The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-08
"EGGY" CALLED BACK.
The Famous Crook is Safely Lodged
in jail at Moundsville.
THE HISTORY OF THE R0BBERIES
Aud Shooting Of Marshal Dolbcar for
which He is Wanted Thcrc...His
Escape from tho Marshall County
Jail Years Ago...Somcthins Of His
Career Since that Escapadc.

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where it is safe to say that the vigilance
oftho officials will prevent his escaping
again. As was related in tho ISrELLI-
oEScER yesterday, Eggy was arraigncd
at Pittsburgh on Saturday onthc charge
OF being party TO the murder and
robbery at Tarentum some timo ago,
but proved TINT at the time that MUIR
der was committed he was in tho Ohio
pc~nitcntiary at Columbus. and he was
discharged from custody on TINT
charge, but Immediately re-arrcsted MS
a fugitive from justice in Marshall
county, West Virginia.
Yesterday Marshal Cooke, OF Ben
wood, assisted by ex.Marshal Dolbcar
and Constable Sprouts, arrived in the
city from Pittsburgh with EsSy in GUS
tCdy. lie was taken down to Benwood,
arraiCned before a justice OF the peace
on the charge OF shooting Bruce Dol
bear with intent to kill and committed
to the county Jail. lie was ut once
| taken down to Moundsyillc.
Condrcy appeared in good health, and
when q reporter saw him Il few
moments after being locked up he was
walking briskly about his cell TO keep
warm, the Jail having been t%enantless
and iireless until his arrival. His cell
was next to n large stove in Which o
cheerful fire was roaring, and under its
influence he talked freely, comparing
| his quarters there with those he left be-
| hind IN The new Jail ut Pittsburgh.
lie says he knew Fitzslmmons well,
rs they were OH the same range to-
Ccther at Pittsburgh. 1t was known US
"Murderers' Row." Fitzsimmons
wanted him to 20 with him, but he re-
| fused to take the chances. He says
Fitz was helped IRON without. and that
he had n revolver and would have shot
one or more OF the guards had they at
tempted 10 stop him, and that while in
Jail he had plenty OF money and paid
the guards as high MS 500 Tor favors.
STORY OF rGGY's GRIMES.
The crime for which Egcy was
brought back was one OF a series. lie
shot Bruce Dolbcar, then marshal OF
Benwood, one night when Bruce was
trying to arrest him for burglary. Tin
Dolan's room was entered and robbed
one night. From the description given
OF Il man seen about the town the same
night, Dolan knew it was Eggy, and he
and the police made arrangements to
capture him. One night when Dolan
was at n dance he was informed that
his man was in Smiths saloon, just
across the street from tho hall in which
the dance was given. He got the mar
shall and they went over to, the place.
The door was locked, and the marshal
went :ound to the side, while Dolan ap-
preached the front. Just MS Dolbear
got around the corner somebody raised
4 window in the second story and fired
at him, wounding him badly. Eggy
and Il man with him then escaped.
Since that time he has repeatedly been
in this city and in Bcnwood, but was
never captured here. lie shot an Off
Ger in Portsmouth, Ohio, was arrested
and served n term in the Columbus pen.
The next heard OF him here he was
under arrest at Pittsburgh. and the
Benwood officials at oncc got rcQuisition
papers and have been waiting Tor q
chance at him ever since.
WANTED tt BUY OFF.
Condrcy has several times had friends
approach Dolan and Dolbear with prop
o~sitions to buy them of from prosecu-
ton, but they were memorable, cspcci-
ally Dolbear, who has pursued his man
TO the end.
1t is said that EgGy admits that he
was in thehousc when Dolbear was shot,
but that he did not fire the shot, and it
will be hard to provct that heidi, but he
committed the Dolan burglary, and he
has besides enough other crimes to his
account in Marshall county to do any,
thing with him but hang him. The
story Of one piece oil his career, now al
most forgotten, reads like one OF the
old Jack Shepherd or Dick Turpin ro-
manCes.
On Thursday, June 1, 1855, two men
entered the store OF Mr.. Vieweg, Just
| below the Marshall county line and
afterwards .Ackermann's saloon and the
Drover's Home, kept by Chris Scabright.
The tills at all these places were tapped,
and n considerable sum Of money Sc
cured in the aggregate. At Seabright's
place there WAS nobody in the bar when
the men entered, but the proprictor's
brother, who was then on the Bcnwood
police force, came in just as they left,
and it was not long till the robbery was
discovered. An alarm was raised and
soon n large crowd was in pursuit. The
men left the railroad track, and one hid
in the weeds, while the other sought
refuge IN q coal shed. Both were final
ly captured, and n was recognized as
Eggy Condrey. The other no one knew.
but he said his name Wa Cline. The
crowd wanted to hang them both, and
actually got q swing rope down IRON
the tree to do it, but Policemen Sea.
bright refused to allow this, and in.
sisted on taking them to jail, which was
done, q wagon being engaged for the
purpose. 1t is recorded that Eggy
begged and wept for mercy when
threatened with lynching, but after.
wards tried to escape on the way to
Moundsyllle.
ESCAPED n JAIL.
On the last day OF November of the
same year Sheriff showacre went into
the jail, as usual, to give the prisoners
their supper. There were in the Jail
Egsy and Cline, William Schoolcraft,
who shot Grant Lucas in 4 family row.,
and Robert Swcdo, n colored man, who
had robbed q cottage on the camp
ground. They overpowercd Showacre,
locked him in a cell, knocked down his
daughter, who was near, and escaped.
Showacre fired his revolver and struck
Schoolcraft, who died OF his wounds
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