"Moundsville Daily Echo", Monday, May 6 1940
SAMUEL HARRIS AMOS
S B (Samuel Harris) Amos, Aged Grave Creek Man, Brutal Murder Victim State and County Police Disclose No Clues In Investigation of "Most Brutal Crime" In County History; No Suspects Held
Impelled to vigorous action by what they described as "the most brutal murder in recent Marshall county history," state troopers and county officers today pressed, without apparent immediate result, investigation into the weekend slaying of Samuel B Amos, 86 year old Marshall county retired farmer, at his Little Grave creek home.
The battered and knife-hacked body of Amos, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lester Sterling, was found bound, gagged and erect in a chair, police were told, when the Sterling family returned home Sunday evening at 6:40 o'clock from a weekend visit with relatives in Washington, PA.
The officers said today that no suspects have been arrrested. They would not discuss possible clues or theories. It was known, however, that several persons had been questioned. No one has been jailed, it was stated by deputy sheriffs.
Amos had been stabbed twice in the throat, one of the thrusts piercing his jugular vein. The time of the slaying has been set at "sometime Saturday Evening" by H B Ashworth, county coroner, state police said today.
Amos was last seen alive by the Sterling family about 1:30 or 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, officials said, when the family prepared to go to Little Washington. The family included Mr and Mrs Lester Sterling, their two children and Mr Sterling's father and mother. Amos was invited to go on the weekend visit, members of the family told officers, but he declined , saying he had a cold. It was not until the family returned that the body of Amos was found.
From their investigation, local officers said they believed that Amos had been struck on the head with a flat iron or a heavy piece of wood while lying on his bed. A sheet from the bed was ripped and Amos was bound and gagged, officers believe. Further picturing the crime, police believe the body was moved to the chair and placed in a sitting position. The murderer or murderers then went into the kitchen, secured a paring knife from a cabinet drawer, and slashed Amos' throat.
From the position of the body in the chair, officers said that it would have been virtually impossible for Amos to have been bound while sitting upright. Amos left arm was bound behind his back, while his right arm was tied close to his right side.
No motive for the crime was advanced by investigating officers, but the theory of robbery was quickly discarded when $25 was found in Amos shirt pocket and his pocket watch and gold chain was found intact in his trousers pocket.
The house, except the bedroom where Amos was found, showed no signs of a struggle, officers said.
Amos was described as a quiet likeable man, believed to have had no enemies, officers said.
Various table articles, the flat iron and other articles that the murderer or murderers might have touched are being carefully protected for special investigation by officials of the criminal bureau of investigation at Charleston.
The house in which the murder occurred is a four room frame dwelling situated about 100 feet from the main road.
SAMUEL HARRIS AMOS
S B (Samuel Harris) Amos, Aged Grave Creek Man, Brutal Murder Victim State and County Police Disclose No Clues In Investigation of "Most Brutal Crime" In County History; No Suspects Held
Impelled to vigorous action by what they described as "the most brutal murder in recent Marshall county history," state troopers and county officers today pressed, without apparent immediate result, investigation into the weekend slaying of Samuel B Amos, 86 year old Marshall county retired farmer, at his Little Grave creek home.
The battered and knife-hacked body of Amos, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lester Sterling, was found bound, gagged and erect in a chair, police were told, when the Sterling family returned home Sunday evening at 6:40 o'clock from a weekend visit with relatives in Washington, PA.
The officers said today that no suspects have been arrrested. They would not discuss possible clues or theories. It was known, however, that several persons had been questioned. No one has been jailed, it was stated by deputy sheriffs.
Amos had been stabbed twice in the throat, one of the thrusts piercing his jugular vein. The time of the slaying has been set at "sometime Saturday Evening" by H B Ashworth, county coroner, state police said today.
Amos was last seen alive by the Sterling family about 1:30 or 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, officials said, when the family prepared to go to Little Washington. The family included Mr and Mrs Lester Sterling, their two children and Mr Sterling's father and mother. Amos was invited to go on the weekend visit, members of the family told officers, but he declined , saying he had a cold. It was not until the family returned that the body of Amos was found.
From their investigation, local officers said they believed that Amos had been struck on the head with a flat iron or a heavy piece of wood while lying on his bed. A sheet from the bed was ripped and Amos was bound and gagged, officers believe. Further picturing the crime, police believe the body was moved to the chair and placed in a sitting position. The murderer or murderers then went into the kitchen, secured a paring knife from a cabinet drawer, and slashed Amos' throat.
From the position of the body in the chair, officers said that it would have been virtually impossible for Amos to have been bound while sitting upright. Amos left arm was bound behind his back, while his right arm was tied close to his right side.
No motive for the crime was advanced by investigating officers, but the theory of robbery was quickly discarded when $25 was found in Amos shirt pocket and his pocket watch and gold chain was found intact in his trousers pocket.
The house, except the bedroom where Amos was found, showed no signs of a struggle, officers said.
Amos was described as a quiet likeable man, believed to have had no enemies, officers said.
Various table articles, the flat iron and other articles that the murderer or murderers might have touched are being carefully protected for special investigation by officials of the criminal bureau of investigation at Charleston.
The house in which the murder occurred is a four room frame dwelling situated about 100 feet from the main road.
"Moundsville Daily Echo", Monday, May 6 1940
SAMUEL HARRIS AMOS
S B (Samuel Harris) Amos, Aged Grave Creek Man, Brutal Murder Victim State and County Police Disclose No Clues In Investigation of "Most Brutal Crime" In County History; No Suspects Held
Impelled to vigorous action by what they described as "the most brutal murder in recent Marshall county history," state troopers and county officers today pressed, without apparent immediate result, investigation into the weekend slaying of Samuel B Amos, 86 year old Marshall county retired farmer, at his Little Grave creek home.
The battered and knife-hacked body of Amos, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lester Sterling, was found bound, gagged and erect in a chair, police were told, when the Sterling family returned home Sunday evening at 6:40 o'clock from a weekend visit with relatives in Washington, PA.
The officers said today that no suspects have been arrrested. They would not discuss possible clues or theories. It was known, however, that several persons had been questioned. No one has been jailed, it was stated by deputy sheriffs.
Amos had been stabbed twice in the throat, one of the thrusts piercing his jugular vein. The time of the slaying has been set at "sometime Saturday Evening" by H B Ashworth, county coroner, state police said today.
Amos was last seen alive by the Sterling family about 1:30 or 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, officials said, when the family prepared to go to Little Washington. The family included Mr and Mrs Lester Sterling, their two children and Mr Sterling's father and mother. Amos was invited to go on the weekend visit, members of the family told officers, but he declined , saying he had a cold. It was not until the family returned that the body of Amos was found.
From their investigation, local officers said they believed that Amos had been struck on the head with a flat iron or a heavy piece of wood while lying on his bed. A sheet from the bed was ripped and Amos was bound and gagged, officers believe. Further picturing the crime, police believe the body was moved to the chair and placed in a sitting position. The murderer or murderers then went into the kitchen, secured a paring knife from a cabinet drawer, and slashed Amos' throat.
From the position of the body in the chair, officers said that it would have been virtually impossible for Amos to have been bound while sitting upright. Amos left arm was bound behind his back, while his right arm was tied close to his right side.
No motive for the crime was advanced by investigating officers, but the theory of robbery was quickly discarded when $25 was found in Amos shirt pocket and his pocket watch and gold chain was found intact in his trousers pocket.
The house, except the bedroom where Amos was found, showed no signs of a struggle, officers said.
Amos was described as a quiet likeable man, believed to have had no enemies, officers said.
Various table articles, the flat iron and other articles that the murderer or murderers might have touched are being carefully protected for special investigation by officials of the criminal bureau of investigation at Charleston.
The house in which the murder occurred is a four room frame dwelling situated about 100 feet from the main road.
SAMUEL HARRIS AMOS
S B (Samuel Harris) Amos, Aged Grave Creek Man, Brutal Murder Victim State and County Police Disclose No Clues In Investigation of "Most Brutal Crime" In County History; No Suspects Held
Impelled to vigorous action by what they described as "the most brutal murder in recent Marshall county history," state troopers and county officers today pressed, without apparent immediate result, investigation into the weekend slaying of Samuel B Amos, 86 year old Marshall county retired farmer, at his Little Grave creek home.
The battered and knife-hacked body of Amos, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs Lester Sterling, was found bound, gagged and erect in a chair, police were told, when the Sterling family returned home Sunday evening at 6:40 o'clock from a weekend visit with relatives in Washington, PA.
The officers said today that no suspects have been arrrested. They would not discuss possible clues or theories. It was known, however, that several persons had been questioned. No one has been jailed, it was stated by deputy sheriffs.
Amos had been stabbed twice in the throat, one of the thrusts piercing his jugular vein. The time of the slaying has been set at "sometime Saturday Evening" by H B Ashworth, county coroner, state police said today.
Amos was last seen alive by the Sterling family about 1:30 or 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon, officials said, when the family prepared to go to Little Washington. The family included Mr and Mrs Lester Sterling, their two children and Mr Sterling's father and mother. Amos was invited to go on the weekend visit, members of the family told officers, but he declined , saying he had a cold. It was not until the family returned that the body of Amos was found.
From their investigation, local officers said they believed that Amos had been struck on the head with a flat iron or a heavy piece of wood while lying on his bed. A sheet from the bed was ripped and Amos was bound and gagged, officers believe. Further picturing the crime, police believe the body was moved to the chair and placed in a sitting position. The murderer or murderers then went into the kitchen, secured a paring knife from a cabinet drawer, and slashed Amos' throat.
From the position of the body in the chair, officers said that it would have been virtually impossible for Amos to have been bound while sitting upright. Amos left arm was bound behind his back, while his right arm was tied close to his right side.
No motive for the crime was advanced by investigating officers, but the theory of robbery was quickly discarded when $25 was found in Amos shirt pocket and his pocket watch and gold chain was found intact in his trousers pocket.
The house, except the bedroom where Amos was found, showed no signs of a struggle, officers said.
Amos was described as a quiet likeable man, believed to have had no enemies, officers said.
Various table articles, the flat iron and other articles that the murderer or murderers might have touched are being carefully protected for special investigation by officials of the criminal bureau of investigation at Charleston.
The house in which the murder occurred is a four room frame dwelling situated about 100 feet from the main road.
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