Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-23
Stats News Happenings.
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His eye and brain pierced by n red
not poker. welded by Joseph Bell. a
miner. James O'Brien. mine boss OF
the new coal mines at Hell's Kitchen.
rear Carton died in the most awful
agony Bell picked quarrel. IL is
said. assaulted O'Brien and then pierre.
ed O'Brien's eye with the poker
The republican state executive COM
mittee was in session in Huntington to-
consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF annulling
IN" call for the state convention.
which has been set to meet i'm Wheel
Ing. and hold a state primary instead.
joan +. Carroll. of Parkcrsburg.
Ceologist and author of standard
works on geology. died suddenly at
Waldrou, Ark. MIR. Carroll was identi-
fled with the early history or the Penn
sylvania oil fields.
Saga James Is dying as result or
vitricl thrown by two Italians. both OF
whom are under arrest. She was APP
preached when walking ON promi-
nent street in Wheeling and "a large
quantity of vitriol was thrown upon
her.
Allison Huffman. who for about two
years has been giving the authorities
OF Wayne county trouble by selling liq-
nor In the Lincoln and Grant district,
was released from jail the other day.
giving bond with his brother.in-law as
surety. He was met Mt the depot az
he left the Jail by United States Mar
shai w &. Bartram. who had n war
rant for his arrest for alleged viola
ton OF the internaLrevenue laws HUN
man remarked To friends: There
comes Bill Bartram who has n war
rant for me-he viii shoot" and broke
TO run from the officer. who command
ed him to stop. Bartram fired one
shot over his head Huffman stiu
failing to halt the marshal fred again.
The ball entered his back piercing the
body. and came out Just under the
heart. Huffman was carried to Shrews-
bury's hotel. While he is still alive.
Dr. Banheld says his chances for re-
covery are slim. Bartram gave him
self up to the authorities. He says he
did not aim to shoot Huffman, but
stumbled as he aimed over his head
and hit him.
James Pickcnpaugh. OF the Cheat
river region. was awakened by the
pressure OF dagger against his
breast. TWO robbers forced him to
give them his purse. containing 500.
and then asked for $500 they said they
knew he had been paid the day be-
fore. He showed deposit receipt on
bank for the money. but the robbers
were not satisfied and consulted about
taking him into the cellar. soaking
him with kerosene. and burning the
money out of him" They finally grab
bed the old man and stripped off his
underclothing. In belt which he
wore about his waist they found 5000
and left. telling him they would re-
turn and Kill him II he gave an alarm.
Ten days before the wife and children
OF Pickenpaugh and young lady who
nursed them were poisoned. Il devel-
oped that poison had been put I'm The
well. They were all iii at the time OF
the visit of the robbers and the wom-
en- folks did not know that robbers had
been in the house
At Huntington the Merchants hotel
was destroyed by fire the other morn
Ing. Loss $4,000. fully insured.
In a runaway accident after a fu-
III,
perhaps fatally injured. He had just
buried the body of his boy I'm the
Slaughter Creek graveyard. and was
riding down steep hill on the hearse
when the team frightened and dashed
down the roadway. throwing him on
hoof OF one OF the horses tore out
his eyes. and H. Is feared he is injured
Internally
y. j. Pritchard. treasurer of the Big
Sandy. East Lynn q Guyan Railroad
Co. has filed "A petition asking that N
receiver be appointed for the road
and also for the East Lynn Coal Co
He alleges bad management OF both
companies.
Matthew Bright was arrested i'm Gal
1ipolls o.. and lodged I'm jail at
Charleston by officer Howard Smith
and Deputy Marshal Cunningham. or
Charleston. Bright was taken into
custody on the charge OF burglarizing
the house or John HandIey. I'm Put
nam county. In this state. but he is
under suspicion OF much graver
charge. Several weeks ago Thomas ".
StaTks. a resident Of Putnam county.
was murdered and robbed at his house
near Winfield The fatal shot was
fired through an open window and the
weapon used was a shotgun n is be-
lieved that the man under arrest
knows something Of the crime. Among
the articles stolen from the HandIey
home was shotgun. Bright had lived
on the Starks farm. but moved away
last fall after having an alteration
with Starks ~ Is said that before
leaving he was heard TO threaten the
latter. II is claimed that Bright was
seen on the day Of the murder going
in the direction Of the Starks home.
and that he had with him what looked