Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-07-27
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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employed. He tnsulted her she,
claims. and she babe him leave. where
upon he went outside the building and
threw Ratchet through the window.
me young woman grabbed n coffee
pot on the stove and threw IL ut him.
u landed squarely on his chest. As Il
zen To the ground the spout caught in
the nand OF his pants and the entire
contents poured out on him. He is in
crltical condition and, IL is thought.
VIII die He is 3 married man aud
has one child
The terrors of mountain railroadinE
were illustrated the other evening
wneh James kearney. aged %. con-
nuctor and Elmer Townsend. aged 40.
hreman, were killed six miles south
oi Eii>ins on the Coal & Iron railway.
An extra freight OF 30 cars of lumber.
with an engine at each end parted I'm
tunnel No. l. the 20 cars in the rear
pushing the engine down the stceu
mountain Bruce Phares. engineer of
the rear end. is unconscious from tho
conclusion of four runaway cars which
struck his engine after Il had como
To standstill on the bottom of the
grade. Brakeman Shirley was over
come by gas IN the tunnel. but viii
recover
The states OF West Virginia and
Ohio are about to clash over n mes.
ton OF Jurisdiction over the La Belle
coal mine, the opening OF which is in
Steupenville. o.. while the entries ex-
tend under and across the Ohio river.
reaching far into Brooke county. this
state. The shaft is In Ohio, and tho
mine Is classed as an Ohio mine, but
NO coal is mined now In Ohio at this
mine The coal on the Ohio side. and
even under the river. has all been tn
ken from the West Virginia side. The
clash Is about to come in respect tn
tho supervision OF the mine. whether
II should be under the mine inspectors
OF West Virginia or Ohio. The cues.
ton or classifying the output--wheth-
er as an Ohio product or from West
Virginia-will also be considered An. !
other matter which will bring the iu-
risdiction over the mine into the
courts for decision is the suits for
damages following an explosion in tho
mine. The explosion occurred last
winter, and seven men were killed.
age suits aggregating many thousands
OF dollars have been instituted in
Ohio.
The other night Miss Dora Watts.
while on the porch at her home in
Morgantown, was bitten on the foot
by two.foot copperhead snake.
William Wade and William Green.
both colored men. who escaped from
the state prison at Moundsville, were
recaptured. Green was caught and
returned to the prison by farmers, and
wade was surrounded by eight guards
near Roberts Ridge. sever Al miles from
the prison. and shot down. He refused
to surrender. He will die Both men
were serving short terms.
John and Ross Clutter, aged respec-
lively 22 and IA years, were struck by
lightning and instantly killed during
the severe storm near st. Mary's. They
were at work In the hay field on the
farm OF their father, John Clutter.
When found the dead bodies were fy-
ing three feet apart and the young
men still held in their hands the
scythes they were using when tho
storm came.
AT Parkersburg. John CarlIn. color.
ed. while In a fight with Arch justice
at midnight the other night, shot jus.
tice through the abdomen and acct
IDENTIFY shot Frank McCabe, white, who
was sitting In front OF store and was
In no way implicated in the quarrel.
haCabe was shot through the liver.
and both he and Justice died from
their wounds. Charles Caswell and
Joe Haley wore shot through the cloth.
Ing. but were not injured Carltn In in
jail.
Judge Hugus. OF Wheeling. received
a letter the other day irom five men
asking him TO send tne1n 10 the penI-
tentiary. They are men who have been
convicted In his court and sentenced.
bit their removal TO the penitentiary
has been delayed The men are John
Lynch and James Leonard. sentenced
TO I'VE years each for burglary; VIM
Weaver, two years for forgery: Ed
ward Weaver. one year for larceny.
and John Foster. two years for for.
gerry. They we're sent to the peuiten-
tiary.
George o Smith. alias Monroe,
convict In the state peDitentiary. made
q daring escape. lie was engaged in
the shipping department Of the Ma
ti0nai Bed Co and secreted himself
in a box consignment to the Unitod
States stamping CO. in Moundsville.
When the teamster arrived Smith sent
him % another room ano got into the
box. q Negro convict mailing on the
IA The tesmster was driving through
The civ when his attention was at
tractsd b. a noise behind. and he turn
- in time 90 see smith leap from the
bon and run gapidly toward the hills.
No trace ~ him has been found By