The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-22

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boys so brutally beaten at their home
near Moundsvllle Tuesday afternoon,
by an unknown man, died yesterday
morning shortly after 3 o'clock. The
other child, Willie, is expected to re-
cover, but he remains in a critical con-
dition.
. The account OF this fendish assault
upon two defenseless children published
In yesterdays I%ntelllgencer, was sub
stantially correct, but the theory that
the crime was committed by their fath-
er lost ground yesterday, owing to more
light being thrown upon the aftair' fet
there is an air Of mystery about It thas
will take energetic work upon the part
of the authorities TO fathom, Develop
ments are expected to follow In a lew
days that win likely lead to the arrest
OF parties suspected.
Yesterday there were ,wo arrests
made, but both persons arrested were
shortly afterwards released, there beine
no grounds for their detention. The
MOundsville police arrested Charles
Younger yesterday morning, and
brought him before Mrs. Mason, She
couldn't lmplicate him In any manner
whatever. and he was accordingly dis
charged.
Current rumors yesterday In the town
were TO the effect that Mason and his
wife have been separated for about 1--WE
or six years, and that Mason was not
the father of the little fellow, Willie,
who is only three and one-half years
old,
Mrs. Mason. however, is an honest,
hard working woman. nearly forty
years OF age, and she labored earnestly
for the support OF her children. She
comes OF agood family, her maidenname
being Ryan. and she was reared In
Marshall county. The sympathy for
her In her afillction is pronounced, and
were the human brute caught, with the
present state OF feeling. 1t is certain that
the law would moi be called on to pay
him his Just deserts.
Police are Active.
The Moundsville police have been act
i've in their efforts to apprehend the
murderer. and besides arresting
Younger, they assisted the Benwood
police in capturing another suspect at
Rosby's Rock yesterday, a stranger who
gave his name as Murray or Miller, He
was seen loafing around Moundsville
the night previous, and intimated that
he wished to go TO work In one Of the
coal banks. AS there seemed no Justl-
fcation FOR his detention, he was re-
leased.
There is great difficulty in finding any
n who saw Mason that night. One
Moundsville citizen believes he saw
him. but 1t is generally believed he is
mistaken. All those alleged to have
seen Mason, when interviewed state
that they heard he had been seen, but
say they didn't see him. Hence 1t is
that the husbands connection with the
murder appears very fllmsy. At first
It was reported that he has been living
in Putnam county, but later 1t has been
learned that he lives in Wetzel county,
about twenty miles back of New Mar
tinsviiie. II It can be found that he was
there Tuesday afternoon, an abb is ef-
fected.
Prosecuting Attorney Parsons so far
has not been connected with any ar
rests, they having been made by the
town officials, but he is In possession Of
information that may lead to the arrest
Of the guilty one. So far, Mr.. Parsons
has been playing a lone hand" as he
was not solicited by the coroner who
held the inquest yesterday, or the po-
lice. As the crime was committed out
side the town limits, the county au-
thorltles should lose no time in ferret
ing II out. The efforts OF Mayor Purdy
and the police are commendable.
Morbid Curiosity.
The Mason home. which is On the
waynesburg pike, was visited yester-
day by a throng of curious people, and
the pail OF death that hung over the
household made 1t n sad scene indeed.
The mother wept almost continuously,
and the spectators were also affected,
The dead boy was eleven years of age,
and he had been frightfully hacked by
the brlar hoe, the instrument used. The
younger child Is cut all over the face
and body. and is suffering great ago
ny. The attending physicians, Drs.
Steele. Williamson and States, are
hopeful OF his recovery, though Ills
throat IL badly cut,
The wounds inflicted were clearly the
work OF a human fiend. 1t developed
yesterday that the children had been
whipped first, and afterwards hacked
with the hoe. Their legs were first tied.
then the beating followed, after which
the flend concluded his devillsh work
with the hoe. The cash In the back OF
S%tanley's head resulted fatally, though
he had been otherwise cut, and his body
was beaten black and blue, Willie
Jared hut little better, but his life Is not
despaired OF.
Justice Edwards conducted the in
quest, which consumed n large part OF
Yesterday. Considerable testimony
was taken. but the AFFAIR remains as
mysterious as ever. Those who We're
present are under the impression that
Mrs. Mason did not tell all she knows
concerning the AFFAIR.
II was reported last night that
Younger had been rc-arrcsted and TAX
en- out for Identification by Willie Ma
son, but the report could not be con-
hrmed.
Tie Coroner's Inquest
Tho inquest was held by Coroner Goo.
Edwards The following jury was made
up; Messrs. u. W, Manning, irwin Stew
art, Richard Terrell, j, II. Francis, n. NJ.
Powell and Clay Shepard. In the norm
Ing they went out to the scene OF the
murder. accompanied by Mfr. william
Melghen. representing Prosecuting At
torncy r. j Parsons.
The first witness examined was Mrs.
Mason, the mother Of the children She
tcatlncd TINT she had been At the home
OF Joseph Roberts, In Mouudsvillc on
the day NJ the crime, doing wnnhlnE
She arrived NJ home about 1880 o'clocl
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