The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-23
YOUTHFUL RIGaps.

RiVe Boys ARRESTED ald CORfoas 20 aaV.
i1E started the DhmAElng Fire or gan.
day AIIeFnOol-Ehe nOtiVs, Rsysnge.
Yesterday We chTOniclsd earnest and
subaeqpent release Of four boys who were
suspected Of having Gel are to schulE's
stable Sunday aiternoon. Yesterday fore.
noon 0ttieer Dominiek Morris arrested q
boy named Gully, who was miabehAving
on Market street near the ruins, where
the VigilRnt engine was engaged In
pumping the wafer ont OF the CellRIH OF
the burned buildings. On the way TO the
lookup Gully proposed, u Morris Vould
not lock him up, to tell him all about the
origin OF the are. Satisfied that the boy
did know something Of the matter the
officer drew him on TO conisss that he
knew all about II, and 70 impliGate four
others 90 accessories or AccompIices In the
crime, The band Of youthful outlaws IL
composed Of; ID / ,s.aa. !. D.
Harry, alias "Poodls, y Price, aged u;
Jim Gully, aged u; -. II
Britt Davis, aged 10; stl-
Tom O'BTien, aged 10;
John Holmes, aged IA,
The officer, alter securing the names Of
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another policeman, and going back 70 the
vicinity Of the ruins, captured there
Holmes and Davis. The three were or,
amined by Capt Bennett, and finding that
Gully had "givsn them away" they all
confessed TO The deed. One boys story
was that some days before they had enter
cd ShulE'S stable To steal oranges, and had
been driven out, one OF them being struck
on the head with stick. They vowed
vengeance and on Sunday afternoon exc
cuted their vOWIwith fearful success, He
said each was afraid 10 commit the crime
lest the othera would tell, and 90 all struck
matches simultaneously and Il uchel them
10 the straw In the stable. Ons oil the
other boys said Gully alone had had .
match, and all the stories differed as TO de-
tail, but oil made each one guilty with the
rest. LII. .......' ....
Later In the day Officer Junkins sue.
Ceeded in bagEing poodle" Price and
Tommis 0'Bnen at the Wsat Wheeling
ferry landing, and all FIVE were committed
to jail BY Justice Caldwell.
An IETRLLlG gNcKR reporter interviewed
the boys IN jail last evening They are
hardened wtetohes. We doubt II there
are in Wheeling Eve men ~ totally lost 10
eveiy human feeling, as utterly devoid Of
anything good, and % recklessly deviliAh
IS these b0ys. The talk Rs nouGhalantly
Of their crime % any hardened criminals
old In years and Injured to confinement
could do, They have oil been detected 10
some crime before. Price 10 son oil
Noah Price and one Of notorious family,
He has been 10 the county jail four times,
Ills frat confinement ives Tor tapping q
till 10 RaPt Wheeling, Next he was sent
up Tor some petty crime which he cannot
remember, he says. His third ofense
which wRa detected WAS stealing iron Of
the Crescent Mill. His brief but brilliant
career has reached lie climax In this
startling piece Of devlltry, for which he
should suffer the fullest penalty OF the
law.
o'Brien was engaged with Price In the
iron robbery, and 10 several petty crimes
for which neither was punished.
Davis has good connections In the city.
He was cared for by an uncle after the
death OF LiS father aud mother, until he
returned his kindness by stealing several
hundred dollars, He was then abAnd,
Oned, aud has been vagrant and an out.
law ever since. Holmes and Gully have
not figured very largely 10 criminal his.
tory, and 1t Is TO b. hoped all will DO put
where they cannot endanger the safety OF
lie or properly again for several years,
Officer Morris deserves much credit for
bis part In the arrest, as does also Officer
JunkinB There Is . standing reward OF
81 900 offered by Council for the arrest
and conviction Of any inCspdiary, and
this will 10 TO the officers, 1t u said. There
was also yesterday some talk oil raising a
purse Tor Morris. This would be q grace.
luI acknowledgment Of his faithiulnees
and efficiency as 40 officer, aud especially
bis services on this OCCASION. We hope II
will be done.