Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-12-24
State Odds and Ends.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

SSSNPn Val pSuteT, aeeu rs, was Ia
Ken to the Moundsville penitentiary
To serve out a sentence of Is months
Tor counterfeiting. having been con-
Victed in the federal court at Charles
ton. Carpenter is the Oldest counter.
feiter ever convicted in that court.
His son. bill Tom" Carpenter. was
also convicted at the same time of a
like charge and got n three-year SEN
tence. The fathers sentence was
made light on account of his age.
Two others convicted of countepfelt-
Ing at the same time, at the Carpen.
ters trial. got two and three.year SEN
fences.
Jim McCulland. a cook. was struck
by passenger train at Bluefield and
instantly killed. He was walking
along the track and stepped out OF the
way OF freight train and got directly
in the way OF a passenger train. He
lay between the tracks half the night.
His home was at Richlands. Va. He
was about 30 years of age.
George O. Dertoit and Miss Molly
Anderson. of Ansted. were married on
Z. d o. train by Rev. James w Sam
pie. They had eloped. and. fearing
that they might be intercepted at the
next station. they prevailed upon the
parson To pronounce the vows. and in
the presence OF all the passengers they
promised to love and obey.
stephen Douglas. colored we'll
known character. was adjudged insane
Mt Wayne and later escaped from the
guards Mt dark. He was recaptured
at the depot as he attempted to board
freight train by the town marshal,
Rufus Bowen. and lodged In Jail. The
whole town was alarmed at his es-
cape.
A gas pipe burst at an oil we'll be-
ing drilled by the ShRwmut OIL Co.
near Devil Hole. Richie county. IA
tally lnjuring Charles Lynch and VIII
liam Eddy
Sarah. the infant daughter of w. e.
Weaver. OF Fairmont. died from the
effects OF being burned.
The safe in the West Virginia Gen.
trail depot. in Hendricks. was blown.
The burglars hurried away with n
handful OF money. $50 or $75. leaving,
a large amount in the safe. The depot
is a wreck.
At Bluefield Mat. Dodd shot and kill,
ed Lee Palmer. Palmer's home is at
Huntington. and he was to have been
married in few days TO Miss Pauline
Mauphin.
According to report which has
reached Barboursville from Logan
county, premature dynamite explo-
| sion on the extension OF the G.. V.
branch of the G. & o., near Chapman
Vile. killed Joseph Bias, 20, and pfo1-
ably fatally injured his father. Strong
Bias, SO. well-lknown contractor.
Others were badly hurt by flying de-
bris.
Valentine Gardner. the second vic
tim OF knives welded. it Is said. by
the Hunda brothers at Glendale. the
other day. is dead. The third man,
who was so seriously stabbed John
| Wallace, may get well. The slayers
OF Gardner are in the Moundsvllle jail,
and will have a hearing. They were
removed from Glendale because a mob
was formed to lynch them.
A fight is on at Fairmont between
| Undertaken r. G.. Jones and the West
Virginia University over the body OF
the man who committed suicide on a
train recently. The body has not been
Identified and the officials OF the school
cite a law permitting them 10 obtain
| the body. The undertaken is in a
| quandary about the matter. II is re-
ported that an agent OF the university
will arrive at Fairmont and take the
body by force II necessary. Jones
will bury 1t II such action does not VIC
late the law.
John Supan, the miner who was
cut In a fight at Glendale the other
night. died next morning and Valen
tine Gardner. another victim. will not
live. John Wallace, the third man. is
In precarious condition. John and
Frank Huga. brothers. the alleged STAY
ers. are in the Moundsvlle jail.
Judge Guthrie sentenced Frank Fl.
Brasie. convicted OF killing John Cole
man, to two years in the pen. Brasie
was practicing attorney in Fayette-
vile.
Anna Harper. aged II. and her
brother Daily. aged years. were
burned to death the other day at
their home near Elkins.
When Everett Lilley and others.
charged with Illicit distilling. were
convicted. Judge Keller agreed to sus-
pend sentence upon the condition that
Lilley and his followers would surren-
der the still TO the officials. The moon
sinners complied and the still was ia
ken 70 Beckley and turned over to n
deputy collector The still has a ca
pacity Of 40 gallons. and is said to be
the largest in the state
Marvin 9. Davis. aged o. son Of
Hamilton Davis. Of FairmOut was kill