The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-02
ger, Wednesday evening, was mistaken
in the man. He says be met and spoke
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| ger " SUuco1os S'SAhS, W."
in the man. He says be met and spoke
to Mr.. Van Saun whom he supposed
was the person who committed the Of
feuse charged, and that be subsequent
" learned be was mistaken. The mis-
take had the tendency to confuse the
detectives and perhaps lead some Of
them of the scent of the real culprit-
Cuban General Arrested.
W. C. A. Ryan, the Cuban General,
was arrested to-day on charge OF pass
ing a worthless check for 500 on Oliver
D. Taylor. broker, Of S4 West Eleventh
street. Ryan is partner OF Ford {.
Barksdale who is now on bail on charge
of passing over thirty checks Of this
kind. He was held for examination.
Forging Checks.
Henry Hubert, shipping cherk for A.
Brinkerhoff & Co. was arrested to-day
for forging checks on the Peoples Bank.
The checks were made payable TO and
perported to be endorsed by the firm.
Several thousand dollars are involved.
Fire.
A fire this morning at 2l2 Bowery
caused a loss of 5000 damage. j.
Williams & Co., silver platers, lose
$500. J. Taylor and A. n. Sparks,
hardware, lose the balance. Both fully
insured.
Habeas Corpus.
An application was made to-day for
a writ OF habeas corpus for Rose Rosen-
wig, daughter of the doctor, and made
returDable tomorrow.
Indictments in the Westfeld Dis
aster.
The grand jury in the Westfeld case
found bills OF indictment against other
persons besides those arrested after the
coroners inquest was held and the pa
pers will not be shown until they are
arrested.
Valuation Reduced.
The committee OF the Board OF Asses
sors, of Brooklyn, have succeeded in
reducing the valuation Of Kings county
as estimated to the State Board OF AS
SCISSORS, by at least twenty millions OF
dollars.
HoHman's Reply not Satisfactory
The Tribune Of to-day thinks that
Governor Hoffmans letter TO c. II.
Marshal d Co, who complained OF an
exorbitant charge OF the quarantine
officials, is no answer to the accusations
made. and repeats that Dr. Carnochan,
the Health Officer, accepted bribe OF
forty thousand dollars for granting TO a
certain company the privilege OF plum
dering the commerce OF this port.
Rumored Proclamation by the
President.
Itis stated in the Washington specials
that the object Of the visit OF the Presi-
dent is tor the purpose Of issuing a
proclamation under the Ku-Klux act,
declaring martial law in some sections
Of the South. Senator Scott Of the Ku-
Klux committee is known TO have been
in conference with the President on the
subject Yesterday, and it is likely that at
the Cabinet meeting to-day the course
to be taken will be decided upon.
Bad Management OF the Ludlow
Street Jail.
The Tribune has chapter on the
management of the Ludlow street jail
in this city, and says that to the suffer
ing entailed by law the Sheriff e officers |
in charge of this prison add the perse-
cution OF direct robbery, amounting alb
solutely to impoverishment. The Off
cials are carrying on an abomlnab!e
scheme OF plunder. The prisoner is
extortionized on every hand. He is ad-
vised to employ lawyer who pays the
TAILOR a percentage on the profits. The
TAILOR is a retailer OF liquors without IL
cense, and keeps pawn shop, at which
the necessitous prisoners are robbed
after the most approved manner OF
money lenders. He cheats the pris-
oners and justice alike by furnishing,
for a consideration, worthless straw
bail.
German Indignation Meetings.
There is considerable feeling being
aroused among the Germans, growing
out of the action OF the German Gen
eral committee on Monday last, Meet
ing. were held last evening in the Sixth,
Tenth and Twenty-frst wards, to con-
sider the conduct OF the General COM
mittee. A meeting Of the committee
OF the Fourteenth ward will be held
this evening. Their movements are
exciting apprehension and alarm among
the Tammapy leaders OF the ring gen. |