Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
" SMELL 5 MURDER
! Death Recalled by Re-
cent Events.
b FAMOUS CRIME-THE
L OF HIS DAUGHTFR. COIN
kFT WITH THE ARREST OF A
ECT PECULIARLY SIGNIFI-

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go, January 14.-For the last
US Chicago has been talking Of
hell murder, crime which ten
ago startled the country for miles
Id and was eclipsed only by the
Ter of DR.. Cronin in mystery and
blair interest. After slumbering for
RS and almost slipping into the OBJ
Iity which overtakes all the great
mysteries, the killing of the
eide millionaire was recalled to
Chicago public by two events,
Which, strangely enough, followed one
aNpther closely-the death of Mrs.
Alice Smell McCrea Green, daughter
of the murdered man, and the arrest of
a man, supposed for time to be Will
liam B. Tascott, the alleged slayer Of
Smell. The arrest of the suspect by
police of the Harrison street station
may not after all be merely coinci-
dental with the demise of the daugh-
ter of the aged millionaire, who was
shot down while defending his prop
erty from burglars. There is reason
to suppose that the revival of the muir
der story in the minds of the public
by Mrs. Green inspired the informant
of the police who pointed out the sus-
pected man. This informant was him
self once arrested in Indianapolis on
suspicion of being Tascott, and he de-
clares he has since devoted his time
to searching for the mysterious young
man who disappeared the day of the
murder. READING brief accounts of the
shooting, published in connection with
Mrs. Green's death, probably inspired
johnson, the informant of the police,
to renew his quest for the murderer,
and resulted in the arrest of the man
whom the detectives at once declared
was not the muchs-wanted Tascott
But two other murders in Chicago
acquired such word wide fame as did
the killing of Amps J. Smell, the mill
nonaire. These Wore the assassination
of Carter H. Harrison and the murder
of DR.. Cronin. Although Smell was an
old time resident Pot Chicago, he was
mot widely known until after his death.
He was not az society man in the p0pu-
lar acceptante of the term, nor did he
mingle in politics, but devoted himself
1870 gmassing a fortune, in which
he was eminently successful.
many another of Chicago's
Thy men, he kept closely to his
and his business and did none Of
Pthings either in social or public
FAY which bring men into prominence
print and make them well known,
" name at least, TO hundreds of
Essrrazse49 sesser-s4el issw- citizens. But
Che manner of his taking off was so
Unusual and the efforts Of the police
to find his murderer so vigorous and so
unavailing, despite the offer of $4,000
in rewards, that. universal attention
was attracted to the case and hundreds
of men were arrested in various parts
of the country on suspicion of being
q: famous "Tascott," who was charged
Nth the crime and who dropped from
sight forever the day the dead mans
body was found in his. OWN parlor.
1t was the early. morning of Febru-
airy 8. 1888. The home of Amos J.
Smell at Washington boulevard and
Ada street was wrapped in quiet and
darkness and all it's inmates slept
soundly Half a block away a recep-
ton had been in progress during the
night, and about O'Clock the guests
began departing with chatter and
laughter and good nights" mingled
with the loud voice of the servant
calling the carriage numbers. There
WAS light and gaC6ty and confusion
there, the raL( of horses hoofs on
kthe bouleEA d the rolling Of wheels
onS~ 0nf the carriages departed.
mile this scene was in progress
ere Some dne was standing at the
Kitchen doOrI Of the Smell mansion,
shrouded in The darkness and aided by
the noise and clatter Of the departing
guests. In hi IS hand he held bit and