Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-01-25
THE NEWS OF
WEST VIRGINIA

3 Kingwood Dr. J. p. Scott died
here, aged So years He was . gradu-
ate Of the medical department Of the
Western Reserve University. cieye-
land
Weston. Wellington v. Chichester Is
dead at Weston, from paralysis He;
was merchant FORA number Of yeare
at Vandalia He was one of the first
county surveyors In Lewis county,
West Virginia. after the State was
formed For many years he was Jus
tice Of the peacez
Piedmont. Icicles hanging from
the caves Of the Piedmont City Hall
were menace to pedestrians, and
the authorities were az loss how to
remove them until Mayor H. Clay.
Shaw. who is an expert shot, solved
the problem He and Street Commits
sioner Henry Dunn shot the ictcies
away
FafrmontA runaway trolley car
on the Fairmont and Claxksburg Trac-
ton line jumped the track at the
curve near the Monongahela River
bridge, dashed across the street, hit
ting and Instantly killing Mrs. Jennie
Reckart, q graduate nurse, and then
went bounding over q 30-foot wall to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
tracks, whore it was smashed to
pieces.
Parkersburg The breaking of an
ice gorge in the Little Kanawha river
here carried 100000 worth OF river
craft into the Ohio river, including
the docks OF the Parkersburg Dock
Company, the towboats Maggie May
and Iron City, half a DOZEN motorboats
and dozen houseboats The, more
valuables craft were rescued by tow
boats before they were damaged.
Fairmont. v. yiquesney, State
Game and Fish, Warden, and his as
sfstant, W..lB. Rector, met Fairmont
sportsmen at Fairmont and promised
to restock the Valley river with fish.
Nearly all the fish in the river were
killed last spring by al overflow from
mine. AT the conference it was de
cided to reorganize the Rod and Gun
Club Of Fairmont andsto extend the
organization overs Marion county.
New Martinsyille. Bill Booklover,
one of the 1'bad men" of Metzel coun-
ty, who was indicted at the recent SEES
sion Of the grand jury for horse-steal-
ing, was arrested Thursday, but only
after battle with officers, ia which
one Of the posse, John Lowe, was
wounded. Booklover barricaded him.
self in a house in the hills near Jack,
sonburg, and when the officers sur,
founded the place And 4siled upon him
to surrender he refused. A rush was
made on the place and entrance q.
fected. John Lowe grapp1edf with the
man after Bookloyer had SHOT him
and held him until the other officers
arrived. Lowe was also stabbed IN
the breast. II
Martinsburg Seated in "a chair n
the office In the rear of the M. Al
Snodgrass pharmacy Edgar J. Myers
for more than 10 years chief clerk II
that drug blishment and q mem
Der Of one Of the oldest and most
prominent families in Martinsburg
swallowed a capsule ntaining cyan.
ide Of potassium, and his body was dis
covered at $50 O'Clock when one. pi
the clerks entered the Office after
opening the store. In two notes
which young Myers had writer
shortly before swallowing - drug biz
prayed God to look after his little
children, and declared that his home
life was unhappy. He also stated thai
some people might think he was eithel
drunk or crazy, but that he was neither
After swallowing the poison he seat
ed himself fully dressed, in one chail
and placed his feet upon another, II
which position the body was found
The young man left his home between
4 and 2, o'clock A. NJ, following tht
return Of his wife from party
Shortly after he left his home his wifi
telephoned to his brother, Bernard D
Myers, assistant cashier of the Merch
ants and Farmers Bank, who insti
tuted a search for him, but failed Il
find him. He was not seen from thl
time he left home until his dead bod,
was found seven hours later.
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