Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-18

Thomas Pelkiton lies dead in Sanger
s,,s morgue and Minnie Mansells
,,-,ss ia AZ her mothers home at No.
trt cawga street. this village. Both
moro alive and we'll at Z o'clock this
morning and they died within a minute
NJ each other by shots from Petition
-.r,rre-. The murderer had been IN the
s~1rov of Edward Nynders, as coach-
.,., and was twenty-five years OF age.
81. MAS of a taciturn disposition ana
Since last Spring. when he was arrested
f,- rrrninE several buildings here ne
bad been looked upon as "a desperate
man. ....,
Tho victim. who was twenty-five
vs.-s ola and highly respectable was
a-Dloved i'm the Mynders family MS
domestic and was good deal Oh q Id
ve-ite. She slept at her mother nome
and during the past week Pelki'oA'
without instructions, went Tor MINNIE
each morning with horse and sl9l4l.
Yesterday she declined 70 rloe Win
him as She did not want his attentions.
rra then began drinking freely, ana TINS
morning went TO the house With me
evident intention Of numbering the glr
and killing himself.
shortly after z O'Clock Mrs. Mynders
heard a struggle and outcrles rom the
FRI fn the kitchen, and hurryng TO the
.,aDe saw Pel5itOn with his arms
ground the girl He threatened 10 shoot
Mrs Nlvnders and she fed. Then TWO
Shots from the 32-calibre revolver were
e~e8 I'm r9Did succession. one through
the girls cheek and the other through
her forehead. PelkitOn then hasleheo
to the barn. near by. and shot nimselI
in the abdomen and through the side OF
the head near the car.
rt has been ascertained that PelAlJoh
called i'm a secondhand store in this
village ON Saturday. and borrowed the
revolver. on the pretense that he want
Cd 10 use 70 to- KIN a disabled horse. The
laaper of the store. after hesltotlnS.
allowed him 20 take the pistol and was
greatly shocked This morning to learn
fhe use ~ had been put to. In securing
the pistol me- also asCertained the best
place to shoot a horse. being mtormed
rhata shot behind the ear was the best.
and he shot himself there.
The girl was working In the kitchen
at e. O'Clock when PolkitOn entered. Her
first thought was TO fee. and she ran
for the back door. only TO find the lock
sprung. Finding this means of escape
shut of. she started IN the direction of
the toilet room. and here the struggle
occurred. The girl had reached the
door In safety when she was halted
bv shot from the pistol which struck
her under the cheek bone and came out
of the left side of her nose. She again
Struggled to escape but another bullet
penetrating her brain. puf am end TO
her terrible torture. and she fen head
long upOn the closet floor where she
was found few minutes later her head
living I'm pool of blood Her face was
badly mutilated. probably from the eff
fects OF blows from Pelkiton before he
fred when she was attempting 20 es-
cape.
A touching scene was witnessed at
the scene of the TRAGEDY a dog, which
had long followed Pelkiton about,
found his body in the barn. and, nest
ling up under the muredere's coat, with
his ewes g.aring and his teeth IN view.
would allow no one to approach. and
could not be tempted 20 move.
The girl mother was Frustrated with
grief when the news OF the deed reach
e- her. About four years ago The girls
father was killed by a falling wall while
@ work repairing it
In view OF the murderer supposed
connection with the many fires that oc-
CURED here last summer )the Fire De-
par,ment being called out nearly every
Slt for several mOnthsl the citizens
lre very strong i'm sentiment against The
courts which allowed such a character
a. liberty.
a Cor0ner's jury was called at
ot.ocS and, after the witnesses had
been examined and all details Of the
relations OF the diseased had been ex-
planned. it was decided that Pelkiton
had fred the shots that killed both
-HeS killing the girl first and him