The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Italian Held
Without Bail
To Answer for the Mgrderof Joe
WaIIace-ReaI Murderer Be-
lievedto be Still at Large,
wfthRo Hope of Catch
ing him.

Marion Dominlck, an Italian, age
90 years, has been held without bal
to answer for the murder of Josepl
Wallace, at Plnnickinnick, Sundd
@eyening, February Il.
Marion was arrested the evening Q
the murder and lodged in jail. 4
hearing was given him before Squire
MS. Riley, Saturday afternoon, II
the circuit court room, that place hay
ing been selected to accommodate the
large crowd in attendance. The court
room was well-flled with witnesses
and persons attracted to the triai
through curiosity. There was no
threatening demonstration, however
as the opinionp prevailed generally tnat
the real murderer had not been ap'
pretended. .o.o
Patrick Laundress, for the state,
testified that he heard a racket ana
went to the door Hesaw two Italians
come from No. %. They ran toward
Wallace. One said something to Wal
lace. Wallace struck him with his
left fist and knocked him down. Ihen
the other fellow began TO shoot. Wal
lace started toward the fellow, who
was doing the shooting. AT the fourth
shot Wallace fell and all the shots, he
believes, took effect. Wallace fell on
his face. one Italian ran up the hill
past No. % and another ran upon the
other side Of the house. The one
knocked down got up and ran down
behind the house After sizing Domi- J
nick up after coming into court he be-
lievcd he was the man who did the
shooting, LaundresS said he was
about Is feet away; just knew Wallace
when he saw him. Three men were
at the shooting; Dominick came out
of No. q. Some time after the shoot
ing he saw two Italians on top of the
hill waving their hats.
This witness showed ii good deal of
feeling on the witness stand and his
manner indicated bitterness toward
the Italians.
Jacob Flick testified that he lived in
28 with his brother and Joe Wallace.
He did not know the defendant. Never
saw him at the mines, though he,
had been working there since
lie said he saw Joe in the
middle of the street. Two Italians
came down. one struck at 10. Joe
knocked him down. The other shot
three times. Flick ran in the house,
then came out and went to pick Joe
up. He was still alive, when Flick
reached him but did not speak. This
was five minutes after the shooting.
AS Flick was bending over Wallacc's
body, an Italian came from No % and
struck at Flick with big knife. Flick
ran and two other Italians pursued
him with revOlverS, and ran him $50
yards. Flick was within 20 yards OF
the shooting He thought the muir
derer was a good-Sized man, weighing
l6O or 40 pounds. The murderer, he
said, did not come out of No. 27, but
from between y and -. He did not
see any one come out Of No. y aud
there were only two Italians ut the
scene OF the murder. Only one ran
away. The witness was unwilling to
swear that Dominck was the murder
because he could not identify him as
such, Flick said he was afraid OF the
Italians and had moved away stace
the tragedy.
&. w. FenLon said he knew Domi-
nick ; face and saw him with knife
running after Jacob Flick, after tie
shooting and pursued him 200 yards.
He saw Dominick later, when a crowd
was after him; saw him throw some
thing away; went to the place and
found two cartridges OF IS calibre.
Fentnn saw the shooting and said
positively that Dominick was not the
man who did the shooting. The muir
derer was low and heavySet, had dark
complexion and short mustache.
Joe Radabaugh, residing in the Pike