Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-21
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Do not Throw any Light on
Acheson Murder.

Reward or Three Thousand Dollars has
Set Detectives busy at Work-Sus-
pect Being heid-Another Robbery
attempted near Point Marion-Other
Notes From the Cross Roads.
MoRRrs X ROADS, Pa. April al
The county commissioners have of
tered reward of $4,000 for the ar
rest of the midnight assassins and
robbers who robbed and murdered
A. j. Jones near here April 18th.
This reward seems large enough to
enlist the best detective skill in
Pennsylvania and will probably re-
suit in the capture of the gang.
However searching in the case serves
only to plunge it into deeper mys
terry.
The crime was the most brutal
and harrying that has ever occurred
IN Southern Fayette county. Five
hundred dollars reward was offered
in the first, place and some people
criticlse the county commissioners
| because of the small amount offered
but they were not the proper sub
| jects of criticism in the matter. 1t
seems the county detective and dis
trict attorney Jones who was
nephew of the murdered man con
suited the commissioners in regard
to offering this reward. They sug-
gested offering $500 in the name of
the county saying that the relatives
oil the deceased would stand half of
it. Their request was granted by
the commissioners and was thought
by all concerned to be the proper
amount to offer at the time $4,000
is deemed sufficient TO arouse the
interest of officers and detectives.
Ten persons have been arrested and
all released except Robert Palmer
who was arrested Thursday at Mas
sontown w. Va. He answered the
description of one of the men who
crossed Ices Ferry on Sunday after
the murder and inquired the nearest
point to the B. & O. r. r. When in
formed that Morgantown was the
nearest point, he did not take the
course as directed but wsnt towards
Masontown and was arrested on ar
irving there
One of the colored men that came
out on Conductor Burke's train to
Atcheson on the night of the murder
was badly SCARED about the face
and the man who crossed the river
was also SCARED in the face The
man arrested over at Masontown
had no scar but had boil
He claims to have been working
on the B. & o.. gravel train up till
the day of the murder and was in
Connellsville until several days af
forwards when he started to West
Virginia to hunt work walking over
the B. & O. R. r. via Cumberland.
He says he crossed ferry but does
not know where it was He will be
held for further examination, on in
formation having been made against
him for stealing clothing in Con-
nellsville.
The large reward has brought
out more detectives who arc unspar-
/ ing in their efforts to unearth new
/ evidence and a number of people
have been questioned as to their
knowledge either direct or remote.
They have secured the facts with
the deepest interest and many are
the conjectures regarding it.
Wilbur G. Jones has taken out let
tiers of administration on the estate
OF the deceased. The property will
likely be sold.
The colored men attempted to
hold up an employee of the Pitts
burg Chestnut Lumber Co. near the
Point Marion bridge one night last
week but the man escaped by knock
ing one of the highwaymen over the
Hill.
Information comes from reliable
source that the p. Il L. E. and p. &
H. will award the contract soon for
building a joint road up the .Monon-
gahela River from Brownsville. A
conference between the officials will
be held in Philadelphia this week to
formulate plans.
The fact that many people are
working assiduously to prepare
/ themselves mansions in the sprom-
Used land'' should not prevent them
from making for themselves good
residences here below, at least James
Heath thinks that way. He has re
Gently put glass front in his dwell
ing and made other extensive i'm
provement on his property.
Chas. Ryan engineer on the b. &
/ 0. located at Cumberland has been
visiting relatives in Cheat Neck.
VIM. Canoe OF Rivesvil!e is spend
a week at the Cross Roads.
Rev. J. X. Melhorn will preach at
the Lutheran church next Sunday
morning at 1880 o'clock.
Chas. Stauffer OF Scottdale spent
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