Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-22
PLUNDER|NG THE EPUDLIC
How a Trio Of Tough Urchins Tor.
rorizsd the Citizens Of a New
England Town.
The Precocious Outlaws Arrested,
and Their Rendezvous Loot
ed by the Police.
A Fathers Strange Freak A ChiId's
Body Unburied- Midnight
Visits to the Corpse.

NORWICH, CoYN., April al.-John Nolan,
aged nineteen, the captain" VIM. Rus
sell, aged seventeen, and Thomas Sevin,
aged eighteen, are sons Of respectable
Taftyille citizens. few miles to the north
OF this city. 1t has been discovered that
this precious trio, protitins by diet Of
years on flash literature of the dine novel
sort compose the entire gang Of burglars
which has. .besnpillasin thsass1hhsz.part
Of New London county so successfully all
winter. Among the places which have
been
Piundcred by Them
are postoffices at Greenville, Norwich.
town, Hanover. Canterbury, and Baltic,
stores and railroad stations at Norwich
town, AMI many other stores and barns in
villages all about this section. Last Sum-
day night the Langeller grocery, large
country store at Occum, was tapped OF 800
worth OF all sorts Of merchandise, and sus.
pcion fell at once upon Russell, who was
confronted at his bedside at midnight last
evening by Sheriff Rogers, OF this city. He
was so frightened that he made
Coispiete Confession
Of the whole affair, and revealed to the
officer the hiding place of fox robes, fur
sac9ues. lsces, rsvolyers, perfumery, ready
made garments, handkerchiefs, shirts, cog
nae brandy, cigars, plug and smoking 10
baCco, and a large list OF miscellaneous
sthffs. This was secured in row of tiny
caves in a deep ravine, on an elevation in
dark swamp, east of 1attyille. After Sc.
Tho IIupIa- PusSau lpl tha n
lhe thieves rendezvous. riCkety old
shanty still deeper into the woods, where
Nolan vas surprised in bed. He greeted
Sheriff Rogers with loaded pistol, and
An Ugly Dirk
ss he entered, but was quickly overpower-
ed. The twain were hsndcutfed and lock-
ed up in this city, and Sevin was brought
in later in tae day. Ttey will be tried to-
morrow. Russell is downcast. but the 9TH
eraare joyous and claim prison life is nee
essary school for those embarkfng upon
such a career as they have chosen. They
are tough looking sec, but are bright
cOrversational'sts.
Their shanty vas littersd with plunder
of ell sorts, anu with pipes, tobacco, play.
ing cards, and books, with such titles
as "0aptain Kid, the Bloody Bulldozer OF
Hellgate, ," Purple Bill, Of the Red River
Canoe, and "OlG Single Eye, the Indian
Slayer On Nolan's person was found an
order to Richard X, Fox fo- another lot Of
similap trash. The house was
Perfect Arsenal.
boxes u stolen reTolvers, cartridge" and
knives being secreted all about it. The
fellows were always armed. The stuff taken
by them embraces everything to be found
in New England fact DIV stores, and the loss
to their victims will aot fall sEert OF 1000;
but very few postage stamps we're stolen.
Not one hall Of the ; Fag can be recovered,
as much has been sold and converted into
money for a trip to the West, where the
gang hoped TO become
h Triple Headed Terror.
Among NOlan'S palers, which were Kept
in a greasy volume under the loot OF his
berth, was 4 chart Of the expeditions under
taken by the gang since their organization
last fall, and outlining at the close the
Western trlp via New York. CEicago, and
''Uu to Ieadville." therce 10 san Francisco,
or down the Gulf Of Mexico. Inc of the
gang said tonight that if they were shut
up in the State prison he hoped they
would he put at the blacksmith trade, that
they might learn to make their own tools.
The affair is the toughest case OF prrCo-
ciuusuesS that has ever come 10 light in
Norwich, and is the talk OF the town.