West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-01-27
RowleSburg

RowleSburg
Mrs. Tom Hunter and Miss Mar
guerite Malloy were Grafton visitors
last Saturday.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
L. Rightmire died last Friday and
was buried on Saturday.
Mrs. Martha ShafTer who has been
sick for the past week, is much i'm
proved.
Miss Lillian Moore of Huntington,
arrived in town Sunday night owing
to the death of her brother. Bruce
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude J. Hooton
spent the week end visiting friends in
Huntington. W Va.
d. Alton Jackson was business
visitor 10 Charleston the past week.
William Pierce of Youngstown, o.,
was the pleasant guest of Mrs. Rachel
Bishop for a few days last week.
Mrs. d. o. Freeland is convalescing
from a severe attack of la grippe.
John r. Martin was a county seat
visitor Monday
Mrs. JAS. Grubb is i'll and confined
TO her home with la grippe.
John Devoe. county agricultural
agent. spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Margaret Sypolt of Terra Alta.
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Clar-
ence Hooton.
John welch of Grafton, sundayed in
town.
Frank. the two-year-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Opha Casseday, died on
Wednesday, January 10th. and was
buried Saturday morning.
Joe Eversole of Cincinnati, repre-
senting the Globe Tailoring Company,
was in town Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Sudie Frazee and little sister
of Terra Alta were in town Sunday
the guests of their brother, Jas. Fra
zee.
Mrs. Harry Hooton is visiting her
mother Mrs. Ruggles, in Tunnelton.
VIM. Loughrie has moved his fam
lily to Hiorra where he has employ
ment.
Mrs. Mary Mayne has gone to Chi
cago to visit her daughters for a few
weeks
Geo. Lyons of Kingwood was shak-
ing hands with his many friends in
town recently
VIM. Funk, who has been residing
with X. s, Davis has moved to the
home Of Chas Peaslee on Buffalo
creek, where he will spend the re-
mainder of the winter.
DeRue Bros. minstrels will be in
Rowlesburg Friday night, December
2Sth. They come highly recommend
ed as first-class artists and the ad-
vance sale OF seats indicates a full
capacity house
Bruce Moore, aged 3s, resident of
our town. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself under the right collar
bone with 3S-calibre revolver. the
ball glanciDg severing the juguIar
vein and piercing the heart-causing
instant death.
Mr., Moore, II seems, had been de-
spondent for several days and he is
said to have been jealously insane
over his wife without any just cause
and only the night before the suicide
he entered his father-in-law's home
where his wife had been residing for
the past few nights on account OF his
strangeness toward her, and dragged
her down the stairs and secured a
pair Of scissors and cut the clothes
from her body leaving her nude the
father-in-law being absent at this
time The day following his wife pro
ceeded TO consult Justice OF the Peace
Bowman. laying the conditions as
they existed before him The Justice
concluded to have him arrested for
his ill treatment toward her lie was
employed al the cement company at
Mannheim as laborer and worked
during that day. and his comrades
claimed that he laid bare his threat
that some one would get killed and
then ne would shoot himself. after
ward exhibiting to them the revolver
together with several cartridges. At
ter he came from work and went to
hts home, Messrs Bowman, Dawson
and Davis entered and made their bus
mess known to him and he asked that
he be permitted TO change his clothes
the officers remaining I'm the front
room while he (Moore) was I'm the
adjoining room, at intervals entering
their room and then going back
again. lie closed the door to his room
and IN a few minutes fred a shot fol-
lowed by a second and then third
shot When the officers heard him
fail q tie floor upon entering found
him ifeless.
An inquest was held and later the
body was removed TO the Dawson un-
defiaklng rooms. Intermont vas made
az Pine Run. near Terra Alta. on
! Monday january "a