and at
the coroner's inquest, which has been
adjourned until Friday Patrick Mul-
len. who found his mother murdered
I'm her bed, testified that he searched
all around the yard early Friday even
inc for the hatchet TO nail board on
the alley fence but could not ind It,
Did not see that club; looked on the
back porch; saw no shoes; would have
seen them if they were there.
After / found mother on the bed !
went out on the back porch; saw the
shoes I'm the middle Of the step; if they
had been there when I went out earlier
i'm the evening I would have had to push
them out of my way to get by.
SaUie Brown. the girl arrested on the
l's0, M ,5,;+tino ,',-',, tbe crime was recalled
vi goi.l.'.',Ii, i1a.+t6o5 The shoes as hers. and
tbst a,, sbo had left them there on Thurs
'',''' ia'. o,-o,ing the evening She left Mrs
va! ,I.,,,, g, l''''' o+1,Iov and did not call for
.,.'l, ~ l''l.'-' % '-'F
nv ,-I.. ,,.bo1o affair is gbrouded i'm mys-
terry and a feeling of uneasiness rs pre-
yalent throughout lhe Guy