The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-23
5ooY OF NUDE NEGRO WOMAN
FOUND ~ STEp-soNs YES
TeRoAr MORNING IN eED.
ross mortem Examination Held Last
Nient = Inquest Today VIM.
'nomas, Husband, Missing.

Mrs. Freda Thomas. colored woman.
OF near Richlsnd coal works. was
touiiy murdered early yesterday NOR.
ming by her husband. who later laid
ner on her bed. covering the mud.
body with a dirty blanket. This In
the opinion OF the state authorities.
ana newspaper men who visited the
scene OF the shooting following the
array. The husband. William Thorn
as. charged with the murder is at
large and all efforts to locate him
have failed.
Circulars bearing his picture and
description. In his miners costume
ana also In his citizens clothes. have
oeen forwarded TO every city OF any
size within a radius OF two hundred
miles. II Is thought by the authorities
that through the efforts of this drss.
net the guilty man will be brought 10
trlaL IL Is thought he has gone back
10 MS old home at Salisbury. N. C.
postmortem examination held
last night at the Palace undertaking
establishment, by county physicians
developed the fact that death was due
70 pulmonary hemmorhaee. caused nv
Inc piercing OF the left lung by a "a
caiiDre revolver The bullet lodge,I
IN the vertebrae. between the second
and third ribs. II passed through tile
nceps muscle OF the left arm enter.
ing the breast between the fifth and
six.n rios, about three and one half
,ncnes from the sternum bone. pierc
said. ~
Inquest To-day.
Coroner Mitchell will conduct the
inquest this morning at the Palace
Undertaking establishment, when a
krse number OF Witnesses will be ex.
amined. The theory of self-destruc.
non which the husband tried 20
throw by letters left behind. n ia
claimed. has been shattered nv the
position OF the bullet holes in the
tody and its upward course through
the chest Statements from neighbors
concerning the married life OF ,he
Thomas also appear to bear out the
murder theory.
According TO the statements OF John
and Thomas Thomas. stepsons of the
cead woman. they saw their father
soout three weeks ago shoot at their
stepmother two or three times. the
nrst shot breaking the lamp and the
others going wide OF their mark. This
story was verified by the presence of
three bullet marks In the side OF the
wan.
The dead woman was found lying
across her bed. in a cramped posi-.
ton, by her stepson. John Thomas
Yesterday morning when he went to
the room to call her. According TO
his statement he called his little
brother and they in turn called in
several neighbors. Deputy Sheriff ID.
l. Pool was then called and took
charge OF the body until the coroner
arrived. a short time later.
The body was then removed TO
the Palace undertaking establishment
where the postmortem and inquest
could be held. Yesterday afternoon
Prosecuting Attorney Addlcman, Lieu.
tenant BUGGY. OF the city police force:
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Smith and a
newspaper man visited the scene OF
the murder. Lieutenant BUGGY taking
pictures OF the home and the bed upor
which she was lying These have
been developed and will be used by
the state. should the murderer be ap-
pretended.
Had a Lover.
theory was raised that the wo-
man. who Is about twenty-five years
OF age, mulatto. has a colored para
mour. Robert Stitz. and that his con-
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