The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-28
A MURDERER CAUGHT.
Charles Poll, Wanted in Newport,
KY, for Kllllng a Man,
AND At FAIRMONI FOR BURGLARY
is Arrested for Petty oHSnse.--HO Is
Smart and Tells a Straight Story,
but Appearances Were Strong
Against Him--Three other Alleged
Thieves Also Locked Up Yesterday.

Thieves Also Lacked Up Yesterday.
1t looked as if an important capture
had been made by Policeman Rich Dom
avin yesterday, by the purest accident
Two Italians we're going about yester-
day, going into houses and begging and
annoyingpeople. There were number
Of complaints made to the police. Final
" the two men entered South Side
residence and were annoying the wo-
men, when the man Of the house came
in. The two Italiansleft, and going to
the corner of Twentieth and Market
streets, sat down on the wall around
the Y. NJ. G. A. building. The man fol-
lowed, and meeting Officer Donayin,
told him OF the occurrence, and Dona-
vim brought the two men into camp,
Earlier in the day Chief OF Police Me-
Sichoi had received letter from the
authorities at Fairmont asking him to
hold John Mick and Alex Sandvee
Napporo, two Italians who had entered
tho house of countryman, Harry Dill
catti, at Fairmont, while the family was
absent attending an entertainment, and
stolen number of things. among others
4 large ACCORDION of peculiar mako.
The men brought in by Donavin
proved TO be the thieves. They had
sold q number Of stolen articles, but
still had the ACCORDION and big bunch
Of silk handkerchiefs.
Besides these there were taken from
the men two revolvers, ono fine and
costly ono and the other a small, cheap
pistol; q razor in q case; murderoas
looking big knife, the handle being
made Of u piece OF rough wood, and
wrapped with heavy wire in lieu OF
icrrute, and small pocket knife. There
we're number of other unimportant
foreclosures" in their pockets, too.
To an IETELLiGENcER reporter, who
interviewed them in their cell, one OF
the men would only say, II no under
stand"
The other said they had coma to Fair
mont from Philadelphia, had worked in
Fairmont for man whose name he
did not know six or seven days, and
had come here Sunday. He did not
know Harry Diiligatti, and had not
stolen anything from anybody.
Hewrote his own and his companions
name at the reporters request, giving
his own as Franck Roma and the other
mans as Vincenzi Mini.
On file at headquarters is postal
card offering reward of Sl50 for the
arrest OF Charles Poll, who killed Will
IAN Sprouts, nj Newport, KY, March 8.
A photograph OF the man is on the
card, with a very minute description.
This is as good a photograph Of the fell
low who calls himself Roma as any
photographer in the land could pro
duce. The resemblance was noted, and
Lieutenant Terrill brought Roma up
stairs and BIO and the chief and the re.
porters gave him thorough examina-
ton. The picture is so like him and
the careful description so precisely cor.
rect that there seemed scarcely the shad-
ow of doubt Of his identity with Poll.
He is described as twenty or twenty
two Years OF age. and Roma" says he
is twenty-one. He is put down as five
feet seven or eight inches tall, and .
man who stands FIVE feet seven stood
up by Roma and they were precisely OF
the same height His weight is given
as 145 to150 pounds, and nobody could
guess Roma's more closely.
His face and bearing are rare among
Italians. II dressed we'll he would be
a regular dude. 1t was scarcely in the
range OF possibility that two such
Italians are at large in this country.
When being questioned the man was
very nervous. He said he had been in
America sixteen months, and was never
at Newport, KY, nor at Cincinnati. He
showed special uneasiness, though, when
William Sprouts's name was mentioned.
Poll is said on the card to have been a
horse.collar maker, and also a house
painter, and he may go by the name OF
Bohne. He says he never made horse
collars nor painted houses; that he was
by trade repairer OF clothing.
When asked OF his name was not Poll
he said no, and when Bohne was re-
pealed he said that was the English for
Poll. Just what he meant by this was
hard to see, but it seemed to have some
significance.
Chief McNichol telegraphed to New
port. The man was held for the Fair
mont robbery to await Developments.
In spite Of the resemblance and
everything else which convinced every
body who saw the man that he was
Poll, he turned out not to be. The fol-
lowing telegram from Newport dashed
all hopes OF the reward:
"You have not arrested Poll. We
have him."
1t is certainly remarkable case Of
mistaken identity.
Diligatti arrived from Fairmont last
night, accompanied by Chief Of Police
l. S, Fleming. The Italian identified
the articles as those stolen from him.
The two thieves will be taken back to
Fairmont this afternoon.