The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-16
WILD STORIES
In DONLEY CASE
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One OF the most iamentable features
developed by the Donley case has been
IN, rsr, ins,n ,,, o, certain papers to re-
Wild stories that have appeared In print
from time to time border on the rid,ctr-
lous. and In many cases the truth has
been so twisted and warped 10 suit the
needs Of certain writer's that the public
~ almost at loss 60 know what TO be-
lieve.
Most OF these. limiting nj n great mys-
tery being Withheld by Miss Donley. and
tales OF n like nature. have done n great
injustice Ia iee young lady; II was re-
ported yesterday that she has been re-
duc"d almost 10 the verge OF nervous
Irostration by tho concerted effort TO
I hiscre1it her IN the eyes OF the public.
which has worried her much more than
the strange mystery which has sur
rounded her life. or the excitement and
injury following the attack Of Monday
niEht.
Tho story in ye-tsrdnv's Register Will
probably loo conceded the prize over all
the theories advanced so far. In an
cndeayor TO recover partly the prestige
fsilur" Of TUESDAY morning TO mention
the attack upon Miss Donley. the ''cx-
elusive chroniclcr" is doing its best to
Sensai lonalize the entire AFFAIR. to Its
own glory.
Tho story Of yesterday morning not
only vas n mistruth hut a most mean
attempt to bring Mise Doniey into dis
favor in the eyes OF the public. Miss
ponley and her entire family brand IL as
faisch"od Of the worst kind. and are
At = lass to undeTstand why even "A
scribe for the Market street excuse
4 sheet" should make such an unwarranted
assertion.
Scribe Dreamed.
| For the benefit Of any one who miss
\ IRA 'tically nothing an Imagination
| SC ihe conceded wild story to the
eject that Miss Donley was a very mys-
/ ter.o-s girl and was given to the study
| OF thirRs supernatural. and limited that
she may have practiced ''black-art."
4 mental teispathy and the like. In a
! vas 4 great student of Ann Eva Fay,
/: IN" celebrated mind render and medium.
/ that this fact uncovered only by the
| Reg ster lad great bearing on the
Gaze The deliberate statement WAS Il-
80 II ade that Miss Donley had a large
lib nry containing books on unnatural
| subjects.
| II is hard TO understand the exact mo-
| tive 81 the Register In 50 endeavoring
| 20 injure Miss Donlcy. and all who
| know her are much incensed about the
! matter.
All OF this wild fabrication was mani
| featured out OF one small fact which. 10
any rsns nabIe person has absolutely
no bearing on the case. When Eva Fay
| VISITED Wheeling. Miss poniey as thous-
| unds - women and girls In the city
: naturally attended one Of her perform
/ ances While there she purchased one
| o. the Dream Books sold 10y Miss Fay
the entire town. IL was the discovery
Of this book and few scribblinGs by
jec;s pertaining to Il. that was hailed
nv the Register with such glad &C
clyim. and which caused them to make
] ZONE very nasty assertions.
School Books aud Fiction
MIS- poniey Is not mysterious girl;
/ furthermore she - not given To the
i study of things supernatural few
\; minutes talk with her would convince
.rVf Of This Again there
! b'oks in the house on unnatural sub
1 iccts and the library or bookcase
one contains nothing hut school books
am works ~ nction.
She is not a great student OF Eva Fay.
Girl like. she was only naturally inter
ested in the strange powers ~ Miss Fay
when at "a local th'ater and. Ike hun
dreds Of other girls had done. bought a
dream book II Is hard 70 unq pia,aI
grounds FOR such cruel assertions against
The cas-. is sim rs deep a mystery as
ever to the police. and although they
lLaVe worked on several different theories
nothing definite has yet heen discovered
Certainly they are not working on inc
mornings paper.
Tho most plausible reason which has
appeared to date has been CLEANED from
tho various letters which are IN the
hands 81 the police. This iS to the ef-
feet that there s. "a demenfcd person
WHO iftAElUfN UlulSflI 10 We NllElANFl "
love by Miss ponlcy ana Is responsible
f,r all the attacks 20 date. The mis-
siveg addressed 90 Birch. friend Or the
Young lady. threaten him with dire pun
ishmenf unless he discontinued going with
Miss Duulcv. and one OF them ever
challenged him 20 meet in a fight 20 de-
eide which should 10 entitled 10 he ths
/ sutton for her hand.
Il " the writer 81 these mysterious
letters can DO run 90 earth the result VII
10 doubt he the discovery 81 the person
vino has been bounding Miss DOnley foT