The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-14
LETTER FROM LEWIS.
John H." Says Fulton Is Garden
ior Railroad Building Compared
with Virginia.
TELLS OF MURDER OF COUNTY CLERK

minds me much of McConnells-
burg as to the way it is LAID out.
Ii is ina fine agricultural district
mountains on either side and
it cannot be reached by railroad.
The Ctnch Valley is it's nearest
railroad, and it Is reached from
town named Cleveland, distance
Of seven miles, by stage coach
over mountain called Copper
Lii. The trip reminds one of
going from Fort Loudon to Nc
C3nnellsburg, although the road
is not early so good as the Lou
don pike. Russell county JOINS
Tlzewell on the south west.
The town of Tezewell as well as
the county, IS all excitement now
owing to the sudder death of the
circuit court clerk, r. E. George,
who, it is supposed, was murder
ed near his own home week ago
last FRIDAY evening.
Nj. George resided on farm
some four miles out of town. 1t
was his custom to go to his home
almost every night unless the
weather was too bad and then he
rem a.ned in town; and thus his
absence occasloned no unedsi-
less tu his family. He kept a
iidlng horse for that purpose.
On the evening in question, he
started tor home at 5;30.
On Saturday morning his son
found HIM very near his home in
Il little stream of water called
Plum Creek, with his throat cut
and the horse he had been riding,
wandering about with the bride
reins cut off and made into a
moose. There were great pools
1f blood in the road, and Mr..
George was sixty feet away, ly-
inc IN the water IN the creek. 1t
IS said that barlow knife has
been found with blood on near
where the murdered man was
found. Three thousand dollars
reward Is now offered for lnfor
nation that will lead to the per
petratrrs of the crime.
Robbery was the motive of the
dastardl, crime as Mr.. George
was seen with a large roll OF
money in his office that day
When one of his daughters came
IN to get some money, he tool
out u large roll of bills, but tha
was returned to the safe, as since
his death his money has beer
found all right.
lie had been clerk tor more
than twenty years, and by th'
minority party at that, whlcl
shows conc,usively that he wa
held in high esteem.
Three men are held now as sus
picious characters in little tow
over in West Virginia-or nea
the Tazewell line. What may b
the outcome of Their prelimlnar
examination cannot be fully cor
! pictured.
What | have seen since comm
to Virginia of railroad engineer
ing through hills and mountains
statistics my mind that Fulto
county would DE perfect garde
to build through compared wit
this. | came to-day about on
hundred miles down the Cine
river which runs down int Tel
nessee through as rough coul
Try as ever saw, This is
country where illicit distilling
mountain dew" used to be e
tenslvely carried on, and may
yet. Many marshels and dep
ties have lost their lives in tryir
to capture the operators and c
up the stills. The ravines a
very deep and tic hills are sha
ed like great cones. 1t looks
me that a very few men cou
keep at bay very tormidat
army, if they were brave like {
SIP p.rtan heroes.
/ am told that mo ,nshlnc VIII
key can be had yet by those X
are on the inside, bat not by h
that has not the password.
| came here from Rlchlands
booming town ON the Cjinch Y
ley railroad. II is . beautifu
laid out town ON a nice, level pie