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CLARKS
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MURDER
IT GLENJALLS.
ichard Sprouse Suffers Un
told Agonies for 5 Hours
and Expires.
TABBED TO DEATH BY HENRY
WHETZEL.
Drunken Bow End* in a
Bloody Murder?The Atuutin
in Jail?Vom Dnagheriy and
George Fox Engaged in the
Tragic Drama.
A fight that resulted in the
eath of a railroader Richard
prouse took place at Glen Falls
a Sunday night between nine
id ten o'clock. The wound
lat caused the death of young
prouse was a fearful stab from
sbarp dirk that opened a
bastiy hole in his chest about
iree inches below the left nip
e. The man who to day is
carcerated behind prison bars,
sused qf this awful deed is
enry Whetzel.
To a 'Telegram reporter he
ade the luilowing statement:
?Last night as I was going
ime some persons began throw
g stones at me. They were
d in the edge of the woods. I
ked them what they meont.
id they said they would show
e in a few minutes, and when I
)t home mv wife told me that
reeorfouf persons down at the"
Ice of the.wo^ds rocking the
>use and ^rniSg a disturbance,
went with my ^fe down to see
ho they were, ifid when I got
i the gate I met Tom Daugherty,
ick Sprouse and George Pox, a
ilative of Sprouse. I then asked
lem what 1 had done to make
lem mad, and was walking
round to see who they were,
irowing at the house and who
ad been stoneing me, one of
iem struck at me; I did not
now which one of them, and as
started back home, Dick
prouse assaulted me, striking at
le and hitting me on the jaw
?itb a stone and cutting me over
lie eye with a knife, and to pro
act myself struck at him with a
ocket kaife and cut him In the
tomach."
The parties were all drinking
nd each side has a reasonable
tory. It seems to be true that
Chetzel's house had been stoned
ad furthur investigation reveals
lie fact that the trouble probably
rose on account of conflicting
laims on the society of a girl
lamed Davis, who was stopping
t the home of Wetzel on that
articular night, and who was
ntertaining a man named John
Pauley.
It may have been a case of
ealousy on the part of the as
ailants, but on this point there
ire many opinions. Whetzel is
iut above the eye and slightly
iruised in a few places' He was
irrested early Monday morning
by Sheriff Alexander and city
>fficer Thad Boggess. Pox has
tfso been arrested, but Daugherty
is still hiding.
Sprouse. the murdered man, is
about 23 years old. unmaried and
Ms resided here all his life.
Whetzel has a wife and four
children, and is a brother-in-law
Noah Champ, who is now
serving a term in the penitentiary
f?rthe murder of James Stout
fhe scene of this tragedy is
?tout one and three fourth miles
9larksburg, and the officers
*oo visited the place on Monday
found a pick handle with Wood
'wins on it, and also saw evi
jjences of Whetzel's house having
| "sen stoned.
The verdict of the coroner's
Wyon Monday threw no ad
TOonal light on the broody
wtle and a full investigation
tji he made when the next
rand jury meets.
u. 8. COURT.
The United States Court open
e? on last Monday with his
onor Judge Jackson on the
bench. Gen. C. C. Watts is here
to prosecute in behalf of the
United States, this being his first
term at Clarksburg since his ap
pointment by President Cleve
land. U. 8. Marshal, S. S. Vin
son of Huntington, is present
and has a good naturod greeting
for everybody. It is Mr. Vinson's
first trip to Clarksburg. His
chief dent, Mr. B. L. Friddie, of
Huntington, is a bright voung
gentleman of excellent business
qualifications as is also Mr. E. B.
Thayer, the District attorney's
stenographer. Mr. Thayer is
from Parkersurg and is an expert
In his profession. There could
not be a session of U. S. Court,
some one remarked without Hon
G. W. Atkinson and his many
friends have their old time cor
dial greeting for him. He knows
all the boys and is one of the
most enthusiastic lawyers in the
State. Mr. A. D. Gardiner, the
dignified and graceful chief dep
uty is making a host friends. To
be sure the whole machinery of
the court, except the judge and
the clerks has been changed and
the entire regime is intensely
Democratic. Still they are verv
good fellows and we hope they
may have lots of fun during these
four years for ?mark our words
?they go forever at the end of
that time. Col J. Y. Moore,
Mr. L. B. Dellicker and Mr.
R. Moore, all. United
States Clerks, ere presiding over
the records of the court to which
each belongs. The deputy mar
shals in attendance are:
Granville Stout and Capt. Jamta B.
Mehen, of Wood connty; Bam V Peters
M F Damroii, 8t Clair Roberts and
Harvey Walker, ot Wayne county; L
Boyd Vinson and D H Harmon, Jr.. of
McDowell county! Linzy T. Vinson and
W. G. Baldwin, of Mercer oounty; John
W Littlepage, of Kanawha oonnty; Mel
vin Hall, of Boone, oounty; W B Mc
Graw, L F Vinson and W W Miller, of
Cabell oounty, George W Bane, of Min
eral oounty; W A HoClung, of Niobolaa
county; Joe N Craddock of Gilmer
county; George W Hatfield, of Logan
oounty; T M Horner, of Harrision
county; Peter Harper, of Randolph
oonnty; Robert Monroe, ot Hampshire
county; J L Erwin, of Marion oounty;
Joseph McMahon, of Marshall oounty.
The following persons oompose the
Feberal Grand Jury: Hon. Cha. W.
Lynch, foreman. Messrs. Stillman
Young, Wm T Fleming, Hiram Post,
Jno 0 Lewellen, 8 ? Phillips, J H
Serrine, Wm R Alexander, Richard W
Means, Joshua Wood, ?dgar M Poe,
George Bires, W G Harrison, Thomas
Startzmau, P D gerry, Robert Lowe,
Frank H Burt, John L Hurst, Geo W
Robinson.
The following cases were dis
posed of : U. S. vs. Gratz Sal
vin, of Pocahontas county, re
tailing liquor without govern
ment license, not guilty; same
against James Sharp, of Webster
county, nolle pros.; same against
Mint Miller, of Ritchie county,
same charge, guilty. $100 fine
and costs; same against Colum
bus Stutler, of Doddridge county,
-same charge, *100 fine and thirty
days in jail; same against Thom.
as Reynolds, of Webster county,
resisting government officer, nolle
pros.; same against Elsie Hig
gins, of Mannington, selling
liquor without g'vernment license
$100 fine and thirty days in jail;
same against William Hamrick,
of Lewis county, same charge,
not guilty; same vs. George Davis,
of Webster county, same charge,
not quilty.
In the district court the case of
the United States vs. Bud Wheel
er, of Webster qpunty, illegal re
tailing. verdict of not guilty as
he has a license.
Dan Showen has been found
guilty of murder in the first de
gree for killing Abraham Iser at_
Romney. . He will hang.
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Scenes And
Ken
Spool al Corrf *pom}fc*j<
The First Kejr'
Company K,
Kenna Wedi
8:80 o'clook. 1
up of 12 cos
entire First &
ond Regiment' ,
A lthough the weatl
and the journe
boys were as jo
started.
McD. Price so
company to
quarters and ta ll
all were under si
10 o'clock those t
cooks with them <
gant sapper If t
eat by moon]
ing" in this' ]
would have been i
but among over {
Kenna we never t
kick on the moun
The next thing i
prepare a bed,
straw on the grounds,,
ond Regiment boy "
early in the
seems that they had t
thing that was ? loose
who werejiot able to
or a bunch of b:
compelled to sleep
The next morning
could tell .a thrilling
hardships of the soldii
ended the first lesson
MU?
sunshine and plenty toTeat. ?nd
from this time on the most notice'
able and commendable feature of
camp was the peace and good
order that prevailed., Every
body expressed themselves as
well pleased and were only sorry
that they could not remain an
|otherweek. For the first few
days the number of visitors was
very small; the largest crowds
were Sunday and Tuesday, the
latter being Governor's Day, and
the last day o! encampment;
there were probably tpbca 3 to 5
thousand people present.
Don't ask any at /the boys to
express themselves Gon Charles
ton's 'beautiful girls' because for j
lack of beauty, I/think those
who visited camp surpassed any
thing that I ever! saw. Of tne
thousands of visito s of whom at
least two thirds w< re women, we
I personally saw bi; one woman
Ion whom nature h d carved and
hand had painted^ ome redeem-!
ing features'. Way she was
placed in Charleston we do not
it was
always
parade a
ful lady
know. At Parke;
quite the reverse,
being present d
great crowd of
visitors.
The camp was .
and a man tryinfr
guard" was runningfkjjreat risk.
A man by the namqof West of
Co. D., of Hinton,
the boys as "Big
to pass the
?<1
to
town among
rtook
leased
the
run, he
rds by
iim and
a bayonet,
he hospital
ijg and howl
rree.t deal of
land when ari
guard and thi
was followed
the guard who <
brought him bac
He was carried t
on a stretcher blee
ing which created'
excitement
A colored cook wi halted and
showed signs of figs wheo the
Sentinel struck him across the
head with the gun. breaking it
to pieces. lie also taken to
the hospital. The oleers said
it was a pity to spoif a gun that
way.
The favorites
Jim Knox, Allie
Boring, Wirt Lewis
Smith ; the.se boys
very handsome and
ning ways" created
of envy among the bo;
girls are
n. Geo.
'Beck"
a indeed
iir "win
reat deal
Will Lewis stayed
? his tent
ween the First and Second Reg.
Bands, last, year the Second Reg.
boys boasted, but this year i
was quite the reverse, it was th
general verdict that the Firs
Reg. Band was far in the lead.
The following is the comment o
the Carleston Qaxette:
The First Regiment Band, o
Clarksburg, under the leadershi
of Prof. E. B. Dolln, gave
splendid concert on the verand
of Hotel Ruffner last night. Th
First Reg. Band is one of the
finest musical organizations in
the State. The large crowd of
people who thronged the hotel
lobby and stood upon the side
walk in the rain for two hours
were well paid fortheir attention.
It was the general verdict that
the music of this band last night
was "out of sight."
- Immediately upon their return
to Clarksburg they expect to
rehearse for a grand concert to
be given in 2 or 8 weeks at Mu
sic Hall in that city. Carrying
off the honors at Charleston has
put the boys in fine spirits and
they will work harder than ever,
Much of their success is due to
that master of music' Prof. E. B.
Dolin; he simply astonished the
people of Charleston with his so
los.
Quite a serious accident occured
to one of the two boats that ply
between can/p and Charleston.
They are owied by different par
ties, and quite a rivalry exists be
tween them. This was carried
to such an extent that a serious
and fatal accident was narrowly
averted. In going up the river
a race was started, both going at
quite a rapid speed. The Lyda
forced her way to the front when
the Handy No. 2, seeing that un
less some accident occured she
would be left behind, wheeled
round, crashed into the rear of
the Lyda. causing much excite
ment among the passengers. We
earn that it will likely be a se
'ous matter as an Investigation
ill shortly be made by the steam
at inspectors. The First Regl
ent band and Co. '?!?" were on
he two boats. They become
ery much excited, and lite pre
rvers were in great demand,
ohn Smith prepared to float to
he shore on his massive silver
??tuba" if it "came to the worst."
rporal Dabney Core got excit
and is said to have hastily
ade his will.
The Guar is certainly a com
entirely new and boasts every
strange mid curious zoological
specimen, from the gawky camel
to the only genuine zebra that
has ever basked beneath the stars
and stripes. There is also in the
collection the largest Bengal
tiger ever seen In America, and
he has been from his native jun
gle less than seven months. The
cage of lions has three male
specimens, from the face of one
of which Sir Alexaneer Pope
made his painting, which is now
on Exhibition in the National
Gallery of Art in London.
Of the circus performance there
is also much to be said, and its
strongest claim is probably that
the performers are all champ
ions. Among the artists that
have been brought over are the
most dashing and accomplished
equestriennes ever seen in this
country.
The brilliant harmony of col
ors and artistic groupings in Co
lumbus will cause to recur to the
minis of the thousands who wit
ness the show pleasant memories
of the greatest triumph of mod
ern theatrical representations.
When it is known that Imre
Kiraify has trained the ballet it
will be known that it Is better
done than any other manager in
this country could have done it.
There are crowds of well-trained
girls and men, presenting every
type of beauty, who perform
graceful evolutions in the dances.
There are costumes that have
the look of the 15th century
about them and which, high
authorities have said, are dupli
cates of those worn when Colum
bus was pleading before Ferdi
nand and Isabella.
The Barnum & Bailey Show
has come to be one of America's
permanent institutions, and
merits more than the smiling
reference called by the ordinary
circus. It is worthy of serious
thought?not only for itself, but
more when one considers what
exceptional ability a man must
possess who controls the entire
my of men and women who
ve the exhibition.
Call and see the nice line of
ress goods at the Bargain Store
n Pike Street, opposite post
ffice. They can save you just
ots of money. 46-2t.