Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-25
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Connors and his wife we're both very
Id and feeble. They had been hard.
working people and had amassed over
100000. In an old safe In one corner
Of the room were bonds and securities
to the amount Of some. sec, 900. Down
in the cellar It has since been learned,
were concealed about Ss0,0 in money
and securities.
The robbers simply bound and gagged
the old couple and went through the
safe. After obtaining all that was in
the safe the burglars left, leaving the
old couple still bound and gagged.
Then came the strangeSt coincidence
ever known in the history of crime. As
Montague and his men passed down the
track toward Brady'S Bend to take a
train for Pittsburg they were compelled
to hide In the bushes because Of the ap-
prOach Of another gang Of men. The
second gang passed on up toward Cat
fish, while the first band OF robbers
succeeded in getting on a train which
landed them in Pittsburg that night
with the stolen booty.
THE SECOND PARTY OF ROBBERS.
In the meantime the second party Of
robbers, who were all miners and resi-
dents Of that locality, had gained the
ConnOrs farmhouse fOr me purpose Of
robbery. When they reached there
they found they had been foreStalled in
their work by the professionals from
Pittsburg.
The couple were still bound and
u Sci. 80 in
ficted il was done by the second gang.
In hunting through the house they
found about $50 hidden in clock. Mrs.
Connors had placed 1t there without her
husbands knowledge. The robbers
then left.
The existence Of the two gangs of
robbers explains the mystery which puz-
zled even old Corners. He did not
know there were two gangs, but said
that after the robbers had pillaged the
safe. they retuaned and ransacked the
house. AS both OF the gangs had been
masked il was easy for the old man to
make this mistake.
HOW THEY WE'RE CAPTURED.
The way the second gang came to be
captured was by the fact that when
they crossed the bridge at Brady's Bend
they did not have the money for toll
and when they returned the Dutchman
OFT threw down a large bill, and, with
curse, told the toll collector to take his
money out Of that.
Almost Immediately after the robbery
at Catfish by John Corners the three
men, Jackson, Harrop and OFT were ar
rested and confined in the county Jail.
1t was q crime that puzzled the best de-
tective. talent in the country. While
they believed the men guilty they
could not trace any Of the stolen prop
erty. Thus the matter remained in
statu quo until the arrest Of Miller in
Plttsburg, charged with having sold the |
stolen bonds.
In regard TO the shooting OF Dunn, |
Miller presents the afidavits Of Dunn
himself, Dunns wife and other reputa-
bic persons going to show that the shoot
ing was entirely accidental. Miller then |
tells the story OF the COnnOr's robbery |
and how he came 10 be connected with I
it by the police He reviews his trial |
~ length and furnishes afidavits OF the
proprietor of the Red Lion hotel and
others, asserting that they saw Miller
on the night Of the robbery In Clarion |
county, aud it was impossible for him to |
have been present at the time. Now |
comes the most interesting part OF the |
story-the escape OF Miller from the |
Riverside penitentiary at Pittsburg. |
Miller tells it in his own words as fol- !
lows.