Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-14
4 GANG OF Thieves
PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA
OFFICIALS
v.-s B,. on the Trail of the Gary Gang Of
Nssr Cameron and Litlsion, Yesterday.
Who They Are, aud What They -
Are Charged With.

Active preparations have been going
,.-v,rd in three States, during the last
t,w DAYS, having for their object the
..,tpre Of one Of the worst gangs Of
tbieves and outlaws which has infested
.b.t norton of Pennsylvania and West
virginia lying in Greene, Marshall and
yystzel counties, in long time back
cha celebrated and notorious Cooley
gang alone excepted.
Indeed, it is a question whether the
Co9leys have really been guilty Of any
more rascality that this second agRre-
cation OF thieves-particularly in the
line Of steaiiug-if all reports are true.
The trouble with the Cooleys has been
that they were unfortunate enough to
cain more publicity for their acts.
Their rivals have carried on an ex-
ts7sive and lucrative business in footing
farm houses, stores and city residences,
Tor ouite a while back, and Wheeling
fFea|f mas AQl uNNA EADA4 ~ AAbAA NAANtA
successful forays. Nearby towns have
also suffered extensively, and the rob
bsries were always 50 well managed,
+bstasa rule they have remained to
This day uUSO.ved problems In the note
books OF the police, cOnstables and
SherifTs.
The gang Of which the REGISTER
writes this morning, is that OF the
Gsrys'-a name which will meet with
ready recognition 10 all that
section Of country on both sides OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad from
Nopndsville 20 Fairmont, and from the
Ohio river over into Pennsylvania. Yes
+ardav. after long time spent in prep
arstions. officers from both Pennsylva-
mia and West Virginia, including Chief
NrNichols OF this city, began TO close
an the net about them, and there is good
reason for the belief that by midnight
last night some OF them at least had
bpen captured, and that the remainder
will either be rounded up to-day or com
psIled TO leave the country.
WHO THEY ARE.
The Carvgang of thieves are all men,
hers of one family, aud embrace the
fqrber. four sons, three Of whom are
named "Joht," Lige and Thomas, ard
Two sisters, Sally HoYt and Malinda
Potts. The two latter live at Column
Inns. o.. and while not actually engaged
an stealing, are reputed 10 run "fence"
I'm that city for.the disposition Of stolen
goods sent them by their brothers
and father. Associated more or less
Intimately with the Garys is young
girl named Lille Archibald, who Is tue
daughter OF old man Gagy's second wife.
This girl lived here in Wheeling Tor
Evolve Years. mt the residence OF Mr..
John Amber, of the Sixth ward, whose
house was robbed, about hve months
ago. of q considerable amount or pro-
perty, the job being done, it Is freely
stated, through information furnished
the Gary'S by the girl.
WHERE THEY LIVE.
The Garys are natives of the vicinity
Of TfttIet0n. aud the boys early evinced
q disu0sition TO amaSS a share OF TINS
worlds goods by robbery rather than 0y
MAMMAL toll. For a time they all lived
ON Mace owned by well-known citi-
zen of this city, but since they nave
gone extensively into plunderiuE they
have divided, the father remaining at
the Li,t.etou place, while the boys trans
ferred their effects 70 another LOCALITY
ON the Pennsylvania side OF the state
line. and not far from the village OF
AIeDDo. The boys kept bach, In the
Variance OF the locality, doing their
own cooking, etc, and making torayS
from time to time, while the father
kent track of the accommodations OF
goods and disposed of them, it is as
serted, either by sending them TO MS
daughters in Columbus or through
other channels.
HOW THEY WORKED.
The Gary gang are credited with
about all the mysterious rooOeries
which have occurred in such river towns
rs New Martinsville, Darlington, etc,
for a couple OF years back, and there
have been quite number OK them as
readers OF the daily papers are fuhy
aware. They are also charged speclnc-
ally with the robbery Of the store OF D.
O. Crawford, at LittletOn, on the night
of the nth of April last, with the ROB-
berry Of John Auber's residence In TINS
CITY. OF q store at POwhatan, and with
the burglary of letters store and the
u0stofice atMcMechen, Marshall county,
on TWO occasions, the last occurring
last Wednesday night. In all, they are
credited with stealing thousands OF 0ol-
lars worth Of goods from dozen diner
ent towns. In addition 20 this, they
shot and almost fatally wounded
farmer on the hill above Littleton not
long ago, because he objected TO their
robbiug his orchard. The Garys are
greatly feared about Littleton, and
many toklS, anxious not TO incur the
disD.eaSure Of the boys, refuse TO talk
about their miSdeeds or are reluctant
20 furnish information to the authorl-
ties
ATTEMPTING THEIR CAPTURE
For considerable time back Mr.. j.
G.. Crawford, of Cameron, has been
convinced that the Gary gang were the
people who raided his store in Aprll
last, az which time six or seven hundred
dollars worth of goods were taken, ana
this conviction was deepened when ne
saw one OF the boys wearing a SUIT OF
Clothes which be identified as one OF
seven stolen from his store. Mrs. Johh
AGour OF this city, was visiting out
tina, way, and from Information Iur-
n.Shed by her, 10 became evident th@t
she also had been a sufferer from the
operations of the Gary's through lntor-
nation alleged 10 have been Iur-
nished by thc girl Lille Aren't
bald. The m ter was quietly In
yestigated, AM it was found that