The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-01-16
Trooper Black, of Morgan
town. May Not Recover
Four Arrested After Attack
on Omcers-Fif,y Officers
With Bloodhounds to Take
the Trail.
BRAVERY OF ONE. WOMAN
PREVENTS TWO MURDERS
Mrs. Bertha Trent Wa des
Waisl-high Thro' Stream
and Prevents Assallnnls
From Finishing Their Vic
TINS IN Cold Blood.

Chnrioa,"n. ". We Jon. IL rh"
nrat armed ,orin,an"o la tho s'ron' 81
tnon Indicted Tor participation In tho
armed march tho latter part az August
un Logan county r"Huli"h In tho shoot
ing this nrtoTu""n "r tw" Hta'" police
mon at pTy IirRnch. ON Cabin Crook
Thel hrC Tru"porr Lane ", NlaCk. l3I
RIchmund avenue. MOrgnntown, and
Xnchnrlah w. Taylor. u. T, II. No. Y
Terra Alta.
Thcy w~ro brought 10 n local hospital
IIiack had a foot shot OF and was also
shot through tho kIdncyH and Hpino. Ilo
was In the operating room late tonight
aud phyMCians said HIS chanCos TO ro-
rovor are Hllght Taylor MAS shot
through tho arm near tho elbow. lilo In
expected to recover. although ho may
I"so hin arm. physicisns said.
shooting Followed Arrest.
According q" Information obtained
FROM tho unico nT Colonel Jachn"n AZ
uoId sIaIo aupoTinl ondont of pablo
,unoty, And from 81. l.. Fletcher. nup"r-
IniaudsnI al tho DTy Breach Coat Goa"
panY at wh"So pT"psiy ia" Hh"oiiha
inuL place, Troopers hiaoh anh Taylor
had anastsd usnIy hlf"'h. sl'As
"hLinay' JsnsTisa. "n ""rlsA h""
Logan ""uniY. ~h"'a b" 10 Sslh VI hsNs
l4ao Undated "n "hs'sss ~ ,"""ri's"I
.ud i,.sa"u 4" ,""n.nii"" Wlih 'hs
s,r,.d ,"a,,h "f laaI h"s"a'
A. they ~.,. wslbins h"w" the 'sii
,,.d ,.w.,i tha o,,,ih ~ tsi,in f,s"h,
-Ith ,hsi1 q, ls""s', a ph"l f'""' the
und., brush al"ns ~. tracks was the
.i.o.I fn, hifn'd u" i"sp asida. s"h h-lf
=. dos.n shots wafs nr"i y, tbs ppil"s
,,., Moth ~~,s Ln"ched "ins' ~ The
,,.sLs by the impact "f IA. 'ln" bullets
a, oios. ,snu. and 'oiisd dawn an an.
bsnhmept
wowan's Hsroiss.
'"Ibs nrina At the poi,oomsn con
,Inusd," aupssietssAsAs Arlsteha' ssid,
and tho horolo action of n woman In
going To their sld IN face of tha bullets
la all that saved them from immediate"
death Mrs norihn Trout who wit
neaaod tho shooting from h"r homo on
tho opporl,e aldo ~ Cabin Crock.
plunged into tho atTSsnr. and wRhnd
through tho wRtor above hor waist
The nrlng CoaEsd whom she rushed To
tho side or tho troopers and plehdod
with tho aaasilsntH TO leave.
Mira Trent provided nrst aid to tho
wounded mon. asHlHtou ny hrr. fletChcr.
wiro OF tho superintendent. who ais"
resides nsar tho scene OF tho shooting
Mon In tho ncikhborhood wcro AFRAID I"
approached tho scene unarmcd. Supor-
lntondnnt Fletcher naid.
Hoth policemen were unconscious
WHEN Mra front reached thom. Sho
reported that tho prisoner tAlford ro-
,urnsd and took from ono of tho vic
rim, n revolver. which tho officer ID
rnId to hnvo taken from Afford whom
arrostcd Thon tho prisoner and tho nm
,ailantn flcd into tho woods.
-FOUR Arrested.
IIoutonnnt Mack II. Lilly. who was
sent To tho Hceno with "A detachment oi
mcn from ntato hon dqunrtora an no"e
an Il was reported TO Colonel Arnold
reported tonight that tho rinop with
which tho nhoutiuG wuH done w<c
found In tho homo or Elmer Smithhouro
Tho latter WAS miHHinx and hrH. smith
house was arrested. Fred Thompson
fn,hcr.In-Iaw Of tho prisoner. Iiorllu
Adkins and CraCo ELLISON woro also ar'
rr,led tonight In connection with the
,hooting. SmithhouSe. Leo Ellison and
tho prinonrr nro Atill minSing.
ApproslmatcIy MY Htnte policemen
with bloodhounds obtained from Hunt
lnKton, will tnko up tho trail or tho on
capped prisoner at daylight. II was ro
ported tonight