The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-17

messed BY Two NI'n.
ST LOUIS. June is.--c. D. Collins, a
rssl,hy Tennesseean was lured to his
rDobable death Tuesday night by a
nan he had known since boyhood, and
VIM whom he has been on terms OF In
umats friendship for six years Hts as
ssiI,nt is Martin Ensley. OF Memphis.
whose father. Col. Enoch Ensley. was
ose o, the most prominent mine owners
and planters OF the south.
Ensley induced his companion to visit
Nrramec Highlands. u summer resort
4 miles from here. on the plea OF NJ
80 he led him 10 a clump OF bushes
D,,,pt 75 Yards from the hotel. There
s,snnlnr behind his Victim,he dealt MN
TI,w after blow ON the head win
simmer he had purchased, presumably
tb. purfose uf committing the MUIR
~ VIXEN the pounding with the
-. ~ steel had reduced Collins 10 q
-. ~ insensibllity Ensley stopped
80. the prostrnte body and tore rom
y ysst rocket n roll OF bills mat
S,,nnnted 10 5000. He ddrted up the
Mi and passed the money TO an accoulI
Nice who Is believed 10 nave esylpsu
an a trolley car. Then the w9nIa-oe
,ourierer ran down the path leading 10
the Meramec river. ,,,, "a
Two men saw the terrible assauIt anu
The robbery, aud witnessed the tr ~ ~
az the money and the escape o. tile
principal and his accomphce. Snnrle'
EtsI,.l I, haker. employed ut the inn,
80 Gardener who had been engaged
- Inc grounds fortnight were the
H ,,',,rssscs. They ran to the Inn ana
.,,,Gsd Nightwatchman BuSch ana
,,i5 Inc story. When the NightwaIeh-
49,. 49,, rc,ehed the spot he found Collins
iyirr dat on his face grooming, out I'M
= Rood was flowing from sew
s-,i wounds on the scalp, the lett ear
,rss nearly torn away. He was removed
10 Kirkwood. where aphysiclan eEesseu
his wounds.
rn.lsy, after leaving his victim had
,,n 20 The fence that skirtS the hirk-
Xn,d track. and then he passed the
Money TO his confederate. Ensley old
moi Try TO board the car. Instead ne
ran along the fence and darted down
the hin leading 10 the river. ArrlNlns
there he followed the stream Tor nearly
a mile. until he reached a shantS OCSu'
Med by a bOatman. He p0unded Viz
opusiy upon the door. and when the
Cd man opened he exclalned' we
ben robbed and my friend has oeen
murdered. Help. look, l am coVeFe"
with blood.
sTering the strangers appeal for as
tistance he accompanied him up the
river and then up the hill toward the
inn. al ,ho
t,,dy where he had left IL and evtnced
great surprise when he saw people run
Here & man you want to tell your
story TO-" the old boatman SAID, as
some one came up. The arrival was
NightNhtehrnan Busch. To him Ems
lev repeated the story he had told on
"What's YOUR manner" asked Busch
Martin Ensley," was the reply. :,
You are the man am looking for
said Busch II want you FOR MURDER
And he seized his prisoner
Ensicy protested his Innocence. Out
was taken into the inn and placed un-
der guard. All this occurred about
midnight. At 2 O'Clock this morninstW TWO
deputy sherifIs from Clayton. the coun-
~ seat. arrived at Meramac Highlands.
They searched the grounds fora weapon
and discovered q new hammer covered
with blood on Ensley was found $500,
which at first was supposed TO be
part Of the stolen money. At daybreak
Ensley was driven over to kirkwood,
and II was broad daylight when the
prisoner was taken TO the room OF the
third floor OF the north side OF the inn
and brought face to face with the
wounded man who was tossing on the
bed, rs this the man who struck
your" asked deputy.
Collins looked at him steadily. Yes.
said he "Ensley, how could you do itE'
be added
Tho prisoner looked down. muttered
something about having been assaulted
as well and was led away He was then
driven over to Clayton.
Collins. the wounded man, has sta
bic here at the fair grounds,but he runs
the horseB under an assumed name. lie
has always had penchant for thor
oughhreds. but his parents, who are
prominent in Nashville. objected 70 nus
owning race horses. and go did MS
wife, who Is from Cleveland. Ohio.
This spring Collins decided TO try his
mck on the track. He was offered
good price for q hotel he owned IN
Sashville-&25, OO0--and closing the bar"
gain made arrangements for placing
stable at one OF the tracks.
In order TO be at perfect liberty ne
sent his wife TO her relatives In Cleve-
land. and then unfolding his plan to
Martin Ensley. his boon companion
and asking him 10 accompany him. he
purchased two horses that had run NJ
Memphis, and which he fancled, and
left with them for St. Louis. Ensley
accompanied him. Collins had $4,000
At his command. and Ensley $1,000 or
81.
The Arrangement entered into at
Nashville was that Ensley should ng-
uro In all business transactions, n5 COL
Inns did not wish his name to appear
Martin Ensley's father was Col.
EnOch Englcy.a man OF something more
than national fame, and regarded I'M
III his DEATH three or four years ago, as
The richest Individual In the South.
Col. Enslcy Was a leading spirit in the
development Of the mineral resources
n he South. He was largely inter-
'rt0d In the Tennessee coal and iron
company, established the steel works
a. BoEsemcr, Ala. helped make Shet-
nlid, Ala. a great mining place. found
81 several towns, one Of which bears
bis name. owned several big cotton
Plantations. and was nm Intimate
friend Of Andrew Carnegie. He had
two children. Martin. who Is almost ~.
and Lady, a year or two younger FOR
the latter he named the Lady Ensley
mine, one Of the largest in Alabama.
Martin occupied high position In
ihc social circles Of Memphis, Nash