Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-09
a Mysterious Murder in the
County.
An ITALIAN WAS FOUND DEAD
aow He Came to His Death and Who Killed
Him is a Mystery The Coroner's Jury
Was Unble to Solve STORY Of
the MYsIerY.


how he met his death, marks the be-
ginning Of a period of lawlessness
which is bound to follow the coming
Of hundreds Of foreigners and negroes
to this country to work ON the Balti-
more and Ohio cutoff.
The murdered man is an Italian
nown by the name Of Emedia Ii Gle
mentic, who stayed at Camp New
kirk, which is locateod on the farm
Of Mason Newkirk, ten miles north
west of Martinsburg. He evidently
became engaged iii aquarrel with some
of his fellow worbmeu Oh Sunday az
ternoon and was killed by Il thrown
store or an instrument of some kind
i the hands ~ Ole Of them How Inc
n4er his death il complete mystery
M ail attempts Of the officers to get
Mt the bottom of the affair have been
frustrated. Mum seems to be the
word ut the camp. Every Italian at
the camp who was approached about
the murder shook his head TO show
that he did not have word to say
about it,
From what could be gathered beer
was plentiful at the camp yesterday
and all partook freely of the amber
fluid. After the kegs had been almost
emptied row took place.
For few minutes the air was filled
with stones Clementic was struck by
one Of them, it appears, and his skull
was fractured by the blow After he
fell his frightened companions and the
Their participants in the row fled and
left him In the road Probably the
murderer committed the deed premed-
itatedly, but it is possible that who
ever threw the stone which it is
thought struck him did not throw it
with the intention of killing Clemen-
tic.
Coroner Staubly received notice of
the affray late last night and this
morning about O'Clock he started for
the scene, where an inquest was held.
The jury which held the inquest was
COMPOSED OF the following: J. f.
Roberts, foreman; John w. Willhide
Vim. ID. Ropp, d. Newkirk, Thee
Newkirk. W. W. Faulkwell
ALL THE EVIDENCE.
Steven Cava, who has charge of the
commissary department at the camp
said About four O'Clock ON Sunday
afternoon / was notified that some men
were throwing stones at each other mp
the road near the lime kiln on Mason
Newkirk's farm. | came out Of the
commissary house and saw five or six
men running up the road. When |
reached, the lime kiln | saw Emedia
L Clementic lying ON the ground. |
stopped and asked him what was the
matter. He looked at me. but did not
answer. | ran back to the commissa-
rs to get some medicine for him and
/ met Mr. Ed Henshaw in a buggy
He said he thought that the man was
dying and he would send doctor TO
see him AT once, ! then novel the
man into the shade at one side of the
road did all l could for him and then
went back to camp. When | returned
in few minutes he was dead. l Gov
cred him over with blanket
DR.. Clay examined him and said he
died from fracture of the skull. DR.
Butler and Edw. Henshaw came up
and looked at him later l do not
know who hit him. There is no one
missing from this camp, as | called
the roll This morning and all were
here.
Dr. ". S. Butler said | came
along the road near Camp Newkilk
IN Sunday evening about O'Clock
aud found man lying along the
north side Of the road He was dead.
/ examined him and found, that the
left side of his skull was fractured.
The fracture was evi leHtly caused by
a blow, which, in my opinion caused
his death The dead man was known
as Emedia Ii Clemcutic
DR. C. f. Clay gave tine same testi-
monv ar DR. Butler.
Officer = H. Freeze aocompanied
the coroner and assisted ina hunting
up tine testimony The above named
witnesses We're all they could find who
Euew anything whatever about the af-
fEav.
After leuing All the evidence the
Jury rendered the following verdict
we tire jurors find from tine evil
dence THAT Emedia Ii Clementic came
10 his death by being hit ON the left
side Of the head with some blunt i'm
st~umeut by some unknown person
sing a fracture of the skull 90
.iTRIED IN a STRANGE LAND.
The body Of Emedia ii Clement
q murdered Italian, was laid TO res
IA st Joseph's Catholic cemetery a