The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-14
CHARLES CARR. OF PARKERSBURG,
AND HELEN COLLINS, ARRESTED
SUNDAY By BRooRE COUNTY
AUTHORITIES.
BOTH MAKE CONFESSIONS, SAYING
THAT THEY LURED MANTELh
TO LONELY SPOT TO KNOCK
HrM OFF"
MANTELL RECLAIMED CONSCIOUS
NESS LAST EVENING BUT HAS
MADE NO STATEHHNT-CON-
DITIoN CRITICAL.

! young woman who gives the name OF
! Helen Collins. are held by Brooke and
| OHIO county authorities pending the out
! como Of n vicious assault made last SAT-
urday night upon Alfred (DutCh) Man.
! tell. a driver for the Manguld Tan! COM
) pany Of this city. According |" Sh"rill
: John Il. Luton. Of Brooke county. both
| Carr and the collins girl have mad" con-
! f"sSionS which practically complete a
| chain Of evidence that they beat the
! Wheeling taxi driver INTO insensloil'ty
! with tn" intention If r"hhinG him ana
| stealing tn" automobile IN which they
! were passengers.
| Carr and ,h,. collins girl were arrested
| about eight O'clock yesterday morning
by Sheriff Luton and two deputies at
the home Of Joseph Dixon Mt Short
J Creek less than roo yards from the
spot IN the WcllsburE road where thcy
B lrit his unconscious form lying IN the
. WrllSburg Wheeling road. The couple
/ had become lost in the hills in the storm
: and darkness just short while alter
I the assault on Mant"ll, and were I'M
aware when taken INTO custody, mat
! they had wandered back almost To the
very spot whore they committed their
| crime at midnight, or that officers had
| been tippcd off as to their Whereabouts.
! To make certain that Carr and tho
! Collins girl have no opportunity 10 taik
! OF the case. Sheriff Litton sent carr 10
the Brooke county jail at WCllsburg and
| brought tho girl 10 Wheeling. placing
/ her in tho Ohio county jail.
| The assault upon Mantcll occurred
shortly after twelve O'Clock sunday
morning. on the WeIlsburG road at Stop
30 on the Panhandle Traction Line.
Charles Leonard. Of Wellshurg. driving
bv tho spot in his automobile, found
Mantcll lying unconscious IN III" road a
short distance from his automobile. A
! bloody hatchct by the side of the body
told it's own story. Mantclis skull was
fractured by the blow. The Brooke
county sheriff Sheriff Howard Hastings
and Wheeling police headquarters were
notified Sheriff Hastings with lrpu-
Ties Edward kilvcr and Eddie Stcinfcldt
and Motorcycle officer Logomarcino
rushed to WcllSburg. TO find the Brooke
, county sheriff and his deputies already
on the job. II was found that the crime
had hccn committed just over the Coun-
" line. in Brooke. II was Thought Al
.; first that tho aSsailants had crossed IN"
river. hut n little later tho officers were
convinced that they had not crossed, and
a search of the hilliSdes was begun. The
search was abandoned just before day
light In the meantime tho officers had
learned the identity Of MantclFs passen-
gers.
Mantcll was rushed 10 the North
Wheeling hospital whore DR.. }. IL
Walden. Of Warwood. performed an
iopcration. II was feared tor time
that Mantcl could not live. Last even
ling. at seven o'clock. however. he re-
gained consciousness Mt the hospital
lie was able TO talk. but said nothing
concerning the attack upon him.
Carr and tho Collins woman. accord
ing to Sheriff Linton. became lost IN
the darkness and rain in tho hills above
THE riy.r. Shortly after daylight thcy
made their way back to the WcIisourE
! road, north Of tho spot where MantcII ;
body was found. They came on down
tho road to tho Dixon place and asked
for hrrakfas; and tn opportunity I"
idrv Their clothing which was drcnched
by a heavy rain which fell IN that local
lily. Mr., Dixon allowed the couple 10
dry their clothes. In IN" meantime.
tho Brooke county sheriff was advised
of their WHEREABOUTS and h" with MS
DEPUTIES found them al tho Dixon place
at eight O'Clock.
Thu Couplc confessed sheriff Luton
told tho Iut"liiG"nc"r that th"H frame"
iup tho affair. They rlhnn"i according
to their cung"SSion, and enc Of them
struck him IN III" head with la'h'rs
hatchct. But at that m"m-nt the auto
mobile Of Charles Leonard came INTO
view on the road ANA the coupl" made
lthcir escape without accomplishing the
robbery. Officers found something over
$23 in Mant"lls pockets.
Tho Young man and woman. accord
ling to their story, then mad" their way
into the nils overlooking the river y
heavy rain fell and They w-rc drrn'hca
and became lost. However. they knew
that they were being sought. and lolu
Of lying hidden in the woods Will" inc
officers with powerful scafchAGh'S
hunted tn" hills for them.
When morning came. they took 10 the
road again. but did not rcalzr that they
were walking toward IN" seen" Of th"
assault until they wore placed under
arrest.
Wheeling police do not believe thar
Helen Collins CAV" her real name. Sh'
is referred 10 by tn" "Ily "lhc'rS rs
Hazel Eclifrr. or "JackIc" n they have
heard her called Sh- - known I" have"
roomcd few nights at the Manhattan
and Colonial hotels.
Carr told sheriff l.:it"n that h" lives
lin ParkcrShurg. He CLAIMS I" haN"
tsncnt eighteen months IN France. and
holds II dISchar=" from the mica
States army. lSSu'd IN May.
carr tuld tn" officers that h" came to
Wheeling Il few days aC" and met IN"
girl in IN" Baltimore X ohio railroad
station. Their acquaintance. h" sad.
led Ia tho framc-up - assault and r"o
Man,cll of his money and an autom"-
bile.
The girl Carr claims told him that
her homo IS n Mrk"rsport. In. Officers
hero profess 20 know nothing Of her
past life or former home.
ON" point tho officers hay" not been
able. i" clear UP - VIII" welded the
hatrhct tina, fractured Mnn'"lrs skull.
Tho girl when questioned placed tn"
blame ON Carr bat h" drnI"S that he
did II. lr;tmarInE that IN" Errl struck
N" blow.
The hntrhct usf-l has been 'd"u'Ih"i
rs on" missed from The Parker rr |uH"
store. \ number &C hnirh"i" hay" be- II
missed from ih"r" lately. and whether
tit was stolen from N" st"r" by Carr
or the collins Errl. or taken from S"m"-
IN" clso wh" got IT AT rark"rs. 10 st'li
unexplained.
Yesterday II was learned that Carr
Tired to borrow a revolver from ~" 81
n" night waters AT The crystal res
lauranI but was denied the loan Of n
gun.
Wheeling police yesterday commented