Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-30
AGAIN In HOOK.
DICK FORsYTHR ARRESTED. CHARGED WITH
IN TAPPING A BAKERS TILL
Be Also Gets an Apparently Innocent Nan III
Trouble Placed in the County Jail fOr
Hearing To-Day.

It seems impossible for Dick Forsythe to
keep out of trouble. About four years ego
he was sentenced to four years in the peni-
tentisry for robbing Q railroad conductor
of SIS. He told the Judge that such 9
sentence was snap for him; that he could
stand on his head for four years; whereupon
the Judge just doubled the sentence
After Dick had served four years be COM
planned of being very sick, and some OF his
relatives circulated q petition, praying the
Governor to pardon him. For some reason
this was numerously signed and Governor
Wilson pardoned Dick, who was released
about month since.
He behaved himself until "Wednesday
or Thursday, when he received some money
from the PenitentiaTy for overtime he had
worked while incarcerated there. Dick
couldn't withstand the temptation and
Immediately commenced drinking. Yes
terday he went to John Dumas livery
stable and hired horse and buggy and
darkey to drive him out to Elm Grove.
He had q fst-full of money at the time and
paid cash for the time he wanted to use
the rig He, however, during the day got
rid of the colered chap and took man
named Fred Schwsb into the buggy. About
8 O'Clock, according to the statement OF
Henry Kusten, Forsyth pulled up IN front
of VIM. Grewe's bakery, No. 2l3S Main
street and throwing the lines to Shwa6,
he Jumped out and went into the shop. IL
appears that Mr.. Grewe was in back
room after some bread and his vile was In
the back part of the store.talking to o Gus
mer.
The man who went into the store jumped
upon the counter and, reaching over, pull
ed the money drawer out and helped him
self to its contents. Then rushing back to
the buggy, he jumped in and rapidly drove
eff. Mrs. Grewe notified Officer Grubler,
giving description Of the two men and
stating that the one with the,straw hat,
who was identified as Forsythe, had been
in the store on Thursday evening and
asked her to change q $40 bill. She could
not accommodate him, after which no ask
ed her to change So bill. She took the
change from the drawer, and the man
wanted to get hold Of it before he gave her
the bill, but Mrs. Grewe was too smart for
him, and remarking, you're on to the
game" he left the store.
About five o'clock, yesterday, Dumas,
who had started out early in the afternoon
to hunt the rig, found it in East Wheeling
and he compelled the occupants to drive
back to the stable When they reached
there, Officer Grubler and Wilkie we're
awaiting them. The men were put under
arrest, Grubler taking Schwab aud Wilkie
Forsythe. The former went along peace
ably enough, as he seemed to be entirely
innocent of any wrong doing, but when
Wilkie and his prisoner reached Chapline
aud Fifteenth streets, Forsythe said ::
erich, guess I'll give you little run for
this" aud he made break up Fifteenth
street. He was too drunk, however, to
run with much success and Wilkie cap
tured him as he was trying TO make down
the alley back of the Court Hogse, and
had him down in the lookup so quick it
made his head swim.
There the persons were searched and q
number of bills, some small change, silver,
buttons and several other articles were
found on Forsythe. schwab didn't seem
20 have much of anything. He claimed
that he was entirely innocent of any COM
plicity in the robbery, and no doubt he
really is.
In the evening the two men were COM
mitted to Jail by Justice W. H. Davis for
hearing this afternoon at o'clock. Mr..
Grewe could not tell how much money
was taken from the drawer, as neither he
nor his wife knew what amount II con-
tanned