The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-11
Arrest OF Thief Who Claimed
10 be In the Employment OF u
i T1heeliug Tobacco House.

wheeling TOBACCO Alotise.
special Correspondence Of the PiIssburEh p'i.''A'
NEW PHILADELPHIA, o., August =
Charles Stuart Beverly has Just waived .
preliminary examination on a charge o.
| burglary and larceny and has been re-
manded to the county Jail In default o.
81 600 hail 10 await the action oil tue
Common Pleas Court, which conyene es,a IN
October. He has iiaItefing proS dpt;o
for a five years residence In 'ne N"'V
Penitentiary.
Beverly claims to have ny, ~ .ne t H.
J el army with the rank Of MAJOR, Snu S t
} lie got a Yankee bullet In w * - ass.
: tysburg. Aftet theclose o. sne ,o,rI anil
: antness" lie took 10 WHITLEY III 'I;fSsr.
! minor dramas, and trs'elea " WV. quo ,;ma
ent theatrical trohles, a H.. ~ T
! was manager oil Tue sGu snJ n.chasiss ,
Company, Brass bIua an snu o v ~ 10
| He is the author u o. n tr ~ a ,S
Southern Home, 1oa nr,n - 81 g. s a'I;.
Found," ana tae poem ~ T ~ sTSaa l Z
Story" Ia le' ne H a1Es. r!nu; ss maui asJ
Coyle, at ohariesIon, WI. y III, .a?a s.u
she has slnce 1eel ttaSennS WI s uiuei
ent tronpes. During Inc summer p , season i =
he has generaily peeh separasa ious .s
vile, ana represehtea hi'nsen lfI I,,st y
Tor wheeling topaeco mouse, DIt Il
now turns out that ms summers nave
been spent In robbing the express compA'
MES. l 'H
q THE INITIAL RoBBERiH. "A
In1S72,f Il is, alleged he robbed the
Adams Express office at Garfield, Mahon-
ing county, Ohio,'o about q hundred dol
lars worth OF stencil tools and other
goods, portion OF which has just been
found in his captured trunk. t. -.
In 1874, five silver horns were ordered
from Boston house, to be sent O. o. D.
TO an unknown party at Hanover, Ohio,
on the G. & P. r. K. A night or two al
ter their arrival the goods were stolen.
Pinkerton's detective force was engaged
| to work up the case, but failed to find the
culprit. In June, 1874, lot OF wigs,
tights, plumes, yelyets and other theatri-
cal goods were ordered c. Q. D., to be
sent to Salesville, Guernsey county, and
were, like the horns, stolen. line same
detective force was va, emPleyed, oatdia MOI ],
elect u capture 1ne 'hlei AZ una pay III a.
80 secured pAckage OF sL3 huad hsS I w,
iars II money, wion H. we aent ,a a az
~ uesk uts1 ~, ,d LII ,;";i., ~,
Salne Co9Ipaiy m. .o; VI sa pt AZ.
oL y; =. ". goors .. .i.eir o sa. AZ T Ths
washington, iusea :. ~ t Soan.y ~, ihe
original oruets SEM ~ ior W. "e ~
~ once secuteu nv " w" 'gel 6 1...s Wy
same man HIn wrltteh ,il9se iot ,T Tareiu'
Hanover, Saiesvilie ana fo5t maSning;
ton, but all haa peen oraerea 70 aine t't'
hctitious addresses; L. !.
Henry simple, the eihcIeht route aseht
oil the Adams Express company, nov
took the matter " hanu, assisieu "
Larry Hazen, Of Cincinnati, anu hey
made q persistent eiloft to"get cue ~, 70
the mysteri9qs burglar. a man y lhs
name oil A: d. 1raht, was arrested anu
lncarcerased, put alsmlssea, anu again ~ ae
pnrsuers were paineu; ~ see:ls s S.t
the express companies ha9 aies, III 10Y,
as we nave heafd Oh no oepfeaa'.oh III
that year. t'4 atpE'-lul
THIS YEARS OPERATIONS. 'a
On the 3ist OF May, this year, the
campaign was again opened by the burg.
lary Of the Adams Express office a.
Mineral Ridge, Mahoning county, but the
thieves failed 10 get anything, az the
agent had taken the three hundred dol
lars worth Of G. o, d, goods home with
him as no anticipated from former ex.
periences that il was another "put up
lob. Two weeks later the office OF the
Union Express at Zoar Station, Tuscara-
was county, was robbed OF two q. o. d.
packages, valued at over $40D. ...
The plan OF the thief in all these rob-
berries was TO order the goods sent "Collect
on delivery" and then, count the time
necessary for their arrival, lie would be
on hand and steal them, and the COM
panies would have to settle the bills. He
always had them. sent TO small towns
where the express office was in an out-of.
the.way building, so there would be. but
little trouble in getting them.
After the last robbery, Superintendent
Bingham, OF the Union Express, OF your
city. concluded that the company would
try its hand at tho detective business, and
he put the case INTO Tue hahus Oh !. q. -
Hudson anu W: W. SCOTT, TWO OF Tue
route agents, VINO were assisted ~ L. ~ -
Grandle o. me same company, anu MF'
Henry bimble oil The Adams hvpress.
The plan chosen ior working up the
case, anu which seems 70 oe M Y see Sha, was
adopted at the suggestion Of MI. snepa,ra !.
supt. Binghamspriysa.e seere'aty anu IL
has proved successful when al others s
Jailed; working under lhis pan, anu
guided BY Mr.: Bingham IRON nm ms sna mead !:
quarters IN fittspnrgh, Tue iour went "
work. II was louna w comparison u
the original orders that one man was 10,
ing the whole business, put as he always
ordered the goods IN q different name
and as no one had seen him or knew any,
thing about his appearance, the men had
a difficult task before them. The last
goods stolen consisted Of two gold watches
and chains, worth two hundred and ten
dollars; three silk dress patterns valued
| nj nnR hundred dollars. and the REMAINDER