The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-19
lin His Jealous Rage He Fires
Gun at Victim without a
{ Warning.
FUGITIVE IS CAPTURED
Jag Grafton in His Flight and
Brought Back Here and
jailed.

Frank Gilbert, an Italian coal
miner lies dead as the result OF
pistol wounds, and Frank Paulette,
a fellow mfner,is in the county jan
charged with the murder, GOOD
work on the part of bloodhounds
shersff Ross r. Stout marked the
capture Of Paulette, who fed after
the shooting but was apprehended
at Grafton and brought back here
Monday morning.
The murder occurred at 5 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon In house NO. 2 at
Pinnickfnnick mines. According to
the story told by fellow countrymen
tof the murdered. man, Giliberti and
Jennie Males, alias Jennie Wfltong,
ian American girl, were in the house
when Pathetic entered After going
Into the room, It is alleged, he pulled
ION his coat and started shooting
One shot entered the ceiling, the sec
ond shot hit Gil Bbertt in the arm
going through 1T and entering his
side below the heart. The second
shot entered his back below the right
shoulder blade.
After the shooting Paulette deft
the house and walked down the rail-
road track TO Oak street, where ne
boarded a bridgeport car and Went
to linton Heights, where he stayed
for a short TIME at the home of rela-
tive. From there he went to another
house near Union park where the
sheriff and posse took up the tra1L
The wounded man was removed to
a local hospital where he died at $3.50
O'Clock.
shooting he teiephoned for keIgter
and McCormick,s bloodhound at Yves.
ton. one dog was brought here later
ia the evening by them. The sherin,
Leo p. Garfield, deputy sheriff, Laco
Wolf. turnkey, j. NJ Jordan, and
Keister and Mccormick with the dog
then went out on the trail.
The sheriff, deputies, dog and own
ers after leaFing the scene OF the
shooting went to house at Union.
Heights back OF Frank Smiths gar
den, then to another house, which
thew searcfed carefully, and then
down to the baseball grounds, where
they saw the tnurderer's first tracks
about $3.50 o'clock. TREY proceeded
out the Philippi road by Jason M.
Kester's residence, then to the Grds-
SELF switch. from which they went
through the plant OF the Grassslli
Conn any, and then to Frank Ros-
cheIle's place, beyond which they lost
the trail at 6 small creek with cur
vert over Ii. The fugitive evidently
waded the creek as they found the
trail again after they had crossed
over the creek. They then followed
the street car line to BridgepoTs
where a telegraph operator informed
them he had seen a man in that 10
calfty about midnight. He also stat.
ed that fast freight train, No. "a. east
bound had stopped there for another
freight to pass. At a corner of the.
building the pupsueTs found where
man had been standing in the light
snow that had fallen. The dog be-
came very excited and It was led
up and down the track but it fall.
ed to find the trail again and the
sheriff decided that the Glow had
boarded the freight train. After
telephoning the Grafton authorities
TO watch the train closely as it ep-
preached the Grafton station uta
sheriff and party gave up the search.
Paulette left the freight train at
flem:n gton and stayed there until
Monday morning when he boarded
the esatIbound accommodation train
and went to Grafton, where he was
arrested, by ex-Policeman Blaine
Kearns, who was sent to Grafton
Sunday night by Sheriff Stout to be
on the lookout for him. lie made
no resistance when arrested. He was
taken to the Grafton police station
where he was detained until $50
O'Clock, when he was returned to this
city and lodged in the county jail.
when arrested at Grafton lIle OF
GERS searched him but failed to hnd
MS gun. When Mr.. Kearns was
getting ready to place HIM on the
train he asked Paulette If he mad
gun. and he said yes and opened the
front of his clothing and removed
thirty-eight caliber revolver from be-
tween his shirt and understanding.
The revolver was loaded and he car
ried FIVE additional cartridges In MS
pockets. ,4s
.Paulette IS a married man with
a family and has bad record. II IS
alleged that only a year ago ne
shot a fellow in a boarding house AZ
Kelly Hill over a trivial argument,
but escaped punishman as the man
did not die.
GILBERT. the victim of the shoot
ing. according to statements or sever
al fellow countrymen was an honest
Woodworking man and was never
known to start any trouble. He was
not married. 4,
Frou what can be learned OF the
+ o fair PaIilette and Gilberti, we're both
/ in love with the Males, alias Wilfong
girl and she had decided to marry
/ Gilbertf. When Paulette found ents
out. 1t Is alleged. he became FURIOUS
ana went to the house where the
shooting occurred.
PauIette confessed Monday AFTER
moon to the shooting which he said
was done shortly afte "a wrangle oYec
/ 4 watch handed htm by the sltl. nd
4 aKter Ctlibcrti had reproached = -
I u for paying attentton to the stnele
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