Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-09
FORGED A BOND.
THAT Is TIE CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST
WILEY, BY TIE DETECTIVE.
The Prisoner Rslaadti to Jail il Ds!a1,io; $500,
and tie Su,hs-a Officers Advised g.. tho S.!aa-
t.-- Ha5.as Corpus Pvcs.!1gs.

A. Wiley, the man arrested by Officer
Shorts. wednesday evening, upon the tcle'
gram from Detective Morris, OF New Or
lea. q. was taken before Justice Davis, by
Offices Shorts anil Lnksns, about nine
o'clock yesterday morning. John O.
Pendleton appeared for the prisoner. No
evidence ofauy sort wastaken, save that OF
the officer making the arrest, and the
prisoner was held in default Of =, 500 I'M
der Sc, ciion If Of chapter III Of the Acts at
l-~2, fr the Circnit Court. The defense
stated that Wiley WAS 4 hotel keeper at
Houston, ~ stated in yesterdays p'p"ra,
and that he had uuu away from his wife,
hu. that he Was not gnIlty OF forgery. Il
wns admitted tilt he WAS III" man named
i'll tie Telegram.
Chiyt Smith. late Wcdacsiay night, trlc-
sraphCd To N,w OslyIus concerning Wiley,
and yesterday the lulluSiuS reply WIS It
rrl,ch.
"WIlry. 10y forging the name Of Wiley
Smith, al Houston, Texas, to I bond, OBJ
tanned 5000 belonging Ia some orphan
children. There Is To reward My ser
vices were volunteered IL the hopr OF L.
covering this money toT t!.m Answer II
you will arrc.t hi'u.
"r. 4. NuEEIS 90
To this Chief ;nith replied thai the man
wa' under arrest, and a~y.itc,! the anlyal
OF the detective.
Last evening Chief Of Police Smith re
ceiyrl Telegram FROM Detective Morris,
stating that he would leave Tor Wheeling
At nnce, and requesting thai the prisoner
he held until h's arrival. At a later hour
the counsel tnr tho prisoner began hrb,o,
,oiy,s proceedings lcldr" Judge Boyd, the
VIA hriag rrlurnahlo Saturday l;trrnoon
II. three o'cIoca. The Southern officer
vi! ptoh4biy arrive hy That time.
Asprcial Telegram from llou-tou, Tons.
say: ~. Wiley, proprietor OF the ter
mania liutrl Of this city, has my~tcriousIg
disappeared. Last Sunday morning he
took his gun aud lett the hotel, saving he
was going out fur I huut. At night hr
failed to return home AM hi alarmed
vile AMI friends instituted l search FOX the
missing man, hut iIlrl - discover his
whtrchh",uts. In the morning ict,r ives
were engaged IT, continue the search, bat
he has not been ,0uud.
"WIIcy was i sober, good Uaturri, in
dustriort- man, and his friends lear that Lac
has mct with tout play. The missing
mans gun WA found ahoIt two miles
from tAr city, ut q section house, hut the
people be.rIoouts could give ne ,ulorma-
ton Is to the direction taken b. Wiley
after leaving their
The above would seem 10 Indicate that
there wa- nothir" crooked about Wiley,
and The criminai racket was being worked
upon him as the quickc-; method al bring
ing HIM back. la - un,rI,atlou yes.rr-
lay, Wiley sad he had long desired to
com" - Wheeling and pro-prrtwlth view
to locating hy,r. lie had often expire, 81
thu desire to his wife, who as often at
tempted To dissuatc him from the Idea
The Inference is. that "a soon as It was rs
r.slrjucG Wiley had l,it Houston a.i had
taken q considerable amount oi money, his
friends surmisci that he had come TO
Wheeling, AMI at once tcIegrIph,d hrIc
with The result already known.