Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-26
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DARING SAFE Robbery
Az BelIaire and Other News Srem the
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The safe in the b. z & @. narrow gauge
station in Bellaire was robbed yestsraay.
morning by a lot OF masked PEN. The
waichman, Jackson Evans. Is engaged on
the platform of the ensr.ne house, directly
in front of the tcset Office, when two men
came Iouna ,ae corner of the Office and
walked rp to where he was. covered him
WIZ re'Yolyers, and threatened his life il
de made any move or effort toward giving
ire alarm. Evans crouched trembiingty
before his masked robbers, while four or
five Others went into the Office, entering
through a window Oh the southeast corner
of the tobacco warehouse, for that Is
where the Office of the railway company
is. The window vas fastened, but they
pried il 50 hard that the fastening was
broken of. The men all in, q case knife was
used to keep the window up, and the work
Of boring through the safe Of the door was
commenced, and executed with neatness
and dispatch that gives every evidence that
they were men well acquainted with their
business. Two holes were driven through
the door of the safe ON the side where the
combination is. The holes were bored pro-
baby SIX inches apart, one directly over
the other, and close to where the doors
come together A large amount Of powder
must have been used, as the explosion tore
loose all the inside of the safe, leaving the
balance OF the work to be easily accom-
plished. The inside doors Of the safe
were blown off, and the robbers went
through the safe, disturbing nothing but
the money drawer, out of which they got
money to the amount OF $75 or $lOo All OF
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watchmen covered with their revolyers.
When they had taken all they had wanted,
they threatened the Waterman that If he
mentioned or in any way gave alarm before
5 o'clock this morning. he would sacrifice
his life by so doing. The thieves then left,
and the Waterman says he does not low
which direction they took, oAcause he was
afraid to watch thar... It was about 5
O'Clock, he saw, when they went away.
After they had gone watchman Evans went
to tie home OF John B. Haney, master me-
chanic and awoke that gentleman up to 90
to the engine house to do some work on an
engine before the Tuesday morning train
went out. This was about half-past
8 o'clock. Mir. Haney got to, the
shop about o'clock, and Remained there
till nearly 6. The Waterman was about
there, but never opened his mouth on the
and came back again after breakfast. At
that time, about half-past 6 o'clock, Mr..
Butte, the assistant ticket agent opened up
the office and went in, and for the first
time it was known that the robbery had
been committed. About this time Evans
began to tell Mr.. Haney about the men COW
ering him with a revolver, etc. Marshal
Drugan thought the story of Evans rather
transparent, so he arrested him at noon
Yesterday, and locked him up, expecting
BY this means to find out il he really does
know more than he has told OF the affair.
The Daily Independent seems to think 1t
was talent not far from home that operat-
ed. 1t says:
THE men who committed the robbery at
the narrow gauge station this morning
were not strangers to the place by any
means. They knew just where, when and
how to make every move that was made.
They received no information from the
Waterman, for he knew nothing of the Of
fee, but the burglars needed no informa-
ton. They evidently knew all about it,
and it is likely they know all about every
move that has been made since"
The Tappan families of Ohio Indiana
and other Western States, will have re-
union at Stone Bluff Ind, on the Sth and
9th of August. J. s. Tappan, of this city,
is a member of one of the noted families.
Councilman Camp and family went out
to Burrs Mills to summer on the camp
ground
An aged lady, Mrs. Henry Eberling, had
a stroke Of paralysis on Monday night that
came near taking her life.
The careless distribution of poison about
town seems to have been suddenly brought
to an end No complaints have been made
since Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Hanke, the woman who was
in the wagon which ran over the steep
bank OH Gravel Hill, is still living, but is
in such a precarious condition that no
hopes are entertained for her recovery.
This is Mr.. Hanke's second wife, and they
have only been married short time.
At last this city is to be relieved of such
foul and polluted water as has been en-
dured for several summers past. The wa
ter works trustees have bargained to have
six perforated pipes sunk in the river to
supply our town with water. No surface
water will be admitted into the pipes at
all, hence the water We will use will be
filtered through the bottom of the river, a
distance of from six to eight feet.
Lucian Sheppard and Miss Lydia Grubb
were married by Squire Criswell on Mon
day night Both have been working in this
city for some time, but their homes are out
near Cambridge, where they were old
lovers before coming to Bellaire.
The men employed at Rockerhausen &
Sterritts mines are out on a strike. The
strike vas agreed upon by the miners for
the reason that the mine owners refused to
keep the account of the check weighmaster,
who is paid by the miners to see that the
coal is properly weighed. This man is paid
So per day, and each miner pays part Of
this sum and the mine owners have hereto
fore kept the account and collected and
paid the check weighmaster his So per day.
This the owners refuse longer to do, hence
the strike.
A Jew peddler, who gave his name as
Isaac Conn, was arrested yesterday after
noon, charged with stealing a ring from
Israel Londo, and a pair Of shoes from
Adolph Freedman, at Bradfield's boarding
house.
Jack Crogan and Granny" King have
skipped from the stone pile. II they will
only stay out of town, no effort will ever
be made to brink them back.
Another Bellaire fishing party went
a ho