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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1895
Page
1
Disjointed OCR text outlines the Holmes murder case with references to Minnie Williams, Gertrude, and other alleged victims. It mentions police surveillance, letters between Holmes and Quinlan, insurance fraud, buried remains, basements, graves found in Chicago and Cincinnati, and possible extradition from Toronto. The narrative mixes witness accounts, letters, and sensational details about disappearances and suspected killings.
Special to Rettster from Parkersburg West Virginia dated July 27 reports Lou Pierce of Mare Town Hoar remains missing. River search at the suspected site continues for his body while a seat from an account book with four memoranda of articles once bought by the missing man drew attention. A diner bucket found near the search area is not identified as Pierce’s.
Three burglaries occurred in Parkersburg as intruders entered homes on Swissa Street and Murdock Avenue. Mrs Lyons and Mrs Triplett screamed, driving the intruders away. In Frank Heydenrick’s home on Murdock Avenue the thief fled before stealing anything. A separate note from Millaboro Marshall county mentions James Robison and W D Ways in a post visit report.
Parkersburg July 1895 coroner's inquest into Mrs Mary Mullen's murder ended with a verdict that she died from multiple blows by a blunt instrument. Witnesses placed Patrick Mullen near the store, Sallie Brown testified, and the jury said the killer remains unknown. The crowd cast doubt on ever catching the perpetrator.
Bar Harbor July 27 interview with Mrs. Potter Palmer, head of the Woman Managers of the Colombian Exposition, laments shifts in gender roles. She argues women increasingly initiate social events and pursue young men, fearing marriages may be delayed or avoided, signaling a social revolution in high society.
Secretary of the Interior Moke Smith addressed a several thousand strong audience in Cordele Georgia as part of a sound money tour. Excursion crowds arrived from Americus Abbeville Vienna Columbus and Albany to hear him on a hot summer morning amid a large organized event with a barbecue and watermelons.
In Philadelphia on July 27 a young woman named Sarah W. Pare, 21, was found dead by poison. A gray haired man and an elderly woman, claimed to be her parents, sought the morgue and denied the corpse as theirs. The landlady said the girl never left her room, living on Bible reading and meals brought to her. The parents reported she worked as a laundry cashier and are investigated for possible involvement.
United States Consul Parks asked Assistant Secretary McAdee in Washington to obtain government funds and rations for a regiment returning from Stexir at Eagle Pass Texas. Over two hundred are at Torrou and hundreds travel from the colony facing starvation and disease. partial relief is promised upon further authorization.
The readable fragments describe legal actions such as a divorce and stray references to ships and arrivals. Names like Garters, Heard, McMulian, and Wheeler surface among scattered dates and ports including New York, Hamburg, Liverpool, and Montreal. The garbled text blends weather data with travel notices and procedural hints from a maritime era.
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