The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-07
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
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r,u morning. and add his evidence
:, i,.: already collected by the SAT-
N,so, ou!,iais arc especially anxious
,rv Griffith Tor the murder OF RouNh.
s;n,. his confession Of having N''eu
Lewis aad his emphatt" d"nih. OF inc
pcush crime. Griffith th"y oeIieNe' IN
tends 10 try and show M kilIcu Lewis
~ sclf defense when the convict attack
Cd him a. n" WIS preparing /" 'H,"i'
from Tho rcnitrntiary. The Roush crime
they declare. was without proNo'a''oh'
Spends SOLITARY sunday.
", 81 "lgo'ly" Griffith. BraNton
county murderer who now races wv
n,oro charges of murder as tho result
Of his recent escape and tT6ht from
The West Virginia penitentiary. spent
solitary Sunday In the death mousse
ar that institution.
CAPTAIN r.. =. Shlldts said last even
ing that absolutely no callers were per
United to So" Griffith. and the oh'E
,oreons the prisoner saw al all during
~. Gav WEE tho guards in that de-
portment OF ;ho institution. ana gua'"9
" no carried his meals 10 him.
Grlrri,, was returned TO The state
r-ison a., Moundsvilc al los oC'oc
saturday morning in custody Of DEPUTY
Canioin Of Guards T.. W. Athey ara
Warden J. Il. Terrell, who met CAPTAIN
>tbcv and Griffith AZ Washington j. (
,,aptaln yNth"v brought Griffin lone
handed from E~Cwbcrry, y. {, 10 WASH
inrtou Warden Terrell came" with them
from Washington 10 Pittsburgh. "h"F'
they stage Friday n!Ght. SATURDAY
morning. Warden Terrell ana captain
AthNv brought Griffith /" Wheeling and
WhiSkrd him III an |"
Moundsvi!lc.
wore koush's Coat.
As Griffith was led into IN" PRISON
h. was recognized by Nad" liouSh. o.
Anliduity. Ohio. father Of the murdered
Ira RouSh. and Sullivan saver oil
Portsmouth. Oh!N, an unc'" OF Ira
Pousb 'Tnat's the man" Wade RouSh
crIsd oil, as h~ spied Griffith. chats
rra's coat he has on now Sullivan
c,v,r - said TO have attempted 10 reach
nc prisoner. declaring that If tn" war
dan would let hin get 10 the man VINO
wore his murdered nephcw's coat the
state need never try him for murder.
Warden farrell. however. true to HIS
duty. retained the angry uncle, de-
cIaring that # Griffith can be convicted
for either Of his lat" murders under a
verdict that does not recommend Ire
imprisonncni. he will willingly perform
he duty Of executing the man.
Denies Roush Murder.
"%IIoIly" Griffith admitted inflictinE tit"
wound that caused the oath OF Henry
Lewis. the prison engineer the night ~
Grifnth's attonal escape. He d.
MED. however. having killed Ira RouSl!.
However,. the fact that hr wore tn
murdered Antiquity. Ohio. Young mans
coat. is regarded as convincing cridenc"
Of his guilt Of that crime.
~. tArgH Ia -
TO Roscby Rock. doubled back 10 B'h-
wood and crossed the river. then start
ed south by tho Ohio side route.
Many nointS in hi> tory Of his rout"
do not connect UP. and according 10
Wade T;oush. Griffith spent a might nj
W." house, dickcrins for tho purchas"
of tho Roush Easol!n" boat. and slept
with Ira Roush.
A. Greenwood. s. c. according :"
Capt. hthcy. Griffith was caught lone
handed b. {. 7. Nelson. police 'hi"t o.
Greenwood, who covered Griffith with a
gun in a railway station and arrested
him for express and store robbcrreS.
Anticipating that friends Of GrifH'n
might try TO effect the prisoners re-
lease. capt. Athey guarded III" time
or his departure with Griffith from
ial at Greenwood by permitting the an
nounccmcnt to lac made that he would
b.. unable to leave for West Virginia
with Griffith before the frst of thI9
week.
Griffith was serving a life s"nt2nre in
The pcnItentiary for the murder Of an
officer who attempted To arrest MIN IN
Rraxton county. On the evening Of jan
uary 6 last he sla shed the generator
belt at the renitenttary. putting IT,"
lighting system out Of commission. and
mortallv wounded Henry Lewis. Nris--
oncr engineer. who. Griffith says. tried
To block his escape. Griffith also So
rcrclv wounded M~iGs Mctray. IN"
prison electrician. and according 10 his