The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-05


ards posgeslion.
The police and sheriff made siren
uous eRorts 70 capture the criminal,
but without SUCCESS in the afternoon.
Chief Of Police Clemands and Lieut..
AIlchaels went over to Bridgeport to
intercept a northbound Cleveland a
pittsburgh train. but famed 10 locate
their man. steubenville was called up
on the long distance telephone. also
1fingo Junction, and the information
came from the latter place that Chap
peil, or a man. answering to his descrip-
ton, had boarded westbound Pan
Handle train for Dennison. Dennison
was communicated with. and the CHIEF
OF police Instructed to arrest chappell
Il he was on board the train. Other
towns In the vicinity were also instruct
cd to look out for the man,
Wrong Nan Arrested.
shortly after the shooting. oaicer
Wells brought in a man hitting the de-
scriptIon given of chappell. The fell
low was greatly agitated. and when the
wounded woman said he was not the
man. he seemed greatly relieved
Or. Rldseway was summoned to the
house, and made an examination Of the
woman's iujuries. The wound in the
breast, which is, Of course. very seri-
Gus, was probed, but the bullet was not
found. The gun used was of thirty
two calibre. Before the physician ar
rived the wound In the breast had bled
profusely. and her Undertaking were
soaked with blood. HemorThages COM
tlnued during the afternoon, and the
woman's condition is critical.
DR.. Ridgeway said Sunday afternoon
that. the wound In the right shoulder
is the more serious Of the two, being
very deep, while that in the breast was
caused by spent bail that had been
detected from the back Of the chair
HIS opinion was that the woman would
recover, though her condition was very
serious.
william ("NInny'') chappell, who did
the shooting, is desperate character
and is sali to have been raised in a
house boat-a river rat" For some
time he has been employed about the
saloon Of George Macanaugh, in steu.
benville. His mother. sister and
brother reside on South Church street,
in steubenviHe. He is very tail. slim,
has high cheek bones and dark COM
plexion, resembling an Indian. BE has
two very large buck" teeth.
chappell Arrested.
Nothing resulted from the theory that
chappell had escaped and gone to DEN
nIson, Ohio, and in the afternoon the
police were under the impression that
the fellow was secreted somewhere
about town. but just where they were
unable to ascertain, though every effort
was made to secure some trace OF the
mans place Of hiding. 1t was thought
that chappell had gone into hiding on
the Island. and that he would attempt
to cross the river after darkness came.
Last night, about O'Clock. Chief OF
Police clemans, Sheriff Richards and
oficer Walker went to the Ella Miller
house, in Alley C., to learn of the
wounded woman's condition, and to
question the inmates further as to the
circumstances attending tho shooting.
The oficers and two Of the women were
IN the kitchen, VINO another inmate
rushed in. trembling like leaf and
white as /. ghost, and managed to ar
tiGulate:
my God, the man who shot her is
In the front ROOM
Needless to state. this announcement
created panic among the women. and
somewhat startled the oficers, too, but
the latter collected themselves at once,
and lost no time In taking steps to ar
rest chappell. omcer Walker started
for the front room through the kitchen,
while the chief and the sheriff stepped
outside to guard the exits. Officer
Walker came plump into his man in the
very room where he had committed the
crime a few hours before, and before
chappell cnuld offer the least resistance
the officer had him in his grasp. A
minute later the sheriff and chief were
on the scene. and then the handouts
were slipped onto the fellows wrists,
and he was safely under arrest without
having committed any deed Of rashness
that could naturally be expected under
the circumstances.