Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-26

Yesterday morning at seven o'clock
the dead body of Timothy P. Mccarthy,
an employe of Schaefer & Driehorst's
liquor store, at the corner of Main
street and Alley Twelve, was found
caught between the elevator and the
first floor of the building.
The discovery was made by A. l..
Hartong, an employe OF the firm, who
reached the building at the time stated.
He found the front door locked, con-
trary to custom, and went around to
the rear of the building, where he
found three Of the windows untasten-
ed. He raised one of these and enter
ed, but found the store deserted. Al
ter looking around for a few minutes
Mr.. Hartong discovered that something
was wrong with the elevator and heard
the water escaping in the cellar, ana
surmising what had actually occurred
he left the store and went clear TO the
Island to the residence Of John Crib
bens. another em5fOye. When the TWO
returned thcy took A. l.. Pickard with
them. and then found the legs and
body OF a man caught between the ele-
vator and the first door, the head and
shoulders being concealed under the
floor. An examination showed that the
dead man was Timothy p. Mccarthy,
a trusted employee Of the firm, who was
employed in miscellaneous capacity,
and who had a room in the upper por-
ton Of the large building, where he
made his home. The authorities were
at once notified and Coroner SchultZe
was summoned An inquiry into the
facts and surroundings showed that
death had resulted about fifteen hours
before the discovery Of the bOdy-that
is to say, about three o'clock Sunday
afternoon Mccarthy often cooked his
meals in his room and presumably about
one or two o'clock Sunday Afternoon
he placed a roast OF pork in small
cooking apparatus he had in his room,
and then made a trip down the ele-
vator to the cellar. in discharge of his
and grease the elevator. He
attended to this and started for the re-
turn trip. II is supposed that after he
reached the elevator he started it up
before he had got on, and then, while
it was moving, made a jump to scramble
on to the moving platform. 1t was
either moving too fast for him, or had
gotten a little too high when he made
the leap, and he was still holding to the
apparatus and was trying to get upon
the platform when the level of the first
floor was reached. BY this time his
legs and body were on the elevator. but
his head and shoulders were projecting
over the edCe. and he was in this posi-
ton when he was caught between the
floor of the elevator and the edge Of the
flooring Of the building about the ele-
vatOr shaft His neck was broken in
stantly. while the resistance of the body
was sufficient to stop the machinery.
and the dead nan lay there all during
the remainder Of the day and all night
until found by Mr.. Hartong yesterday
morning.
Mr.. Mccarthy was very well known
about the city, particularly on the Is
land, where he lived. on South Wabash
street in property of his own. for many
years. He was 2 glass worker hv trade
and being very frugal in his habits and
a strictly temperate man, accumulated.
M to 1884. a piece Of property and quite
a sum of cash besides. His property
VS. wrecked in the biC food end rem
dered practically valueless. while his
money. which he kept about the house,
and which he said amounted TO about
one thousand dollars. was hover seen
again. This was the beginning Of a
run of bad luck. which left him i'm very
Indifferent circumstances. and tho acct
dent of Sunday was the fatal cuimina-
ton of the disDensations Of an Unllind
fortune. He was practically alone in
the world. although he has two or
three nieces in this city or its vicinity.
4 sister resides in ENGLAND and let
ter was found among the effects of the
dead man. Yesterday from her in the
course If which she stated that she was
well. but was aDprehensive that some
thing was going to happen.
Deceased would have comnleted his
fftv-fourth wear on the 18th Of the
coming March.
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