Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-18
The THREE BURGLARS.
How They Were suspicionsd, and the
Facts of the Arrest.


Facts of the Arrest.
The prompt arrest OF the burglars who
did the safe-blowing out at Georgetown,
last Sunday morning, as narrated in yes
terday'a REGISTER, csustd the Martins
Ferry officers concerned to be generally
complimented, yesterday.
Attention was first directed towards
Coss, Neal and Taylor, by their getting
full, Monday afternoon, and displaying q
considerable amount Of money. They ex-
hibited their Cash in several different
saloons, and as none OF the crowd had
been working Of late, suspicion was
aroused. After conference, the Mayor
aud Marshal concluded to ieeue warrants
for the three men, and see What there wst
10 the case. Search warrants were alec
sworn out for their several places Of resi-
dence, and raid was planned.
Andy Taylor's house was the first ont
visited. There 'Snetzsr" Cosa, whose
right name is E5enfzsr, and Taylor vert
found lying in a drunken siuper. They
were Immediately put under arrest and
were locked up by Officers Westwood
Campbell, Wagner and Weems, Marshal
Burns remaining to search the house IN
til the others returned. Tnere were q
number Of other occupants in the house,
bat they all protested that they knew
nothing of the robbery Of whether or moi
there were any goods hid OIL
the premises, bat the Marsha
proceeded 10 do his duty,
and searching every thing in the house
When be struck barrel that apparently
contained nothing but rags, their protee
tations as to their knowing nothing about
il seemed the loudest, and after about two
thirds OF the contents had been taken out,
Marshal Burns found two British bulldog
revolvers OF % calibre, evidently the SAINT
ones they were flolrishing around earlier
in the evening on the etreets, and on
further investigation he found red ban
dana handkerchief containing a lot Of jew
elry, consisting Of collar buttons, sleeve
buttons, ladies' brtsstpiue pet with bril-
liante, and also some lead pencils, pocket
hooks, gloves and neckties. After search
ing everything where articles could be hid
deo, aud being convinced that thtre waf
nothing more in the house, Mayor Mitchell
and Marshal Burns Withdrew their forces
ard proceeded d to the residence of Fatty" "
alias Dan Neal, in Cark's addition. Two
of the policemen, Westwood and Wagon.
er, were stationed az the front door aud
Campbell and Weems az the rear of the
house. His Honor and the Marshsl knocked
on the side door and asked for admission,
whereupou N,al wanted to know who wat
there, and upon being told, said to wall
until he got his clothes on. After keeping
them waiting quite "A while he tried to get
out the front door with his pants in his
hand, but ran into on obstacle in the per.
sons of WestwOOd and Wagner. He
returned, locked the doof aud put
his pants 0O, and after holding
a short consultation with his wife, opened
the door and let the officers in. They i'm
mediately placed him under arreet. The
house was then searched. but not much
WAS found beyond pair Of shoes Of ihc
description wanted, o bottle of peffumery
and some necktie'. The next place visited
was Sneszer Co.'S. He resides in boat
house at the foot of the LsuRhlin nail mill
landing. The officers me. with an obstacle
in the SHAPE of Sne'z r's wife, who refused
to let the officers in for quite q while, and
only yielded when the officers threatened
TO break The door down. The woman used
some Of the vile6t epithe,s imaginable to
wards ths Msyor, Marshal and police force
in general, and bindered them ia every
way posdble, grabbing the light out oi
their taads ana knocking over whatever
might be IN the way THIS made quite
delay and il was o'clock Tuesday morn
ing before they could get away. Mr.
Adams aud his brother were in Martin,
Ferry yesterday and swore 10 quite nun
Der OF aIticles that were found in theiI
possession. ~ we'll rs q check for $3.50 on
the First National Bank of Oadiz that was
in tie safe.
The arrest OF the three men created d
good deal Of Gurprise for while it wst
thought they were doing good deal Of
petty stealing, it WAS not supposed they
had the nerve to crack safe. The prison
ers will be taken 10 Oadis to-day.