The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-04-10
CITFANDS NEWS.
The Gold and Other Markets, and
Miscellaneous Matter, 90 be found on
the Renrih Page.

weeks ago we chsonicled the arrest .anG
subsequent escape Of n. 7 Fldri,ige
Sigce>tbat time, i'll order upt. ~ thwar'
q tLI s.hA&ot Ale Soisec, u diAJ,. RETAINED
from any notice of the affair. Bnt nov
as four % lac nlen charged with being
nu-a.s.. IN the s"''"duNl n"Splfacy
have been arrested uid Il ahr trial has
beeu commenced, We luei at ll"crty 70
publish what we know of TIC rtfa'r.
When we last noticed Eldridge, l,e:.l,,
lust escaped from officer Fender at Bel.
mont station OH the Central Ohio rail
road, after travelling as prisoner from
Louisville to within twenty-five miles OF
this city A few days after the escape,
officers Fender and Santmiers left this
city-the former being disguised as a
soldier-for Cadiz Junction. Soon after
their arrival there, officer Pender recog-
nized his man, arrested him, and brought
: him in safety to this city. s. s. Bovar,
of the firm of s. S. Bovar & Co. had been
arrested few days before the second
capture of Eldridge, and John Wesley,
alias J. W. Bidwell, an attachee of the
house of Bovar & Co, was also arrested
and placed in Jail, but it was found that
Henry Cole, Bovar's partner had left the
city, and was at large Officer Fender
left the city, and after an absence of
about week, returned with his prison.
er from Evansville, Ind, where Cole had
registered himself under an assumed
name at one of the hotels.
The plans of Mayor Sweeny, Sergeant
M'Donald and officer Ponder having been
successfully curried out, four of the pris-
oners were lodged in our county Jail, and
Saturday last fixed as the day for their
trial. Late in the afternoon prelimin-
airy hearing was commenced before JUS
tices r. J. Blair and VIM. Hamilton,
when the following evidence was clio
tied:
Charles Lave sworn-Abont the 18th
of January last | rented the store room
on the corner of Market Square and Union
street from H. Rosenthal; heard few
days afterwards that Eldridge had rented
the store room; Eldridge came in one
day and asked me if the goods in the
house were mine: said he had rented the
building and wonld he ready to move
into it in few days; he left Wheeling,
and that was the last heard of him I'M
til the arrest Witness, docking at
Eldridge,) said he could not swear the
prisoner was the same man, as he was
well dressed and wore whiskers when he
rented the store, but thinks he is the
same man; saw several barrels of oil ly-
ing on the pavement in front of the store
room one day abOnt the Goth of Jann-
ary.
Henry Roseuthal sworn-Some time in
January last, about the oath. = gentle
man came to me and asked ne to rent
him the store room; told him to go to
the owner of the building, as my lease
expired on the LIST of April; Eldridge
said he was going to Pittsburg to buy
goods, and would ip few days return
and open the store; said lie intended to
sell groceries, liquors. etc. got some of
my rent from prisoner, by attaching
some of the articles left in the store by
Eldridge.
Mr. Whitney CLERK at M'Lure House)
sworn.-About the Goth of January Ed
ridge registered his name at the M'Lure
House; he staid three days and finally
left without paying his bill; witness
docking at prisoner) it has been my bust
ness for the past twenty years to look
strangers in the face, and to tho best OF
my knowledge and belief that is the man
who registered his name at our house as
Mt. Eldridge
Mr.. Ross (Clerk at M'Lure Housed
sworn.--On the 23d of January Nj Ell
ridge came into the hotel, early III the
morning, and asked for Bovar or Cole; !
told him it was too early To wake them
up; he said that it was all right, that he
wished to see them; he was shown to the
room; saw Eldridge and Bovar once or
twile Walking together through the no,
t.l.c. In conrcr Sol. Esjlr, igc eat
=. OIL. .nelIt!JE. a. . 60 iOva.
When nc said that IL sl.v Ed
ridge at enc time Elc s" ;oSeil
Il crs Ity OF butte. Il he 4. /.
Nj ; F. Weyman, tobacco merchant
OF Pii,Oourg,) sNorn-0u the 23d day of
January Eldridae came into our ..os.sc
presented a card and asked prices OF
goods; before leaving, he said he would
can again or send an order for goods, on
the 18th of January We received an order
tor $3.50 worth of goods; the goods were
shipped to N. 7. Eldridge, and we were
instructed to draw in three days; the note
being protested, I telegraphed to Gran
gle, Dalzell & Co, and heard that Ell
bridge was not sound; came to Wheeling,
and could not find nor hear of Eldridge;
,o,,o Nf fha goods chinnol from, Dnr