The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-28
SHERIFF AND
U. S. MARSHAL
DISAGREED
And Allow an Alleged Double MUIR
dsrer to Escape Here in Wheel
ing in Daylight.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STORY
OF an Occurrence in Criminal Circles
That Probably Has Had
No Parallel.

In board daylight. on the crowded
platform of the Baltimore & Ohio pas
senger station yesterday afternoon at 5
O'Clock, there was an occurrence that
probably has had no parallel in criminal
circles the country over. A deputy
United States marshal and West Vir-
ginla sheriff had taken an alleged dou-
BILE murderer into custody over in Ohio
and brought him to this city. Then
they quarreled as to who should put up
s. for the prisoners fare from Wheeling
to Berkeley Springs. out in the eastern
Pan Handle, and while the discussion
was at Its height the prisoner coolIy
said, Good bye" and went on run
down the railroad tracks, and he hasn't
been seen since. And now the warning
officials are busy telling how 1t was.
The deputy marshal was j. I. Pauld-
ing, on the staff Of United States Mar
shall John X. Thompson, of this state,
and the sheriff was NJ. S. Harrison, of
Morgan county. The.sto of the AFFAIR.
as told by the marshal last night to an
IntellIgencer man. was as follows:
'The man we had under arrest said
his name was William Jones. thought
he was N. j. DOMAIN, one of the MUIR
derers Of the Sester family, Absalom
Kester and his housekeeper, Ann Do
man, which occurred on September %,
1899, between Magnolia and Pawpaw,
in Morgan county. had reasons to
believe that N. j. DOMAIN was one Of
the burglars of the postoffice at Duff
fields station, in Jefferson county, this
state, on the night of July 10. re-
ceived word as a deputy, marshal to
look out fo- the three men iwhO did the
job. on August 80 the house Of G. W.
Boyer, at Bardain, in Jefferson county,
was burglarIzed and the old gentleman
and his wife were bound with wires and
their feet burned with matches. 1
went there and got description of the
men, and one OF them was in my opln-
ion N. j. DOMAIN. I traced them along
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad to Cherry
Run and up the national pike to Han
cock, Nd, where had reasons to be-
lleve that DOMAIN crossed the Potomac
into West Virginia again. Here lost
trace of him. A short time afterward
traced him to the neighborhood Of
Pawpaw, and believe I saw him stand
ing in front OF the house Of Absalom
Kester, who was murdered short time
after that. On receiving information Of
the murder of the Rester family. has
tened to the scene and found the char
red body Of the wife OF N. ]. DOMAIN in
the ruIns OF the burned house, where
she and Absalom Kester he'd been muir
dered the night before. / took charge
Of the case and worked 1t up, and found
Holland Kalor. deaf mute, had been
let in the house by DOMAIN, and assist
ed in committing the murder. Feeling
that they were guilty of the burglary
OF the postoHlce, sent out 1000 cIrcu-
lars. and soon 1 received information
from the sheriff Of Belmont county, S.
S. Foreman, which convinced me he
had DOMAIN. I instructed him to have
photographs OF the man taken, and
upon receipt of these showed them to
people acquainted with DOMAIN. and
they united in the assertion that he was
the man wanted. l then notified Sheriff
NJ. S. Harrison. of Morgan county, to
20 with me to st. CltIrsville. where we
arrived to-day. took charge Of Do
man this afternoon, with the hope of
the cooperation OF the sheriff, having
sufficient evidence to convict him on
the charge Of robblng the postofiice and
of the Kestcr-Doman murder. Coming
from ST. Clalrsville. the conductor OF
the railroad train demanded fare for
the prisoner, which the sheriff refused
to pay, and l paid 1t to Wheeling. At
ter delivering the man into the state of
West Virginia, l handed him over to
the sheriff. and insisted that he place
his handouts on the fellow. He push
ed me aside. saying he would not take
charge Of the prisoner for the reaSon
that he would not incur the expense OF
IS car fare to Berkeley Springs. AT
that instant the prisoner, being re-
leased, the sheriff not taking charge OF
him. then and there made his escape.
the sheriff making no effort to get him.
So far as Morgan county is concerned
am done. AS United States officer
I am not done. shall continue 10 do
my duty"
"Where is the sheriff." inquired the
reporter,
II told him to get mess of pap and
1 20 home" was the excited response Of
the federal official.
The escaped prisoner ran down the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks and was last
seen near the Belmont mill, where he
stumbled and fell heavily, but was up
again in an instant and resumed his
flight. Chief OF Police Clemans was In
formed and he in turn instructed his
officers to look out for the man. There
is a reward of $500 for the capture Of
the murderer Of the Kester family.
The sheriff returned to Berkeley
Springs on the o'clock Baltimore &
Ohio train yesterday afternoon. Mar
shall Pauldlng was stIll in town last
night, guest at the St Charles.
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