Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-30
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Della Fox, an Inmate Of Mla hiller's
Alley G House,


Alley G House,
FIRED A BULLET INTO HER
NECK AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING-WILL APPARENTLY
GET OVER IT-TROUBLE WITH
A LOVER THE CAUSE.-THE
WOMEN IN THE HOUSE LIED
LIKE IMPS OF SATAN WHEN
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE.
At one O'Clock this morning girl
named Della Fox, aged apparently
about twenty-three years, attempted to
commit suicide at the house of Ill fame
kept by Ella Miller at No. 1O14 alley G.
The weapon was small nickel
plated % calibre revolver, and the bull
aet penetrated the left side of the
neck, about two or three inches below
the ear. 1t was not extracted at the
time of going to press, but the wound
did not appear to be very serious
matter.
A reporter for the Register called at
the house within three-quarters of an
hour after the shooting and was told,
in response to questions, that there
was nothing at all the matter and
anything like definite information was
refused. In fact, in SO many words,
the enquiring newspaper man was
told, in tones of extreme politeness,
that it was all joke.
This didn't satisfy the reporter, who
had a straight tip, and reinforcements
were secured.
1t was ascertained that DR.. Ridgeway
had been called, and then a systematic
investigation was set on foot. which
showed that the girl had attempted her
life in the manner described and the re-
volyer taken from her was seen. En-
quiry among residents in the alley re-
vealed the fact that the girl had been
heard to scream. followed by shot,
and little by little the story was put
together.
second call at the house No 1914
in the alley met with no corfoborative
details. The women averred with earn
estness that there had been no trouble,
and lied with plausible calmnesS
which was well calculated to deceive.
The reporter relieved his mind as to
their conduct, and they responded by
withdrawing into the house and lock-
ing the doors. The newspaper man,
however, continued to relieve his feel
ings, and then officers Walker and
Turner arrived, the house was entered,
and the revolver secured. The woman,
at two o'clock, was still able to talk,
and unless unexpected complications
result, will be as well as ever in a week
or so.
The women in No. 1914 alley c seem
to have a wholesome respect for the
police. They might as well treat re-
porters the same way. Their business
is to find out the facts in such case,
and lying only tends to complicate
the situation-for the women. Ella
Miller's house is one of the most MOTOR
ious in town, there being from ten to
twelve girls in It, Nine or ten were
present last night, with the madame,
when the attempt to ascertain facts
was made. The unanimity with which
the inmates concocted and stuck to a
deliberate falsehood ought to cause the
madame to be summoned to the City
Hall, and be given to understand that
when things happen in her "shebang"
she ought to be willing to tell the truth
as the best way out of it.
One of the people applied to for in
formation was Robert Thornton, alias
Bob Massey, employed in the house in
various capacities. He was in a pro-
found state of ignorance, and knew
nothing, absolutely. He is a habitual
4oiterer and employee of a house of i'll
fame, and ought to be in a position to
know something of what is going on.
1T is learned that the girls real
name is Miss M. E. N. Jackson. that
her parents reside in Cleveland, and
that she has been in Wheeling since
the street fair. A young man from
Benwood was in the alley when she
shot herself. He prevented second
attempt at self-destruction. At three
O'Clock this morning she was unable
to talk, the wound having effected her
pallet. However, no serious results are
entertained.
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