Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-30
HE CAME TO GRIEF.
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firms, claiming to be q country merchsn
putting in new stock, and obtain ng cseSi
for goods, would order them sen, to his he
tel. By Wednesday night he had secumu
lated enough stuff to fill our trunks, whel
be took psseage on the Pike for Wheeling
The Pittsburg folks did not drop onto tn
game until yesterday, when telegram wa
sent to this city, with the result stated.
Now comes
THE SECOND CHATTER
in this most interesting tale, in the shap,
of q column article in the Philadelphi,
Times Of Wednesday morning. From il ",
take the following:-
A tall, 6nelookiDg, portly man, abou
forty years Of age, with o dark brosr
moustache, hair of the same color, slightly
bald, red face and the confidential air of 8
successful merchant, registered ct the
Bingham House last Friday. He had q
grips.ck with him. he spread the name
Of Ed. Kinnaue. Springfield. Ohio, on the
hotel register. He left for Pi,tsburg on the
IL 20 train on Saturday night, with ,hres
large trunks fnll Of cloaks, suitipgs, cloths
silks and jewelry. Mr.. Kinpane had clev
erly swindled Q number Of Market street
merchants and got away with bis plunder
The trunks were 90 heavy that he paid
81 so excess for baggage at the Broad
street station. He checked them to Pitts
burg.
Mr.. kinnane dropped in on Jacob s.
Bunting, the cloth merchant. northwest
corner Second aud Market streets, on Fri.
day last, and bough, about three hundred
dollars worth Of cloth for the dry goods
house Of Kinnsne, Wren & Co, Springfield,
Ohio He told a plausible story Of his con
nection with the house; that be was son
OF the senior member Of the frm and one
OF the firm himself, aud asked Mr.. Bunting
to send the cloths in o trurk TO Riegel,
Scott l. Co, 333 Market street, who were
also going to ship him some goods. Mr.
Bunting, after sseertaining that the house
Of Kinnsne, Wren Il Co, OF Springfield,
Ohio, was A No |, and that Riege, Scott
h Co. were going to send goods out there,
sent the trunk, which was
nearly full, to bis neighbor up the street.
Mr.. Bunting said yesterday: 1T was q
good, clean job. j sm not as much out ss
some of the other merchants along the
street never would have sent the goods
10 hotel for him if he would have asked
me to do So m too old bird for that.
he requested me 10 send the trunk up to
Riegel, Scott 4 Co, as be had bought some
goods there, which we're to be put in it. |
did so. he was clever confidence man
The detectives are on his track.
THE NEXT VICTIM.
When Mr.. kinnane walked into the big
wholesale house OF Riegel, Scott & Co.,
No 333 Market street, last Friday after
noon, he had the air of man who knew
his business.
"He had evidently bought goods before"
,aid Mr.. Eilborn, one OF the statesmen. |
He was very careful in selecting what
Foods he wanted. He had o small Odd
Fellows pin in his Scart and talked Odd
Fellow to me, He was well posted. he
asked after a former member Of the firm !
Who had been dead for fifteen years, spoke
If several well-known drummers and 9th.
,rs and OF his own firm in Springfield o
which is an A No. firm. He orjeged |
Ibout 81 900 worth ot pooda oi all kinds !
including about ssO0 worth Of silks The
after 10 wanted TO be bert 10 the Bingham
House in trunk which would be ssnt
o US from another firm on Market street
where he had been byipg goods There
vas nolhing exceptional in this request,
's buyers frequently take goods with thea |
n trunks to avoid freight charges. every
passenger being allowed one hundred
'ouIds Of baggage. When the trunk ar.
ived from Mr. BuntiDg's store the silks
we're pu: in and sent to the hotel for Mr.
iinnsne on Saturday afternoon. The
'ther goods purchased were shipped sy ex.
'ress TO Kinnane, Wren 4 Co, Springfield,
)hio. and Lili aent the same evening.
j course we will not loJe the goods ship.
'ed by express, as they will be sent hlek
o us. We were well satisfied about Mr..
iinnaue and his Era before the goods
'ere sert, ut ne turns out 10 be swim
IIer."
The above two instances are fair sam.
lies OF how the racket was worked The
Wholesale lawelry firms Of S. Kind q Co
md Simobs Brothers fell easy victims, as
lid also Wright Bros. y Co, the Philsdel.
'his sait Co, and orher', and having
bout all the pluuder he could ms6sge,
dr. Kinnane left for Pttsbtrg on the late
rain Saturday night. At the sore o: ;ss
Philadelphia Suit Co. Kinnan, bought an
Id trunk which he lad alled with ladies
traps, and this trunk !, evidently one Of
bose now at Police Headquarters Gllsd
nth the same good. That kinHane and
wilson are one and .hs same person there
IA not he doubt
The arres, is most important one g il
,uts stop to the career Of o yeIy sucoess.
ul sharper. and the police deserve credit
or the capture.
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