The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-05-19
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RECOGNIZED By MISS sEIsKRT,
Who is Positive he IS ons of the Two in Her
mohsr's House Friday Night. Bat She. Is
Probably Mlstakea-A Fine Kit Of
Tool. Captated-rhe MANS Story.
Yesterday morning Officer Ed Dntey
arrested one Of two men who are EVIL
IDENTITY professional burglars, but probably
have not operated any in this vicinity.
The two men appeared at Bolts Hotel,
on Main street, in the Fifth ward, on Sun
day shortly after noon, and gave the land
lord a package done up in newspaper, to
be kept for them. They had. eaten din
ner at Blum's hotel, and they took supper
at Bots, and late Sunday night retired to
bed. Something about their conduct had
aroused Mrs. Bolts suspicion, and she IN
duced her husband to send for the police.
Officer Dut1ey visited the room occupied
by the two men, and found them lying on
the bed with their clothes on. be told
them he wanted them, but after little
parley said he was only joking and went
down stairs.
Shortly after the two men also came
down stairs, and were about 70 leave the
house, when Dn1ey arrested one Of them.
The otherskipped out. This was about l
o'clock. 81.
Tile man gave his name as Ford. He
/ -. H. All .t.r,l sNa Na01Pk and than
the police authorities were about TO re-
lease him, when Sheriff Handlan inter
fered.
THE MAN SEMITIC JAIL.
The Sheriff had warrant Issued for
Ford by Squire Woods, and then visited
Botts' hotel. An examination OF the
package left there showed that 1t contain
ed burglars tools, fuses and the like,
plainly showing that the men were en-
| gagged in cracking safes. However, moth.
Il ing to implicato them many crimeins Ohio
county could be discovered. Ford said he
came here Sunday from Huntington on
the Katie Stockdale, and that he was a
plasterer. A dark lantern found on his
person he said he used in bis work.
Sduire Woods considered that the cir
cumstauces Just fed him in requiring the
prisoner 10 give bond in the sum Of $500
4 10 be OF good behavior for one year, and
in defaults him to Jail.
Yesterday afternoon his attorney, John
10. Pendletnn, secured writ Of habeas
corpus from udge Jacob, returnable to-
Il day al noon. II he cannot be held on the
present commitment, he will Immediately
be reartested on charge o! completely
in the burglary at Mrs. Emma seiberts,
In North Wheeling, Friday night. One
i OF Mrs. Seibert's daughters visited the jail
yesterday, and as soon as she saw the
prisoner declared he was one OF the two
men who were in her mothers house.
She was confident about the matter.
A TALK WITH FORD.
4 A.reporter yesterday visited the jail
and had talk with the prisoner. He
says his name Is Peter J. Ford, and that
he arrived in Wheeling Sunday at II
o'clock, on the Katie Stockdale, which
-It,oat he boarded at Huntington, The
man who was with him he did not know,
Having met him on the landing at Hum
tington. The package containing the
tools belonged to The stranger, and Ford
did not know what was in it until he saw
the tools at the JUSTICES office. lie did
not explain the dark lantern and two
pieces OF candle which were found upon
his person.
He says he is plasterer and shows
hands badly blistered by hard labor. His
story is that he was working In Cincinnati.
and when done there came 10 Huntington.
70 look for work. Finding none, he board
ed the Stockdale 10 come here.
This story Is doubtless 9 compound OF
truth and falsehood, and 1t would be hard
to tell which predominates. He IL EVIL
Identity crook, though possibly new in
the business. the did come here on the
boat Sunday the fact can be easily estab-
lishod; and he would scarcely tell lie
which could be so easily dispruved. Miss
Seibert Is probably mistaken in Identity
ing the man as one Of The burglars OF Fri
day night.
THE MEN AND THEIR TOOLS.
Ford looks like a man Of so or So years,
Is about feet Z inches high, Of medium
heavy build, round leshy face, dark hair
and eyes, black mustache and small side
whiskers.
The man who escaped was OF about the
same height, witha sandy mustache and
chin whiskers; had bald spot above his
forehead, and deep scar on the bridge Of
his noe. His flight amounts to q confes-
sion that he was crooked, and as conclu-
sfye evidence as to Ford Is not wanting,
Prosecuting Attorney Jordan had Parsons
take photograph OF the man, and he
screwed up his face and did all he could
TO prevent this. This Is not characteristic
OF an innocent man.
The kitof toolscontained some very fine
ones. The bits. ehisols and other edged
tools were carefully wrapped TO prevent
nicking. There were several bitsfor Dor.
ing iron, a tube for loading powder into
bores in safe doors, several fine hooks and
scrapers for drilling purposes, and an in
genious pair oltweezers for turning keys
from the outside OF the doors. Besides
this was leather strap aud a quantity OF
fuse, a fine jimmy and several graded cold
chisels, The tools were all nearly new,
and in excellent condition for work.
There was o safe robbery at Ripley,
Jackson county, last week, which it Isl
suspected these men committed. Sheriff
Handlan, who deserves credit for the IN.
terest he shows in the matter, sent tele-
grams TO several places yesterday inqufr-
ing about Ford Prosecutor Jordan also
had the photographs taken at his own ex-
pense. Both officials should be reini-
bursed.
The chapHne Street Rink.
There was good attendance at the
Chapline street rink last night. The fea-