Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-09-30
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

]. McHenry Jones, president OF the
West Virginia Colored Institute near
Charleston, died last week. He was one
of the best colored men in West Virginia.
Nine prisoners escaped from the county
Jail at Beverly, in Randolph county, Tues
day night by tearing up the floor and tun-
neling their way out.
AT Bluefield w. Va, few days ago,
jury awarded 5000 damages to Henry
B. Kits, editor of the Leader, in his suit
against DR.. H. R. Hatfield. DR.. Hatfield
made brutal assault upon Mr.. Kits some
months ago and seriously injured him.
The authorities of Wheeling have re-
voked the license of Michael Mahoney,
one of the wealthiest saloon-keepers in
that city. who is charged with brutally
aSsaulting intoxicated patrons. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Mahoney would make his
customers DRINK and then kick them out.
The West Virginia Division of the Uni
ted Daughters OF the Confederacy con-
vened at Morgantown yesterday. Dele
gates are presnt from Huntington, Charles
Town, Shepherdstown, Warrington, Park
ersburg, Randolph, Martinsburg, Blue
field, Lewisburg, Leetown, Fayetteville
and Morgantown.
Twenty OF the forty miles of the Hamp-
shire Southern Railway, being built from
Romney to Petersburg by way of Moore
field, has been graded and is ready for
the ties and rails 1t is hoped to have
locomotive running into Petersburg by
the first of January. About TOO men are
working along the line.
The resignation of J. T. Rucker as
superintendent of the Deaf and Blind
School at Romney has been accepted by
Governor Glasscock. Among those who
are spoken of as his successor is Prof.
Henry T. Wirgman, Shenandoah Junction,
recently of Shepherdstown. Prof. Wirg-
man has many qualifications for this po-
sition, and we hope that he may be ap-
pointed.
Fred Birthisel, of Washington street,
has just returned from Boone county, and
brings back with him real, live two
headed snake, which was captured by two
boys near Madison short time ago.
The reptile is of the house snake variety,
and since its arrival in town has been the
cause of much comment, lots of people
on first hearing the story not believing it,
but after looking are thoroughly convinced.
The snake has two perfect heads, four
sparkling eyes and two tongues, which
when it is excited are kept constantly
going.-CharleSt0n Gazette.
Proceedings for recovery of heart
form the basis of an unusual legal case.
The suit is brought by Mrs. Lena Petris,
a Wheeling woman who was shot and
killed in Cleveland last June by Edward
T. McGrew. Following the shooting the
body, minus the heart, was taken to
Wheeling and buried. The funeral took
place without the family being aware
that the heart was reposing in jar in
Prosecutor Cline's office in Cleveland.
As soon as she found this out few days
ago Mrs. John Showalter, the aged mother
of the murdered woman, took up the mat
ter with law firm. A hard fight will be
made for the recovery of the heart and if
the case is won the body will be exhumed
and the heart inferred with it. Prosecu-
tor Kline used the heart at the trial ofMc-
Grew to show the nature of the bullet
wounds to prove that Mrs. PetriS could
not have shot herself.
The First National Bank OF Logan, w.
Va, has received deposit which has an
interesting story behind it. The amount
is 5000 dollars, of which $1,000 is gold
coin, some of which is so years old.
Twenty dollars is in silver and there are
so $40 bills. The money had been accu-
mulated by Milton Mullens and represents
the savings of a lifetime. Mullens began
boarding up his savings when young
man. This was before the Civil War. All
his surplus he converted into gold, which
he buried in the yard. A few years ago
when gold coin was scarce and almost
out of circulation, Mullens began to ex-
change his smaller money for $40 bills.
These were hidden in safe place in his
barn. 1t was believed for many years
that he was boarding his money, and on
numerous occasions marauderS have en-
deavored to force him to reveal its hiding
place, but without success. A few days
ago his wife died, and, believing that he
could not live long, he called his grand
son, J. M. Perry, and told him to search
for the treasure. The young man, after
digging for some time, found the treasure
and this snug little fortune went into the
bank to the credit of the now aged and
infirm mountaineer.
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