Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-03
One of BIackshire's SIayers Tells Of
Part He Took in CaIhoun's Black
Crime.--Says Hendricks Fired the
Fat Shot and Doesn't ImpIicate
Wife
Gave Up Making it Suicide When They Looked
at Insurance Policy.--Suerff Removes Me-
Crosby to Harrisvi|le and Comes to Park-ers
burg---WhoIe Story as Told By Gaynor Who
Drew it From Lips of Murderer.

Blackstone home at midnight.
Four times did they start to enter,
before they summoned up nerve,
or drank sufficient whiskey, to
enter. They found Blackshire in
bed and demanded his money. He
replied that he had none, and
started to get out of bed. Just
then the two men seized him, one
holding each arm, and half push
ed, half carried him into the sit
ting room of the house, which
adjoined the bedroom. There
Blackshire sank to his knees and
Hendricks, helping hold him with
one hand, reached around with the
other, which contained the revol-
yer, and shot him straight down
through the head.
MeCrosky says that Hendricks
carried dark lantern under his
coat, as they came inland that
he handed it to Mrs. Blackstone
who calmly held it for them while
they were killing her husband. The
boy. who had been asleep in
another bed, was awakened by the
shot, and came running in half
dazed. He was taken in charge
by his mother, who hurried him
out Of the room.
Mrs. McCrosky has been talking
both to the newspapers and to
Sheriff Gamer, and her story to
the later is much stronger than the
other. She evidently knows too
much about the affair for her own
good, and seems to have impll-
Gated herself by her statements.
However, Sheriff Gamer stated
last night that there would not
likely be any more arrests, in the
case until after the trial of those
already in custody.
The grand jury which vii pass
upon the eases of the accused muir
derers will convene July 18th.
There is no doubt that they will
be indicted and their trials will
occur at the ensuing term OF court.
Jack Petit, who has been indi-
+ ectly implicated through the
statements of Mrs. McCrosky, has,
it is said. left the community.
The Grantsville News has the
following concerning the case:
"Many wild rumors are in the
air. One Of them fixing the time,
place and by whom the poison was
procured in Parkersburg for
the purpose of getting Blackstone
ont of the way, but like all other
information, YOU hear it to-day,
but tomorrow the evidence may
be different. The circuit court
will convene in July and notwith.
standing an order was entered of
record dispensing with grand
jury at that time. a special grand
jury will likely be drawn to in
qltire into the matter and true pre-
sentiment made. The chances are
that change of venue may be ask
ed for by counsel for the woman.
This little story, briefly told, we
yarilv believe is true. and only
want to add that McCrosky and
Hendricks in their statements inn
plicate the woman. All the cir
cumstances indicate deep and
hellishly laid plot, and the theory
of robbery is exploded by the fact
that neither Hendricks nor Nc
Crosby had any money when ar
rested. though there must have
been from $50 to $75 in the Black
shire home when he was murdered
and neither McCrosky nor Hen
bricks had anything like fire arms
on their person when arrested, but
there was revolver in the Black
shire home with one empty cham
Der which indicated that it had
been recently fired"