Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-04-12
Items OF Interest.

The entire West Virginia National
Guard has been called out for service
under the direction of the United States
government.
Arnold Scherr, former State Auditor
and a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor in 1908. died in
Charleston last Monday. aged 10 years.
Mr.. Carson Edward Flanagan. of
Brunswick, and Miss Edna May Fulk, of
Martinsburg, were married Tuesday after
noon at the Lutheran parsonage in the
latter place by Rev. DR.. c. S. Trump.
Miss Retha Williams, living near Win
chester, i'll and melancholy, arose from
her sick bed the other night and went
into field near her home, where she
set her clothing afire. She was burned
so badly that she died a few hours after
ward.
In the Federal Court at Martinsburg on
Tuesday Henry Grady Webb and Eugene
Diez plead guilty TO the charge ofholding
up and robbing B. & o. train at Central
w. Va, in October, 1915. Judge Dayton
sentenced Webb, who is said to have
been the leader of the gang, to Is years
in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ca, while
Diez was let oil with a term OF fen years.
Jeff Harrison, third member OF the gang,
had plead guilty at a previous term oil
court and was sentenced to twelve years
in prison.
These deeds for the transfer of real es-
tate have been filed for record in the Of
flee OF the county clerk: Joseph o. Smith
to J. F. Casey, house and lot in Ransom
for $500; Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr.,
special commissioner, TO Morris K. Hen
bricks, house and lot on New street, in
Shepherdstown, for ST. 100; Marvin Knott
to q. c. Morrison, house and lot on road
from Uvilla to Moler's Cross Roads, for
81 $50; William Longerbeam to John D.
Harder, four acres east ofthe Shenandoah
river, for $625; Richard R. Mcmahon to
Edith L. Tharp, lot fronting 40 feet on
Ridge street, Harper's Ferry, $3.50; Rose
M. B. Hit TO Henry 7. Mcdonald, lot OF
IS feet on Ridge street, Harper'S Ferry,
$3.50; Charles w. Rau 10 William A.
Saunders, lots in Camp Hill, $500; Mary
B. Williamson to Rose E. Rush, house
and lot on Prospect street, Shepherds
town, for $1,000; A. S. Allen to E. E.
Cooke, the Kavanaugh farm at the Bloom
cry, consideration not given.
A peculiar tragedy occurred last Friday
at Shenandoah, Va, when Harry Lang, a
prisoner in the town jail, shot and killed
his wife, and then put the pistol 10 his
own head and blew out his brains. Two
years ago Lang was accused in Harrison
burg, Va, of securing goods from store
under false pretensions. and to avoid ar
rest went 10 Martinsburg, where he work.
ed at various occupations, part OF the
time driving an ice wagon for the Boyd
Ice Company. A couple OF weeks ago
he went to Shenandoah 10 see his wife,
and last Friday the old charge against
him was revived and he was arrested
and placed in Jail. Saturday his wife
went to see him, and it is supposed that
she carried revolver 10 him. While
she was standing outside talking to him
through crevice he fired the pistol, the
bullet piercing her heart, and she fell
dead. He turned the weapon on himself.
and another shot ended his life. II is
believed by some that the two agreed
that they would die together. Lang had
declared that he would kill himself rather
than go TO prison. Lang was n years
old and his wife was g. His body was
taken for burial to Martinsburg, where
his mother resides, while Mrs. Lang was
buried at Shenandoah