The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-03
GREISEN'S EASG.
The Hoy Incendinric~ Held In $4,000
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Tho five boys charged with burning the
North Wheeling Glass Works and Eckerrs
Coppcras Factory had brief intormal pre-.
liminary examination before Squire Caldwell
yesterday. The State WINS represented By
Proscculing.Attorney Jordan, and Can't. Do.
veneer appeared as counsel for John
GrenGr" or Joseph Soldier MS lie should be
known, John McClcary and Abraham Boston.
INC examination took place IN the jail Office,
ana attracted large crowd OF Interested
spectators, relatives Of the youthful prison.
err, or their neighbOrs, stockholders In the
glass house and others. ~. i
Captain Doycner desired tho case acains.
Solder to be presented first. lie is the boy
who under his popular soubrquet of "John
Grel.r4r" was credited with being the leader
oil the party or gang lie Is no. ut all de-
PRAYED looking youth, though hisexprcssion
Is not YER. INTEL gent. lie was brought from
ms cell after bricI consultation there with
hts lawyer, ntid the examination proceeded
with! Mr.. Jordan first introduced Ms eyi.
dencc the Act incorporating tho North
Wheeling Glass Works, which, was, OF co,Irsc
n mere matter OF form. The testimony was
not lengthy. aud developed. nothing new
tho state evidently resesvlng It's strength for
a more important OCCASION, and only pro,
uucins enough testimony to secure the hold.
Ing oil The boys for The action OF the Grand
Jury. - :
capt' DAVIS, the iailer, wns sworn, md ties.
tilted TO the confession ,natle to him b, sei,,.
yer III regard to tho burning Of The Glass
House anu the Coppcras works. He said the
boy had told him TINT the house Of Michael
Sweeney had caught fire from the (;lnss
House and that hu helped to carry out the
furniture.
Capt. Dovcncr asked Mr.. Davis how tho con.
lesion came to DO made, my he said that the
same night OF the imprisonment OF the bows.
Gray had called, and the nightwuichman
went to his cell, and brought him into the
office, where he made the confession printed
III this paper Saturday morn. This state.
ment WAS read to Seidler, and he said It was
cotrec', anu signed statement to that effect.
~ cnine OUT III the Characterization that
capt, DAVIS had told the boys they had better
tell the whole truth, MS 1t would probably 70
easier with them. o.
MrWill Mcclure was called and questioned
us to the value Of the property burned by the
glass t11usc tire. lie said $1,000 or $4,000
would be q low valuation. Nj. Mcclure Is Il
clerk in the office OF G. II. Collier, who had
ne INSURANCE on the property.
Mr. George ECkcrt being sworn. testified
that the coppcras works. OF which he was the
owner were worth about 900 to $500.
Mr.. Eckert also testified TINT the family OF
Michael Sweeney were in their house when
II caught fire. :
Frank Winan, boy OF fifteen or sixteen,
with one arm, knew the boys under arrest,
and hnh bud talk With Boston and Solder,
in which they said they burned the Copperas
works, and another boy present, Frank
Church, said they had better let MP on It,"
Capt. Dovener inquired as 10 the converse.
non which led to the confession, and the hoy
| testified that it was Boston who had made
the confession, but that he implicated Seii,
Ter IN the presence of the latter, and there
was no denial. Seidler heard the remark, but
made no comment. The witness had never
repeated the conversation, and being asked
no" 1t came out that he Ind heard the re,
mark, he said that hc had heard that viii
Bridenaligh had learned it some way and
brought the thing out on them"
This boys testimony being finished, Prose.
cutting Attorney Jordan rested, aud Cant.
Dovencr STEERING no evidence for the defense,
| the Justice held Soldier in 5000 bonds for
his appearance i'll court. .r.
The other four boys, John GRAY. John
McCicary, Abraham boston and Julius
llo'iire" or llardIic, were then examined.
Capt. Davis testified ms to the confessions OF
! the boys, or rather their confederation OF the
statement first made by Gray. The Captain
said that he first brought Seidlar down. nc.
eompanied b. viii Bridenaugi. Captain
poyener wanted TO know who Bridcnnugl,
was, and brought out the fact that he had
been committed 10 Jail with the ether boys,
having been arrested ut the Italian confec.
tloncry when they were. Gray, Que OF tho
prisoners, said he hatl heard that 1t was
through Bridenaugl.'s ins,rumentality tina,
the boys had been arrested,
Some amusing by.talk between Captain
Dovener, ana the boy called "llolti-c,H whose
real name is julius IIardiile, here took
place. but without any further tcs,imon,
the boys were committed, the hail being
liked =; the same sum in each case as in thai
Of Soldiers. -
Judge Body will be asked by the prosecu
ton to order . special grand jury to be sum
moneu forthwith, in order that the case lnay
II possible be tried ut this term OF court.