Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-25
FOR FRAUD.
A MAN WITH THREE NAMES LOCKED UP By
THE POLICE
He Has Been Representing Himself as News
paper Interesting Letters Found
in His Clothes.

All the newspaper swindlers seem TO
drift into Wheeling.
And about the time they land here
they are locked up.
Yesterday morning abaut eleven
o'clock Chief Delbrugge picked up a
man on Eighteenth street for rank
fraud. and took him to the City Hall,
where he was locked mp. The prisoner
was charged with obtaining money
under false pretenscs. and on going
through his clothes letters and papers
were found tended to establish the
claim. The documents also showed that
the gentleman had several names, and
as well that he was good deal OF a
ladies' man. and had been in no end OF
trouble through the facility with which
he fell in love, or the ladies fell in love
with him.
Before his arrest. hc was going under
the name OF Harry Il. Gclwick, theo-
logical student, of Springfield, O., who
was here about week. leaving last
Thursday. as the Agent of the Lutheran
EranqcliSt. At the City Hall he
gave the name Of James Bradford, and
his home as PittShurg. An eXamina-
ton OF his papers showed his real name
was II. TAYLOR Bradshaw, and that he
was probably native of Shepherds
town, w, Va.
When Mr.. Gclwick came here, he
made the acquaintance OF number OF
ministers and prominent gentlemen
and spent some time in going about the
city as the agent of the paper he repre-
scented. Bradshaw seems to have been
on the lookout for something to do, and
when Mr.. Gelwick left Bradshaw step
ped easily and gracefully into his place,
and continued to canvas for the pa
per. He assumed Mr.. Gelwick'S name,
referred people he talked with to Key.
Mr.. Dornblascr and number OF other
gentlemen. and seemed to be getting on
swimmingly One of his acts was to get
hold of an atlas belonging to Mr.. Gel
wick. which hc sold to Mr.. Add. lSreal
for sevcnty-fyc cents. When he called
To deliver the book. Mr.. Isrcal was not
| i'm. and Bradshaw charged and collected
a dollar. This led to investigation, and
the police got hold Of IT, Yesterday
Chief Dclbruggc was making up a list
Of people who claimed To have been
swindled. and sufferers would do well TO
leave their names at the City Hall.
During the afternoon Bradshaw was
taken before Justice Davis, and was
committed to Jail for a hearing at seven
O'Clock Thursday evening.
Some of the letters found in the pris-
oner's pockets were very interesting
and at times spicy. A Scorcher was
from girl who signed herself Maud
Craig. Of Allegheny City. From its
badly blurred contents, it seems that
| Bradshaw had at one time made love to
| Miss Maud. and then turned around and
proposed to marry her mother. The
young lady took about two thousand
words to express her opinion of this sort
Of conduct. and gives Bradshaw a lively
roast" She says the wedding VIII
never come of, if She can prevent it,
and she rather thinks she can.
BY another letter. however. Bradshaw
seems TO have married the mother. and
then left. The mother was keeping a
boarding house. and Bradshaw had
promised to pay the rent. Instead OF
doing this he left, wearing some clothes
which one Of the daughters had to pay
for, and also a considerable arrears OF
rent.
Another letter was from young lady
who failed to add her name. She said
she would never. never, never marry
him. and that if hc insisted on 1t she
would do something terrible. She
made vague references to poison, and
seemed to be miffcd generally because
Bradshaw was going to marry some one
else
Another letter was from Miss Rose
Weber, at ShcphcrdStown, who ADDRESSED
him as Dear Uncle Taylor" She en-
closed letter dictated by Bradshaw
grandmother. who raked him for being
generally worthless.
These letters and others were mixed
up with lottery tickets, policy tickets.
circulars, etc, and there were number
Of order books Of various sorts.
Bradshaw took his arrest very coolly:
and had general Harry Lacy air which
was refreshing.