Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-19


0-.ving Through West Virginia
several More People Found Who
saw the Wagon and Smelled the
uch Arising From IU--A Piece
ora Human Hand Found in the
wagon Yesterday--The Wagon
Was Sold in Richmond, and a
E.camond Druggist Filled the
--saicine Bottle.
90 the Register.
ersville. W. Va. June lS.-Fur-
t- investigation into the mystery
.h surrounds the finding Of the re-
his of an unknown person last Sat
ay night. an account Of which. with
er developments, was printed in yes
laws REGISTER. brings forth the fol-
r.re facts. The finding Of the wag-
r with it's contents covered with
rod and which was reported TO the
r-hritfss by Shug McAvoy makes
cutie thread of evidence. As stated
YES erdlys Register, trunk, cot,
v feed and provision boxes were in
wacou. and all bore traces of blood
.f had s2urtad on them from a cut,
ing a ghasty sight when examined
ae Register reporter. and the stencil
r,t came from these blood-stained
les was almost unendurable, it
VA. so foul Pieces Of a human hand
r QcComposed and upon which vile
min were seen at work was also
e M one corner of the wagon.
A horse blanket was also found which
aI with one founo on the beach
the spot where the corpse was
...r trom the water. showing that the
.r was hauled TO this spot in this
rr and from which It was dumped
into the river. Harry Knapp, who
r.s a tower up Pole Cat Hollow, says
t. noticed this conveyance going up
- ra place where he was at work,
s-I after a short space of time he again
.- ft returning. going only a short
distance down the road to a level spot,
where they unhitched and prepared to
l rest for the night. He also says the
\ vag-n contained two men and that
there was five head of horses and not
four. as other papers have stated.
'.ra- when the wagon passed going IN
f--f directions he noticed a foul odOr
ana attributed - TO some animal having
become E.aved near by. He further
r.uUscs that after the wagon passed
ta could roc notice the stencil as when
the wagon was near.
I- comes 10 MS from another source
tha, lIr. Knapp says that he saw later
n-1s evening these two men dragging
us-hi1g towards the river in a coarse
horse blanket. bur that his suspicious
were not aroused and he paid no at
fo0 90 them. The description Civ
d. Of the blanket which Mr.. Knapp
@ he saw them dragging the heavy
article towards the river tallies with the
found with the corpse and it is al
ms. am assured fact that these men
were the murderers of this man.
sheriff PYLE and Chief of Police King
tnrght the wagon. etc. to the city
last evening. where it was examined
y half the people Of the town. The
WAGON is a heavy roadster, manufact-
red in Owensburg. KY, and sold by
b Richmond Agricultural Implement
r0a7y. of Richmond. Va. 1t is in
t shape and looks as if it had only
.n service a short time. With the
ea horses which were found grazing
the neighborhood was a dog COM
Is known as a hound. having white
.s on his neck and back, which IS
SIN with the wagon.
One theory given by some persons IS
tt this person. in company with two
others. started out on the road. follow
some light business. travelling in
- own wagon and doing their own
ag. probably selling some small
trlv articles to the farmers and who-
.-- cared 10 purchase and that. after
being IN the road so long. they became
sfed and talked the matter over.
s- -la- it ended in row, which
eliminated in the death of one. An
rr version Of the story is that the
,- who did this deed did it for the pur-
~ robbery. killing him out in the
Interior os the county and not decld-
t- What 20 do with the remains until
Hoy had become so baby decomposed
@ they had to do something and that
heir first thought was TO dump him
-a The river which they did. The
lat the remains when found bore
Races cf badly eaten spots. and it is
at that tais vermin was also seen in
e corpse. plainly proving that he had
ben fv-b'5vn some time and that it
PTS upcssible for the body to have
.l .- the water long.
a sheriff has been given infOr
.1 which leads him to think the
who did this deed are riding
r.oc6 in a northerly direction, and
lis put q couple of his deputies in
r, He will make every effort pos
To- fasten the crime uDon the