Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-08
THE MITCHELL AIRES
officers Fighting Over ths Reward
for His Capture.
AR. BdfsstN Not a cIaimant---Stor by the
aMarshal HhO Made the Arrest.--
AkDandy Sheriff Who
Won't Diyy.

The City Marshal OF BLACK RIVER FSus'
where Emmett Mitchell was captured, and
the Sheriff Of the county, are fighting over
the reward of 81, 900 offered BY Belmont
county. Capt. ALI W. Burnett, Of Charles
ton, was near Mitchell and would have
taken him, next day, # he had not surren-
dered. All, however, was not working for
the reward, but as an employed detective.
Marshal Snowden, of Black River Falls
who took Mitchell, wrote to Capt. Burnett
the following interesting story OF the arrest:
THE MARsHAL's STORY.
On the 2ist of October, while l was en-
gagged in lighting my street lamps, Emmett
b. Mitchell came TO me and requested me
10 arrest him and put him in Jail. I asked
him what charge l could bring against him
and he said, "oh anything, murder II you
want to. killed a mar about a month ago
in Ohio" l thought he acted strangely, as
though insane or under the influence OF
liquor, and so took him up to the jail, our
city has no lookup, so we are obliged to use
the county Jail for city prisoners, which IS
on charge OF the Sheriff, and then said to
the Sheriff that / thought the man Mitchell
should be taken care oil! as
| thought he was insane;
The sheriff said "All right, shut him up II
YOU want to-" So l put him in the Jail.
On the morning of the 22d | made a
complaint before the county Judge for an
inquiry as to the mans sanity. The Judge
issued his warrant directed to DrS. ID: b.
Cole and James Robe, commanding them
TO make 8nssxspination of the prisoner and
report as TO his sanity. This warrant was
served on the doctors by Sheriff Ornsby;
NcSt 10 o'clock / bought the man Mitchell
belorAthe doctorS in the county Judges
Office, and they ssked him to tell all about
the mattessF He proceeded to &c
so. Hsf gave us the name o'
Shsff Sedgewick and said we could write
No him and find out all about it. He also
claimed as he had done the night before
that some four or FIVE mel were after him
and that they were camped near the depot
that they came to the jail window during
the night
WITH MASKS on
ard tried to get in and get him. His case
puzzled the doctors who asked for time tc
write to Ohio and find out full particulars
if there wa anything in the man story
He seemed 10 remember everything dow
to about q week prior to that tlme when nc
got on a big drunk according to HE story,
in Duluth, and from that time on he seemed
10 feel or know only one thing-that
someone was after him and would kill
him unless he gave himself up, or got
away from them" The Judge granted the
doctors more time and put the fellow in my
charge, as he had done before a number o
times in committing insane persons, by
verbal order, and l put him in jail. Ih'
doctors told me to telegraph Sheriff Sedg
wick if there was a reward OF one thousand
dollars offered for the capture of Mitchell
as he claimed. About II o'clock | sent thu
following message, directed to Sheriff Sedge
wick, St. Clairseille Ohio: as Emmett
Mitchell wanted by you? Answer" anc
paid the charges on the message.
The same afternoon, BY direction OF thu
doctors, | took Mitchell down and bough
him some undertaking, and had him take
a bath.
He said: "Ifyou will give me a chance t.
get way nay brothers will make 1t an OBJ
iect for you" l told him | could not d.
that, and he then said, "Well, 4s long a!
I've told SO much, come up to the Jail to
night, and l will tell you all about it
That evening l went up, when he told nj
the same thing over again, with full pa-tic
ulars as to his brothers and others in tn,
nelghborhood where he lived, and renewed
his promise that his brothers would make
an object for me to let him 90 if / w0lll
only write them about it." said
HE WAS Eco
or he would not have given himself up, AM
so on.
The next morning | received the follow
ing message: "St. Clairsville, o., PR
P. Snowdon: Mitchell is wanted, $1,000 re
ward for him. F. R. Sedgewick, deppt.
sheriff.
| then went to the jail with DR.. Cole auC
took a description Of the man, and tele
graphed the following to Leroy Sedge
wick, St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio
Have man who claims to be Emmett D
Mitchell, and that he shot Charles Griffith
September 2; is about q years old, five
feet nine inches, ITO pounds, dark complex
ion, hair and eyes, muscular, large bones
prominent nose, irregular teeth, largC
mouth, high forehead. If this is your mar
bring on your thousand dollars and requi
%sition," which / sent about ii o'clock
Sheriff 0rnsby was away from home til
noon. When he came home at noon he
heard of the reward business, and wen.
before David Barclay, Esq, Justice
of the Peace, and made complaint against
Mitchell for murder in Ohio, and Barclay
committed him to Jail till November 8th.
0rmsby then closed the door on me and
every one else, and took his key from the
iailer to prevent any one seeing the man
On the oath | received the following mess
age: "St. Clairsville, Ohio. r. P. Snow.
dom start for your place at midnight
Hold him. II. C. S~edgewick."
On the 18th Mr.. Sdgewick arrived at !
o'clock a. m. | met him at the depot and
placed the main facts before him, and after
wards Sheriff 0rmsby met him and took
him to the Jail and showed him the man
Mitchell.
HAD THE BULGE.
DR.. Cole and c. NJ. Olson, on my behalf
had a long conversation with Sedgewick, in
which he expressed himself about this way
Whatever the rights of the case are, the
fact is that the Sheriff has the bulge on the
Marshal, and if the Marshal sticks out, the
Sheriff can take the man to st. Clairsville
and get the reward. ! have talked with
Sheriff Ormsby and he has offered to de,
liver the man at Chicago Junction for a
good deal less than | would have asked him
to. Now, l am willing to pay Mr.. Snowdon
S25 for his trouble in the matter, and let
Mr.. Ormsby deliver the man to me at Chi.
goJunction." And BY the advice of'Messrs.
Cole and Olson l accepted the proposition
and Sedgwick paid me $50 aud took my re-
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