The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-24
THE MASKED ROBBERS
COMMIT ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
Worse Than That Of Sunday Morning They
Enter n Mans House, Dind Him, and *.
tort Information OF tho Whereabouts =
OF His Money by InhumnnT Torture.

Enter n slnh's House, Lind HIN, ANA TX.
tort Information OF tho Whereabouts
OF His Money by InhumnnT Torture.
Elijah Marling Is q well.to.do bachelor,
who owns considerable real estate in this
county and lives alone on It IN q house on
the Bethany pike, about three miles from
the intersection OF that road and the Ma.
tional road, at Frank Walters, and about
Ave miles from the city. Ills lonelyhabi.
Of life, and the fact that ut stated times he
receives large sums Of money for rents OF
his farms and houses arc well known In
the neighborhood where he resides. lie
Is usually very careful, however, not to
keep money IN the house, bringing It to
town aud dcpositing It In Il bank rs soon
after receiving tas possible. lie has al
ways n small amount OF ready money
about the house, but not enough to tempt
thieves.
VISITED ny BURGLARS.
Monday night ut m carly hour his
house WINS visited by thieves, WHO secured
n sum OF money that would amply repay
them for tier brief labor, Though no doubt
much less than their hopes had led them
to believe would be fonnd in tho house.
They roughly brokein the door without
regard to the amount Of noise made, and
knocking Marling down with IN axe.han.
die md covering him with their revolvers,
quickly and securely bound himi u man!
ner to cause him much pain. There were
four OF the robbers, and they were all
carefully masked with heavy black mus.
lin, which covered their entire faces cx-
cept the eyes, for which holes were made.
They told Mr.. Marling that they did
not intend TO hurt him unless he gave
them trouble, and that all they wanted
was the money which they knew he had
in the house. Heat first denied having
any money, saying he had deposited it all
in the bank. This they disputed, and
Marling still refusing to divulge the where.
abouts Of his money, they began to beat
him severely. About sos was found in
his p%antaloons pockets, which was all the
money in the house. Marling told the
robbers this, but they refused to believe
it, and continued beating him.
CRUELTY TORTURED.
This did not extort the desired informa-
ton, though Marllng, who is man well
advanced in years, was cruelty beaten.
The tiends then heated Il poker 10 Il white
heat in the fire in the room, and repeated.
ly applied it to Mr.. Markings sides, arms,
limbs and back, leaving numerous Bills.
ters all over his body.
When the robbers entered Marlins was
heating n mixture on the fire 10 apply for
q cold and sore throat. This was boiling
hot. The burning with the poker not
having the desired effect, the men poured
the contents OF this kettle down the old
mans back, scalding him horribly.
There was nothing about the four mask
ed men that would enable Mr.. Marling to
indemnity them. They carefully avoided
speaking each others names, and this
with the manner i'll which they were dis
guised gives rise to more than q suspicion
that these four men were four OF the six
who pcrpetrated the out age upon the
Workenour family, in East Wheeling
Sunday morning.
HOUND o TWELVE HOURS.
III lIle pAltitul pos!LioH III WHICH lle was
left by the robbers Mr.. Marling wa acct
dentaliy found Yesterday morning about
nine o'clock, at least twelve hours after he
had been tied. He was lying onthe floor,
unclothed and exposed to the chill night
air, his wrists and ankles bound so firmly
that his arms and legs were numb and
his hands and feet irightfully swollen,
gagged not only so as to be speeches.,
but SO that he breathed with difficulty,
and all lifetime suffering agonies II pain
from the burns inflicted BY the thieves
with the hot poker.
Yesterday morning a tenant and neigh
Dor OF Markings, named-Wtarton went
to the house to see him on some business,
and found him in this painful position.
The neighbors did all that could be done
10 relieve his s%ut!erings, and Wharton
came to town to get a physician.
Tho money stolen was recently paid
Marling by johnson Murray, another ten
ant, Tor rent.
b MARKING MAY DIE.