The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-07
"A MURDER
SUSPECT
ARRESTED.
One Of the Men Suspected of Killing
Patrick Sweeney Taken OF the
keystone State.
PARKERSBURG NIKE ARRESTED
Yesterday at Pittsburgh, but Later in
the Day BE Was Released-An-
other Man Wanted.

Through the efforts of Chief OF PolIcs
clsmans the men believed to be guilty
OF the murder Of Patrick Sweeney.
whose body was found at the foot Of
Fifth street last Monday, are being
rounded up, and II the chief can secure
tho arrest OF one other man the round
up win be complete.
on information from the slstersvllle
police department, Chief of Police
clemans, together with Lieutenant
MIchaels and officer Wells, boarded the
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet Key
stone State on her arrival here at noon
Sunday from below. and without delay
the chief placed under arrest certain
deckhand who is known to have had
hand In the killing Of Sweeney. When
the chief placed his hand on the fellows
shoulder he became very pale, and
stammered:
IT know what you want"
The man was taken to the county
Jail, where he will remain under war
rant issued recently from Squire Rog-
ers' court. 1t is said the fellow, who is
about q years of age. made a clean
breast of 1t to the chief, and stated that
Sweeney was shot by another man
whose name cannot be given now. This
latter person Is known TO be making 4
desperate effort to reach another sec
ton Of the country but the chief hopes
to be able to have him under arrest
within a short time.
Another arrest was made Sunday thu
Pittsburgh police, at the instance Of the
wheeling authorities. arrestIng PARK
ersburg Mike" who was one of the
crowd that was drinking and feastIng
on the river bank Just before the muir
der OF Sweeney After getting more Of
the details OF the affair from Henry
Campbell, who has been held several
days at the Jail as witness. and from
the man arrested here yesterday. the
chief telegraphed the Pittsburgh people
to allow "Parkersburg Mike" to go.
The two under arrest unite in saying
that "Parkersburg Mike" had left The
crowd before the murder occurred.
Chief Clemans will likely go to a GER
tain large city to-day In an effort tc
secure the arrest OF the man who killed
Sweeney.
The man arrested yesterday says that
Sweeney made a break at the man
who is not yet under arrest, endeavor-
ing to strike him down with a beer bot
tie, and that the latter Immediately re-
sponded with a fusllade from his re-
volver. Then the crowd separated AM
ali but Campbell got cut of town witt
US little delay as possible.
Up to the present time there has beer
no evidence as to the exact time of thu
murder, but It is now said that 1t wa!
committed about 4:SO o'clock last Mon
day morning. The city editor of tn;
Intelligencer and Robert Young, an EN-
ploye Of the paper, were walking OF
Main street Just at the approach to tn,
steel bridge, when they heard four OIL
five shots fired in quick succession
They seemed to come from the rIval
front, and both ran out onto the bridS,
to see what was going on, but as Their
was no further disturbance, and appar'
entity nobody moving along the Pewik,
tracks, they came to the conclusion
that the shooting was the work of som'
person mlschieviously inclined. Doubt
less the shots were fired by the mar
who killed Sweeney.