The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-04

A FoRMER WHEELING Man a Black
HitIs DEspERApo.- Some days ago, when
our; citizens read in the telegraphic news
Of the ISrEILIdEScER an account OF the
capture OF Bob Mckinney, the notorious
Black Hills desperate, after desperate re-
sistance, they were probably not aware
that Mex immy was formerly q resident OF
this city, and Is well known here. Nc
Kimmy Is o cigar maker by trade, and
until within the past two or three years
worked at his trade in this city. He lived
at one time on old North street, in North
Wheeling, and later in house owned by
Mrs. Cahill, in East Wheeling. He bore o
bad reputation here, and was looked upon
by the police as suspicious character.
y After achieyinga reputation as q dar-
ing ''road agent" on the Black Hills, he
settled in Highland county, Ohio, where
he soon became SO obnoxious to TIM citi-
zens that he was obliged to seek refuge IN
IN unoccupied cabin, in which he was dis:
covered on last Thursday by couple oil
young men who were out hunting. one
Of the young men went into the cabin,
and no sooner had he entered than he was
seized by the bold road agent and told that
he could not leave, as he would go I'M
mediately and inform the citizens oil the
town OF his discovery. The young man s
partner went at once to town and intorm-
ed the citizens OF what had taken place.
A pose armed themselves and started for
the cabin.
McKimmy, when he found himself sur
rounded, came to the door oil the cabin
4 with the young man he had detained, and
told the crowd that he would kill his pris-
oner II they made any effort to capture
him. He had hardly finished speaking
when he was fired on by two men IN the
crowd, one shot taking effect in his face,
and the other in his shoulder. The crowd
then rushed upon him and secured him,
and he was taken at once to the Hlllsboro
Jail, where he is now securely confined.
Detective John 7. Norris, who has been
on McKiminy's trail for some time, was in
the city last week, and showed the writer
photograph Of the desperate he was in
search OH Norris had somehow found out
that it was McKimmy's intention to bring
his wife back to ais uncle's, who lives at
/ Proctor, w. Va, and while here went
down to Proctor once or twice to ascertain
II his man had been seen in the neighbor.
thood. Mckinney had gone TO New York to
take an ocean steamer for Nassau, little
Island Off Cuba. Arriving one day too
late for the steamer, he learned he could
catch It at Savannah, Georgia, on the first
Of December, as she stopped there for
passengers. He went from New York
back to Highland county, as he says, to
J learn II .any OF the boys who
had been arrested had given him
away He further says: "My vile is
ut Nassau, and knew all the boys knew
where she was, and if they had
squealed would not have been safe for me
to go there. If ] had not heard anything
would have left and gone to Savannah,
and taken the steamer and brought my
wife back to my uncle's at Proctor, and
. then gone out West. Iguess am gone
up this time. All my pards are Gagged, and
they have left me here in pretty bad fix.
/ tell you man that 'squeals' amt no
earthly account, and they never would
have known where Bob Mckinney was i
it had not been for the ssquealers' over in
; the Waverly jul" .l5
Detective Norris went to Savannah,
to be there when Mckinney was to take
, the boat, and was no doubt considerably
, surprised when he heard OF the outlaws
t arrest. Mckinney is in pretty bad box
evidently. The Sheriff has taken extra
/ precautions to prevent his escape, and
every man who visits the jail is searched