The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-28
WOMAN Is The victim
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in ]. F. Alley and Prosecuting Attor-
ney {. +. Carrigan. OF Marshall county.
and they Immediately requested the
police in all the surrounding cities and
towns to be on the lookout for the
wanted man.
Description Of Klein.
Klein is a man about 8 feet s inches
tall. Of rather slight but muscular
build. weighing about lao pounds. lie
has brown hair. blue eyes. and is some
what stoop-shouldered. He nearly al
ways smokes a pipe. and generally
wears dark clothes with a black SLOUGH
hat. Yesterday. however. he is said
10 have worn a straw hat.
Watch Trains.
Last night the local police spread
the dragnet ove Wheeling in the hope
OF catching Klein. A corps of men
were detailed TO watch the incoming
trains. and each train along the main
line and {. O. divisions OF the Il. a o.
is being searched at every station.
Klein gained considerable local fame
about six years ago when he married
a named Williams. OF this city.
who was OF questionable character.
His wife died about two years ago.
and since h a time he had been living
at the Lipperman boarding house.
The Bellaire police say hat his
habits were always fairly good. lie
was not addicted heavily to drink, and
was generally a ~peaceable and order
ly citizen. He worked industriously at
his trade. stonecutting. and for the
most OF the summer has been en-
ployed in Wheeling. although he has
lived in Bellaire. He is about 55
years old.
Coroner's Inquest.
! Coroner J. T. McCombs. OF Mar
shall county. directed the autopsy held
over the remains last night. and this
morning he will empanel a Jury and
open the inquest. Meanwhile the body
7 will remain at the Rogers morgue in
McMechen until arrangements are
made for burial.
Mr.. Lipperman is survived only by
her husband and one sol. John Lip
perman. She a 50 years OF age. Her
husband was formerly a steel worker
employed in Carnegie steel plant. but
about one year < he met with an &C
c.dent. and sustained a fractured arm,
and since hat time he has been living
a retired life. helping his wife TO look
after the board house The son. John.
is still employed in the steel works
al Bellaire. So far as known. there
were never any domestic troubles Of
any kind in the family.
No Motive For Murder.
The pulling part OF the tragedy h
the motive for the murder. From
surface indications there was no
motive whatever. and looked at from
this viewpoint the crime appears 70
be one Of the most cold blooded ever
committed in this end 81 the state. IL
Is expected that the inquest this morn
ing will develop a motive II Klein
Was the murderer
While robbery Us believed 10
rave been the motive b. is . signlh
cant fact that tho woman had but ~
cents in her pOcketbOOk which was
found close by her body ~ is said
liat she usually carried e. large roll
" money with her. and ~ BE- barely
possible that robbery may have been
the motive for the crime.
She lad considerable iewelry but
none OF b. was taken ~ robbery was
Tho motive
WIN the acceptance o. the theory
'haf Klein was the murderer b. was
believed for Ct time that Doc had
suicided and although % diIlgeni
search 81 tho surrounding country was
made. bis body vas not found and 10
sufhorlfies are nov ~ tho OPTION
that ne has Jeff this section Of The
country