The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-14
A Pair orThIeyes and Couple of Rob-
berIes-BeefandD Dry GoOds-Capture

A Pair OF Thieves and a Couple OF Rob-
berIes-Beef and Dry Goods-Capture
ofths Robbers.
Editors InteIigeneer:
Two men by the name OF Rich
ard Francis and John Walker Pettit'
stole a yokei OF cattle from Hen
~ Ned, living near Jacobsburg, ONO,
under the following circumstance:
They went to Mr.. Nef7s barn in tne
night, and taking a yoke, they went 70
a held near by and yoked up me
pair of cattle and drove them OF, cross
ing the Ohio river into Virginia
and going toward Cameron. On their
wav thew met a farmer to whom they
proposed TO sell the oxen Tor one hum
dred dollars. but after thinking the
matter over, the farmer said TO them,
oxen honestly, as they are worth in
cash two hundred dollars, and I will
not buy them" They then drove on to
the next farm, where they traded them
for two colts (Bame of the person not
KNOWN. and proceeded to the next
farm and traded the colts for d horse.
They low crossed Fish Crek near Cam
eron, where they got permission TO put
the horse in pasture. On going back
on Sunday, August Q, to get the horse,
they could not, for some reason, catch
him, and they were forced 70 leave him.
Near this point they had hid some
goods they had stolen from the store OF
Messrs. White d Stiles, of Bolton. w.
Va, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, and the horse was taken there to
carry the goods away on. Mr.. Whites
store was robbed by these men on the
2O:h of July dry goods TO the amount
of i've hundred dollars.
On the 5Ih inst. Mr.. L. n. Soles, Mar
shal Of Martins Ferry, o., saw TWO men
l. 81, ~ Of a
hour OF the night, with heavy carpet
sacks, ard copjectured they had com
rnitted GONE depreciation. He immedi-
RIely went to work TO prove his suppo-
siti0n. ON inquiry he found that Rich
ard Francis lived near Cameron, and
taking the cars for that place learned
that q robbery had been committed at
Bolton; and on going there learned
from Mr. White, the owner of the store.
that he bad been robbed of goods 10 the
amount of five hundred dollars, and
that the thieves were supposed to
be on Glenns Run, OHIO. Mr..
Soles fastened back and went up to
where they were supposed TO be and
found they had been there but had left
the day before, and that they were TO
be back on the Saturday night follow
ing. On Saturday night MT. Soles
watched the house and about IL O'Clock
made a raid. bat the men were not
there; though he EOnud come of the
stolen goods, which he brought away.
He then learned that Walker Petit
lived near JacobsbUrg, Ohio, whittier
be went on Monday, and saw Mr.. Neh,
who WIS acquainted with Petit. He
said he had lost a yoke of cattle and had
as yet heard nothing of them. Mr.. S.
gave him a description of the
cattle and the proper instructions
how and where to find them.
he also learned that the men were still
in the neIghborhood of Glenn's Run,
o., and started back at 3 o'clock A. a.
on foot, and arrived in Martins Ferry,
Ohio, at nine o'clock, making twenty
miles. He found that his Deputy had
arrested the men in his absence, and
had them locked up. Mr.. Soles imme-
diateIy telegraphed to Bolton for Mr..
White, who Immediately came to
Wheeling, and brought officers Myers
and Brady over with him, who took
charge of the prisoners and removed
them TO MoundsvilIe, where to await
trial on the first OF September.