George W. Waller Murdered

Article taken from The Evening Times, Cumberland, MD, March 3, 1905

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Trouble of Long Standing Ends in West Virginia Shooting affray.

Huntington, W. Va., March 2-Late Wednesday evening Conductor Frank B. Elsewick, a railroad conductor, shot and killed George W. Waller, proprietor of the Naugatuck House, at Naugatuck, on the Norfolk and Western railroad. When Elsewick's train arrived in Naugatuck he prepared to go to the hotel. He was met by Waller with a revolver in each hand. Waller opened fire and Elsewick drew his gun, and when the duel was over Waller was found dead, two shots having pierced his heart. The trouble between the two men which led to the shooting is of long standing.

Conductor Elsewick is from Portsmouth, Ohio, and is single. He has always borne a good reputation, and is a prominent secret-order man.