Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-02
The Bank Of Wheeling Robbed OIL
$4,000.
Assistant Teller Ssybold Carries It Off in
Lump
In Cash Wrapped Up in Bundle Of
Papers.
The First Suspicious Of the Officers Of
the Bank.
Say6olds Story Of a Lottery Prize
Investigated,
Proven to be False and Seybold Arrested
Last Night
Hs Confession Young Hennig Implicated,
But IS Exonsraisd,
The Bank is SecuTe-T1e Whole Amount
VIII Be Refunded.
HIS Confession Young Hennig Implicated,
But IS Exonsrated,
The Bank is Secure-Tle Whole Amount
VIII Be Refunded.

A4N nAlA "a w A|oAAAEf W tAS N~ANA eANJ
Of last April, and its exact whereabouts
was unknown until about ten days ago.
Seybold is the principal in this most as
tonishing act OF crime, Heunig being only
connected with the theft by appearances,
a. first convincing, but st closer inspection
showing him to be innocent OF any Grim
inal intent in the matter.
The Bank ,will lose nothing. About
tFo-thirds, ora thousand or two dollars over
t5a, proportion of the original cash, will
be recovered intact, and property amply
sufficient to make up the remainder has
bsen attached.
The story Of this robbery possesses many
points Of unusual interest and all through
il is decidedly on. of the general rua Of
bank croOkeduess.
The crime shows a lack Of purpose or Of
intelligent or tangible method, aud from
aay point of view ia hard to understand.
The facts seem to be about as follows
About the s,h of last April the Bank of
Wheeling, 10 which young SsybOld was in
dividusl book-keeper, received package
OF $4,000. the money being all il legal
tender bills and done up in $500 packages
Toe package was placed in the vault, and
there remained in full view of the officers
of the bank for the succeeding day or two.
About the 10Th or l1th Of April, Mr. List
was expecting draft from TIE "Pewiky"
Railroad Company for $4,000 and bsgan
TO make up the amount so as 10 have it
ready upon call he intended to use the
packageo Of 81, 900 as a part of the $50, GOO,
bu. on looking for the money, was sur
p-issd to find 1t gone.
The most searching investigation was at
once set on foo, but no trace Of the money
could be obtained, and the only sure thing
about IL was the fact that it had complete
ly disappeared. Two or three clues were
thought out and followed to their end,
without result, and the management Of
the Bank were completely puzzled. About
ten DAYS ago Mr.. List determined to call in
outside sid, aud Captain b B. DOveneT
was ssnt for. So much Of the facts as
were within reach of the bank officers were
lsid before Captain DOvener, and the lat.
ter set to work upon the case. Inquiry
brought forth facts tending to bring
.uspicion upon yOu0g SsybOld, and as this
line was followed oct, the surmise that he
was guilty despsned into conviction. 1t
was ascertsined that he had placed a
larps sum Of money to the credit OF him
self and George Hennig, jointly, Ia the
Bank Of the Ohio Valley, aud that small
er sum hsd been placed in the Mutual
Stv-nes Bank and another sun IN the
Dollar Swings Bank He had also taken
sock IN the new Wheeling Ice and Stor-
aye Company, had paid of several debts,
and was generally flush Of money. 10 al
Law suspicion, be had stated he had
son $4,000 in the louisiana Lottery,
and that be did not want the fact known a.
the Bank where he had been employed.
LAST Saturday Captain DOvener posted
Oh 10 New Oilsans to see about the lottery
story. He found. as he suspected, that
Ssybold mad never drown any such amonnt
As SIS GOO. or any other sum, in the lot
rsry. and armed with this information be
posted back to Wheeling, arriving yester-
day morning.. A conference with the
Bank management confirmed the suspicious
that sly bold vas the party who knew all
about the missing money, and steps
were set on foot 70 take him and
Hennig. whose exact part in the
crime was rot at that time apparent, into
custody. This determination was not
reached at once, and q considerable part OF
Yesterday was spent ia catching mp the fs2
ends Of the clues, and arriving at the de-
termination to act summaTily In the mat
Ter. Finally this determination was
reached. quite late yesterday afternoon,
and active preparations were at once set on
foot
Warrants were OF once sworn out before
Justice Arkle. and at the same time at
tachment papers for the property Of Sey-
bold were prepared at the Court House.
This took a considerable amount OF time,
and the officers were not resdy to act until
six or seven o'clock last evening
After supper the officers were set in
motion. 1t was ascertsined that Seybold
bad procured two buggies during the even
i.g. his wife and another lady IN one Of
them. had sent them off driving, while
himself and a gentleman friend had gone
10 the other vehicle. While portion o.
the officers were looking fer Seybold
Others went up to the residence OF Mr..
Hennig and placed that young man under
arrest, taking him to the Office Of the JUS
tice. where be was taken in the back way
He was asked to tell what he knew
about the transaction. and he did SO with
commendable frankness. he said he had
been approached by Seybold, along IN
Nav. with the statement that be hsd Dor
rowed $4,000 from Anton Reymsnn,
having made the arrangement TO get the
money from Mr.. II B. Grimm. before Mr.
Revmann went to Europe He said Sey'
bold told him he did not like to de-
posit 60 much money in his Owl
name, IS it vas 3 pretty large sun
for him to have TO his Individual
credit. and made a proposition TO be allow
ed 10 deposit the cash in their ioint names
He said he bad business uses TO make Of
The money, and would check it out from
time to time. lie spoke about investing
in mining property, in which NJ Hennil
is interested. aud 10 all things told ST
plausabls a tale that Mr.. Henuig's susdt
cions were not aroused, and his request Wal
accsded 10.
This vas how Mr.. Hsnnig became connect
"a with the mstter Some time after this
Mr.. Sevhold went to Mr. Hennig and said
he would like to have Mr.. II. write checl
for s. coo. Mr.. H. said be had no such
sum of money, to which Sey bold
rsplied that it was al right; that h,
would lace that amount to hi
credit in tie Bank OF the Ohio
valley. so that when the check wss pre-
sspted there would be no trouble about
getting the mooey. That check was writ
len. Int was never presented for payment,
and AIr Ssybold had it in his possession
last night.
After the officers had heard Mr.. Hen