The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-03

Henry Kiel, n resident OF Stackyard
Hollow. yesterday met his death in n
mysterious manner, his dead body be-
inS' found on the road. 200 yards from
his home, by neighbor, Henry Hess.
shortly after O'Clock. Coroner Schultzc
was notified, and In company with Con-
stable Henry Brooks. of this city. drove
out to the home OF KIel. which Is about
a half mile east OF Fulton, reaching
there at S;3o o'clock.
The body had been taken into corn
crib. Il not being thought advisable to
bring II into the house. ms Mrs. Kiel Is In
a critical condition, suffering from q
severe attack OF dropsy. The first theo-
~ OF hteEs death was that OF accident.
Or. j. ~ Campbell was telephoned for
ara on an inspection OF the body, found
wound that penetrated the back bone
| comingout at the breast. This diScov-
| cry was the foundation OF the suspicion
tina: klel had met with foul play.
| h!cl was dairyman, and when last
seen was driving his milk wagon to-
| ward hume. 4 COW that he had nur-
| chased yesterday morning was tied with
~ " NAAG IStI Cl1Nl VI lllC "iSpll.
| The person who last saw him was Mrs.
| William Mccormick. wife Of the toll
gate Keeper, as KEEL drove past the toll
| Gn:e. This was after 10 a. m. The
body was discovered after o'clock. by
| Annie Schoenlin. domestic at the Kl.l
household. She gave the alarm and
| Charley Hess and John Smith took the
body 10 the house. but not until they
had received instructions from Coroner
| SchultZe to do so.
The body was lying on the road. face
downwards. There were no signs OF
| struggle apparent, but pebble picked
up by Henry Brooks afterwards. had
| dahhcs OF blood on It. How he met his
death Is not determined yet. He chuid
not have met his death by falling from
| the wagon on any sharp object. as none
was near. Nothing but a rifle bullet
| could have made such wound as Is
disclosed. None OF the neIGhbors heard
| sounds OF shooting and no man with
gun was seen in the vicinity yesterday
morning. He could not havG been shot
| from the roHd X he was IN his wagon.
| because the dashboard OF the wagonsis
too high 10 permit OF such 4 direct shot.
| the bullet having gone through without
| ANY inclination OF decllnatinn. The
scene OF Kiel's death embraces the bend
| In the road where he was found and
! high emhankment to the right of the
body. The shot. had 1t came from the
| embankment, would have made 4 down
ward wound. The theory remains that
Eial was on the road and shot by some
one directly In the rear of him.
| Coroner Schultze empanelled n jury,
which met In the house at $3.50 p. M. AZ
| ter the Jurors were sworn. they were
adjourned to meet at Coroner Schultze's
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| following are the jurors: Henry Hess,
| Charles Hess, a. Vincent, J. a. Lorent2,
J. Thalmnn and W. E. Steele.
| Constable Brooks made a careful sur
vey 0f the surroundings and clIngs TO the
belief that K!el was murdered. When
| liicl was found neither the COW nor
| horses and wagon were In sight. ThcSs
we're found afterwards. both being some
distance away. Brooks claims that the
report of the gun frightened the COW so
that the strap tieing It to the wagon was
snapped In two When the cow was
found, It had part OF the strap. the other
part remaining to the wagon. The
horGes broke down the gate leading to
the house and were found at the house.
No motive cpn be assigned for the
shooting of Kiel rs he was an ndustri-
Gus citizen. always attending to his own
| affairs. lie was well liked by all who
| knew him, and had no enemies that are
known Of. He has been married three
times, having five children. His present
| wife Ia very low, rs stated above. Tie
was In good circumstances, owning 105
acres OF land and th!rty-two cows. lie
was ot German birth, and between fifty
and sixty years of age. He was we'll
known IN this city. where he delivered
milk daily.
| r,, nI,nlI 4 10 ,n1l
mortem examination last night on the
body, and came to the conclusion that
death wrs instantaneous. ElGl being
shot In the back. the ball piercing the
spinal chord. which was enough In itself
| Ia cause death Tho ball also passed
through the aorta, and by the size OF the
wound must have been OF th!rty-eleht
or forty calbrc. they will make
microscopic examination Of the clothes
later In order to discover, Il possible, at
what range the shot was fired. The re-
suit Of this examination will be disclosed
at the coroncr's Inquest, OH Thursday
| Constable Brooks found several pieces
of silver scattered along tho roadside.
mud fresh tracks were discovered IN the
enbGnkment. The latter signs make n
suppositlon that there were tre7naRserJ
| on the farm, and ns Kicl had forbidden
,reap1s"Irp. It Ia thought he may have
bean shot by trcspasscrS, whom he met.
Orc thing 'Is certain: Mr., kial wa
murdered or accidentally shot tE an.
other Sheriff 1lranzheim Is invcstlrnt-
Ing the affair and ,cnlNavnrsng to dis
cover clue TO the murderer.
IT has always been n mystery why
30 many pronlc suffer from c'rapped
hands when Salvation on will cure
them at once,
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