The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-17

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hana- shsrlG OIeors, of Greene County,
Nyal Hers Investigating.
steriR Moore, ot w'aynesburg, PA
SrtivCd in the city Monday night with
s tho object Of clearing up q mystery
that Is al present asltatinE tho Greene
connty town. "Abc" Eilnbic, a former
rea.dent Of wayncsburg, and more rec
eentiy Of Wheeling, has mysteriously
.dlsahp6afed aud Il Is thought that he
may have been murdered.
Rlmhle was u married man and had
d vide ana one child. gtrl about ti'ir-
teen years OF age. Last fall his wife
came to Wheeling from WNyResburg
with q man mined Charles Filwncr'
They routed house on Mccolloch
street, 40, 9los and got tholr furniture
from an instGlIment house. The little
Eiti aISo resided with them, Shortly az
tor Rimblc came to Wheeling and took
up his residence with them, bus he wls
only treated rs q boarder. KlnIble was
q IlghtsNtttcd fellow md WAS in Sreas
terrov OF Fawner, and so afraid was he
, tIiAt be feared TO acknowledge 70 the
nelghbors that the woman was his wife.
ne was forced 10 live apart by himself.
aud was treated shamefully in many
%ays. and no one In Wheeling knew
that the woman was not Fawner's wife.
( Elmhlo did odd Jobs for the neighbOrs,
hut after Christmas he disappeared
from view. Shortly after Christmas,
also! Fnwner, Mrs. KImble and the lit
&lo SIFl moved out Calawelfs run, but
STAYED there lust q few weeks, Tor,
falling TO pay the installmentS on the
furniture. the dealer removed II 70 ms
store. Then they moved back 10
Wayheshurg. When they came back,
the goO1 citizens OF the netEhbOrNoou
IN which the KinbIes had formerly re-
sided, wondered what had become OF
KlNSble. They questioned the little Etrl
and her statements led to the BELIEF
th1t foul play had been done. The in.
VegtIRRtton resulted IN sending Sheriff
Moore to Wheeling to clear up the mSss
! terry.
The little girl has talked about blood
being spilled on the stairs leading TO
the upper story OF the house on AcCoi-
: EkEGGAa ANllNA NRND saw ANtsA -
good reputation In Greene county.
When questioned he talked rather
STRANGELY and spoke OF having dug down
Beneath the kitchen floor Of the fOuse
TO look for gold, which he had dreamed
WAS nntieF the floor No satisfactory
explanation OF Kimble's absence was
given.
Yesterday morning Sheriff. Moore and
lieutenant Ingram visited the house.
5t63 Accoiloch street. u II u double
frame structure, back OF the l.aBellG
iron works, and IL now occupied BY Mr..
Sylvester Murphy and family. The
story told by the little girl about blood
spots on the floor proved to be true.
ON the stairs and OH the lloor ia an up.
stairs bedroom were blood stains. \
magnIfying lens was used. and that the
stains were caused BY blood was clear
~ shown. A search was then made be-
heath the ground floor. \ trap door
In the kitchen was lifted up, but there
~ no cellar. just hole n few feet In
size. The earth appeared soft and
loose, a. though /. had lately been duS,
and the SuppoSltion OF the officers was
that search might disclose the body
OF kimbie.
A dllIgent search was made under tho
floor. the officers digging up all the
loose G3Tsh beneath until q fair Ei3Pd
cellar had been eXcavRted. The dtgStnS
was kepr 10 under al pRrtE OF the
house until late ic III" afternoon, but
nothing wis discovered.
In conversation with an 1nteiligences
TppOFteF. Mr.. Murphy stated that when
they moved Into the house after Fnw-
uer, the latter told him that he
wouldn't be able to live there. rs every
night splrit1 walked up and down the
Stairs. and that the house WAS haunts
I'd. Mr. Murphy did not heed him, and
he was surprised yesterday TO be re-
quested by. the police officers 70 leave
bis work and tear up the hOor. Sheriff
Moore stated that Kimble's disappeRU-
ance looks Suspicious, and he can't ac-
count for It. He inclines to the theory
that lie was killed.
Fawners parents now reside at Sl04
AcCoiloch street, next door to Muir
phys. They formerly resided in Greene
county. Pa.
Last night Mr.. Moore was seen and h.
said that he thought he had done all
that could be done at present, and he
leaves for his homa tO-day. He Is not
the present sheriff OF Greene county.
but former sheriff, and made quite a
name for himself about 4 year age,
when his efforts appTehended John
ElSemInRcr for the Mccoy murder NJ
wRynes6urE. EiseminGer was caught
in New Orleans and paid the death per-
atty on the gnllOwE last June. EX-Shcr-
m Moore stated that Dizziness" Faw-
nor Is still living with k!tnble's wife
and child. Fawner has told many Fto-
rIes concerning Klmble's disappear
ancc. and no two StOTies are the same.
Fawner's father. who now lives on Nc
c9lioch street, denies that there was an
enuIty existing between his son and
KlERble.
While the floor Of the house was be.
ing torn up YESTERDAY II woman VINO
llVes close hy stated that she had heard
Mr. Kimbie Sny she would wade IN
blood for Fawner, whom al the neigh
horS supposed was her husband.
Ex.Sheriff Moore was at The police
heOdduarters last night and made ;tr-
ranRcmOntS 10 have any further dCvrl-
ODmentR sent u him at WaynesburI.