The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-07-22
O. SHAVER, M0R0NGAH POLICEMAN
THE VICTIM OF A BRUTAL MURDER

Jim Werman, who was wanted by the
police for having stabbed another for.
elgner at Monongah about Christmas,
In 1911. Shaver having gone to the
home OF Joe Wierman, his brother,
where he placed the man under arrest
The arrest was made at Joe's home
on Center street, In the Italian settle.
ment, known as Shagtown, on the
Traction Park side Of the river, Jim
having been. Immediately placed un.
der arrest, he having been found In
the house drinking beer with other
Italians, according to the best In.
formation that can be obtained.
Starting with his prisoner towards
the jail, Shaver turned his back to
the house, and when some little dis
lance away from the house, In the
open field. Joe Wierman drew a re.
voiver and fired two shots into Shav.
er's back, each wound tearing terri
BILE holes in the mans body. Shaver
dropped TO the ground. then arising,
started after his man, firing after the
man who had shot him, his prisoner,
Jim Wierman, also having made his
escape by tearing loose from Officer
Sbaver's hold. Shaver was so terri.
bly, injured, and was suffering so hor.
rlbly that he could not shoot In such
manner as to bring down the man
who had shot him. Shaver took step
or so forward and he fired many
shots at the fleeing man. Three
times Shaver rose TO his feet, only
to fall again, and then while in a sit
ting posture, he shouted to Warren
Davis. who was approaching him.
Keep away, brother, I'm all in," and
the next instant he had placed the
gun against his right temple. firing
the only remaining shot In the gun
into his right temple, the bulletins
coming out almost directly OH the left
side of the head.
The mans body was picked up by
those who had gathered, and on the
three o'clock car was brought to this
city, where It was taken 10 the vii.
hanson undertaking parlors on Jack.
son street, where the body was
viewed by the cotoner's jury. and
where an autopsy was also performed
on the body by Doctors Waddell and
0ffner.
They found that either shot which
entered the mans back would have
been sufficient to cause death. while
the wounds in the mans head would
also cause death.
The physicians making the autopsy
reported that the lower wound had
Penetrated the back OF the dead man
about AN inch 10 the right o. the spine,
between the 11th and. l2th ribs taken
an upward course, penetrated sthe kid.
ney and lodged just;undr fhe skin in
the breast. t,53yt
The upper bullet penetrated the
right shoulder, pissed through the
liver and also lodged Just under the
skin in the chest. Either wound was
sufficient to. produce death. One
RIB had been badly Smashed by bui.
let as 1t entered the body and this bul.
let was flattened out and cut by the
bone.
The woung in the head was a fatal
injury. The bullet entered the right
temple. passed through the head com
ing out almost opposite the point OF
entrance on the left side.
County Coroner Frank A. Lloyd
with the following named coroner's>
Jury. Theodore Martin, William Wise.
7. ]. Gallagher, U. A. Clayton. Henry
Mercer and ]. L. Hall, viewed the
body, adjournlng until to-day.
Mr.. Shaver vas 70 years OF age.
and is survived by IA wife and four
children. Otis Shaver was well known
IN this clty.'bo 10 and his brother.
Fred, having worked at and had
charge of the grounds at the fairs
held here In the past few years.