The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-07-04

Be.wecn ten and eleven o'clock yes.
.erloy forenoon ]. G. Newell, the only
man OF those who have been connected
with the fraternity OF Financial Co.
opor,,ion" short term order who had
NOT leit town, was arrested in the Office
oithc company, room 9of the Reilly
block, By Deputy U. S. Marshal Devine.
He va, kept in custody, but allowed to
,,,,pd 10 the business of the office, un-
Ill the departure of the Ohio River train
Tor Petersburg at AIS, when Deputy
Marshal G. W. Robinson ard Mr.. Kem-
bio White. who had como here for the
naroosg, took min 70 Parkersburg.
Sulce ]. !. Jacob, counsel OF the COM
many, accompanied the prisoner TO look
after his interests.
Alter the arrest was made number
ofletlers reached the office in which
there vas money or drafts to pay as
,essmcn,s. A letter from +. S. Brown,
Of Sayre. Pa, contained s., 4ll.l0, and
one from Glcorge Plack, OF Baltimore,
contained 500. Both oil these and all
thcotlers were returned to the writers
with IN explanatory circular.
HISTORY OF THE CASE.
The arrest was made on telegram
from Petersburg, where Lorin Cham
bey, John H. Hughes, F. @. Fouse, E.
Winfield Lukens, R. j. Ruby,C. F. DOLL
ner, ]. C. Newell and Mrs. j. @. New
ell we're indicted on Thursday for using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. The
Authorities at Philadelphia tried to find
evidence to arrest the officers OF the as
ISOLATION, when they were doing bust
ness there, but the district attorney
said they could not be prosecuted.
When they first came here Postmaster
COwlcn's suspicious were aroused, and
he kept close watch on the operations
OIthG men. Finally he thought he de-
tected CroOkedness, and he wrote to the
department. PostoiFice Inspectors
H0Oten and Naylor came here and
spent several days on the case, and
went to Petersburg, where they Sc
cured the Indictment OF all the parties
named
Alter the attachment OF $4,931 of the
mnpany's funds in the Exchange Bank
OnTucsday, an account OF which was
given exclusively in the IEEELLrGENcER
Of Wednesday, the supreme officers"
NaCludcd to quit business, and all left
town but Mr.. Newell, who, when he
vas arrested, said he was only clerk
iot the concern, ut salary of $40 q
week. Before that, however, he had
represented that he was E. Winfield
lukens, the supreme secretary, and had
By very clever device secured his
Identification at the Western Union
telegraph office as Lukens.
The order for the arrest came from
Petersburg yesterday in the following
telegram:
PARxERsBuRo, ". VA, July 8, '9l.
&c Drirs, Wheeliag, ". Va:
Two deputies coming. Arrest and
bold safely Z. Winfield Lukens, R. j.
RUBY, c, +. Dollner, ]. c. Newell, Mrs.
NC. Newell, F. G. Fouse, Loring Cham
bers, j. c. Hughes; and summon as
witnesses forthwith and bring with you
Rose Moran, Ida Fay and Emma Wal
Ion, Ii they won't come, shadow them
Attachments will be issued to-mor-
row. Make clean scoop, and let moth
ing prevent you from holding them.
Have all ready for last train down to-
day. Answer. II. S. Wntrg,
U. S. Marshal.
Alter arresting Newell, Assistant
Postmaster ]. a. Metcalf, who accom-
panied Deputy Marshal Devine, and
VINO has dona much to work up the evil
aenee, sent to the postofIice inspec-
!on at Washington, D. c., the following
WHEELING, W. VA, July 8, '01.
A'srI Roo'an and SayIor, Washington, D. c.:
u. c. Newell arrested; others flown.
latch them. Z. W. Lukens, North
Wales, Pa; R. J. Ruby, now at RELAY
SS,aiion' Nd; G. F. Dollner, Lorin
ynHm0ers, J. II. Hughes, Emma Wal
Sh az 1871 Walnut street, Philadelphia;
SGse Moran, Fairmont avenue, Phila.
.e!pniai Mrs. j. c. Newell and Ida Fay
ne Inc same party. Have sent duplt-
Wire him. I No. ,'e'
Later Mr., Metcalt wired NIessrs, Hoo
VA Sn ana Naylor to hold Cyrus Dixon, OF
'"'laaeIrhia, also, as q witness.
r.v Ton OF EVIDENCE.
~ ~ WlII be remembered that the INTEL
tnOHNcER the other day chronicled the
~, may the officers OF the fraternity"
S4a sold all the stationery about the Of.
i.o. 70 Junk dealer. When this was
,,lsa,neu' Messrs. Hooten and Naylor,
, %sa AZ Parkersburg, as was also Post.
~. y Sowden, telegraphed to Assist
SUI '"' V,stmaSier Metcalf to buy up all the
'G,A ihat might be valuable as evidence.
A.. a., M,eicaIt visited the Junk shop, and
SsanoH' a bushel OF letters received by
s %g Glliccrs, These arc mighty inter.
i i,Sn teadin'." There are letters from
h. i,.'snant agents, letters from despair.
h H. .l5I,uacate holders, letters from fell
h" .ulCers, Some Of the appeals are
mrj;-.,.tS'ehdlng One Cleveland school
6, rHgss writes a pitiful letter, saying
o sSr, ,ne members Of u division she had
i, s,a,ie0 We're poor working girls in
s s,So,,es' They couldnot stand theextra
l5.c cS ,,ltS that were piled up, yet to
N" "4 ~ They had paid in was severe
o,s si me young woman had had full
and JJ" I,yG in the officers Of the concern,
ipg ~. ~ induced others to 90 on by tell
pt,o zen what honorable men thew
hsySS' a, G , makes a pitiful appeal 10
basE az 'east part of the money paid
pSD, man in Chicago writes: "Your
We B CS-l to sacrifice nearly all of what
sT, SssG paid or keep on paying at your
nlepb VIII indefinitely is at hand. NY
pSnio ', are nearly all poor working