The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-23

Troop B headquarters. The troopers
are still searching, without rest or
food, as they have determined. to
capture the murderer of their former
comrade, if possible.
Weathers and Booth were both
formerly connected with Troop B.
State constabulary, with headquart-
ers at Wyoming. Booth resigned a
few years ago to accept the position
with the Lehigh Valley. Weathers
resigned on April 80 of this year for
the same purpose. A native Of
West Virginia, Weathers had seen
seven years service in the United
States army before existing in Troop
&c. Pottsville. While a soldier he
was on duty for a number of years in
the Philippines, in the L. S. Cav.
airy, and he was also a member of
the Manila mounted police. Upon
returning to the States, Weathers
enlisted in Troop c, of P~ottsville,
and rapidly advanced to first serg-
cant. He did very clever work in
dealing with several Black Hand
cases. Weathers served about 4
years in the State constabulary. He
had been a member of Troop c about
two years and a half, when he was
transferred to Troop B. He was a
sergeant in Troop B. Booth is chief
detective in this section for the Le-.
high Valley Railroad Co, He is of
great proportions, being a man over
6 feet in height, broadly built and
weighing about $50 pounds. Wealth
ers was a tall but slender man, agile
of movement.
Weathers vas born in Mason Co.,
w. Va, was about 80 years of age.
He was married soon after returning
from his foreign service in the Unit
ed States army, and is survived BY
his wife and two children. The
family home is on North Main street,
Towanda. A message from Towards
this afternoon to the Gazette saws
that Weathers had been a resident
of that town since last spring. At
that time the Towanda section of the
Lehigh Valley railroad was beset
with a large number of tramps and
other intruders and the special pur-
pose of the company in locating
Weathers in that town was that he
might rid the railroad line of these
undesirable characters. In Towanda
he was known as a quiet, unassum-
ing man, but one who was deadly in
earnest in the performance of his
duties. He has comparatively little
to say, but was fearless as an officer,
and ventured into dangerous places
when necessary without the least
hesitation. Only a week or two ago
he captured single handed a dozen
trampS who had been committing
depredations in the Towanda section
and landed them in the lookup.
Among the residents of Towanda he
was held in the highest regard, and
they were greatly shocked this morn
ing when news came of his sudden
death. The members of the family
were stricken with grief by the ter
rible news, the husband and father
having been away from home only
half a dozen hours when the message
came announcing hat he had been
murdered.
The body of the murdered officer,
after being taken to the Fernwood
colliery, was placed in an Erie COL
liery ambulance and brought to this
city. 1t vas accompanied by an
Erie special officer, who was under
orders to remain with the body until
it reached the family home in To-
wanda. A couple of hours later
word came from the division head
quarters of the Lehigh Valley in
Wilkesbarre that the body should be
taken to the undertaking rooms of