Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-28

WE'RE WRANGLlNG OVER VIII
SHOULD PAY THE PRISONERS
FARE, AT THE B. G o. DEPOT,
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE
ALLEGED CRIMINAL S SAID:
WELL, GOODBYE" AND SKIP
PED-MADE GOOD HIS ESCAPE.
Speaking of funny snaps, the fun
niest on record occurred in this city,
yesterday afternoon shortly before five
o'clock.
The dramatis personae were Deputy
United States Marshal J. P. Cauldwing,
Sheriff NJ S. Harrison, of Morgan
county, this State, and Newton j. Do
man, claiming to be William Jones,
suspected Of murder and robbery in
Morgan county and adjoining terri
tory, and under arrest and in course OF
transfer from the Jail of Belmont
county, O., to Berkeley Springs, w.
Va.
DOMAIN is charged with the murder OF
Absolam Hester and his housekeeper,
Ann DOMAIN, wife of the murderer, on
the morning of the 22d of last Septem-
ber at a point between Magnolia and
Paw-Paw, Morgan county, with the bur-
glary at the postoffice at Dufield De-
pot, Jefferson county, on the night OF
July 10th, last, and with the robbery
of the house of George w. Boyer, at
Bardain, Jefferson county, on the night
of August 30th, last.
The prisoner was captured in Bel
mont county, and was committed to Jail
at st. Clairsville by Sheriff S. S. Fore
man, pending the arrival of officers
from West Virginia. Deputy Cauld-
wing and Sheriff Harrison arrived at
St. Clairsville yesterday afternoon and
brought the prisoner to this city, the
Deputy Marshal paying the prisoners
pot here the two officers fell into a
dispute as to who should pay the fare
of the captured man from Wheeling to
Morgan county, the sum being eight
dollars, and while discussing the mat
ter the prisoner exclaimed 'Well,
goodbye" and ran away. He was
traced as far south as the Bel
mont mill, where he fell down,
but succeeded in making good his
escape. The police heard about the
matter some time after the escape, but
up to last night had obtained no trace
of the fugitive, who is probably safely
out of the way by this time.
Sheriff Harrison could not be seen
last evening, but Deputy Marshal
Cauldwing was seen at the Central
Hotel, and told this story of the af-
fair:
1.-THE prisoner claims to be William
Jones. believe him to be Newton J.
DOMAIN, one of the men who murdered
Absolam Kester and Ann DOMAIN, hig
housekeeper, and DOMAINS wife, on the
morning of the 22d of last September,
between Magnolia and Paw-Paw, Nor
gan county, w. Va. l have also rea-
son to believe that he is one of the
men who robbed the postoffice at Duff
field Depot, Jefferson county, w. Va,
on the night of July 10th last, three
men being engaged in the job. l think
also he is implicated in the robbery of
the house of George w. Boyer, at Bar
dain, Jefferson county, on the 30th of
August, the old man and his wife being
bound hand and foot with wire and
their feet burned with matches. l
went there and got description of the
men, and one of them, in my opinion,
was Newton ]. DOMAIN. | traced him
along the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio road to Cherry Run, and then
up the National pike to Hancock, Md,
where | lost the trail, but believed he
had crossed the bridge at Hancock to
West Virginia. A short time after that
l located him in the neighborhood of
Paw-Paw, W. Va, and saw him, &C
cording to the description | had, stand
ing in front of Absolam Kester's
house, where the murders were shortly
after committed. On receiving infor-
nation of the murders | went to the
scene and found the charred body of
DOMAIN in the. ruins of the house. |
took charge of the case and worked il
up, and found that Harlan Kalor,
deaf mute, had been let into the house
by DOMAIN and had assisted in commit
ting the murders. Feeling that they
were guilty of burglarizing the post
Office at Duffeld's Depot on July 10th,
sent out between fifteen hundred and
two thousand circulars in government
official envelopes, and received infor-
nation from the sheriff of Belmont
county, O., S. S. Foreman, that he be-
lieved he had DOMAIN. | told him to
take photographs of the prisoner. front
and side views, and send them to me.
and he did so. l showed them to
number of DOMAINS intimate friends and