The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-27
WEIGHS WEALTH.
It is Supposed to have been
Stolen.
Under Arrest for the Kewa-
nee Bank Robbery.

| New York, for completely in the recent
bank robbery at Kewanee, station on the
G. B. s O., some forty miles from this
| city WEIGH is well knownin this city, as
he has visited Rock Island at regular in
teryais for number of years. as the rep
| resentative of wholesale houses. of Chica-
| go and New York and has had business
relations with most all of the grocery es-
| adjustments that are located in this city,
Davenport and Moline. He is also well
known at the different hotels hereabouts,
| and was generally regarded as inclined to
be fast, but no suspicion was ever excited
as to his honesty. For number of years
he was the
TRAVELLING SALESMAN
of the wholesale fish house of Clark 81
Lomday. of Chicago, and made this city
his headquarters for the territory in
on the railroad centering here. He
was generally regarded as a good
salesman, and was known to be a hard and
conscientious worker in placing the claims
of his house before the numerous
merchants in this city and vicinity. While
so employed he visited Kewanee and had
several customers in that place. A short
time ago, he secured a position with the
extensive wholesale house of Potter 81
Wrightington of Boston which caused him
to deal extensively with the jobbing trade,
and while so engaged he still continued to
visit this city and Davenport, bat deprived
him of such small towns as Kewanee. Welch
was last in this city on the 14th of July;
and was also in the city, a guest at the
Harper House on the cath of May, when
he was accompanied by his wife, young
lady of Peoria whom he had very recently
married.
THE SUSPICION
was first directed against him, it is claimed,
by his presence in kewanee at the time of
the bank robbery, when it was supposed
that he had no business that would call
him there. His actions at that time are
also said TO be suspicious, as several per
sons knew him, but he failed to recognize
them when spoken TO. These two
facts appear to be all the suspicious
that have been given to the public upon
which WEIGH has been arrested for a most
outrageous crime, as it not only includes
the robbery of the bank. but also the beat
ing of the assistant cashier Pratt and the
female bookkeeper. Miss Palmer The
injuries of the latter are of a most serious
character, and may terminate fatally as
she is reported to be in very critical
condition from the effects of her treat
ment by the bank robbers.
WEIGH
is described as a young man of about 35
years of age, 5 feet 10 inches in height
and weighs not over 1875 pounds. He has
black hair and eyes, and has smoothly
shaven face, not wearing any beard. He
wears his hair cut very short. which gives |
it the appearance of being gray. He is |
very delicate looking and has all the APP |
pearance of being the victim of consump- |
tion. He is described as possessing great |
amount of nerve, and withal is of sullen |
or cranky" disposition, failing to speak |
to friends when out of humor. Without
being handsome, he has very attractive, |
snowy appearance, which is enhanced by |
neat and elegant clothing.
HIS REPUTATION
among his fellow travelling men is that of
a ''masher" among the ladies, and his love
affairs are said to include many of the re-
spectacle women of the different towns
through which he passes His mail at the
different hotels. where lie makes his head
quarters, contains numerous epistles di-
rected in female hand, AMI they are not
all from the same person either The
men regard him as a general fla
vorite among the ladies' as he appeared to
have the power of ingratiating himself into
their good graces on short notice, and
with telling effect. He possesses an unu-
sual amount of audacity in such affairs,
and never hesitated to make an acquaint-
anee or 10 take advantage of such &C
quaintance when once made.
GAMBLER.
travelling man tins morning stated
that he knew WEIGH, and that WEIGH only
q short time ago had said that while in
Denver he had lost some $f1 900 on the
gaming table. The travelling man did not
know that WEIGH was addicted to the habit
and from the admission made concluded |