Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-19
HAD QUITE A TINE.
The Adventures Of 4 West Virginia
Girl Known in Wheeling,
WHERE SHE WAS A VISITOR DUR
ING THE STREET CARNIVAL, IN
COLUMBUS INTERESTING
NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL Ex-
PERIENCES.

MAMMA e Or 1GllOO1NAA Ia
PERIENCES.
The Parkersburg Sentinel of Thurs
day has the following narrative of a
West Virginia girl who is pretty we'll
known in Wheeling. Miss Grace Gra-
ham was here during the week of the
Elks' fair, and made a good many ac-
quaintances on the midway and at 9TH
er points. She was accompanied by
an elderly gentleman, whose identity
is not apparent. She also had posi-
ton at one time in this city for a brief
period. The story is an interesting
one, if only to point moral:
A dispatch from Columbus. Ohio,
gives the following account of the mis-
adventure of a West Virginia girl on
Tuesday evening:
Miss Grace Graham, handsome bru-
nette, aged 20, of Central, w. Va, is
lying at the point of death at the Park
hotel. DR.. Jones, who is attending her,
says The chances for her recovery are
very slight
"At 10 o'clock last evening, Miss Ora
ham was forcibly elected from cab No.
II at Hickory alley and Front street,
by two young men and woman, who
had been occupants of the vehicle with
her.
Before Miss Graham became uncon-
scious at the hotel, she related to wit
nesses that she. had been drugged by a
| pharmacist whose place of business is
on Mt. Vernon avenue. She lad sold
six jars of chewing gum, yesterday af-
ternoon, and had received a card
bearing his name at o'clock, last
evening. She admitted him to her
room. He found not only Miss Ora
ham there but married woman who
lives on the North Side.
1.-The pharmacist invited her to go
to Olentangy park with him and her
caller withdrew.
Then Miss Graham and the druggist
whose name is, according to the card
he sent the chewing gum drummer,
John Eitel, left a hotel in a cab whose
number is II.
What transpired subsequently Is not
known to Detective Tom Foster. who
is working on the case and who ex-
poets to make two or three arrests on
various charges by sunrise.
"The climax of the trip to the park
was at any rate witnessed on Front
street, between Spring and Chestnut,
by three young men who came to Miss
Graham's assistance as she was eject
ed from the cab. One of these wit
male occupants of the cab emptying
the contents of bottle into Miss Ora
hams throat.
aside from being drugged Miss Ora
ham has been robbed of a check for SIS
payable on Pittsburg, Pa, bank and
several dollars in cash. A gold watch
she wore was found on her person, but
ruined in such manner as to indicate
that it warded off blow of some kind.
From a setting of a ring Miss Graham
wore ON one of her fingers diamond
mas been stolen or lost.
Miss Graham is in the direct en-
ploy of Mr.. ]. w. Cady, of Belpre, o.,
who represents the Pittsburg chewing
gum manufacturer in this territory,
and who is one of the anxious watch
ers at her bedside. He says the unfor-
tunate girl has never been known to
commit an indiscretion and the pre-
dicament she is now in came in the ma
ture of lightning bolt from the blue
sky.
Miss Graham's father is the B. G.
o. station agent at Central station and
is a very estimable man. Miss Ora
ham is girl of genial disposition, but
inclined somewhat towards adventure.
She accepted the position as travelling
saleslady for the chewing gum house
in July, and came to Parkersburg.
where she remained until about the 10th
of August
Her friends advised her not to take
the position, but she was determined,
and was successful with her work. J..
W. Cady. of Belpre. is her employer
and he considers her good saleslady.
She is a girl of attractive mannerisms,
although not pretty features.
While employed in this city she
made many friends in the trade upon
which she called.
pur1nacc unn'S dinner daily at the