The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-11-02
YOUNG MAN IS
KILLED IN A
STREET FIGHT
Frank Whitehair, a Coal Min
er, Stabbed With Pen Knife
by Frank Lover, Italian

Frank WhitehaIr, a young man OF
! Phoenixville, was fatally stabbed by
Fran Lover, an Italian who conducts
! a fruit store on Clarks street. Glen
| Elk in a fight that started over cheer
| Ing for political candidates in PIKE
| street ut o'clock Saturday evening
| and died within two or three minutes.
| The italian was Jailed.
! According to the statement of Lover
and n witness who saw the whole of
the ARRAY young Whitehafr was the
nSErcssor, striking the italian In the
1 face twice. knocking him down and
I stepping upon him The Italian. ter
ror stricken, then attempted to de-
the result that whitehair was NOR
tally stabbed In the abdomen.
An INQUEST into the death of White
hair was held at the warne under
taking COmpany's morEue Sunday
| forenoon by Acting Coroner George
H. Gordon and jury, at the conciu-
sion OF which verdict was returned
that whitehair came to his death by
stab inflicted by Frank Lover with
a knife. The jury consisted of w. II.
Cole. Robert Stitt, James w Robin
son, w. Il. Mckee. w. L. Keyes and
w. a. Vance. After the verdict was
rendered the acting coroner issued
warrant against Lover charging him
| with murder and remanded him to
jail.
The first witness examined by the
coroner's jury was Frank Summers
He. said he saw no blows between
Whithair and Lover. but did see
! Whitehair fail after being stabbed
and helped to carry the wounded man
! into "a barber shop.
John w. Grove, of Grass Run, was
1 In the crowd nearby at the time He
| told the Jury that he heard the alter
/ cation between the two men and
( turned around just in time to see the
/ italian strike WhItehair ar under
! handed blow in the stomach. White
! hair staggered back against some by
ISLANDERS, pulled of his coat and
knocked the Italian down. White
! hiar then staggered back to the steps
OF the Economy clothing store and
sat down. Grove went to him and
told him to get up that he would be
ali right in a minute orr two. White
| hair never spoke and Grove saw that
! he was in mortal pain. Witness ana
! Frank Summers helped to carry the
wounded man into the barber shop
and then into the hallway adjoining.
DIR. Warner examined the man but
said he could not live. A cot was
procured in the Daily News Office up
stairs and the man was carried up
there, but he was dead then. Grove
ISillu nc nGuT0 W nlIeHdif SeAluB LOL
Bryan and Lover yelling for Taft at
the beginning of the ARRAY.
Both Of these Witnesses positively
Identified Lover as the man who they
saw lighting with Whithair.
Lover told the Jury that he was in
the crowd in the street yelling for
Taft. WhItchair heard Lover and re-
sponded 10y yelling for Bryan. Lover
said he turned to talk to another fel-
low when Whitchalr. apparently an
gcred. told Lover to shut up. cursed
him and struck him In the face
knocking him down. After he had
fallen somebody stepped upon him.
one foot being upon his hand. pain
fully hurting it. Then Lover got up
, and struck the fellow who had step
ped upon him.
Lover was questioned only for the
purpose of Identification, and he was
not asked whether he stabbed the
man.
! Frank x. Long, an American. saw
the whole of the ARRAY, but was not
examined by the Ocroner's jury. He
said he saw and heard the two men
talking politics, Whitehair yelling FOR
Brynn and Lover for Taft. The Ital-
ian placed his hand upon Whitehair's
; shoulder. whereupon Whitman struck
Lover In the face twice, the second
blow Knocking him down. The the
. police came and stopped the fight
/, The italian started UP the street tow
r ardc the postoffict~ and Whitehair fol
: lowed him, yelling for Bryan. White
{ hair struck the Italian again and then
, Lover drew a pen knife and stabbed
him in the stom&ch. a policeman
came ana arrested Lover.
= Policeman James simms arrested
, Lover aad took a bloody pen knife
away from him. turning the same
= over to Police Chief Stealey. The
f. latter got to tho scene just after thu
Q tight aud saw whitehair lying In the
: street. He helped to carry this
1 wounded man into the barber shop
eI Lover Is GO years old and is n little
man. Weighing about 100 pounds
. lie is married and has a family O
+ lchiidren, ono of whom was born e
his wife at their home on CIarl
street last night He has never beer
E I'm any trouble bofore and bore a gooe
q REPUTATION. He has conducted n frui
4 lstore in Glen Elk for two years. Be
: fore that no worked for sixteen year,
r las u miner for the Fairnont Goa
a Icompany. the rpoFtcos The time at NO
4 InonRah.