Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28

PURSUING the subject Of the possible
or probable innocence Of Thomas Kel-
ley and Harry B. Christie who were
convicted OF the murder of Officer
Joe Glenn, in this city, a few minutes
uter midnight on the morning Of jan
uary 10, 1888, the Register this morn
ing prints a portion Of the personal
statement Of Christie, written more
than year ago, in the penitentiary at
Moundsville, and which has been for
some time in the possession Of Hon. B.
l. Butcher.
1t should be read in connection with
the andavits published in last sunday
Register.
Following is so much Of the story as
brings the reader down to the date Of
the murder:
statement Of my whereabouts from No
Yemoer, 1887, TO January, 1888:
1 mad been employed two. or two and
hall years, in the upper peninsula Of
Michigan, az my occupation of machine
running, in the iron ore mines. I was
last employed az a mine across the lake
from Florence. Wisconsin. Left late
In the fan and went to Chicago: thence
70 Joliet, Ills. and thence 10 Bradford.
HIS, where l got work i'm a mine Soon
returned TO Chicago and STAYED there
two weeks or so. Then went % Michi-
gan City Indiana, and secured work at
shaving lumber Next. went 70 South
Bend, Ind, and thence 10 Findlay, Ohio,
where l worked q short time From
Findlay, o., ! went to Pittsburg. Pa.
and then TO COnnellsville, Pa I can
only give the date as In December,
1887. between the 10th and 18th. How
ever. 1 recall an accident by which the
date could be located. In the morning
coming out Of the railroad boarding
house and saloon. I went over to the
Baltimore and Ohio depot On the plat
form was a man lying on q stretcher. I
learned he was q railroad man. both Of
whose legs had been cut on that morn
ing. He had been brought there and
left in the cold with no one 10 care foF
him INJURY of any newspaper office
at COnnellsville would secure the exact
date-if you deem it of Importance.
Next l went 10 Myersdale, Pa. and
then over to a mine at POcahOntas. I
found work in a lumber camp. but soon
left and went TO Cumberland. Md;
thence into the Georges creek coal re-
giOns 10 place called Ocean Nine This
was on December 31St, 1887 When
got TO Ocean Mine l went 10 the Super
intendent's Office 20 secure work. Was
told TO come TO work the day after New
Years. / had quite a long talk with
several men who were present. From
the Superintendent Office / went to
saloon and boarding house kept by
woman named Mrs. Kinney, and ar
ranged TO board there The place was
--f-YYrrv7 -lvy-fIes they found l was
going to work, and was 10 board there,
they asked me 70 sit down and have
drink did so. Was soon surrounded
by a number of miners. After asking
what place I was from, etc. all left eX-
cept one OF two. In little while one Of
the men told me he was the landladys
brother or brother-in-law that he work
ed at Ocean mine. Finally he asked me-
several questions From the character
of his questions judged he was sOund-
ing me on organized labor. / told him
! did not at present belong 20 any union,
but had belonged to the Northwestern
miners / MON. les NA4A nc
know of it. but 10 busted last June or
JULY" adding that il was not customary
10 allow anyone to work on the creek ex-
cept Knights Of Labor men. l talked TO
him a bit and told I thought / should be
allowed to work q month or so, and
when we became better acquainted 1
would become a member. II all was
agreeable. After a general talk among
the miners. he told me 10 was all right.
i think he said he was secretary Of
their lodge, or some officer in the local
union
After some further talk I left with
some young men and went mp 10 Frost
burg. and was drinking around all New
Years Eve and New Years day. About
dinner time we returned TO Ocean. L
was introduced TO q miner on the way
down. Some time later he sent his son
10 ask me 10 take New Years dinner
with his family. which I did. / cannot
recall his name. but can give you dlrec-
tions TO find his house if you think IT
worth while ] think one Of his chill
dren gave me an autograph New Year =
card which must be in the State AttOr-
news Office in Wheeling, with other pa
Ders I wrote to Chicago for my miner
clothes. and that night went 10 Cumber-
land ON the theatre train. / did not re-
turn for two or three days, since had
10 wait some time for my clothes 1
wrote again for what money had, but
got no reply. spent about two weeks
in WAITING. BY that time my money had
obout given out went TO Keyser and
there met the man who was with me ~
Fairmont the night this man Glenn was
killed I decided TO 80 TO chicago.
PROM Keyser. w. Va. we went TO New
1,,rp ON the b. & o. railroad and stayed
there that night We went mp 10 the
coal and coke ovens at the tunnel east
Of there. But just before We come 10
the ovens 1 went down the bank 10 a
f-ane house and sold the woman palr
Of block leather fur-top gloves. Two
,,ersoDs were present, she and her nus
band Then we went on % the COKE
ovens and Joe sold pair of shoes 10
,,ornr man who drew coke. For HIM TO
oct his money he had TO 20 TO his board
ING house When he returned ne Salu No
lived where I had sold the gloves ana
4bat he was the wOman's brother inns
Sros FRIDAY January 18th, 1883. Ihen
we won't back 10 Newburg- As IL was
go, license" town we went 70 q drug
s,isf,s store across the creek near
Catholic church. The clerk would hot
Iii ,vitbout a doctors order. The phy-
-, mo owned the drug store DelhS