The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-11

stand English-nO damage was done Il
either Every point Of the compass was
covered all over the ueighbOrhOOd
Every road was watched, as was sup
posed, there being ut least 800 men out
from Dunkirk, and perhaps 100 farmers
from the surrounding neighbOrho0d They
were too late, hOwever-the birds had
flown. Two buggies went out from Dun
kirk Just before dawn, each containing
three men-"Jerry" Kebbler in one and
Hen" in the other This was to coniound
the pursuers and throw them oil the true
scent. One buggy went north, the other
east, and doubtless all hands rendezv0used
after three or four days in Northern Ohio,
The party going eastward were traced to
point near WhartOnsburgh, and thence
to Forrest, where Marshal sum Grafton
searched every passing train. Three trmps
were found smugglel away in II freight
train. The train was just moving out.
Grafton mounted il, hailed the engineer,
and halted it about mile away, only to be-
disappointed. Another train wNs passing
south, A man WIS seen Clambering on it.,
Grafton hailed him. He ran down the
railroad, aud IN exciting race Gnsued,
Grafton fired on him, but his revolver fail.
cd him and the man escaped. This was
believed to have been one OF the outlaw
Kcbblers, for on the same night he was
seen in Bellci0ntAinc, thirty miles south,
aud although the Sheriff and town officers
were on the lookout, he skipped out in
sliety, Rnd seems u have had easy COmnU-
nicatiOn, whilst in the town, with his Gun.
ming wife and his father-in-law, sum
Short.
The search was kept up necessarily for
two days, but no real trace could be dis
covered. Meantime II reward Of $500 was
Offered by town Of Dunkirk, and $500
by Hardin county for the ulrcst OF the muir
dcrer. On the day after the murder, the
man Jake Ludwig, the pal OF Jerry keb.
bier, who had been deserted by the gang,
was arrested in Dunkirk and confined in
the COOLER" lie made u statement claim
ing to know nothing Of the crime, but
there came forward four citizens who tGsti.
fled that he had informed them that "Nrd
Shuey was shot, bctOre he ,fltdi shot rus
drni." Popular feeling ran high and
an attempt to lynch him was
planned, the job being arranged to
take place midnight on Saturday night,
About fifteen rcs0lute mon hNd banded
themselves together, and 1t was agreed that
Il he confessed all and "squcalcd" on his
coniedemtes hO was TO be returned to
prison, II not, hG was to become food for
buz1ards. The citizens had secured John
r. Norris, the Springfield detective, in the
meantime and he arrived Just IN time to
DISCOVER the danger Of his prisoner John
saw $500 reward about TO slip away, and he
spirited l.udwg away and took him to
Springfield against tho wish Of Sheriff
Darst, Of Hardin county. II is supposed
that he pumped him dry" for on Monday
he returned with him 10 Dunkirk and
filed an affidavit charging Jerome Kcbblcr,
Henry KOhblCr,' jacob Ludwig, john hoe
and Richard Roe (thc two strRngcrsl with
the willful murder Of Shucy.
Ludwig was arrligned before Mayor
Wood, pleaded not guilty Nnd was commit
ted to KGntOn Jail 10 await trial. "Jprrys"
wife was "shadoweI aud was found to be
secretly in communication with her out
law husband. She made two trips, one
south to liGllrfOntainc, the cr,nOrtll tu
l'indlAy, each time with bundles Of cloth.
Ing, but no pointers were secured from
her movements. despite the close search
by the ShGrilIs Of Hancock, Logan and
Hardin counties, with their posses, the
murdprers got through the lincA in safety,
and on October I'd thcstOlCn team was found
in dense woods, near North Baltimore,
about 100 miles away, In Wood county.
The three murlcreH, "JOrry" aud the two
strangers, applied to saloon. keeper pur.
chased large supply Of dried meats aud
canned goods, and wore noticed the same
night IN the woods, moving about with u
lantern. A citizen shouted 10 them, when
they oXtngrliShcd tho lantern, fred several
shots and Disappeared. In The morning
following II search was made In the woods,
when tho buggy was found upset and
covered with brush imprOviscd into Il tent
The horse was tied few hundred yards
away, nearly starved to doath, Traces Of
the iugltives were discovered at DeShler, n
railroad station not fur distant, TO which
the criminals lladbcGn driven by IL farmers
boy, with revolver placed TO his head to
compel compliance with their wishes.
Here the trail ends far tho present. nj.
though Norris, the detective, who Is II
shrewd one, says "hC IL hot Oh Il sure trail,
and will soon run his game to cover"
Those who are most familiar with the willy
cunning Of the KGbblcr boys are not near
no Slngiinc as IL Norris, mud they assert
that the daro.devls will get safe away I'M.
I'll the excitement is over II II believed
TINT these brothers have organized II large
band Of murderous thieves in the North.
crn Ohio counties, and will he received or
hidden away In Il dozen different local..
tics. They are truly dangerous pair, and
the sooner Il leaden messenger or the hang.
mans rope ends their devilish career Of
crime tho better for the people Of Northern
Ohio.