The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-04-09

Under THE GAS LIGHT-3he loeso1
and Newspaper Men Charge tho Wh'tsa
Sepulchres -Narro,O Eseape from DsdIn
bv Capt. Riplsy-Saturdsy night aoou'
the bewitching hour of twelve O'CLOCK,
when grave yards y,wn and gnosts AnS
ghostesses hold sweet converse with eacn
other in secluded spots, detachment Oh
police, accompanied by newspaper TO
porter, whose duty it is to chronicle pass
leg events, might have been seen caVort-
ing about the streets In promscuous
wsy. evidently intent on bringing 70
instice parties guilty of u fragrant viols-
ton of law and decency. Inc op]ect ih
view by the police was to make raio on
the whited sepulchres OF the city, where-
in the aged are made to become more
hardened in the ways of wlckedness, an
the young are lured on By the smiles OF
the siren to certain and sure destruction
Quietly and steslthily moved the van
guard of the guardians OF the Puoiic
pesce, while the main body were scat
Tered IN small detachments OF twos aDo
,brees along either side OF the street, IN
order that no suspicion might possibly
be aroused as to their mission, ano
so successfully were the plans OF action
arranged that the inmates OF the dlnereh'
houses were taken completely by sur
prise, and about dozen of the sin
marked specimens of humanity and thell
parsnours were captured and lodged be-
hind the bars for safe keeping until the
time shall have arrived for them to ap'
pesr before the Police Court this morn
ing.
The first place visited was the resi-
dence of Jennie Blake, on the leVee, IN
the building commonly known as the
"ship," where the dashing Jennie, along
with Annie II oward, Tom Smith and I'd
Smith. were taken in and cared tor, Jen'
ME being the only one who was able &c
procure q bondsman for her appearance
Christina Bachman, residing on Main
street. South Side, near the end OF the
bridge, next received o call from the
rigid enforcers of the law, and Lou
Smith, Sslle Vaughn, John Rickes, 3
Green and Christina herself were ar
rested, the latter giving bond for her ap
pearance.
The house OF Jennie Gray, situated al
the foot of Eleventh street, at the upper
end of the levee, was also visited, oul
there being no male inmates about the
premises, the parties were not arrested
In like manner the mansions Of
Kate Off,rd and Burt Ratclitf, situate
in that quarter of the city known a;
the lava beds, in East Wheeling
were visited, as WAS also the
house of BARLEY Msloy, in alley IA, but
there being no suspicious characters
found about the premises that would
warrant the making OF arrests, they
were passed by and the force proceeded
to the extreme limits of East Wheeling
In this section 81 the city they visited
what is conceded to be one CT the Vllest
dens in the city, kind of rendezvous ior
thieves and persons of that ilk, rs well
ss prostitutes or the lowest order, ana
where Capt. Ripley was brough: face
to face with the muzzle OF musket
in the hands of the proprietor,
We refer to the house kept by Timothy
Dorovan, on Baltimore street, where
Molie Mclaughlin, Tim Donovan and
Jack West were found tresding the path
of the wicked and locked up. On enter
ing the house, Captain Ripley, who was
in advance of the deputies accompany.
ng Inn, started to ascend stairway for
the purpose of searching the premises
when Timothy, with great beads OF gore
rejecting in his eye, produced musket
and presented 1t at tho Captains head,
and demanded that he retrace his steps.
O! course the chief was in quandary,
but Patrick Mahoney, jumping to the
side of Donovan, quickly knocked the
barrel Of the gun in the air, and
before Donovan had regained his equili.
brlum sufficient to fire the weapon,
he was safe in the grasp OF one or more
of the police, and marched away to the
station house with the other inmates OF
the rancho. where Timothy himself gave
bail, and the others were locked up.
The parties mentioned above Will have
a hearing before Judge Cranmer in the
police court this morning, and will prob
ably receive the usual amount in the way
OF fine for such ottenses.