The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-10

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Arrest of the Thieves Who Rob.
bed the Residence of Alex. Rog-
ers, Esq.
Pittsburgh Commercial Of Yesterday.
o Fridsy night the residence Of Alex.
Rogers, Esq, Of Chapline street, Wheel.
Ing, was robbed Of $500 worth Of jewel.
~. dispatch on Saturday gave the par.
ticulars Of the robbery. On Saturday af-
ternoon q newsboy on the train from
Wheeling saw a couple ofthieves Of this
city reading an account Of the robbery.
They we're laughing and talking about
the affair, and one Of them remarked to
the newsboy that he thought be could tell
something about 1t. "Haye you got any
Of the jsSelry?" the newsboy jokiugly
asked. The man for reply drew out o.
bis pocket n case containing several oil
The stolen articles. The boy thought
oyer the matter q day or two, but told no
one. Yesterday he came to the office Of
this paper, and told one Of the gentlemen
in The Office OF the affair, and asked his
advice about It. The gentleman told him
10 20 10 the Mayors Office and make an
information. The boy replied that he
didn't want to miss his trip and wouldn't
ayetime, He was then advised to tele.
graph 10 Mr.. Rogers and put him on
track OF the thieves. He wrotea message
accordingly, but the telegraph Office re-
fused 10 send It unless II was paid Tor IN
advance, which the boy declined 70 DO.
BE came back TO this office, and was
again advised to go to the Mayor's office,
and make information, which he did.
Detective Fender was told'who the par.
ties we're who were suspected, and imme.
diately went to the Union Depot, just q
few minutes before the Wheeling Ex-
press left. he was fortunate enoughto
see the men get on the train, and, calling
IDepotOfieer Austin, who has but n arm,
|to his assistance, boarded the train also.
The train was then in motion, and the
arrest could not be made until they
reached Allegheny. There the men, John
Conner, alias aCurley jack and George
alias @Punch" Long, were taken into GUS
tody.
They made q desperate resistance, and
might have gotten away, had not officer
Merrimap, Of the Allegheny force, came
no the assistance Of Fender and Austin.
Crossing the suspension bridge Long
made . sudden movement, and threw from
his pocket and into the river a jewelry
Gaze from which three pieces Of iewelry
we're seen to drop. The box was recoy-
cred, but the jewelry sank. onthis side
Of the river Curly Jack threw away an
noutsider,p and made another desperate
attempt 10 get away from officer Austin,
who had hold OF him. Austin stuck 70
his man, and the Outsider" was picked
up by q citizen. Upon arriving at the
Mayors Office the men were searched.
No iswelry was found upon "Curly
Jack,n but on Longs person was found a
pair of heavy gold bracelets, q pair Of
coral earrings and a coral breast pin, one
pearl earring, q pair Of gold trimmed
s~pectacles, u knife, some cartridges for .
revolver, and q pawn ticket for . reyol.
yer, which had been pawned At Weilef's
pawn shop, in Wheeling, for s. 60.
Upon the conclusion Of the examina>
lion the officers started with their prison.
ers for the Central Station. In the mean.
time q large crowd Of the friends Of the
thieves had gathered on the. pavement in
front Of the Mayors office. So soon as
the officers and their prisoners came out.
side a desperate attempt at rescue was
made. Officer Merriman was knocked
down and rather badly hurt. Fender and
Austin held fast TO the prisoners, and
help coming quickly they were safely
lodged in the lookup. The crowd which
attempted the rescue was the same SO sue.
cessful in the Reddy Waxter case. The
prisoners had tickets for Bridgeport and
Martins Ferry, both places being exact.
ly opposite Wheeling, less than a mile
apart. They evidently were going back
10 the scene Of their latest operation. In
their yalise, which was secured by officer
Fender, were found a bottle Of chloro.
form, a chloroform sponge, q bottle Of
iodine, a heavy chisei, and one or two
other articles ordinarily used by bur-
glars. Both "Curly jack and "Punch'
Long are well known thieves. eCurly
Jack" II will be remembered, three or
four weeks ago brought suit before
Squire McKenna against e1.Mayor Nc
earthly to recover some burglars tools,
a revolver, &c., which had been taken
from him when he was sent to the work.
house. The Alderman dismissed the case.
Chief Of Police Hague was so incensed
at the audacity Of the thieves that he
notified "Carly Jack" to leave the city
inside Of twelve hours. BE left and this
Is his ftst appearance since then. Mr..
LANCE, q s~on.in.lAw OF Mr.. Rogers, &C.
companied by a Wheeling officer, arrived
in the city Last evening, and will return
with their prisoners this morning. The
largest portion Of the iswelry belonged
10 Mrs. LANCE.