The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-29
noY INcENDlAn,l:s.
Another Gang ErOken w uni Their
Operations suddenly Tut II stop to-
Tho North Wheeling Glnss Works Firu
Their Inst lob ..- I.

Ah0ther Gang EtOken W Nnu Their
Operations suddenly Tut II stop to-
The North Wheeling tia.s Works Fire
Their Inst Job. ..-. -.
Last evening four important arrests were
made by Capt. Bennett, assisted by Lieut..
Sylvis and Constable Pate ST. Myers. The
prisoners nre four boys, ranging in age FROM
fourteen to sixteen years, and they arc nc.
cased OF setting on Are the North Wheeling
Glass Works, burned so myscriously last
Sunday night. The boys names are John
Griner, Abraham Boston, John McClcary
and George Gray, and they all live In the
northern part OF the city.
THE ARREST
was made on Market street, opposite tho 20.
lice Headquarters, rs tho boys were leaving
the Italian confectionery, after iniuigins IN
sociabe dish OF Ice cream apiece. The atli.
davi,s had been previously madc aud the
case related TO Prosccu,ing.Attorney Jordan,
who was on hand with Squire W, II. Call.
well at the office OF the latter on Twelfth ST
where the boys arrived Ia charge Of the OIL.
GERS.
4 very brief and strictly private" cxami.
nation was field, and as II result the Squire
held the four boys for their appearance for
further examination next Tuesday forenoon
"asn 0f cn,,rss tE, ' hovs III 49,; ~ v'I.
default oi.bail.
~, lnc eVIut''ec against 'Ile ooys Is tanning.
lns mgr can W nv icaSoilaole ao'btoi their
quit ~ 'le n,en' 81 tae tfe they went TO
NV Haple ol reg M,ller near the Glass
House, lhtehuiEe 10 iire II, put were fright
ened away ny INC barking on doE, One Of
tte p9ys tneH a'a, "aatdht that otd
Sls mouse MAKE oui'y IRE" TO
WHICH ""''"'' pos responded, I'm
GOING I'd rorcI HER OFT"
Tho party made reconnaissance. nnd
iipally found an entrance To he ,sctia"
room, ills WINS t","t;n. :" ",, '"' f tsGHn lss
bur The loose stray nnl Ina Jrw hcnr',
sides Of The building fnr,ishci ,ho h.0t f',.i
they could have desired. They ho, nro , .I
Themselves with n cnn nj kcrnson" an1 IN.
was emut;ei over tho straw nnt IN tLo Gonr
ind walls. The boys then took wisp o, the
saturated straw. anh went outside, touched Il
match to 1t, and pushed II through II crack
In the side, lighting the pile OF slrAw In tho
room. The flames spread with startling
rapidity, and were not stayed, rs will be re-
mcnlbercd, Till the works, Office, stables and
Il dwelling house adjoining Ind
FALLEN PREY TO THE ppvorp,yo r,rvrxr
NJ I,ar,.o, c.,.o,..ot 49,. ~,
IT E.,t.a ~ y. wv "olhS' Mr. Y.
',.s S t';., Wy ~ we Insurance cohPa'
Al r"ii"..sii r va .l'e oTiu'hss, "liu ION.
.nnr, S"" ~, ""e'.oi y. WY VOTES, nave
mo.neu Wy sa'o W 'io''i u very sl'snt cue
n, H., Nv. re u, 70 r ~ eosiueteu Us already
% '"t io''" 90 ''e 's"'e PRISON az Moahds'
1t is also known that this is moi the only
lre started n.y. me boys. They have shown
u a'sSriih,hati3h III Inc buildings selected,
700, laat Is rather Fcmarkablc. The copperas
WORKS OF george Eckert, near the burned
PIss mouse, was iited ny them, and the fire
IN INC aliey near me htysttf Office, together
WIN another and smaller tire In North
W meeting Inc same night, are believed TO
nave neen started pf thc,!l. 1t Is probable
!!as tiiis Is MOI inc iuii list oil their opera
t'ohs'
TifRMoT
is simply distortedideas Of crime and Of no.o.
riety consequent upon it, Obtained from
reading the iashy, trashy sensational Iitera.
ture that is so lamentably cheap aud r!en,i.
ful nowadays The youngest Of the bows
When taken to Jail last night had in his pocket
IL small paper backed book called the Slang
Dictionary for London, Paris and New York"
The case should bear warning for parents
against sensational reading
1t seems rather peculiar that Wheeling
should be repeated sufferer, and to so dear
an extent, ut tile hands OF lawless boys, mud
the public will demand that such a result
may come out of this case as will deter
other youths from following in the footsteps
Of these.
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FULL CONFESSION.
About midnight last night one Of the boys
made detailed confession OF the crime,
which was taken down in writing by Capt.
Davis, the jailor, rs follows:
George Gray says that himself, John Nc.
Clcary, Abraham Boston and John Griner
met in the North Street Methodist Church
Sunday, April %, 1852, where they agreed to
60 on the same night TO Fox's stable for the
purpose OF burning it, but could not get in.
Went Gen- To- Mil ler's stable. where he [Grayl
then remarked that the Glass House would
make nice fire, and John Griner said "I'l