The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-07
FORMAL CHARGE PLACED
AGAINST SoEHslINE's AS
sAilANT YESTERDAY.
Coroner eeae~ Refuses 10 Fx Degree
OF Crime-Preiininsry Hearing
Before Justice Mason
To-day.

That George Koehnllns. general
manager Of the Koehnline Ice 4 Stor-
age Company. OF Deilaire. came to bis
death - the result OF injuries received
nom an Ice pick In the hands OF Obey
Ankrom Was the decision OF Coroner
Henry Roger. Of belmont county. last
night This decision vas reached fol.
lowing M Inquest held In the once OF
Squire Frank Mason. al Beliaire. last
nlsht.
Coroner Rogers verdict is: Il do
md that George Koehnline came 10
his death by wound inflicted With an
Ice pick In the hands Of one Okey
Ankrom." Coroner Roger did not nx
me degree OF murder. stating that
there were many extenuatinK circum-
stances that he did not care to take
the responsibility Of fathoming. choos-
Ing TO allow the court 10 decide.
Eleven Witnesses. nine for the State
and two for the defense. were sx-
amined by the coroner. Strangely
enough. all OF these witnesses had
seen the ARRAY and did not need to 20
by circumstances. II developed az the
bearing that Ankrm was slightly I'M
der the influence of liquor at the time
OF the stabbing
Several Witnessed ARRAY.
Some OF the testimony was decidedly
conflicting. although all testified 20
the same things. Few of the witnesses
saw the occurrence alike. Most OF the
witnesses testified that the stabbing
was done after the men had separated.
The witnesses for the defense said that
Ankrom was standing alongside OF a
horse. with his hands Gu the wagon
shafts.
They claimed that Mr.. Roehnline
went TO him. and reprimanded him for
beating the horse. II appeared that
this animal had never been worked
single before. Ankrom decided TO hitch
IL up. and did so. II refused to pull
and. IL Ii claimed Ankrom proceeded
to beat II severely. When Mr.. Koehn-
line ehided Ankrom. Il Is said the lat
ter pushed him. and Koehnline in turn
knocked him down.
Ankrom jumped up and thrust the
Ice pick into koehnlines breast and
ne Immediately lost consciousness. As
Is known. Ankrom was arrested. and
koehnline was rushed to the Ohio Val
ley General hospital. this city. where
he died yesterday morning at 2:45I
O'Clock. An autopsy was held at the
hospital yesterday morning. at which
time II was found that the pick had
plunged through the right breast.
glanced. and punctured the right auri-
Gle OF the heart, causing hemorrhages.
This was the technical cause OF death.
Formal Charge Of Murder.
Ankrom was placed in the Bellalre
jail. Chief OF Police Mahoney pre-
ferred formal charge OF murder
against him before Squire Mason. yes
terday morning. the degree 10 be de-
cided upon later. The alleged muir
derer will be given a preliminary
hearing this afternoon before Squire
Mason. Prosecuting Attorney George
Thornburg. of ST. Clairsville. will APP
pear for the state. and Attorney a.
w. Schertzer will appear for the de-
PENDANT
Ankrom refuses to comment on the
alleged crime. but seems to feel that
II will be shown that he acted in self
defense IN stabbing tine ice magnate.
The body OF Mr.. koehnline was re.
moved TO the he Heslop undertaking
parlors in Martins Ferry. from the
Ohio Valley General hospital yester-
day. Later in the evening Il was
taken TO the family home on North
Jefferson street. Bellaire.
Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon in charge OF Rev.
Neal OF the Bridgeport Presbyterian
church. assisted by Rev Il. X. King. or
the Second Presbyterian church. OF
Bellaire. Following the services the
body will be Inferred in Rose HIN
cemetery.