Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-26
DOUBLE EXISTENCE.
loabox" Miller and RObber Ryan
the Same Persons.
|FVELAND DETECTIVES STORY.
d, Dsriss the Allega6On-Ihs Connection Of Bx-
r,,v,,; smss With Millsr-Why do Warden
Wreh. sad Rev. DOnshOO Kesp Quiet in Re-
card 10 What They Know About Miller.

p,rrsgURG, August 25.-The follow
dispatch was received this morning
Dm the correspondent of the Chronicle
arrph in Cleveland:
.Jack Reeves says ShOebox Miller
here a number of years ago. known
lanes Ryan. Was sent to the peni-
hilary for stealing a watch, was re-
rled here as a common thief. AT
be worked regularly as plumber,
went around nights rObbing houses
which he had worked during the daY.
not been in this city for number
years.
lThe Jack Reeves referred to is the
ling detective of Cleveland, man
d has been in the police business for
most quarter of century.
m is understood that Miller claims
st the James Ryan who was In Glove
D is dead, and that he (Miller) never
NJ the name of Ryan. lie claims that
beves is mistaken in regard 70 MIN.
|,rbis is a capital opportunity TO settle
,-cat deal of the mystery. There Is
4 doubt that Detective Reeves can be
opght 10 PittSburg and confronted
tn Miller.
Reeves is said to have known Ryan
Dm early bOyhoOd, and il ne cannot
nifty Miller rs being Ryan IT will be
sroug point for Miller.
lastead of going about getting all
yts OF out-Of-the-way atfidavitS aud
Iiorsements. why not try this conclu-
h. and direct method?
Avn explanation as 10 where his thou
nd dollar bills came from and proofs
his Identity are also absolutely
eded.
ME police department here believes
the story Of Reeves, and they say that
yan. the bank burglar spoken Of by
Mf'cer CoulsOn, is not the thief Ryan OF
reand.
As TO- the connection between Miller
the eX-convict Ames, the attempt
liscOnneet him with Miller Is curl
S. and reyiveS story current at the
b..
4, was said then by the police and the
4nltentiery employees who got il from
cCnvictS, that the plan OF escape and
OppOrtunitieS made by outsiders
lre not for Miller'S benefit at all, but
Ter was said TO have gotten hold Of
information and opportunities in
den for Burke, and 10 have prOfted
them, I'm some way which was never
Hpaued.
81 far as Ames is concerned, he was
BID in prison and then sent to the
II rkhOuse for nine months, after
teading guilty TO assisting In Miller'S
saue. This shows plainly that he had
Il direct connection with Miller. The
pers which were found on AmeS were
own 20 reporters and police officers at
e time, and there was certainly let
from the convict who intended to
8cape ia the shoe box, telling how TO
+ eat him in case of partial asphyXia-
H., and plans of houses evidently 10 be
Hbbed.
The newspapers az the time ali agreed
] the connection between the two men,
& "a also agreed that'the papers showed
! 10 Miller belonged 10 the gang which
tbbed COunOrS' house. SO much time
is elapsed that il is next TO impossible
iiud these papers.
Both Warden Wright and Rev. Z. r.
+ 1.nehoo deny the story Of Miller'S
4 ing kept in dungeon for any length
time. Mr.. DonehOO mas a kindly
t,ing, no doubt. for Miller, and may,
frhaDs. not think him guilty OF the
k.tish robbery. II Miller has nothing
lear from either Warden Wright or
j p. DonehOO let him publicly request
em to tell what they know of him and
bat ne has said 70 them. This matter
b been known TO the writer for years.
was one Of the reporters who handled
e Miller case when il occurred.
], that time the proof that Miller was
4.lucd bv Ames was thought 70 be in
i 8>purabIe. The story OF Teller Smith
i regard 10 recognizing the bank notes
auged for miller as told an hour after
i e arrest was that he was positive the
C,es were those given to Broker Smith.
40 the time of the escape OF Miller,
e girl who had lived with him as his
4 lie for years came on from Cleveland.
be made no attempt to deny that Mil
had gone under the name of Jimmy
fyau. IL was through this girl, al
.0ugh not willingly al abbettor In the
&c, that the whereabouts or Miller
re found to De in Canada.