Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-04
THE G0SS.RYAN FIGHT.
ACQUISITIONS ISSUED sY GOVERNOR
MATHEWS,
A DETECTIVE ON the TRACK

Ys.terlay afternoon, DR.. Curtis, spe-
cial DEPUTY sheriff ot brooke county,
Mas in the city, aud the glance ut his
ave. A. seen Nv Rs0jsrgR reporter,
meant business. The recvn, Cess Ryan
over the reporters mind,
aud in lev moments he VAS on hts
way to Rrooke county, On the principle
of ''go from homo tn learn the news.
rug aoSs KNAN TIUuT
has proluced profound sensation
the country, partly uu az
count 1T having been fought IN the pres
ence ut the Shorthand 10 defiance ct the
Law, aud partly irnm tie runIoted Ie-
quits. via: serious, " not fatal, injury To-
bath ot the principals. The press at the
country has commented upon u aud
the impression has Crept abrpad that
Cnllcr's station II u point IN "jhe vida
ol West Virginia aud beyond the pale
OF civilization
The reporter found, upon hls arrival
AT Wrllshug, that considerable teeling,
not to uay Indignation, WAS eNtant, The
newspaper accounts that rctlcCted upon
sheriff Curtis were indignantly Oom-
mented upon and II was very apparent
the sheriff was IN high favor Ut his homo.
sHERIFF CuKrB MAS FuuNp
in his store aud the reporter at once en-
gagpd him In cunyersatton. At first he
derliued mentioning any ptonosed pr',
crvdings, hut Was very willing Ia tell at
his action concerning the fight. Joseph
Curtis, his son aud deputy, an ntclli.
gent Young mau, entered suuu alterwarl
and bore the hur,lpu at the Cpnyrra-
iinn. The reporter mentioned that the
Governor was disposed to blame the
sheriff, whereupon the deputy respond
oil hotly;
Yea, aud We are disposed to blame
him. Why didn't he send IA assist
anoeP Why drdn't he answer our dis
path, the SECOND uuef Hoy dd he
expect passs ol iour men IN dispcrsc a
mob ot i've hundred aud stop the
ashtF"
Tell me what steps you took y
rus sHERiTT's ACroS.
81 will. Ia Monday evening, about
duHk, W. heard the hrsl intlma,Ion that
the light would take place at Cnlicrs
There Was uu tiue tn la lust. We tel
eITaphpd Governor Mathews at once,
aud he replied ~ you published IA the
REnIsrER summon a posse al,d stop
the TIGHT. II that ~ impusslhle, see the
hght aud observe the mUu, 80 that they
can Ia llentlliad aud brought back Ivy
reputation Nov ~ have had some
experience "a these tights and know
lust what Ia expect Ia the frat place
there are nv aTms to speak at here, and
only lew men own royOlyers. u WaS
next tn impossible tn gri u posse, aud
~ hal hard work tu let nau tudr,Np
Va oui IN Cnllicr's, which X fourteen
milys.
AT last We Lot Tour men and started.
We gol Ia Culhers y, but What Cuuld We
dof II We had attempted anything Ne
would have been mashed NJ worse than
toss and Ryan we're What W. did.
Nas
rus NGNT Hgsr rulNU,
Ia watch thu light aud know the men,
a. ~ IT, he ahle to identity them. At
Colh "a W. triel to ct dispatch Ia
(loy, MaIh,w,, hut could not suoyrd.
The operator told us tho office AT wheel
ins was closed and would hc closed until
Sn',lnck. We t1ied a. sent hy WAY vt
Pittsburgh. hy way ot Wellshurg aud
hy way oi Ia Urangv, but u Was no Use
Wecnuld not gvt Ia Wheeling. before
w. leli, however, W. again photographed
Goy. Matthew'S, but received M reply
We heard aiiorwarSi, that hssaid he q 'uil
have sout troops. II there hal been
means at transportation. Well There WAS
means superintendent barrett, at
Pittsburgh, telegraphed that he would
send a train, Il w could gct the truops.
40 there's what We did aud nov, what
else could W. have daneP The idea ~,
our attempting a. Interfere N ahsuri, ~
any one Who Was there will tell YOU.
The reporter asked II any thing had
heen done siucc. This quCHIiou was
oyaled ~ apparently, that the reporter
PLAYED bOld game and iuI'matrd that
ID was generally Known that Dr Curtis
hal hesu Ia Wheeling lor rcguisllious
tor the party participating aud pariiru
lars on y, were wanted This opcncd
the gates Ia Information,
WARRANTS ruR rus FIGHrEss,
Yesterday morning, JOS ph Curtis,
deputy shcriH oi Brooke county, went
before Esquire Jones, at Wellshure, aud
swore out warrants lnr the pugtlisllr
PARTY, charging them, VA the name at
the State ot West Nlgiuia, With felony.
The warrants we're placed Ia the hands
1T pyputy William Cnrt,s, Who came Ia
this city tnr the necessary rcVuls't'uus
In the meantime. a detective at lltts.
hurgh, said to hc Peter prCsslcr, county
detective, wax un the lonknut NJ
wrllshurg had heard rumors ot the
death at tiOss aud serious injury Ia Nv
an, aud sheriff Quits has tel,graphcd
In Pittsburgh lOr Information. The reply
came back that the
rIrrSHu RUH CutET ~ rnJiCE
said neither IT the principals was IN the
city. Unss Was then NJ od City aud
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