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plea OF John Christian. who shot and
killed Peter ARA "a italian. In the
mountains near War Christian and
ARA were members of ! posse when
was securing the mountains for Fred,
johnson, who : short time before
had shot and probaBIS fataliS wounds
ed w. ). Miller. postmaster at war.
The leader ordered some OF the
posse to % In different directionl-
In some waxsAzra wandered along by
himself. as did Christian. At q point
"a the thick woods AGRA and Chris
tian met. Not knowing Christian.
the Italian ordered him 20 halt.
thinking Christian was the fugitive.
Christian protested and told the
italian he was q member Of the
posse. Either the italian did not
understand Or did not believe. him
and Christian claims he was told IL
he moved foot he would be kfiied.
Finding bis life In jeopardy, Chris
tian leveled his shotgnn and killed
ARA Instantly. A coronerss Jury
was impaneled and in 80 minutes ex-
onerated Christian.
Elkins. Katharine Davis Brown,
daughter of Commander r. NJ. q.
Brown. U. S. N, a hero of Samoa.
and granddaughter of former United
States Senator Henry Gassaway
Davis, was married at noon to Lieut.
Chester P. Barnett, of the Third Ar
sillery, U s.. A., and stationed at San
Antonio. Texas. The wedding cero-
mony was held IN the spacious hall OF
Graeeland, the baroniaI residence OF
the former Senator The bride was
attended by Miss Elizabeth Olliphant.
of Now York; Miss Elsie Price. of
Baltimore, and Miss Natalie Suther-
land, Of Elkius. After few days
trip among Eastern resorts the
couple will make their home at San
Antonio.
Elkins.-Clifford Pritt is dying and
Gale Harris is under arrest charged
with murder as a result of fist duel
fought at Gladly. numbering town 8
miles east of here, on the Coal and
Iron railroad, Sunday evening. There
has been bad blood between Pritt and
Harris for several years and Sunday
they decided to settle their differ
ences. Their friends formed ring
In front OF the sboarding house and
the two men, who are employed in.
the lumber woods and were wearing
lumbermen's shoes, with long spikes,
went at each other hercely When
finally separated by their friends.
Pritt was bleeding profusely and
complained of his head hurting him.
Elkins.-wayne Wamsley, pas
senger conductor on the Valley River
railroad. was killed by his own train
at Mill Greek. Captain Wamsley's
run was from Mill Greek to Valley
Head, and he was In charge of a
mixed train that was being made UP
to run to Valley Head. He was coup
ling his passenger cars to a string of
freight cars and lost his footing. the
trucks passing over his body. He
died three hours later the hospi-
tai at Elkins. WamsIey was a train
man of many years experiences. He
leaves widow and four children.
Parkersburg.-O J. Paugh, who
waa tried last week in the Circuit
Court at Harrisville, Ritchic county,
on q charge of assaulting his small
step-daughter, Cora Barker, in which
trial the jury failed to agree, was
found guilty following his second
trial. The jury was out this timo
about 80 minutes, when It returned
a verdict of guilty, with recommen-
-dation of Paugh WIS sem
fenced to 20 years in the poniten-
tiary:,
Wheeling. The City Council
passed an ordinance Imposing a fine
upon any person who in, public
address should use vile or vulgar
language. Councilman p F.. Haber-
stick, who offered the ordinance, said
that 1t was done with the fntent of
Sunday. the evan elist, who has boon
engaged by Wheeling churches to
open religious campaign in this
city early next year.
Wheeling -Four more robberies
have been reported to the local au-
thorities. Thieves entered house at
Warwood and one of them was struck
in the head with a heavy iron clock
thrown by the head of the house, who
awakened to find the men in his
room.
Bluefeld. Kent Tibb, % years
aid, attempted suicide at his home
) by shooting himself above the heart
and at late hour was not expected
to live. His wife asserts he had tried
to kill her
Charleston. - Mrs. Rebecca Dust
Engle, widow of the late James w.
Engle and daughter of Isaac Dust,
one of the jurors who convicted John
Brown In 1859, died at her home.
near UviIla- She was 81 years old.