Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-18
WHO HAS TIE MONEY!
A Law Suit Tnat h Agitating Portion
af reflafre.


Bellaire Is torn up over law suit 10 take
place before Squire Creswell tomorrow
morning at o'clock, Peter G. Z. Hughes
suing A. 7, Lockwood for the recovery OF
SIS. Hughes is blacksmith, working at
the lower Belmont coal works.coming from
England about three years since. He has
been boarding ut Mr. Lockwood's boarding
house In the First ward, and had his trunk
or box. As he calls it--broke open on cleo
ton day and about SIS taken thererom,
yhereupon be has entered suit against
Lockwood for that amount, to-morrow pc
ing set as the day Of the suit Messrs. Rssee
and Galaher will appear Tor lockwood and
lanes Tsllman will appear for Hughes. =
s Below we Give the story Of Mrs. Lock
s,yood and M. Hughes as obtained by q
REefsTEpr yesterday afternoon: s
Mrs. Lockwood says: Ny daughter and
/ had been out riding in the afterpoon aud
returned home in the evening, o short
time before supper Immediately began
assisting them lspeaking of the girisl IN
prepari1e supper, when, Hughes came
down stairs greatly excited, and asked for
one OF the boarders, giving his name.) l
told him that did not know where he was,
and be said his trunk had been bursted
open and all his money stolen. This sur
prised me greatly, and we went up Stairs
and gave the trunk a thorough searching,
throwing everything out on the hoor, put
no money could be found. AT nIst ne
blamed it on one Of our boarders, ana now
he blames us. We searched the 9oaraels
clothes, but the money could not
he found. and / loaned pete
nonev TO buy another trunk and
agreed 10 give ten dollars towards en-
blowing detective and find the guilty one,
as would not have the name OF any OF our
folks taking it, for any money. He was so
excited he knew nothing, and believe, as
sure as there is man and God, that he got
the money himself. Just wait till the trial
comes off, and I'll bet you we will beat
him so bad that be will not know where ne
is. Can't you be there and get the parucu.
lars2 Do; will you?"
Hughes SAYS: ~ came from Bridgeport,
O., about the last Of December, 1881, and
began boarding at Mr.. Lockwoods- Two
weeks afterward had my box sent down,
and Mr.. Lockwood put it in his store and q
few DAYS afterward changed it to my room
up stairs. Since then they have changed
my room three different times, once
moving my box and clothes without my
knowledge, When went TO workon Tues.
day morning my box was all right 1t being
locked and undisturbed, but when
I returned in the evening from work
l found my box bursted open
and both bolts of the lock torn
off and surprising my money gone search
ed my box. i was perfectly crazed to think
the money had worked so hard for had
been taken from me. could not believe
it and / took everything out and shook my
clothes well, but it could not be found. d.!
tai nd wnnn
who made the bed and cleaned up, the
der struck at my questioning them
and she could give me no answer.
but finally Mrs. Lockwood said
"Why, what's the natter" I told her
my box was bursted open and all my mon
ey taken, telling her little over $75 were
gone. She said it could not certainly be,
and went up to the room with me, but we
could not find the money, and / went mp
town and got out sesrch-warraut and had
the house searched. No money could be
found, and l went over to Riggs,
where have been boarding
since. When went away, they
hissed on Thursday. Don't you think
so? Everybody tells me that l will beat
them, and plenty of the glass house boys
promise me money if l need any. I'll
get the money. They all knew / was
saving money. and they borrowed $40 from
me one time, $40 at another, and $2S or $50
at another time. They had a girl (mean-
ing Mrs. Geo. Brown and a day or two
after the money was taken she left, aud
that looks funny"
Who has the money is more than we can
say, and will probably not be known until
the day Of the trial, and probably not then.