Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-06-23
THE TERRIBLE CRIME

Which Shocked the People of Wheeling on
the Morning of January 10, 1SSS-How
Omcer Joe Glenn Was shot While En-
dcavoring to Protect Private Property.
Police Officer Joseph T. Glenn. of the
city force. was shot in two places,
about a quarter Of one o'clock, on the
morning of January 10. 1885 in Alley c,
az the intersection of Alley 10.
Three balls struck him, in all, one
passing through his hat, one wounding
him in the left leg, between the knee
and ankle. and the third aad fatal bullet
striking him in the abdomen. severing
the portal veins close to the liver. From
this latter wound death ensued az the
North Wheeling Hospital, about eleven
O'Clock. on the night of January 18th.
About half-past eleven on the night
Of the shooting Of6cer Glenn left Menk-
emeller's drug store, at Market and
Twenty street. where he had
been discussing local politics. and meet
ing Chief of Police Porter Smith and
Mayor SeabrighJ, walked down Market
street q short distance with the two off,
ciais. Mayor Seabright went TO his
home. and Officer Glenn accompanied
Chief Smith to his residence at Chap
line street. and then returned up Chap
line street TO Twenty-third, and started
down that street toward Market. When
I he reached the intersection Of Alley c
and Twenty-third street his attention
was attracted by the
BARKING OF A DOG
up the alley. and looking up the alley.
he saw two men In the alley, in the rear
I of the residence of J. G.. Hoffman, Jr.
I The men were then south of the inter-
/ section of Alleys C and 10. Thinking
ne could surprise the men TO better adj
vantage. the officer ran down Twenty
third street 70 Market, up Market to
/ Alley 10. and went up that alley to the
I intersection of Alley c, where he in
\ tended 90 look south and see what the
/ men were doing.
/ I'm the meantime, however the men,
who were evidently searching for the
/ residence of John G.. Hoffman, Sr.
which is north of Alley 10, had diScOv-
cred their mistake, and, unknown to
The officer had moved up Alley c 70 the
proper place, wlIIe Glenn was making
the det0Ur. When the officer reached
I the intersection of the two alleys, and
was looking south. the men, who were
IGhus behind him, could not be seen, ana
as he turned to look the other way he
was hailed with the cry: stand where
| YOU are" The officer drew his revOl-
ver. the gum case of the gun coming
from his pocket with it, He snatched
or the cover and threWNit to the ground,
and as he did so, the tallest of the two
men i'm the alley, there being consid-
cradle difference in their siZe-as Glenn
said before he died-fred The shot
struck the officer in the stomach, and as
he staggered back his revolver was dis
charged tine bali going up at a consid-
cradle angle and
LODGING N THE SPOUT
Of the stable of the Hoffman residence,
beside which the burglars We're stand
ing. about fifteen feet from the ground.
The two burglars continued to fire at
Glenn. and the officer recovered and re
turned the shots. five being fired on
each side OF the shots fired by Glenn,
one lodged i'm the spout, and four struck
the wooden side Of the stable. OF the
five fired by the burglars, three hit
Glenn. inficting the two wounds above
detailed.
Seeing that the officer was game, and
that the neighbOrs were becoming
aroused. the burglars ran. going south
along Alley c to Twenty-secOnd street
Their subsequent course is uncertain.
officer Glenn managed 20 crawl and
walk Co Minkemeller's drug store,
where ne pushed the bell and then fell.
The call was answered from the second
story window, and Officer Glenn re
sD0nded
For Gods sake, hurry down! I'm
shotr
In a moment Mr.. Menkemeller was
down. and aided by TWO or three specta-
tors. brought Glenn into the store and
laid him ON the floor. while a messenger
was sent for DR. John A. Campbell Al
the examination the officer was carried
20 his home at Twenty-seventh and
Market streets. where he remained un-
til noon the following day, when he wax
carried on q cot TO the Hospital.
While at the drug store, and later,
both at his home and the Hospital,
THE WOUNDED MAN
narrated the circumstances here set
forth. LAYING stress upon the fact that
one of the men was noJiceably taller
than the other A search Of the local
iry after the shooting resulted IN the
discovery of Glenn's revolver case near
where ne stood. while near where the
burglars stood were two chisels marked
with the name of p. j. Gilligan, and at
that time thought to have been stolen
from that gentleman's shop. Later de-
velopments make il almost certain that
the chisels were taken from black
smith shop. where they had been sent
bv the owner TO have the steel renewed.
They sill showed the marks of the
blacksmith's work, and had not been
used since they had been shMpened.
The rear door Of the Hoffman stable had
beer. pried OFF. and the chiSels fitted thG
marks in the wood. This work had
been done Just before the officer appear
ed on the scene. and one Of the men his
evidently entered the stable few ste-d
and then come out, as the imprlntS OF
his feet were to be seen,
The death of the officer was followed
nv q reward of $500 for the arrest OF
the murderers, by the Board OF Com
missioners. and 70 this sum Council
o6ded 81 900. The police of this and
other cities at once got to work. and on
January 18th. the COrOner's jury, con-
sisting of George Steadman, Jerry
Myles. CharlesWeitzel, Peter +. Farrell,