Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-06
From a Staff Correspondent.

From a Staff Correspondent.
Ripley, w. Va, November 5.-Ihe
excitement here over the brutal muroer
Of Mrs. Edward Green and her TWO
grown children is still very great, and
when the Register man arrived on the
scene at 10 O'Clock this morning the
streets were crowded, especially Court
House Square.
Miss Alice Pfost, who was reported 10
have died during the morning from her
injuries. is still alive, and the physl-
clans have some hopes of her recovery,
Her skull is fractured from blow from
a Ratchet in the hands of the fiend VINO
committed the awful crime
It is now known that instead of COM
hitting his murderous work with
club as was at first reported, the
murderer used a Ratchet. With 1t ne
broke down the door of Mrs. Green
room. after which he almost instantly
Killed his dS6u NlCllll W u Twas the
the head. The hatchftng Miss Pfost
instrument. Miss Alice Pfost. Young
andes Green, who made his escape
from the house, was pursued and struck
down in the yard with a boulder, and
here a mattock came in play and the
unfortunate young man was beaten to
death with that tool. His features
were pounded almost beyond recogni-
ton and his skull was crushed like an
egg shell.
The heads of both the other victims
we're horribly mutilated.
From all indications the crime. in
part at least was premeditated, and it
would seem for the sole purpose of
gaining the money received for the
horse sold by the Greens. The horse
was sold some weeks ago and a note
taken for the 500. One night last week
Morgan came to the Green homestead
about O'Clock in the morning, and
sing the family, called young Green
Jul he Told him that he had freed
;oon and asked him tn come with his
gun ana Shoot it. Green got his gun
and went, and had only gotten a short
way from the house when, ,ro,.
asked him about the sale of the horse
and whether or not the note had been
paid. He also asked and was told about
when the money was expected. Upon
learning that the family had not yet
received the money, Morgan at once
seemed to lose interest in the coon
hunt and suggested that they go back
as it was too dark to see to shoot.
The circumstance was told at the
home by young Green, and some suspi-
cion that all was not right. was awak-
ened in their minds by the occurrence.
The three victims Of the murderous
fiend were buried at O'Clock on
Thursday afternoon.
John T. Morgan. by which name he is
known, alias Raines, is q years old,
below medium height and Of rather
spare build He is a man Of sense and
cocl headedne;s. His mothsc was the
wife Of Andy Marion RaineS. R3ires
and wife kept house for Glenn Morgan,
on Elk Forks. Raines became jealous
Of Morgan and left his wife After a
year or so of threatening he shot Nor
Z Njah-
olas county, wnere ne WAS killed by
Elem RAIDER. This halEcrel twerty-
seven years ago Wnila the man now
in ;sil always went by the name Of
Morgan, his name is Raiues.
Alice Pfost, who escaped from, The
fury of the fend, after her skull had
been fractured by the ha-cket mace
sworn statement OF the affair.
According to her statement The trag-
edy occurred about O'clock Wednes-
dag morning. Morgan Wen. ont tC the
hog pen with her brother, but the
brother dc not return, Morgan stating
that he had gone down in the field,
while in :act ne had murdered The boy.
Morgan stayed around the house while
Alice and her sister went to the milk
house ead it was then probably that he
killed Mrs. Green. When they return
&c to TIE house Morgan struck her SIS
ter twice and then struck her. but she
ran cut ard hid behind a board pile
At the inquest on Wednesday Nor
gan made ,he following statement:
!. Jcha Morgan, being sworn by D.
Brown. coroner of Jackson county. /
e Va, say I am sworn az my own re-
quest and make this statement under !
bath free and voluntarily. And furth- !
~ say that the same is not extorted
rom me- nor made by ne through any |
promise In the siiture. / KILLED Jimmy .
1reen. Mrs. Greer and Matilda Pfost on !
ne mornine,of Wednesday. the Sd day /
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