The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-20
THE SILK ROBBERS
WHO WE'RE REctNTLylNa THIS CITY
Arr.atsd By the Cleveland Police, and Large
j QaAntitiss Of Stolen Goods Found In Their II
Dsl-s,olsn J,welry Sent from Cis'e.
land 10 HAtsiing-A sharp Party.

The recent burglars h.rs Of the residenceu
Of Mr.. stiiel, on North Main street, Of Mr..
Simpson. in East Wheeling, and L. b. Good&
Co.'s and Stone & Thomas's dry goods stores,
which were such mysteries at the time, arc
mysteries no longer The thieves have been
caught, and portions Of their plumber stolen
here, and q great many valuAbls articles
obtained at later burglnrles ut Cleveland,
found on their premises. There is nc. doubt
OF their identity, az the parties arrested give
the SAME names as parties who were here at
tho time OF the numerous robbsrles, and who
fell undtr su9plclon, but were never arrested,
though their house In East Wheeling, near
the tunnel, was visited twice by Capt. Ben.
nett with search warrants. 4"r4s4,|
The party consisted OF three mon and two
women, ane they arrived In Cleveland two
weeks ago, going straight there from here.
WHO THEY ARE.
They claimed to be from Philadelphia, and
gave their names as Harry Lowell, u litho-
gfapher; Henry Clair, salesman; aud VIM.
McNally, an agent. The two women as Hat.
tie Lowell and Ellen Mentally. Hattie Low.
ell, who claims to DO Harry's wife, was with
the party when they came here. She Is q pc.
tite and very pretty blonde. LOWELL himself
Ia u regular dude, dressing In the heigt OF
slyls. Ellen McNally, tbs wiie Of Willlsn,
was married to him here, and Ii a daughter
Of man named McGruder, who: lives
In East Wheeling. When the Cleveland
house was searched among other things found
was the marriage license Of William Nc
Nally and ELLA NJ. McGruder, written on a
scrap piece Of paper, dated May |, 1881, and
signed J. u. Fitzpatrick. There was no I'D.
dress upon 1t, but 1t WAS evidently written
by Rev: J. B. Fitzpatrick. pastor Of Zane
slrset Church, this city. A piece Of wrap.
ping paper In one OF the rooms was addressed
10 II. Lowell, Bridgeport, Ohio, aud i. was
largely through this fact that the thieves
were traced TO this city. McNally Is o stout,
robust fellow, while BAR is'a.spry; little,
sandy haired individual, who told street
car driver that he worked on a limo in
Philadelphia.
Its OF sToLEN )ops. e-. -
In searching the Cleveland house, scatter.
ed throughout the four bed rooms on the
second door were numerous articles that had
evidently been stolen. Tires pieces Of rich
dress goods, two Of black brocsde and one OF
green silk, handsome seal sack, two seal
caps, fur trimmed circular, a considerable
quantity OF silverware, and many other
articles were found. The caps and dress
goods were probably stolen here. Two seal
skin caps were taken hsre, and tie dry goods
may have come from Goods Or. Stone l.
Thomss's. The search was continued
throughout the day and new goods constant.
~ brought to light. Three ugly
looking, heavy English ball dog
rsvolvers and two OF smaller ca,.
iber were taken. As Sergeant Dunn was
ransacking the, kitchen, his glance detected
spade, tho only gardening implement the
premises contained. Acting on the thought
the Implement suggested he hastened out to
therear Of lhe house and cast his ey about for
instances OF fresh digging. In the southeast
corner of the lot, and about one and hall
feet below the surface the spade came in
contact with b,I, which, when excavated
and opened, was found to contain valuable
jewslry. z','. w
| ~ BURGLARS TOOLS
The sssrch was continued aud from other
spots buried treasure WAS resurrected until a
quantity amounting In value to probably
$500 or $1,000 was uuearthed. Among 1t
we're four gold watches, diamond rings and
diamond pins and other jeTe!ry in pro-
fusion. They were buried in paper and
| NVoocl uoAeo puh SA4 StOIAhuSes vluAileS
were also discovered beneath The ground,
and also "outsidersi with which 10 turn
keys in la!cbes, and skeleton keys. 4 boy
found another jimmy. In fact the premists
toemed with evidences OF professional bur-
CHARGING, Among the clothing was a shop
filters overs:st, with huge inside pocket
capable OF slowing away = half .bushel at
least, Falss whiskers snd otller pnrpher-
MALTA Of guilt were added 10 the store.
| sroLEs GOODS BENT TO WHEELING.
It was yesterday sscertained at Cleveland
that part of the je*siyy ,tolen by the gang
had Been cent here by Mira. Moh.;ly 70 rsls:
tiyes. A Dispatch was cent to Captain BEN
nett 10 this effect sDd he visited the McGru.
ders Yesterday aud recovered several articles,
among which WIS ehild'S gold ring. The
parties here were probably tnuasant recipi.
ents OF the things. Whether any large guam:
tity of the silks AID other things stolen here
has besn Iscoyered cannot now be told.
The pcrties whea here rented large frame
house near the Hemp6e, d tunnel, in East
Wheeling. They vera under polics nspiopess
| for long time, but we're loo 6Garp for tho
Wheeling police. Lowell cla!med 10 be q
photographer in search Of work. This wSs
enough to arouse suspicion, as there ia no
Autograph es,abiuhment in the city. Capt.
Bennett was sati.iel ths7 we're crooked, but
could get no evidence to bold them oH. FL
was inclined to the opinion that they were
professional crooks who were lying low here
until it was safe for them 10 move.