The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-10
0TAKENTo A COUNTY JAIL"
ia. W. u. FonnSr AFrostsd In this City a. q
Fugitive.

AuBllNes |
About IL o'clock last evening oHicsrs
Duffy and West arrested DR.. W. H. Fon-
ner, while he was converting with friend
in the Mcclure House lobby, and an hour
later he was committed to jail by Justice
W. Il. Davis, in default Of $1,000 bail, to
await q hearing at 2 O'Clock this afternoon,
the charge against him being that on or
about April It'll he did conspire with one
Dr.. Hale, in the county Of Allegheny,
P~ennsYluania, 10 detraud one Kelly and
one Chsutibriand Of diet, drink and
money TO the amount Of 500, the com.
plAinRnt being Chief Of Police Smith.
The complaint is based on certain trans
actions in Pittsburgh during the past week,
q full account Of which was given In yes
terday's IETRLLIGRNcRR, Dr., Fonner is
well known here and needs no introduce
ton. Neither does Dr.. Hale,
EoNNER's ARREST,
Last nights arrest was made ut the re-
quest Of Chief of Police BlRckmore, Of
Pittsburgh, who telephoned earlier in the
evening asking that in case Former was
found he be held as q fugatiYe from JUS
tice until this morning, The officers were
notified to be on the lookout, and soon
alter the arrest was made,
Former had been in the city since late
Thursday evening, having came in on the
late train over the Hempteld. He stop
ped at the st, James Hotel,
After being arrested he was taken to
the Central station and allowed 70 re-
main in the oficers' room with friends
while Captain Smith and Justice Davis
were sent for. II was here that q re-
porter interviewed him. The Doctors
story in substance was as follows;
roNNRR's sToRT,
at was sometime in February that DR.,
Hale called on me here; he was then on
his way 10 Minneapolis. He represented
that we could make q barrel Of money
travelling about in such q way as TO at
tract attention and selling his medicines,
We had quite q long talk over the mat.
ter. In March, after he had returned to
Washington, he wrote 10 me several times,
and at last | went on to join him, That
was early in March, | was In Washing.
ton about twoweeks doing nothing, Then
we went to Lancaster, Pa, There we met
0h~autibriaud, Heciaimedto be fFom South
Carolina and had a minstrel COM
pany that was q fairly good one. We
made u contract with him, q copy Of which
l have in my valise at the hotel, agreeing
to pay him One-third OF the proceeds de-.
rived from the sale OF the medicines and
from what other business we might do
and out OF that he was TO pay his COM
pany. That was signed by allthree Of
US. Hale aud | never had any written
contract, but 1t was understood that l was
10 have a third aud he a third,
"Hale and Ohautibrinnd went to Pitts
burgh a week ahead Of me. l was 10 have
been there last Saturday night, but l did
not got there until Sunday morning, They
had ordered a big supper at the Monon-
gahela house to celebrate my arrival Sat-
urday night. | failed to appear, but they
had the supper all the sane-Champagne,
etc., and had the bill, $40, charged
to me. 1 arrived there with very
little money in my pocket, hay:
ing allowed Hale to take all
the proceeds at Lancaster. l told Mr..
Kelly that the supper must not be charged
to me and that | was responsible for only
what | had Individually. While | was in
Lancaster / was presented with q sight
draft drawn by Ohautibriand on mo for
500 In favor OF Mr.. Miller, manager OF La
iayette Hall for one weeks rent. / refused
to pay 1t and Monday when l met Miller
| told him that the draft would come back.
Hale fixed matters with him somehow
and the hall was at our disposal Monday
afternoon. | told Miller that he had bet
ter look out for himself and suggested that
he attach Hale's s%tereopticon, gas tanks
and views, which he claimed werO worth
5 1000; they were worth nothing Of the
sort and were o blamed nuisance.
"Monday 1t was stormy, and we had
only q few people in the afternoon. All
the morning people had been coming to
me with bills contracted by Hale aud
Ohautibriand, who had said that | could
pay them. This made me mad, and l
refused to 90 on the stage that afternoon:
In the evening consented 70 go on and
make q few remarks-llat ashott, general
talk. | refused to pull teeth or do any.
thing. Tuesday morning | grew disgust
ed and made up my mind that tho thing
was going to be no 90. l told Hale this.
He said that as soon as the weather cleared
up we would make money. / told him
that | was going to quit, and, try and raise
some money to put the concern firmly
on It's legs. That afternoon, Tuesday, l
Went to Waynesburg. From there
came here. l knew nothing about the
Pittsburgh racket until this morning when
q friend showed me this mornings In.
%TRLLIGRNCER. / wrote Hale from Waynes.
burg that l could raise no funds and was
through with the concern. / came here
for the purpose Of staying with the
charges against me here. That's my
story; Two nothing else TO say, except
that / can clear myself OF all charges
against me in Pittsburgh"
LOOKING TOUGH. 81
Dr.. Former was looking pretty tough.
He said no had not slept the night before
and he was naturally worried. lie was
comfortably fixed at the Jail, being allowed
to recline on q settee in'the office during
the night. Chief Blackmore is expected
TO arrive here this morning. Former was
undetermined last night what to do. In
the natural order Of events Fonners case
here, In which he Is charged with
abortion, will come up. at the next
term Of court. He ID at present
under bonds to appear. Mr.. Armstrong,
foreman Of the Hook and Lsdder Com.
pany, is his bondsman. Former is OF the
opinion that he would better give himself
uphere and settle the case here first before
going to Pittsburgh. He denies that he
took 500 and Chautibriand's silk nat, as