The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-02-13

U ut went ne was ln hpnofed guest and lei
Q himself u home He was general favor
9 lie, and was the pride Of the border.
u uEN. hARNAR eAPTURRs wETzRf.-RscApg
: He proceeded down the Ohio with hi
K canoe, and stopped for the night with ,
!, friend named Carr. This man lived on az
a STAND not far from the fort. BY some un
!. known means, Gen. Harmar dscoyereG
!, that Welzel was on the island, and he de
I, termined to take him, probably thinking
thereby to atone for bis previous iailatt
!. and have revenge on the man who had &C
vauntingly deAed his authority. THAI
v night he sent squad Of soldiers TO tho
s island. They noiselessIy surrounded Cars
) house, and breaking in, seized WetERl
. while asleep, and binding him hand and
foot hurried him or 10 Gen. HaFa,aF's
' headquarters. There he was loaded with
r letters and chains, and placed in close con.
: fnement.
, For short time he endured this igno.
| miny without lnurmur; but 1t soon grew
/ too intOlerable to DO longer borne by d
, man Of such restless and uaietteFed spirits,
He sent TO Gen. Harmar and requested a
visit, When the General went, We.Eel
told him that he had shot the Indian, but
did not want 10 be hung, as that would be
somethin1 u 5S S %0 Hs t'sn H lew WIN 70
a favor that Gen. Harmar would deliver
him up to the Indians, where he might
die Ikea man. He said that the Indians
might form In q hollow ring, and place him
in the center The Indians armed with
tomoLo@I Thas ios T., anu III I'M ~. WIN
i o"t ,to host ,Sa,, ~. on,i niu 'ueu ns'lt
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mjnyled wondor aNd oim;,o. ;no'l' iIl IN Ia
saM sSNt , Wgt anu a NV. ior ne
would w;ii;~"iy 't S"nt ~ , mS s"'H, @na
ues,arD Enn nsu' nv 1 MnoIo Nu .,I
than remSin IN m"r;cles md LohS,o sa one
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anS Tho raS,,o.s ,,an '" Sn. 'T ~ us .saVe
down ~ ,ha d. ~ ~ WI Mns 4e'e chAlheu
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o,ain s Sont b. G.ao. ~" Hays Longer, anu
IN ,bet Ln 'o ',,oS ,aeI - t ri anu to,d
ana co"d ~ .f To-, useu c I.e u freedom
mSnt",Sat Il ,e naS a'u ~ oSasss ~ senhAe
In. ,. 'a.,! - ne Mele not Hncia'nea ana
sa',IT ho sC Ia"l f%o 10 TaiK ABOUT IN, he
TIE T%o G a. ue"1 - nsSh .eS uays. ,.
soii ~" o.,1s."J II,S oTaU,{ asuIuneS Of MN
a,;J o'su nI ii u" ', al put MS
-. .ia.iust .,.. anu 1lioweu nun 10 walk about
Sn, my so"nu9 u'iueF 1ne keeping Oh u strong
s" W...,., W.T.,
~, No SOONER ;!I Iau Wetzel gotten into the
pen, G y. WAN l' ~ 9egan 10 uanGe and run
aovaT ~ E'eelul manner' playing and
s Sluss'.4hs nis gu4Eus. ie would start OH
~ s,Husu Iyins 70 escape, ana when the
s III s.TF'eu III pursuit, ne would turn,
w Sa aS, oa.S' , leaS.e anu ausnahg at them
w soones MouIu tuey oeeome settled than
a'.oI.ei ulsl. III Tue ulEeGtlon OF me woods
"oH . 'aiiuGe tneIn 70 lollow, thinking that
ne WIS surrey trying 70 escape, lie would
s!op anu leisurely Walk back;; Thus he
4unGye" anu Wofrted tIeu tiH they re-
i II 70 lay Ihy more auentlon to him.
~: ny ton.Illutu .he sport, ana II was begin
IMs B'9W HOMOGENEOUS Wnen he sudden.
sSIrte ~ ~ lttl speed Ior tue woods. HIS
sua!us ". 9Iu iot n9tlCe tnls change IN his
IlGties 'l't ~, ne lAiI well high reached the
ttftSNst ihey thett catHtsht up their guns
ulu Hteu w MN: All missed, and he
reached the woods. A motley pack Of
NOUNS ana harmars myrmadons were
moving NJ ms heels
ne knew tue country well and could he
nave gotten Tree from his manacles he
would nave great advantage OF his pur.
S ,Ser, o As II was ne got out OF sight Of
lhem ana ran into tue densest forest he
could hna. he concealed himself under u
10y and awaited results
AS soon as harmar knew OF his flight he
set nearly all the soldiers and Indians Of
the '9Ft anu camp upon bis track. They
ttaVei it,, Tue woods in every direction, and
ne could hear them yelling and believing
on all sides. Nor, was this all, He had
scarcely become settled in his conCealment
when TWO Indians made their appearance
They were following his trail. They stood
on ont, re log over hun ,1 He heard them, but
could sE not see them. Iney talked OF how
they would drag him back to camp. lie
expected nothing but discovery. Had he
been unbound he would hAve made his