The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-11-07
FRANK CLARK.
The Naq WHO Killed Capt.
Fred Doss Talks TO the Jour
nal Representative.

Had Been Back Here Once Ate,
the Murder. Does Not Appear
Worried.
Gallipolis Journal, Oct. 20.
Frank Clark. aged trifle over
twenty years, was interviewed by
a representative of the Journal
Sunday and talked of his trouble
up at Kanauga.
Clark seems to be an lnofen-
sive sort of fellow and said that
at no time was he really in hid
ling. In speaking of the killing
Clark says: aAbout l:3O on the
7th ofSeptember 1 walked up to
Doss, Allis and the fireman OF
the ferryboat who were sitting
down on the boat. When with
in about ten feet of Fred [ asked
him what business he had with
running around with Hattie
(meaning my wife.) He looked
at me and said where have ]
been running around with her?'
81 said you went out home
with her the other day. He said
he went out with Owens. | said
you went out with her, and he
said, as he stood up, you damned
lying s-of a b. and threw a
monkey wrench at me. 1 dodg-
ed to my knees and as 1 started
to rise he struck at me.
When approached Doss I had
a knife in my hand and was whit
ling and as he struck at me 1
threw up my arm and as he grab
bed me I threw my arm around
his neck. He found 1 had a
knife in my hand and called to
one of the men to take it away
from me. Allis then ran up
grabbed me by the arm and jerk
ed and at that time 1 cut Doss
with the knife. Then we three
in some manaer, managed to get
into the river up to our knees
where we still scufied. I was
underneath both of them and
while in the water Doss kept
holding me under saying "I'm
gong to drown you" 1 then
loosened my hold on his neck
and jerked away from them and
shut my knife up and stepped
back into the water up to my
waist. When / got loose both of
them went ashore and Doss grab
bed up rock and threw it at me.
1 lodged and fell with my face
in the water. [ then went ashore
and picked up a handful of rocks
which I dropped as they were too
small to do any damage. He had
another rock by that time and I
stepped up the bank and picked
up one about the size of my fist.
When 1 got that rock he drop
ped his and started for the ferry
boat. 1 dropped my rock and
started up the bank and the 9TH
er two grabbed Doss and helped
him on the boat. They laid him
down and Allis tied a handker-
chief around his neck and ran to
the pilot house and started the
boat over the river. By that time
was up to the top of the bank
and one of the men yelled to me
that 1 had killed Doss. / went
on and met a man named Adams
at the top of the bank and when
he asked me what the trouble
was / told HIM that l had had 9
little scrap. 1 then went on home
where 1 changed clothes. Then
1 went on to the Bryan house
where / saw the men for whom
was working and they told me to
turn the mare out and cut some
corn. I turned the mare out and
decided to leave. 1 saw a man or
the road and told him l would
sell him my hog for four dollars
and if he wanted it to give Mr.
Douglas two dollars and the 9th.
er two to my wife. If he didn't
want the hog to give it to Mr.
Douglas for some money I owed
him. 1 then went over to the de.
pot and caught a freight train
out to Hobson where l soor
caught another and rode as far as
Grovesport, There I got off and