Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1905-02-11
"A Complete Story of the
Recent Pine Grove Murder

knew of the awful tragedy which
had been enacted. So soon as
Justice of the Peace Fl. E. Wise
heard of the affair he, in company
with w. w. Sand, went to the
house. The Metz girl still had the
revolver in her possession and was
Infatuated. She swore that she
had killed Davidson, and that If
he was not dead she would kill
him. That she intended killing
two others. 1t was impossible to
quiet her, and she could not be
persuaded to give up the gun.
Drunk with liquor and crazed
with jealousy she seemed a fend
incarnate, and showed no remorse
for the horrible crime which she
had committed, but seemed to
revel in the fact that her lover
was cold in death. For over two
hours after the arrival of the Off
GERS she raved like a mad person,
until finally overcome and ex-
hausted she fell on the bed and IN,
a moment was asleep. The Off
GERS then secured the revolver and
placed the girl under arrest.
Monday morning Prosecuting
Attorney E. I. Robinson of New
Martinsville, went to Pine Grove
and the Metz girl was arraigned
before Squire Wise and given a
preliminary hearing. The hearing
was brief and only sufficient evil
dence adduced to hold the girl
on a charge of murder. At the
hearing the girl said that when
she and Davidson went into the
rear room he said he would shoot
her. She replied, eff you do so
you will do it very damned
quick" and, as she spoke she
drew her revolver and fired.
AS soon as the shooting occurr-
ed Daugherty disappeared from
Pine Grove. and has not been seen
there since. The other women who
were inmates of the resort were
arrested and committed to Jail on
the charge of lettering around a
house Of i'll fame. Monday even
ing the Metz girl, Lille Tice, Ono
Beaver, Clara (Regney) Davis
and Nell Davenport were taken
to New Martinsville and lodged
in Jail. Tuesday morning May
Davis and Mamie Montgomery
were brought in and the seven
young ladies are now confined in
the county Jail. Some of the
girls are almost entirely without
clothing and they present pitt
full appearance.
The murdered man was about
90 years of age, and had resided
at Pine Grove only a short time.
Very little is known Of his past,
except that his aged mother came
to Pine Grove about three weeks
ago. He, with Daugherty, ran the
illicit place, and his traffic SEEM
ed not to have profted him, as
he was buried by the county on
Tuesday.
Lena Metz, the murderess, is
about % years of age, and the
daughter of Samuel Metz, of
Metz's Crossing, Marion county.
The girl is fairly prepossessing,
but it devoid of all moral feelings.
Nothing was too low or degrad-
ed for her.
The Montgomery girl, who
caused the estrangement between
Davidson and the Metz girl, has
had a checkered career and has
appeared before the courts before.
The case which gave her the most
notoriety was the sentencing of a
man by the name Of Jackson to
seven years in the penitentiary.
The case was tried in the Ohio
county criminal vourt. Jackson
and the woman had been living
together as man and wife, but it
was proven that the girl was I'M
der the age of consent.
One of the inmates of the house
was a sister of Ireland Davis, SEN
fenced to life imprisonment from
Wetzel county four years ago on
the charge of numbering an Assyr-
ian peddler.
The Metz woman seems to be
satisfied with herself and does not
have one regret for the killing of
her DEGRADED paramOur.