Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-11-22

did. and II you call at my house now
Won will ind as pretty four-year-oiu
girl as YOU ever set your eyes on. i
never could get q clue to her mother
For ~ course the child was deliberately
abandoned the thing never go'
into the papers" -.
"There are a good many things which
don't get into the papers" said the re-
porter, as the glassworker hnisheo MS
story.
host OF the evening.
"Weu. here goes" said the man OF
news. 1.-THE incident related Few mo-
ments ago Oy our friend, the OFFICIAL re-
calls 10 nv mind q somewhat similar cpl
sode enacted right in this city, ABOUT
two years ago. TWAS brought to the AT
tention of the authorities at the time'
and there was a disposition to lnVeSt-
gate it, but the facts could not be got
ten hold Of in tangible shape until IL
was too late 10 do anything. Between
nine and ten o'clock one wet ana WINDY
evening, In the spring, queer ilttIe
group left a certain house IN East
Wheeling. There were three people In
the PARTY, two men and woman, ana
the strange thing aboutit was that tne
woman was dead. Placing the oody
between them, each supporting u
by an arm, while IN umbrella was held
in such a position as to shield the corpse
from the curious inspection OF al IN
ouisitive stl anger, the men carried tne
iifeless form, in an uprik ht position, Win
feet now touching the pavement ana
now dragging over the wet bricks, up
through Alley Z, across TO Eotf street,
m EofI to Eleventh, down Eleventh TO
Chspllne, and thence to stable, where
the body was temporarily placed. one
OF the men watched outside. while the
other disappeared. In HI ~ hour
closed carriage drove up, lody was
placed in it, and driven Oh. Later III
the night a coffin was procured, where
l don't know, the dead girl was placed
in il, and the next morning railroad
train bore the remains away. The thing
got out in certain quarters, and was
whispered around for time, but 1t was
finally lost sight of until now recalled.
Did You ever hear how once caught
a burglar" said the ex-policeman, after
a moment Of silence. No one had, and
the officer said:
Il was pacing my beat one night a
couple OF years ago, in quarter OF the
city not necessary to particularize, when
suddenly, as I passed the residence OF
man then holding public office. heard
a noise coming from the interior. The
house set back from the street Few
feet, with porch in front, and the
sounds came through parlor window,
which had been left hoisted. ltip-toed
TO a position in the shadow of fence,
few steps away, felt for my revolver,
and waited. The sounds approached
the window, and in a moment the figure
Of a man appeared, stepped lightly
through the opening onto the porch,
and came softly down the steps into the
yard and out onto the sidewalk. As he
stepped through the gate nabbed
him, SuppoSing, of course, l had
burglar, aud showing my gun into his
face / told him to hold up his hands.
Tie did 10 meek as Moses, and / turned
him to the light OF gas post across
the street, at once recognizing him as
prominent citizen. How the h-Ps
this?' said l, much mystiiied, and still
keeping my gun up, for couldn't size
the thing up right on the spur of the
moment. The fellow was as badly
scared as l was, and the matter was
becoming embarrassing, when there
was rustling at the parlor window,
and a female voice said softly: That's
all right, Mr.. Officer 1t was the Off
cial'S wife,
"What did you do?" asked the atten-
tive group, in chorus.
al simply said good night and left"
ats eleven o'clock-let'S follow suit"
said some one, and the little social gath
ering dispersed.