Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-05-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
State Odds and Ends.
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Jonn storey. claiming Cincinnati as
his home. pleaded guilty in the circuit
court at Hinton to the charge of rob.
berry. and was sentenced TO two years
in the penitentiary.
Edward McCreary. cashier of the
Commercial Banking and Trust Co. OF
Parkersburg, was fatally wounded by
the accidental discharge of revolver
in the hands of T. f. Rardin. who had
sold him the weapon and was explain
ing its workings
One of the largest coal strikes in
the history OF the county and the Pom
eroy BEND is now on. The mines af-
fected are the Spilman mines. at West
Columbia; Beach. Grove. Crosses and
Klondike mines. of Mason City. Men
were imported to the Spilman mines,
but all left except one. A hundred
more are said to be on their way.
Guards are watching the company's
property, and an injunction has been
secured. but no trouble is looked for
About 400 miners and laborers are out
of employment. and several hundred
are out in Meigs county. just across
the river from Mason City.
r. III. Crockett. special agent OF
the c. 4 O. railroad and a member OF
the Baldwin detective agency. was
shot and killed by Thomas Owens be-
low Big Ugly creek. on the Guyan Val
ley branch of the c. & o. railroad, as
the train was returning to Big Creek
with a party of excursionists. Owen
escaped. The excursion train into
Huntington to the Robinson circus car
ried some 500 passengers from the
counties OF Lincoln and Logan When
the train left Huntington on its return
trip a number OF these men were in
toxicated. The train had hardly pass
ed Barboursville when the first dis
turbance began. The man who shot
Crockett was a leader in the distur-
bance. Before the train reached Mid
kif Owens drew a revolver from his
hip pocket. threatening to shoot the
passengers in the car with him. There
was a general scramble on the part of
many To get out of the way of the des-
perado. but a few others stood their
ground. Crockett interfered and after
scufiie took the revolver from the
man. He reappeared in a short time
with large knife, with which he
threatened Crockett and others.
Crockett took the knife from the man.
AT Big Ugly the desperate borrowed a
revolver from friend and then lay in
wait for the special officer In an in
slant the lights went out and several
pistol shots rang out The trainmen
appeared and the lamps were again
lighted. Crockett was lying on the
floor dead with a bullet through his
head. There is some controversy as
to whether the lights were shot out or
turned out by the desperate. spe-
cial G. & o. train left Huntington at
midnight carrying the remains. accom-
panied by so members OF the Elk
lodge, to Bluefield, where the body will
be buried. Eighteen special officers
left Huntington on the G. & o. for Big
Creek, Logan county, to attempt the
arrest OF Owens. the desperate who
shot r. Fl. Crockett. the c. G. o. spe
cial officer, on the G.. V. excursion
The officers are all armed with Win
chesters and revolvers. The party is
in charge of Harrison Ash, who has n
reputation throughout the state as
dead shot. Owens has been conduct
Ing blind tiger at Big Creek, 1t is
claimed. and Information was receiv-
ed that he had not fed the country
but was still in that vicinity defying
arrest He has gathered about him a.
number OF other desperate characters
and it Is feared that a general battle
may result between them and the Off
GERS when an attempt is made to ar.
rest. The alleged murderers OF r. H.
Crockett, special agent of the Ches-
apeake K Ohio railway, were captured
after a desperate fight in the noun
tains near the head of Big Creek in
Logan county. They are Thomas Ow
en- and J. w. Wheatly, both of Logan
county. They have been placed in Jail
at Huntington
Harry Taylor. who killed an un-
known man and hid the body in an old
abandoned house in the mountains
near Athens, where IT lay ~ days be
fore being discovered. was the other
day found guilty of murder in the first
degree. and the jury recommended
that he be sent to the penitentiary for
life. 1t was the testimony Of his sis
ter Mrs. Allen Wiley, to whom he had
made a confession that convicted him.
At a meeting held in Parkersburg
temporary organization was perfected
by the Eastern Oil Mems association.
the membership OF which is confined
20 West Virginia, but which is expect
ed 10 become national within a short
time Officers elected were as follows:
President. Thomas Gartlan; vice presi-
dent Gilbert l.. Watson; secretary
treasurer. John J.. Mullen; directors
S. y. Stiles. II. NJ Spence. F Z Nal.
lory. @. i. Watson and Thos Gartian.
At political meeting in Charleston
Jean Chandler was shot through the
stomach by Will Leachman. The
shooting took place at 9 O'Clock at