The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-28
rwo coMalERcIAL gounIsrsl.
Who are Known I'm Wheeling Engaged In
Conspiracy ut Cleveland.

Who are Known In wheeling Engnged In n
Conspiracy at Cleveland.
The Syracuse IN. y. J Daily Journal Of a
recent date has under this caption: "He
was plump and pretty@The Syracuse life
Of John II. Jewell and the startling I'D.
ventures he passed through in q conspir-
acy with A, A. King in trying to gain q
divorce suit at Cleveland, = q rather inter
esting story about the two men whose
names appear in the words quoted above
and who are not entirely unknown to
parties in this city. From this accountit
appears that while in Cleveland Jewell,
through q Misrepresentation on the part
Of King, was drawn into q conspiracy TO
get, evidence for q divorce against Kings
wife. In open court Jewell related these
facts and the result was the arrest OF
King and the detention Of Jewellsas a
witness. The Journal has the following
about Jewell, who resides there and trav-
els for his brother, tobacconist:
sSome time since, officials at Wheeling
wrote letters to this city inquiring after
Jewell. Noattention was paid to the let
tiers, and finally an attorney in that city
wrote that Jewell had succeeded in win
ming the affections Of an heiress, and that
Il his antecedents were good he could gain
the consent Of the young girls parents to
the match. 1t was afterwards rumored
that the girl had eloped with Jewell, but
nothing was ever definitely known as to
the truth Of the story Jewell did not
elope with the girl, who is q well known
young lady in the city and who has since
gotten brayely over. her .mash,n
II appears from. tho Journal that Jewell
has had numerous adventures in his time.
In August 1880, the police found albundle
Of clothing In the rear Of aihousein fesi5
dence part of the city. On making an in
vestigation the officers found JEWELL
In q back room in tile second story. His
hands were tied IN front.of him with'a
piece ofclothesIine. On the, bed near his
head was a wad OF cotton and a folded5Ip
sheet. The house was that OF his brothers.
and Jewell boarded there. lie told the
police that he had returned home about
u o'clock the night before and had made
1t . point as. he usually did to see that
all the doors and wind were locked, but
that he had found one window.catch
broken. He had puthiswatch and money in
one OF the pockets of his trousers and are
yolver under his pillow, but he was
confident that some one had ehloroiormed
him, and after robbing him had tied him
to . bed post He said his watch was q
SIS silver one and; that sos in money had
been taken. Afterwards twas ascertained
that he owed g debt Of $40, and that to
evade payment he had dropped his clothes
out OF the window in q safe placed, tied
himself, up and then told the story.
lin 1881 he married Q Syracuse lady,
One night in July, $50, while waiting for
him to return home she went to the pan
try TO got a lunch, taking a kerosene lamp
with her. While there It. exploded and
she was burned TO death. The Journal de-
scribes Jewell very accurately as follows:
"Heis q tritle below the average height but
Is the extreme OF dapperness in personal
appearance. Ills complexion is aorid, his
eyes black, hishair black and glossy, his
face round and his teeth white and fegu-
lar. The only hirsute adornment on his
face is q small black mustache OF the gem
eral style SO much in favor with Italian
tenors.m 4 .s,ls.g ~
The above describes the darling to the
dot. While here several months ago,
making love to the young lady above re-
ferred to, he caught several of the boys for
little amounts, reaching in some cases TO
500. When he skipped out, the young
lady and her father hada stormy time
over the matter, she wanting to follow
him, and the boys mourned their money
as lost. A few. weeks since, however, he
returned; he found that the lady had
come to her senses and had no furtheruse
for him. He also found the boys bowling
for their money. He settled with some OF
them aud promised 10 with others, but In
q day ortwo he.was again missing.
So much for Jewell. King has been
coming here for several years as the rep
resentatiye Of Morgan 4 Co.'s. lithograph.
ing concern, and has tile reputation Of be-
ing "a slick one. !" Dnring the last campaign
he made the remark here that he would
trust no West Virginia Democrat, as they
never paid their deb Q. A well known
young Democrat who had about eight
fingers OF hand made Je1ersonian SIM
plicity on board, promptly knocked him
down and King never said q word, a |
sporting man speaking OF him last night,
said: 81 remember him, you bet; was
playing poker with him one night and he |
lost $50 OF thereabouts. And what did he
do He went and sGaealed 20 Tom Ben
nett and then after that went down TO |
Mike Brady sand eorralled nearly six hun.
dred OF Mixes hard dollars. That's the
kind Of asucker he Is,
The Cleveland papers in their reports
Intimate! that King has gotten into q light