Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-15
II CAREER CLOSED.
!, oe-7s OF ROBBERIES AT The ELURE
mrsg BOUGHT TO an END
..l-s+s Charles Chambers-He Makes a
F" c..s-, sso Property Valued al Nearly
Err Hundred DOnars-Oiaeg Rob-
5r..s and Rascalihe&

T0~ seven or elsu0 lHON.N 49,
.-..,ssrd proprietors Of the Mcclure
Use have been greatly annoyed, and
elected at the same time TO consider
~ loss. through a series of mysterious
ss5sres.
The rooms OF permanent boarders and
,.,7..sBr guests were raided every
10 while, and valuable articles
..,,.s5 off, the thIefleaving not trace
,,sfs or her Identity.
The thief also operated elsewhere in
!. least one instance, as will be seen.
M the third day Of last July the
~, serious loss occurred, when dia-
and --z belonging to Mrs. Bernard
r,s, and valued at two hundred and,
s,,v dollars, took flight from her
..s5s,cs in the country. Suspicion
.,.s5 FOR time upon a certain person
.-r'oyed in the house, but as there was
/, rr5cl nothing was done in the mat
4, the hotel matters ran along, a
mast complaining every once In
while of the loss OF some
.sr Of personal property, until
,,,rt the first Of the present week.
zen Mrs. w. L. Hearne missed q vaiu-
M gold watch with pearl and dia-
md locket iu the shape Of jug, at
-,sa5 10 the chain. This loss was
-,is known 10 the proprietors Of the
,-s'. but still there was no certain clue,
pi the police were not In
armed Mrs. Louis Whit lost five
sars in cash; MIR. julius HOrkheimer
N dollars and eighty-fye cents,
rD5ry disappeared, and so on.
Yesterday morning Thomas Ken
IA young man employed in
hotel, discovered that his trunk
been broken open and that thir-
dollars. which be had saved was
SSg. Hal stated the case 10 the
| M .eLors. and Chief McNichOl aud
4 aensnt Terril were called IN.
. .4es Chambers, employed in the ca
a-v of bell boy, and aged about
sa,een or nineteen years, was Sus-
g.,si OF this robbery, and after talk
i t7the matter over Lieutenant Terrill
u,. % room in the hotel, and Cham
ms was sent up, as though there was
guest there. As soon as he came in,
.s..enant Terril charged him with
be theft Of the money. Chambers grew
.igHsnt and denied his guilt, but
tar the officer had told him there was
l,sar case against him and that be
ai better Tess up he weakened
ni admitted the act. The
Elar then took uD the watch case, and
1Egai him with stealing it. Cham
ss denied this In like manner, but az
sil general talking TO, In the course OF
T-Cl ne gradually broke down, Cham
MS admitted taking the time-piece,
El said 10 was concealed in the engine
pom 0i the hotel. A search was made
here, and the watch was found. The in
Pee ease, c0ntaining,an inscription mar
h,.lE the presentation of the watch TO
Is Bler. had been wrenched off. Then
Re natter of the diamond was men
slsi Chambers swOre by all that
VE holy that he knew nothing about
oui the officer persisted, aud Cham
sn llaIy admitted that he had stolen
and Jhatit had been pawned at
A.s, up at the Second ward market
,lsa, FOR $50. A visit 10 the pawn
pop disclosed that his story
~ true. as the jewel was
hoe there. Chambers was then
ice1 uuder arrest and taken 10
e City Hall, where, after 3 further
-,rt 20 induce him TO confess as TO
--ar missing articles, be was placed in
cell, where be remained last night.
a--ls other things missed from the
-,sl recently was a fine fan belonging
AiS Frank Stamm. One Of the en-
.lS o, The hOteI stated yesterday he
S 90, "a pair Of trousers, which he
-slt Chambers had stolen, and sew
y. '1ei,s from travelling men are also
~ 81 bis door. Chambers denies any
.f.7lge of these theitS, insisting
--' iae money, the watch aud the dia-
-- e0up.sl the list Of his stealingS.
'-' story is not believed by the police,
Rsyer.
AZ i1e time Mrs. Baer was living in
country, during the summer,
-l-'srs was employed about the
-.e DO various capacities, and enter
-e house one day he secured the
--.al ring. j, is stated that there
. thousand dollars worth Of dia-
-' 10 tle same case with the ring,
ll Doc modest them, probably
-A'ls u he took but the one article
-1 oe supposed that it had been
80 OF lost In fact, this seems 10
y, oeel ils policy Of the thief in sew
Instances AT the time he took
ave dollar bin from Mrs. Wits
l1ere were three silver
il with It, but he did
~ .C4 Them, and Mrs. Whit did not
ne 0... Immediately, and when she
=, sa.o to her husband: "YOu did
y, S 80 le that ON, did you?n He told
49, -l' ana The loss was mystery
~. Time Chambers was quite
~. ~, also, Do throwing suspicion from
ss,, -yolt the hotel. There was a
de- OF talk, among the guests
,,,v ~s'yjes about the losses Of pro-
n ~ ~ slu Chambers would take sdvant-
b MI, selent opportunities to con-
~ 'noSe who had missed valua-
M vas very polite, and was
\, :. '4gorite about the hotel.
oLoae open Kenney's trunk be
goker' which be placed ia a
C-pied by another boy, and
morning 10 descending the
rus,, p;,ob.,,. c..,o,:.