The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-08
May Have Murdered
Farmer Near Marietta
Pt. Pleasant Police Chief
Points Out Suspicious
circumstances

Sl".,'.,Il Dispatch 10 The lutcitIEcuc"r.
ruInt Pleasant. ". Va. Feb. '..-t thlr'
OF r"II,c HIT OF i'UluJ PHEASANT today
..\nrcsSrd IN" strong belief that W. II.
ItulilD GrlmIIh is Nh" murderer ui g,
;nird victim. following his successful
rncup" from the Nest Virginia p"uj-
l"ntIary IN MoundSNIilv carly Gst
month. rh" ChIri pointed {" The my
tcrl"uN ~iayIn Of Il Washington r"um-
y tDhiOt farUcr at Il hIlu!c, u",tr
Marietta on January =. and DECLARED h =
belief Sir"uc that rirlnrh ~ HIS slayer.
'rh.. NI,tin' Il r"ciUsr. Mas found mUr-
u"r"d in his lonely dbmi"Ilr. and had
been robbed OF larE" .uu Of money,
Int says. 1t lS Significant ih.t. coin
CIdcut with Gr.tilh'S appearance =.
Antiquity. Olu". further doNI the nm.u
river. a., dlSpltyrd r"HSid"rihl~ in"nrl .
:uCiud'Es ull!s Of IHrg" ''uvmunHu"u.
which II" had changed INTO smril'r
rurr"n'! at various. places which 'hl"I
iiit" has aS"crluInrd. II Is not known
- y,t Mh"thrr the WHShin.tHa ,ndniS
'OhiOl authorities Will iakv action to-
ward Ihr prosecution OF Gr.nuh - lh'
SLAYER ~ tn" ;arm,r-r"ciG$, hut -
Gr.Ilth fac, tw" mUrdcr trials ,u We
\ r,.u'a and ma! b. hanged 49, the o.
~u!I "t ou" vf them 1t scents unlikely
H. ,l' "I'r h" ,aIlrd up"u iv face an
= mIr gar! "n TIA" 'harg' "i the ln':d
murder
MASON JRll NOT Sal
N7,H !; W,,~ urSi dryId"d ~" - a.
rr"hJH,! would n, held ~ Marshall,
count, II was pointed "ul that no Gcllu
p.nu,Dy was ever imposed 10y a JuIl ui
thu ,ommuhIty Many p,rsunS rN-
pressed SatiflICti"n that In" OUTLAW
,>"u,G uUl h' hrnuch' here fur trial. a.
;u"S 81" tn" r.unt% iull n"rr would not
H. i sale place Ia k"rp Etu. either to
h'"r '"' rri~"m'r ~ "r 1" h""r " NIB
ou'. uuc>S an t>tra heavy guard was
drown "rnUud the bI'ldu-.
r"li,, CN'yr H!t' ">pr">Sci disap-
i,,.ulu"ni at tn, courts first d."I>ion.
mt @a'd he has net !.i gwen ur mop"
Hit aG h." had . perfect as" ar.ii'.,t
tn" maui. aui IL "ound"u, hr would 80;
Inc usa;h sentence H. Il" were l"i"d h"r,:
Has Stron" Gaze.
sI!'e ~aHS h" has complete record
% the outlaws movements fEuul tho
time hC reached II potnt six miles above
Authority until the Tim" II" abandoned
uts alleged NIrlim'S boat =, Portsmouth,
griffith and Euush atr lunch ~
trmk irudersonS lunch room about .
n'Clnck tN" uiSh; ut th" murder. the
chief l-arn"i. H"niNrs"n idcntiued The
nn'r from Il p:"ture az polio" h"adUuar-
;rrS.
~" su,r"ct had a twenty dollar hN
changed al a town near antiquity. and
entered lE" pOSto"!"" 81 l."t+rt. W. We .
lauudr! - 10 ~ another bill 81 in"
Same Denomination changed. Later 'h"
s"uI" evening u" appeared al IN" I;ou~n
hom" in Ar'iUuitr.
The Ohio Murder.
llIo h,!."v"> Griffith WaS i'" man
win" murdered farmer rrcius" Wn"
Wa found dead on his premises 4 sn"I'
.iiS'Jnr. from Marietta January a. .iuG
that j. how h' secured tn" money, H.
was displa! nag
THAT man kill"d n good citizen -
thus ",1iuty. anG ! think the good '',':-
zrri~ ~ thI> county should be- given tlN
"hanco tu nam" tn" penalty h" SHOULD
pr Cor his 'r''n".' said Chi"f Hir".
who arrived ia Point Pleasant Saturday
nigh, from NouudSvill". wh"r" h" in.
ter, jrwcd griffith IN TIA" death u"use
Of IA" pcN'i"nilarr.
II" dHnwd uaNing murdered E"nSh.
N.i, -1Id aud ,lnim"d y" did not kuuw
~. father and uu"lr ct his alleged VIC
tim IIit~ WITNESSED III" attempt "r
sullivan S.yr". h" dead mans um'i".
,o assault Griffith and was one "f .'h"
men who RESTRAINED him. SaNr" at
hacked Griffith with a knit"
"W" don. care anything about a '"u-
FcsSion from th" man. We AN han;
him without il" Hit" declared.