The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-29

The scheme TO escape had probably
been maturing for the past two weeks at
least. 1t would have taken that length Of
time to saw the bars In the eight places
they had to be sawed in order to make
the opening, as they could only work on
them at odd times when they were allow
cd the privilege Of the corridor and were
not watched. The bars were sawed Of
Close to tho cross bars, 90 smooth and
bright RB silver. The instrument used
was probably q steel watch spring saw OF a
very fine temper and 1t 10 barely
possible that they possessed something
with which to soften the bars, which arc
an Inch in thickness. There seems to be
a pretty general belief that In some man.
ner the prisonera we're given outside assist.
ance. A Chum Of Mooney's, q well known
hard character, was seen lurking about in
the vicinity Of the jail all the morning,
He could probably give some pointers II
he would. Last evening, Sheriff Handlan
having procured O description OF the fugi.
! tives, which appears in this mornings adj
vertising columns, offered a reward OF Sg6
per prisoner, Sl25 in all, for their capture.
VINO THE ruGIrlyEs ARE.
Ross stotRbpry was arrested December
II, 1885, charged ct first with being i'm.
pliCated In the robbery OF HutChisson's
hardware store. When no was arrested
he threw away a pawn ticket that called
for q gold watch, the property OF William
Speaker, oil East Wheeling. The watch
being identified, an indictment Of grand
larceny was found against StotBbury.
Louis Tanner Is a Parkersburg crook,
arrested in that city by Chief OF Police
Smith, February 22, 1886, and indicted
for stealing q very fine skill from John
Niehaus, q North Wheeling grocer.
James Kearns wa arrested March II,
1885. andSSs tried at the lSst tsrm Of court
Oh the charge Of holding up William HaE.
!Stt In Center Wheeling and robbing him
oil SONS money. The jury failed TO agree
ten being for conviction to two against.
Thomas McAndrews was arrested on
the OH inst, by Policeman Bell for steal-I
ing q watch from Peter Dolan at the cor.
ner Of Market and Fourteenth street about
! O'Clock In the morning. Justice Davis
committed all oftleSe.
John Mooney Ia y notorious character
that has been In trouble and suspected Of
being, innumerable times. He is Z bad
man. lie was brought here In June, for
safe keeping, from Brooke county, where
he is suspected oil burglary and held for
shooting with intent 70 XII the Chief OF
Police OF Wellsburg, who YVES endeay9tlng
to arrest him. The Brooke county author.
tiles could not have had worse luck In
holding him.
FORMER ESCAPES UNDER NICHOLS.
Tho first escape under Tailor Nichols
was when Peter Heiser, the bestial brute
from out Caldwell's run, skipped out
while engaged In sweeping the pavement
he was another "tru5ty" something like
S%totBbury.
The second escape took place last April,
when George Campbell, alias Parker, who
was rapidly nearing q term In the Penlten.
tiary for r6bbing George Adams, OF Fait.
mont, Of 81 800 during the last State Fair,
experienced but little trouble In getting
away,
The idea Of allowing a prisoner 10 act 90
turnkey iB simply ridiculous even Sheriff
HandlRn acknowledged that yesterday
and II 10 probable that II will not be done
10 the future, during his term Of Office at
least