Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-23
.oULLY, rHn INFoRMEa T"

Worms Out OF Him the story OF the
Bestrning of Sunds9's'fire.
The fire bugs are captured at last.
Yesterday morning after police court
was over, Officer Morris started Tor the
ruins OF the Sunday afternoon tre 10
r,ear sway the crowd. In the alley IN
The rear he found u large number oil peo'
ME He was chasing them away when
he ran across Jim Gully, boy ABOUT 10
Years old. who has a bad reputation as a
Street Arab. Officer Morris caught MN
hv the shoulder and said "l'll lock you
up" The boy replied ~ sh",t
lei me 90 I'll tell al ao "Iuo
the rest" This vas IIe ..ue
the officer was hunting Tor, and putting
,he onastion as TO whether the gang that
IA ha.n arrested Sunday afternoon on
s nau Of firing SchuIz's stable was
r;abt one. he received an snir!na,
me snsver. and the story was to!u
i've i've tina an Of which the following is the
substance: Gully vas
asS;no about the place trying 10 pro,
,ure some oranges, when p. 500
hn.rd vas thrown at him llat suuo LUZ
srJ hurt him. He swore revepge, anu
an Sunday afternoon the oppoltuhly
Oressnted itself. He was sitting on some
p pr, barrels on the wharf with some
S snan compsnions. they being mar.
boon 1Poodle" Price, Tommy
SRr;en-both choice sprltss from
y o d. RIock-Johnnie or "Bilnkey.
PaIHel and Britt Davis. This
nol'o youth is from a respectable
, narentsge but both father and mother
p par doaS and he has rapidly gone TO the
bad. At the last term Oh .ne ,.sai;n~
Jnrv he was indicted Tor horse s.ea az ~,
bmt managed to get oil on account VI lid
youth. that Gully,
~ nv the way is the lad that some
W.; ~ o .so stabbed Geo. Thomas near the
u;nos Factory, was telling OF his thirst
;an Sersnoe when poodle" spoke up
h toi asn;nS. "Iet's go and burn him
o o /" No sooner said than done-they
Uu Immediately. One pulled straw
o "f barrel, another got paper, one
S,rrct a match that wen. out ana then
Davis applied the match ina. i ees, aes;ra
$50 900 wortS ofproperty' Ar'e at GS
rhe fire surely started they sAipPeu
On, and went to the wharf where MY
SAT chuckling to each other anu .nus
attracted the attention OF o,a
House hell boy, who said to a guest t!ia i
ha hsI;ayed those boys were connecteu
I'll tho FIRE because they were away
VIII WIZ = something unusual Tor snch
iio'n ~ r. ooI;ce were telephoned anu
tha bovs we're arrested on Suspicion out
49,. Snarp enough TO elude all OF Gapt.
ponnot,'s Questions But when MOTIFS
arannaS G nliy his conscience iailed MN,
and tearing that he had been n iGIuI Io Gu
he "blowed" on the rest. oaLei c,n To-
inc him up, Morris started 10 s .rouT,e
Davis but that imp smeHiIe nU aDn
started up Main street. lie IS MAILS
punner and was fast dlstancing Morrl s
uhen lin Bell joined in and captureu
him on Eleventh street lust 40 mon n;S
80 mn The first words DAVIS salu
were: II want those other fellows ar
rested too" ,.. .,oy were.
sItbonyh there was no .trouo!e m..n
them They were taken before s4uto
CslIuelI who committed them, anu .!
2p. NJ. ali were in Jail. In lail the re- v
tradicted each other and then MI. u. ,ho
selves IN truly peculiar manner q" orm.
same time abusing "Gully the NJ i"
err" the
Owing to Officer Morris sagacity
conviction OF these boys seem e he
They have all figured on innumera av
occasions in various courts, and IL 10
easily be regarded as old crimins or
With Gully and Davis, they being ov
A years OF age, there will be compare.
lively little trouble, but with the your g.
er members it will be necessary TO prove
that they knew the law to that ext, mt,
that it was wrong to commit arson. 1t
is thought, however, that the town will
be happily rid OF theIu for some tin to
come.
Officers Morris, Bell and Capt. Ben
nett are anxious Tor that reward COun.
Gil Offered. Morris undoubtedly worked
matters carefully in worming the story
out of Gully, and should be rewarded.
The reward referred 10 is the one en-
braced in the following resolution, which
was offered by Mr.. Kimberly, and passed
the lower branch March 90, and the
First Branch April II. 1t reads:
That the Mayor be and is hereby au-
thorized to offer a reward of $1,000 for
10 arrest and conviction OF any person
or persons guilty Of an act OF incendiar-
ism.
IL was adopted at the time OF the fire
bug" excitement, and Maycr Egerter
and following claim it refers to that
time which was before the date OF the
resolution. Others claim it to be still
standing, and that the officers should
have it. 1t is also said that the boys
now under arrest did have something to
do with the fires Of last spring.
Whatever may be the case, five of the
worst elements we have in town are
locked up and the city is that much
safer. Somebody shonld be recognized,
and in what better way than by the
payment OF the reward. Morris did
good work.