The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-18

and have been well behaved and respects
by those who know me. Its The fault o
Othets that am where am to-day.
have been expecting this for some time.
worked ten months and lour days for Mr.
Noah WelshauS, above Warrentou, Ohio
When ! heard oil the FIRE at Bethany
knew that wonld be charged with par
in Il, so ! concluded to come here and give
myself up. came voluntarily. II I an
convicted Tor the part that took with thu
gang, | will not complain, as It will only
be just.
IANEs JonNsrUx,
another Of the alleged gang, was approach
ed by your correspondent He said that hi
bad nothing to say this time, but intimatet
that he might say something In the future
He was born at Independence, Washing
ton county, Pa; Is iorty.one years OF age
his father was Ephriam Johnston, who
kept hotel at Independence for many
years. James Is very quiet.
TON WILSON,
who Is ia durance as a witness against the
gang, had nothing to say. 1t was at vii
sons house, on Plerce's Run, that Cheek
Johnston, Parkinson and others met sew,
eral times to chat over their devilish de,
signs. Wilson gave the party q pretty
bad name before the Grand Jury. He i'm.
pltCated himself by coniessing to have
gone with a part Of the gang to
Bethany during one night Of the com.
mencement, in cart, for the purpose
Of going through George Curtis store, but
did not do so on account OF Cheek failing
TO come to time. ! will here state that
johnson also confessed to have been with
one gang the same night that Wilson
speaks Of, and for the same purpose.
Wilson's wife is also witness. and tells
the story first, last, and all the time. She
IS naturally very smart, and in telling her
story she does not seem to be labOring
under excitement or fear, but is, on the
contrary, calm and deliberate. Having q
family Of small children, arrangements
were made for her to remain at home.
BARNEY CLING JONES.
This prisoner was indicted on the charge
OF stealing horse from +. D. Beck, of this
county. His case came up for trial and
his attorney discovered that the horse did
not belong to Beck, but to his wife. Pro-
ceedings stopped there, and Barney was
remanded to jail to answer another in-
diCtment He claims Elm Grove, Ohio
county, w. Va, as his home, which he
has taken the pains to record on the Jail
walls. He is OF small stature, dark com.
plexion, dark eyes and hair, and Of good
appearance. He Is twenty-five years OF
age, and acts in a very eccentric and wild
manner lmpressing one with the belief
that the man Is not entirely OF sound
mind. When l entered the jail | had for
gotten about Jones, having never seen
him before. | said, 81 believe | do not
know you." He answered me in man.
ner that would indicate insanity, ignor-
ance, impudence or general cussedness,
and kept his tongue running ali the time
that was conVersing with the other
prisoners.
Joseph MCHenry, who is serving out
sentence Tor a mislemeanor, more than
once told him to shut his mouth. Jones'
profanity is disgusting, not only to ears
polite but to the average newspaper man,
who is considered to have an adamantine
cheek and an elephantine skin and heart
that throbs for itself. Jones is a good
writer-that is, he writes at it. Every
day or two he furnishes Sheriff Curtis
with q batch Of his productions. He flung
q batch OF papers at your correspondent
and sald, There, take them and fix them
up" he makes an attempt at poetry. The
frat line runs thus;
"in comes the IAer about o'clock In the morning
ana serves the young men In the wellSburg jail
Bidding'the prisoner good day, emery.
ed from behind the bars into the open air.
When the men go into court for trial I will
endeaVor to give your readers the partic-
ulars. G. B. G.