Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-01-14
Observation-Disclosures
!; State Odds and Ends.
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mt baldwin. Va White was found on
tho STREETS handcured. lilo accused
the women of having gotten him
drunk. 'roncd him with the braces.
which tncy took from his overcoat
pocket. robbed him of n gold watch. a
revolver and $25a and other articles.
Mary Walker confessed and turned up
the watch aud part of the money Sho
duplicates Grace and Della Copeland.
/! May Harmon aud Grace Logan. White
| IN held as u Witness. lie was anxious
la hush the matter up to avoid OK.
posture.
| Conrad t'agemcicr. saioonkccpcr
OF wheeling. shot and killed John T..
Hays. pipe liner. whose home IN In
Toronto. Can. early the other morn
Ing In barroom fight nagemcicr
was taken tn the city hospital suffer.
Ing from confusion of the skuIi.
Two u. a. O. freight trains collidcd
ut Glovcr's Gap The injured are En.
ginccr L.. II. Love and brakeman C.. 4.
brown. The accident occurred nj tho
entrance to tunnel Tho track was
covered with wrcckago for seven
hours.
| An endowment fund Of $4,000 has
hcn raised for tho Conference semi.
nary. u Methodist school mt Bmckhan-
non. this state Some time ago DIR.
'carsons. ar Chicago. offered To con.
tribute $4,000 " the Mrthodists would
raise the amount tn 100000.
John Mcdonald. n barber or King
wood. drank bottle of hay RIM while
on spree. and lived hut fcvs |omrs.
w. ID. AIthouse. OF Philadelphia aud
j. a. Bonnc,d. OF Tunneiton. This sLltc.
have purchased 1000 acres OF koal
land I'm tho B 4 - In Preston county.
and will start hig coal works Mt oncA,
Tho consideration was moro thnn
| 500. 900.
Rufus Kaupcr. shnnty- boatmau,
while In n Jealous rage late the other
| day. threw his wife and n 2.ycnr. oll
n-haircd child into the river nt
Huntington. and was about to throw
Younger hoy into the icecold water
whom officer intcifered and after
struggle prevented II and placed tho
man under arrest. The wife and
daughter were rescued from the chilly
water and taken to tho city hall Tho
former said she had bccn living In tor
ror Of Hamper. hut feared To leave him.
She alleges that he had committed n,,-
merons thcfts along the river.
The discovery has been made, ac-
cording tn some prominent attorneys.
that the recently adopted constitution.
al amendment has loft tho judges ne
every state court In West Virginia
without n salnry. from tho supreme
court OF appeals to the lowest criminal
court.
j. X. Ovcrstreet. who IL confined Mt
his home IA u result of sclf.innictcd
wounds. was arrested accused Of MUIR
dering W. ID. Farrar George Turner.
colored. states that he saw Ovcrstrcct
stab Farrar and throw him ovor 4
light and air court
At Moundsville. fight to a finish
took place between u large vicious
"yallcr" cat and Mrs. w. u. Pack. tho
wife OF a travelling salesman. and had
II not been for the timely arrival OF
the children Mrs. Pack would havc
been seriously laceratcd by the furi-
GUS animal As II was. she was terri
bly, scratched over the hands. face
and body. When Mrs Pack came
downstairs the other morning she
spied the strange cat lying curIcd mp
on the sofa in the family parlor Arm.
ing herself with n broom she attempt
ed to drive the feline o,vt. buf the lat
ter exhibited fight from the start. and
for 20 minutes the combat was car
ricd on all over the house nj furi-
GUS pace The infatuated cat Icapcd
several times into The face of Mrs.
Pack. tearing her hesh. During the
skirmisb furniture was overturned and
| broken. bric-a. brac and pictures suf-
| fered like fate. and Int for The ap.
pearance Of assistance II is believed
the cat would have most seriously
wounded the nervy woman. who was
completely exhausted Ivy the struggle
and had To take TO her bed
Virgil Staley. who has served two
years Of n five-year manslanghter sen
tencc. has been conditionally pardoned
from tho Moundsvillc PcnIteDiiary.
Ten years ago Sthley. who was we'll
TODD. owning home property alone
worth 10000. shot and killed his
| brOtherin.law Lafayette Adkins The
latter. an old enemy 81 Sialey married
Staley's pretty young sister against
his wishes. Sfaiey. revolver in hand.
stopped them NJ The gate Of the home
and refused Adkins admission. but in
vited the sister IN She refused tn
come then. and StaIey shot the hus-
band dead. lie escaped. but later re-
turned for trial He was first given -
life term. hut ~ third trial rot on
with 1--WE years Though she testified
against him. his sister worked to get
the pardon. and has now welcomed hin,
from prison. fiis fortune is gone az
n result OF the long legal fight for his
life