Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-22
YOUTHFUL THIEVES.
Another Gang of Young PenItentisiy
Birds Run In by the Police.

Another Gang of Young PenItentisi y
Birds Run In by the Police.
About half-past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Edward Wilde, book keep.
er at Neill & EIlingham's, reported at pO-
lice headquarters that be had been robbed
If gold watch and chain. Mr. Wilde said
he had left his watch in his vest pocket,
and hung the garment beside a window in
the Office. He went out to the bank, about
two O'Clock or little later, and on return
ing found the watch was gone. A clerk
was in the Office during his absence, and
he had no doubt the watch had been taken
by some one who had reached through the
window from the outside. His only clue
was the fact that some boys had been seen
in the alley just before the watch was
missed.
Chief Delbrugge notified Officers West
and Shorts of the theft, and the two set tC
work on the case. 1t was not long before
they located crowd of five boys in poo
room who seemed to have considerable
money, and TO possess the requisite tough
ness for job like the one on hand, and
the five were arrested and taken TO the
City Hall.
There the boys were questioned care
fully, and while little in the way of def
mite information was obtained it became
clear that two of the boys had nothing to
dc with the cOnsumation of the robbery,
and they were released. The three re-
naming boys, who said they came from
Pittsburg, were held, being licked up in
cell until after supper.
LAST evening the officers, convinced that
they had the right boys, started to work
on the youngsters sgain, and it WAS not
long until one of them showed signs OF
weakening. He WAS taken apart from the
others and told he might as well make
clean breast of it. He gave his name az
John Martin, of South Side, Pittsburg,
and as a preliminary Re said;
"Now, its just this way, CIp'n; you do
the square thing with me, and I'll tell you
about this. Sse?p
He WAS assured he would be treated
right, when he said the other two boys
took the watch and hid it down street,
describing the locality in such way that
the officers were led to believe it was the
old Hubbard raw mill property, on the
bAnk of the creek. Officers West and
Shorts accordingly went down, and spent
about an hour wadiDg around in the mud
and rain, but found nothing. They came
back slightly disgusted, and made another
attempt at the boys. Finally Martin was
told one of the two boys who had been re-
leased had given the thing dead away, and
was down street putting the officer onto
the watch. Then Martin said he would
show them the watch, sure, and he took
the officers to the old rink ruins at the
corner of Market and Sixteenth streets.
Leading them behind the big bill board be
pulled out the watch and chain and shout
ed:
Here's the tin; dye hear ii?"
The watch was taken to headquarters,
and there Martin told all he kneH about
the boys. He said the other boys were
named Caswell and Weinheim, and that
they were all from PittsbuTg. He said he
arrived in the city yesterday morning, and
found the other boys had been here since
Saturday morning. They had all made an
agreement to meet in Columbus, but had
stopped of here TO look at the togn.
Martin said he had met Caswell and
Weinbeim during the afternoon, and they
told him they had pinched the watch and
were looking for place TO plant it. He
saw them hide it in the old rink ruins,
and then they all started out to see the
town.
Martin was asked by tie Chief where he
got sundry bolts of ribbon which were
found on him and the other boys, and
Martin said they struck boy on the cars
who had a lot of the stufl. He was going
to throw it away, and they each took bolt.
Where's your revolver" said the Chief.
81 didn't have a revolver this time"
"The other boys say you did time in
PittsbuTg."
mo, didn't"
'Do you mean to say You were not in
Jail up there?'
well, now, that was this way. l was
in for two weeks for stealing a wheelbaT-
row. We just saw it outside store, and
wheeled it off 1t belonged to a niger.
The other fellow ran of, and the cop, he
took me in"
Wasn't one of the other boys in all,
tooPr
"Yes, he said he got fiiy-three days,
bat he didn't tell me what it was for"
Didn't CassTell do some other work
here2'
eyes, he said he got in the grocery the
other night"
This relates to Myers grocery robbery,
on the South Side, Sunday morning, and
il is pretty sure two of these boys were
concerned in it. They had money when
arrested yesterday, aud the boys are evil
IDENTIFY expert thieves. They are sharp As
tacks ald are bad lot all around. They
will be held for the grand jury.
While searching for the watch, last
night, Officer Shorts lost bunch of keys.
The finder will be rewarded by leaving
than at headquarters.