Evening star., 1915-11-28
.FRATR|C|DE'S STORY
REVEALS OLD CRIME
Sentenced for Staying Brother, Tells
of unsupported Murder
and Robbery.
Pottery Worker Prefers Death to
Prison Term-To Investigate
Fatal Accident.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
| ELKINS. w. Va. November 27-Fol-
lowing the confession of Joseph Raber.
| tthirty-two years old. that he murdered
his brother, Luther Raber, Judge w. S.
Raymond at Fairmont thereupon i'm
posing life sentence, it is likely that
within the next day or two the body
| of Willis Woods, a young man killed
near Warrington several years ago,
VIII be eXhumed. 1t was thought
Woods was killed by train, but ac-
,cording to a statement of Joseph Raber
he was murdered by the Raber gang
who shot him twice through the head
beat his head with fshplate from the
railroad track and then threw his body
on the rails. The father and several
other relatives of the young man have
I taken up the matter with the author-
ities, who are inclined to believe Joe
j Ra ber
! The murder of Luther Ra Der took
| place at a spot a few miles from Man
nington about "A month ago. The vic
/ tim was shot through the head, the
| body robbed and left lying beside the
lonely path. When Joe Raber was ar
rested he had $500 of the dead mans s
money in his possession. For some time
/ Ra ber contended he was innocent and
!
| Prefers Death to Prison.
! William Sampson, aged thirty. mar
Tried, a pottery worker, committed sui
eide at his home in Cameron. In an
Eante-morten statement Sampson ex
planned his act, saying that some time
ago he bought a motor cycle, then gave
/ his machine as security on a note
Later he swore the motor cycle was
not his to avoid paying the note In his
letter the man said he knew he would
go to prison and that he would better
die than spend time behind the bars.
( Norman Allen. young man of
! iClarksburg, convicted before Judge
James w. Robinson of selling a pint
! of liquor. was sentenced to work SIX
months on the county roads with the
county convicts, pay fine of 500 and
costs and furnish bond of $1,000 not to
violate the prohibition law during the
next two years. in default of which
bond he must work out the entire two
years on the roads.
! To Investigate Accident.
| State Inspector f, f. Winters of the
| West Virginia public service commits
sion is investigating the accident at
| Parkersburg that resulted in the
death of Miss Dora Alleman, aged for
ty-seven, one of the oldest teachers in
the city in point of actual service and
/ the only sister of Mrs. David Congle-
| ton of Cumberland Md. Miss Alleman n
| was run down by trolley car. and
death resulted an hour later .Testi-
inony of witnesses to the accident and
4 of the crew in charge of the car that
killed Miss Alleman was taken. The
car, it is stated. was equipped with
! the oid-tme hand brake and did not
| have tenders. as was recommended by
{ the commission
/ Miss Alieman attempted to cross the
/ track, when she was struck, knocked
several feet and then run over. Both
/ legs were severed near the ankles Her
I head and face were cut and she never
I recovered consciousness
Elkins News Briefs.
! Patrick Wamsley of Mill Creek is in
Jail at E.lkins awaiting hearing on a
charge of having stolen s.J6 from
! Lewis Conrads store. Wamsley was
suspected of having robbed the store
once before, and a trap, it is stated,
was set for him. The authorities claim
he was caught with the evidence.
Pleading guilty to two of five counts in
an indictment charging him with counter
| feitng, w A. McClung was fined 500
! in federal court and sentenced TO three
months in Jail at Marlinton.
! The new seventy-thousand- nd dollar Clay
district schooihouse at Shinnston. w.
/ Va. was formally opened by NJ. =.
/ ShaWkey. state superintendent OF
schools. and Joseph Roster, president
of the Fairmont Normal School, who
made the principal addresses. The
| building is brick and has an audito-
/ rum la laboratories and cloakrooms.
Miss Katherine Sutherland, daughter
of Representative Howard Sutherland,
entertained a large company in honor
of her birthday.
! r. H. Allen was visitor to Wash
ington this week.
! DIR. p. S. Keim of Elk Garden. w. Va,
visited his brother, State Senator Noah
iG keim, here. Or. keim is about to
move to Cumberland.
Rev X. Cary Montague. rector of
Grace Episcopal Church. has returned
from Richmond and Baltimore. In the
! latter city his little daughter. Harriet
Cary, underwent an unusual operation.
The surgeons opened her jaw on the
left side and made joint to enable
her to open her mouth properly. This
+! she had not been able to do for months.
The operation appears to have been
| entirely successful
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