Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-12-27
State News Happenings


brother. locked in her own home. hes
skull having been crushed by blow
from an AK. which was found lying on
the floor in the room. The deed had
evidently been committed several
days ago. As yet no clew as to who
the murderers were has been un.
earthed. Robbery was no doubt the
motive. as the house had been ran.
sacked for valuables. The woman was
about 40 years OF age and lived alone.
She owned nearly 700 acres OF surface
land and 40 acres or coal land. on
which was a ten-foot seam OF coal
which was being mined by the Poca.
hontas Collicry Co. She kept no moa.
ey in her house.
Frank Wright was arrested at the
instance or Prosecuting Attorney
Lowe. and will be held as an acces.
sorry in tue murder of Jacob n. Pay.
ton. for which Mrs. Helen May Pay.
ton. the widow. Is now on trial.
Wright admitted that he and Mrs. Pay.
ton registered as Frank Wright and
wife at n Fairmont hotel in June Lass.
and said 1t was his signature when
SHOWN the register. On the personal
sale record OF the Mountain City drug
store on the same date Frank Brown
Is marked as purchasing strychnine.
The handwriting in both cases are said
To be the same.
Mystery OF the deepest kind sur
rounds the death OF Fred Schaefer. 60.
who was found dead in a chair i'm his
home in Parkersburg. His young wife.
~. Is lying in an unconscious state,
ana can tell nothing. Sc seems to
be suffering from poisoning. The cou-
pie was last seen on a Sunday. For
breakfast that morning they ate
| large bowl OF oatmeal. A short time
later. II appears, both became uncon-
scious. Mrs. Schacfer, in her lucid
moments. can remember nothing since
that morning. Next day she aroused
herself from her stupor and tried to
awaken her husband. who was sitting
In n chair near her. She failed and
then summoned help. 1t was found
that Schaefer was dead. She soon
| lapsed again into Inconsistencies.
There was no evidence of robbery
| about the place. and the entire affair
is shrouded with mystery. There are
suspicious OF poison plot, but Mrs
Schaefer is not believed to know any
thing at all of the affair.
Because her husband refused TO kiss
her before going to work. Mrs. Wer-
ley Peyton. of Charleston. shot him.
intiicting dangerous wound. The
couple had quarrelcd the night be-
| fore
Miss Lizzie Omara committed sui.
| eide at Huntington by drinking car
| Dolic acid because she failed TO re.
ceive letter from her sweetheart.
who is in Detroit.
Three more children have been
burned to death in West Virginia.
Mrs. Henry Bender. OF Webster
Springs. started fire in the kitchen
stove and went to neighbors on an err
| rand. On her return her baby lay
on the floor. burned TO a crisp Mrs
| Charles Lavender. living near Charles
| ton, stepped out for a few mo-
ments. and returned to find her baby
burned TO death. The clothing OF a
child of George Pack. Of Packs Ferry.
caught fire while starting a bonfire
near its home. and il burned to death
before assistance could be had. This
| makes eight West Virginia children
| burned To death in eight days.
Miss Carrie FELTON,. daughter OF Judge
| FELTON, Of Kingwood. was an unfortu-
nate victim OF boyish recklessness the
| other night She was returning from
an entertainment given by the school
when some reckless youngsters
thought to have some fun" as they
| termed it. at her expense. They did
so by throwing some dynamite caps
at the feet of the girl and her escort.
with resulting explosion that caused
both her legs to be badly injured. one
OF which il is thought may have to be
amputated. The doctors took from
one leg alone IL pieces of metal Her
escort was slightly injured. but not
seriously. The boys have been ar
rested and held for preliminary trial.
| They do not deny throwing the dyna.
mite caps. but claim they did not
know they were so deadly and that
they only meant to scare the couple
At Chelyan. near Charleston. James
| Wilson the other night amused him
self by shooting out signal light on
! the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. a
freight train was standing on the main
track and the green light had been dis
played for the fast passenger train
about due. which was scheduled for
the siding. Wilson came along with a
rife and a jag. the latter not being too
great for the effectiveness of the for.
mer. He shot .out the glass over the
light. leaving the white light to- show.
Fortunately the absence Of the colored
light was discovered in time for an.
other danger signal to be substituted
before the heavily laden passenger