The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01

| the officers. When he reached tnf
telephone he found that, the rob
bers had cut the wires before start
ing their attack He was not ply
sicaliy able to go for help himself
and tAe Polish girl was afraid tc
| leave the house in the darkness.
Wait fer Dawn
! With his own and his wife's life
! blood slowly trickling from thesr
bodies. he waited for the first gray
streaks OF dawn. wher. ~ forced
the girl to go to the home of the
closest neighboN which is aboui
100 yards away. and call help. Ht
had to go out in the yard and stand
guard with his shot gun before sht
! would go at that time.
It was about 1870 o'clock when
| the officers received the word and
i Sheriff Charlton and his son hur'
ried to the scene. other officer;
were notified and left for the scene
as soon as possible Members OF
the State Police detachment az
Haywood Junction in Harrison
County heard ~ the crime and nr-
ried to the scene on the first car
this morning. joining the Dunty
officers.
Robbers Traiied
{ A call was sent. for former
Sheriff Glover's bloodhounds. and
the trail was started up tn! hollow
towards Carolina. For time II
was easy trailing as the robbers
left a path OF blood behind them.
When the .2il neared the ole
Davis Schoo mouse. large pool oil
blood was found in the road show
ing that the robbers hed made
stop there. At this point, the blood
hounds lost the trail and were IN,
able to pick it uG again. Some OF
the officers are of the opinion thai
the robbers might have had a car
to meet them at this point and N
this manner made their escape
Others were OF the opinion that the
injured man was carried from tina
point on by his companion and tina
they could not be far away
Working on this theory. Sheriff
Charlton who was in charge cfI
the Officers and posse. orderedI
that all the houses in that vicinity
be searched and that the WOODS,
and hillsides nearby be thoroughly
secured. The work slowed up lne :!
search considerably, but Sheritl,
Charlton wanted to make sure ina
the men were not hiding in any o1}
the homes in that section ne
search OF the houses and woods
was completed at / o'clock, when
Pros scouting Attorney Amos joined
the searchers One detachment or
officers, headed by a member OF
the State Police which was beating
the brush on hillside up a hollo"
to the left of the road, had nor
renorte,J back to- the base yet, and
the officers wased. for it's return
before going on to investigate some
clews obtained by the prosecutinSi
attorney from Mr. and Mrs. Mc-i
Vey. (!
Robbers Well Posted
The robbers apparently were well,
acquainted with the place. as the
first stop they made after gaming
an entrance to the building was L
the bedroom occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. McVey, where Mr.. McVey
keeps the money taken in his stose
in the front part of the oulio1ns
The robbers first tried to gam an
entrance b ycutting Yale loch on
of the door. They worked around
the lock until they were apie "
open it. When they had 1t open
they found that they could not ss'
in as the door was also barred
They then TelIoN GU :" 49, /
from one of the store room win
dows They removed number 81
small strips of wood holding the
class in place and then removed
the glass. carried it across the
street car track and placed 1t
against a stone wall on the other
side of the road. After getting IN
tha building they passed up the
ash register in which was SO in
silver money passed through thei
store to the kitchen, where theyi
Kicked IN a flashlight left by Mc-ii
Tev and went into the dining room
The men then cus the telephonei
wires and went to thS door OF the
bedroom. With guns drawn they
threw the rays Of the flashlight int
the. face OF the sleepers. Inc
light first awakened Mrs; McfeS
and she awakened her HUSBAND.
: = McVey Game.
The robbers we're mot iour 20
away from the bed when they
aNa1ad sire 1t is considered al
nost miracle by all who vlsltedt
the scene today that either Mr. or
Mrsr NTcVeys escaped alive as twen
~ shots we're fired into the bel
and fifteen or sixteen hit them. me
wounded man emptied his revolver t
al the robbers, and he thinks ina.
at least three of the bullets must
have hit them as only TWO o. u u
bullets from his gun could pc 10
Gated today. They struck tie door
frame near where the men we[e
standing. THE glare OF the 1lasn
light and the pain in my chest and
left arm made my aim oau o.
would have got both OF them, VIC
Vev said at the hospital today.
y When he shot at the bandits with
the shot gun, he had to hold it In
one hand and the thumb o. mat
hand was partly blown away
Residents of Worthington are up /
in arms over the affair, and purse
Ing IN and posted as reward for the
capture OF the robbers dead o.
alive. The county ot1lceFs - 4ha Sc
IS is "a chance to pick up clue or a
trace of the men and they feel that