The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-16
HARD HERD.
A Victim vtciimIzed TO the Tune o
Sl2o-The Robbery Alleged TO
Have Been Made at Madame
Chips iRanehe. Centre
Wheeling.
Yesterday afternoon a man giving hi

Yesterday afternoon q man giving his
name As B. Ilman and also SIS
Frank Low, hsiling from Scrsn-
ton, Pa. came waltzing into
City Clerk Darrah's Office in great haste,
and anxiously looked round with
feeble eye and detected mein
for policeman. Sighting our !
genial friend Darrah as one posted re-
gsrding affairs of the city, he approached
him and recited his trials and tribula-
tions since his arrival in the place. He
"got in" he said, on the train Tuesday
evening from the east; was stranger,
and had fallen as it were, into the hands
of the Phlllstines, who took him in and
cared for him to the music of Sl2O, about
ali the available funds about his person
The man Stated that being stranger
be had wandered forth into the myster-
ious labyrinths of Wheellngs beautifully
paved and smooth surfaced streets;
had crossed the waters of Little Wheel
ing creek by way of the Main street
bridge, and had meandered on and on
until he reached the corner of Main and
Twenty-frst streets. While standing
on the corner gazing about at various
objects of interest, vision appeared be-
fore him; q dream, in fact, which was
not all q dream A female, gaudlly
attired, and whose face was beautifully
bedaubed with the roseate colors OF
the many-hued rainbow, beckoned him
TO her side. The stranger beckoned; he
crossed over and entered the gilded
sepulchre of SIN kept by Madam Chip
(Fseder), to make his exit with more sad
ness in his composition it not more WIS
dom. Once beneath the inviting roof of
the good dame, lovely damsels bewilder-
ed him, he tsrrled longer than was his
wont, fattered by the compliments paid
him. But before leaving the place, the
stranger state, that large
pocket book which contained 1920 ana
which he carried in his hip pocket was
gone. He accused one OF the paint
besmeared and sin-corrugated specimens
that in hablted the place of stealing the
money, but, of course, the woman denied
the theft, and he was compelled to with
draw from the house minus his collat-
erals. Sorrowing for the loss of his
money, be invoked the aid of the police,
hence his visit to the clerks office, who
directed him to Squire CaldwelPs
office on Twelfth street. Repeating his
statement to the Squire, warrants
were issued for the arrest Of Mrs. Chip,
nee Fader, Nellie Campbell! and man
named Chip, which were placed in the
hands of Officers James Henry and Or.
| vile Carroll for execution. The officers
| visited the house where the money
was alleged to have been stolen and
arrested Mrs. Chip and Nellie Camp
bell, but were unable to capture Chip,
be having taken time by the foreloCk
and absented himself. The prisoner.
were taken to jail, where the Campbell
girl was committed for her appearance
before Justice Caldwell this morning at
ten o'clock, but Mrs. Chip giving bond
for her appearance, she was al lowed to
return home. Squire Caldwell will ven
tllate the merits of the case this morning,
and the parties, il guilty, will be the
recipients of the full benefit of the law