West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-04-27
A FATAL ROW.
Newt Fields Mixes Into Family
Trouble and Gets
KILLED BY DAVEY STUCHEL
Who at Once Came 10 Town and Hunted
Up the Sheriff ana Asked to be Pit
ir Jail-Dtolares He Had no In
tsntion Of Killing Fields
Acted in Self Defense.

along the Morgantown pike, about
two niles this side of Reedsvillc.
Two neighbors quarrelled and one
is dead and the other in Jail here
charged with murder. The row took
place along the pike the other side
of Davey Stuchels residence. IL
seems that some OF the boys OF the
neighborhood had been enticing
Stuchels girls out from home and
Saturday nigh. two of the girls were
away from home with couple of
boys and Stuchel went after them
and dubbed the boys away and
brought the girls home. A man
named Newton Fields, a son of
George Fields, neighbor TO Stuch-
ell, took up the fuss on behalf of the
boys and went over 10 Stuchels yes
terday morning TO lick him When
man goes out hunting trouble he
nearly always finds it. Stuchel was
at work in the woods getting out
post for fencing along the line Of
the M. & X. railroad. He refused
to have trouble with Fields and went
on about his work Al Robinson
came along and John Sterling was
there. A little after nine O'Clock
the mail hack from Masuntown
came along and Sam Herring. the
driver. called Stuchel up to the road
TO give him a check that had been
sent him. When he came up from
his work Fields renewed the row.
Robinson got INTO the hack and
came on to the next stop with the
mail and while they were at Ma.
nown, about two miles this side of
the place they left the men quarrel
ing, Stuchel overlook them and told
them he had killed Fields and want
ed TO be brought TO Jail. He sent
his horse back home from there and
got into the mail hack and came on
to town and hunted up Justice w.
II. Murc ock and confessed to the
killing and waived hearing, asking
to be committed to jail
The Justice sent for the Sheriff
and Stuche went with him to
Jail. The killing happened about
9:5o O'Clock, just after the mail left
the place along the pike where the
three meu Fields, Suchel and Ster.
ling were talking, the LITTER being
the only witness TO the culmina
ton of the trouble. Fields was de-
termined To force fight on to Stu.
chel and finally grabbed a rock and
attacked him. Stuchel tried to
ward off his blows and as Sterling
was sitting on log whiting with
his pocket knife Stuche grabbed
that from his hand and struck at
Fields hand or arm, intending he
says to try To stab him in the hand
containing the rock or in his arm
and make HIM drop it but both
struck at the same time and the
blade OF the knife went into Fields
neck severing the jugular vein.
| Stuchel then ran away and Fields
threw a rock or two after him and
dropped TO the ground, expiring in
few minutes. Stuchel at once
mounted horse and started for the
seat Of Justice, overtaking the mail
and coming on in with it as stated
above. The body Of Fields Law
along the road for several hours,
every body being afraid to move il.
till the officers Of the law took
charge.
AS matter OF fact there was no
necessity for an inquest as there was
no question whatever about how the
man came to his death.
However, George w Scott, the
MasontOwn Justice ofthe Peace, was
notified and repaired TO the scene Of
the tragedy and impaneled corners
jury composed Of David Dill, Otis
Watson, Albert Reed, Jas A Free
laud, James Trader and a man
named DuKane, who works on the
M. & K. road building. Two pay
sicians, DR.. A. O. Fortney of Reeds
vile and DR.. G.. a. Hmdley Of
Masontown were present TO examine
the body. The Coroner's Jury has
made no return as yet. The body
Of Fields lay along the road, where
he fell, I'LL about 4:3o in the after.
noon before it was removed TO the
home Of his father, George Fields.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
| (friday) al the Bcthelerl church at
1890 a. IN. and the burial no the
cemetery near by The dead man
was about thirty years OF age and
unmarrie ed. lie used To- be a local
preacher in the u. b. Church and
formerly assisted Rev. 3 !. Taylor
in his work in this county. For
several years he has made a SPECIAL
| " OF raising bees and selling honey.
/ lie was first cousin to- Sucbcls
wife, who was a daughter Of Daniel
Fields David Stuchcl came here
from Pennsylvania when a Young
man and married a daughter Of Elias
Conley. lie worked boz the mines
aud about IS years ago while living
out near Irona and digging coal for
Charley Craig, he got into trouble
with some fellows who we're making
counterfeit metal money and had
their den in The coal bank in an
| abandOndcd room Daycy was ar
rested and a lot Of n.ckcls and quar-
ters and The dies, mOulds etc. found
and be was sent 90 The pcuucntiafy
| Tor two years.
The real cu'prits escaped but
SIuchei was mixed up in !, and