The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-01-29
Body RiddIedlWith Bullets from Re-
volver in Unknown Hands at a
Christening Dance at Home of
George Shycoski---Five Men Ar
! rested.
Murder is Believed to Have Been Prompted by De-
sire of Discharged Miner for Vengeance Mystery
Surrounds the Killing coroner's jury Investi-
gates the Affair

One of the most horrible murders, an,
evidently cold-biocdcd, within recent
history Of the county, took place in thu
PinniclSinnick suburb saturday nigh
and Frank Flatherty, the mine bos'
there, was the victim Of the assassin's
several bullets.
Saturday was pay day MT the Claalss-
burg Fuel Company's PinniclSinnick mine
No. /, at wllica, Flataerty was the mine
boss. The foreign miners were paid a
usual and it was arranged to celebrate
that night by having n christening dance
the foreigners The mine boss was in
vited to attend and he spent about an
hour ami a half at the dance rs "a spec-
tator and played the fiddle for then,
awhile. At 1920 o'clock he prepared TO
go homo and st0ud in the door of the
room leaning against the door jamb taxi
ing last look at the dance, when he
was shot down. An unknown party
had approached him from the rear and
shot him with 32-callibcr revolver.
Five shots were fired in quick succession.
Fl.,herty staggered into the room with
his hand on his stomach, then turned
rs.elcsl and fell cut Of ehe front door onto
the porch. face downward.
Officials of the company were Notified
at once. They went to tho scene hur-
riedly. took charge of the body, had 1t
sen; 10 the Clifford Osborne undertaking
establishment and began un immediate
investigation. with 4he result that Joe
Frazier. Hungarian. and Charles Reich
Bohemian. were arrested and jailed
pcndin. the coroner's inquest. The ar
rests occurred about O'Clock Sunday
morning.
Coroner W. p. Camp immediately as
samel charge Of the investigation md
ssnrnoncd a jury Tor O'Clock Sunday
afternoon. consisting of II. T. Iowndcs.
r.. VIII II. c.s,e, Oliver p. Bougllner. j.
:isrncr Elsis. Michael NleAndrew and
w. c. Morrison. The jury viewed the
SeIy carefully and the Investigation was
tsieu aijourned ,usil 3 O'Clock Monday
.rfsernouu- 80
an examination OF the body showed
that Faaherty dad been shot FIVE times.
Two balls entered the back and came
out at the abdomen Another entered
the left side toward the buck and came
out also at lshe abdomen. Another en-
tered just il,elow the left shoulder blade
and penetrated TO the right nipple. and
the other ball entered the right side at
die shoulder blade. This bullet appears
Ia lave lossgcd in the body.
The inursicrcr was 40 ncs,r the victim
that two powder burnt spots larger than
a silver dollar were made ON ts,c back
81 his ecst. The garment itself was
literally rfidlcd with bullets, the same
a. the body. ~
F.aherty'- face was al-o badly scratch
"a and bruised. but that is believed to
have been the result of his fbliing
a,,siuss the .sl.e- of the tinbers on the
porch a. well as the frozen ground, the
porch being very low.
B,.h men who we're arrested were
~, in the ..zwcit box Sunday after
na,n. wsth Jc5n Lcider a interpreter.
Reich admitted 10 having been around
the ho,I~c where thc murder occurred,
bn, -i-:ci :ir,s h was very drunk md
aiI moi Sce tine shooting lie claimed
u know nothing about 1T Frazier also
denied all knowledge of the murder. al
though he confessed to being in front
Of The hcu-e once during the evening
Il VA charged that thc stole a kcg OF
beer from the place and he confessed g
thi..
one ii The main reasons for the Hun
| =.trian's arrest was the information that
he had gone TO the front door tiircs
or four times and looked in. Anothei
reason Wa- that ne was discharged by
FL,herty m November, after (which h
made threat. to six the boss"
1t appears ta.a4 Frazier. after leaving
PinnicISinnnicss, went to Lynch mn,
worked there a while and then TO Hutch
in~on, where ne was rltfii employed. H
came 20 the city Saturday and wa
stopping with Louie Bradalsh, jus
aczoss the street from the PlAcc aSher
the dance took place. Rciuh and anothe
foreigner. who has disappeared, remaine
there the early pant Of the evening, hu
at 10 o'clocl Frazier left He deciire
to permit ahe Others 70 aocompany hin
Brliaish and wife did mot attend Ia
lance. hut retired rs usual. They hear
the shouting bsit thought nothing Of !
Ahout. i2 O'Clock Fsaxier returned 4
their home. but csstered the back doc
He had nothing 10 say and acted rattle
su-piciously. When he went out 81 q
room first he remarked taat he was eoin
out TO see fellow, but he mentioned q
name. c.
The Foreigners, with few enoeptiou
had good seeaing toward the mine bc'