The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-05-01
CITY AND STAFF NEWS.

AhE '-SaH4- bbhElAE -- -! ytN't ~
Four Of the Tkiere3-DG9paate FigEt-Rs
coray Of a Large Amount Of Stolen Funds.
This city yesterday was all astir. ard
every item of news from the pursuers Of
the Cadiz burglars was eagerly sought
tor Our city police were on the alert,
and several of them sconIed the country
for miles above here A number Of sus
picious looking individuals were arrest,
ed upon orr streets, hnt all e,tab
lishsd their innocence a'i were dis
charged
From gentleman who came down uu
last nights train. and nom The ever
obliging MKelTeJ Of the telegraph
Office IN this city, We have been able "a
gather the following particular; # the
discovering aud arrest of four IF the i"e
burglars: About two O'Clock Yesterday
afternoon a party Of eight Cadiz men.
who had teen IN pursuit of the hurglar.
Suddenly came across E-s men lying
down il feld, near Lagrangre about 1t,
teen nilss ADORE this city. As soon ., tla
latter saw they we're discovered tAey
drew re~olvers aud commenced vigUr-
Gus IRE upon those who had surprised
them a brisk tight epsued, but the
thieves finding their match soon began
TO scatter Two If the men were cap
tursd but the others fed closely pur
sued. Az upward bound train OH the
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad Vas
hailed, ana the two prisoners were taken
to Steubenyille One hundred aui fifty
thousand dollars was found in a carpet
sack Of one of the captured, When the
prisoners were taken on The train, it
was found that one of them had beer
wounded IA the arm.
At later hour two more oftEs tbis-as
we're captured, and taken oTer 10. the
Weilsburg jail for safe keeping Tw.j~e
thousand dollars IN national ,UTeu,r
%as found upen their persons liz Is,
made desperate resistance Agaiu,t
force oT sly men and did not sdi!rna,i
until they i1t vueBdod all the,r nu,ai''
UitiOu The iii Was vigorous 900 L..:h
sides aud It ,,a- .lu,r~t uIt,r!, stat
20 PEI 30" ~ -, Wounded
The mcu captured vc,e 40 ,e,h-,
Iough specimens al humauit1 AND tai
a0t at last accounts Lern identified
They refused to give 'heir names eui
aid they would ha-a Fre,er,5l tSoth d"
capture.
a large L0ItiJn OF the nuael -jo'eu
from the bank was SPECIAL deposits and
the loss will therefore fall heavily ur"n
the farmers residing iii the neighbCi hood
of Cadiz Thepopulace Of that county "a
and about Cadiz, Steubenyille aud
Lagrange, was thoroughly aroused, ana
the spirit seemed to be that, come What
may, the daring thieves must he taken
There were but i've men engaged Il.
he bold robbery, and - four have ten
captured but one remains ri large A
nut one-half oS the amount al tie sJ.t-u
.aoneT has been rec0vs ed The rogue Ts
naming at large must have III his pos
session large sum or the tAsys- aa,ra
ed it before they were discovered
The men were all strangers IN Cai,..
lad had gone there in the dead hour at
re night Gu 4 hand car Previous to
committing tie robbery the thieves cat
me telegraph wires leading from Caii
10 prevent the news of their daring dCed
soirg ahead Of them The scheme was
one of tha~most daring and successful
ever planned and executed III this sec
ION of country, and the men must lie
cool aud fearless villains.
We learned yesterday that Mr., Brown,
tie valiant Cashier OF the Bank, was sui
tsring severely from tue brutal treat
ineut received from the robbers. HE
thieves were disguised and burg latruds-
~ entered the dwelling o. Mr. Drawn
frey proceeded to Nj Brown chamber
Tsere lie and his wife weEa -!eePia.,
and by picking the lock obtained in
.Tess They reused Alr Brown aud with
flourish of rev0lver~ ana bowie knives
demanded tie keys OF the bank and Of
Is vault The bank officer faithful TO
bis trust, refused their demand, and cried
cut for assistance, whereupOn they feled
him to the floor, aud placed wooden gag
iii his mouth to prevent his ntterance.
They then tied his hands ana feet. and sc
cureiy fastened him to a chair They
next turned their attention to Mrs
Brown, who stood pleading with them to
snare the life of her husband They
swore they would kill them both if the
keys were not instantly given them. The
wife, terrified beyond expression at the
threats and menaces Of the armed I'll
iains, obtained and placed in their pos,
session the coveted keys. Leaving 6
guard Of two behind them IN order to
prevent an alarm being given, the other
four robbers proceeded to the bauE, and,
having the keys, experienced no diff
Guilty IN getting possession OF All the
fuuds IN the bank