Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-30

( at least are the right parties. TWAS $50
O'Clock this morning when the gang was
locked up at the station.
About 10 O'Clock yesterday morning
Sheriff Handlan received thefollowing tele-
gram:
"Sherif, Wheeling:
'tHave arrested eleven men in freight
train at Glenwood, on B. go. r. r. Come
and identify them.
~. A. BLACKMoRE,
''Chief of Police"
To this the Sheriff at nee replied, say
ing he would come at once, and he and
Deputy Blanchard boarded the l p. m.
train over the Pittsburgh Division of the
b. & o. en- route for the city of smoke.
Arriving there, they found eleven prison
ers. one colored man and ten whites, lock-
ed up in the Central Station. 1t needed
but a glance to show that one of the par
ties were the ones wanted, and the whole
rang wa turned loose. They were a tough
looking lot, and their co~untenances fully
warranted the Pittsburgh police in locking
them up.
Here in Wheeling it was confidently ex-
pected the Sheriff had succeeded in
arresting at least three of the gang
-Stotsbery, Mooney and McAndrews-
and quite a crowd gathered at the b. x O.
depot at 1920 last night to see the party
arrive. A couple of reporters and two or
three policemen boarded the incoming train
at CITY Hall corner, and a rapid search
through the cars served to show that not
even the Shorthand his deputy were aboard
they having quietly dropped off at Seven
teenth and EOff streets. 1t was quickly
ascertained that the trip had been a fruit
less one, the gang of prisoners having evil
IDENTIFY taken the alarm after the freight
train left Point Mills on Wednesday evening
and dropped off further out the road, prob
ably at Claysville or Taylorstown, and
taken to the woods.
1t was confidentally asserted by two or
three persons last night, II of them q
policeman, that StOtsbery was seen In the
city al eleven o'clock Wednesday night. An
officer told a REGISTER reporter last even
ing, at the City Hall, that ut the hour
named Stotsbery drank in a certain So
loon, while q policeman stood outside talk
ing to the proprietor" What saloon 1T
was, or who the officer was, the policeman
refused to state. A gentleman who over
heard the conversation, corrObOrated what
the policeman said, saying he knew StOts-
berry well, and was within a few feet OF
him at II o'clock. If this is so, StOtsbery
must have made his way back to town
after being arrested ut Point Mills and es-
Gaping. The story is very doubtful, how
ever.
The following was sent over by our Mar
tins Ferry reporter last night:
among other things which u officers
think a little strange is the fact that
Wheeling officials do not take tina trouble
to notify her nearest Ohio neighbor when
some criminal act has been perpetrated.
Three of the escaped county Jail birds from
Wheeling spent the night in Martins Fer
nv, but nOnc of our officers or citizens
knew till they saw yesterday morn
ing's paper that any such escape had beer
made. 1t has been a rule with Wheeling
officers to give Martins Ferry the cold
shoulder in such matters, and quite fire.
quently to their W rs we'll as our officers
detriment."
The opinion was very prevalent yesterday
that the prisoners were furnished substan-
tial aid from the outside IN saving on the
bars. There is evidence to show that the
outer bars which guarded the Jail window
were sawed off from the outside, the Oper-
atOr standing on a pipe which runs along
the wall beneath the windows. The saw
used by the prisoners was found yesterday
in the wall of q deserted cell, used by the
prisoners Us a bath room. 1t is 4 piece
of what is called a ''hack saw" about eight
or ten inches long by ONT and one halfinch
broad, and having teeth in both sides. A
piece of cloth had been wrapped around
the broken end of the saw to afford a hold
for the hand while operating it. Iii very
likely tbs same party who helped cut the
bars also coached the prisoners on their
journey over the b. & o. and counseled
them To leave the train after the Point
Mills episode, confident that q telegram
would be sent ahead OF them.