The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-14
ONE OF THE MEN ARRESTED.

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ONE OF THE MEN ARRESTED.
A Huntington Account Of tho Afrair-ono
OF the bandits Cnptured-Tho DIZZY Story
Ho Telis-DescriptIon of the Other Out
law.
Special Dispaich to@e Insd!gene1.
HUNTINGDON, W. Va, Dec. 13.-No. 4
G. & o. vestibulcd passenger train, east
bound, was boarded by two robbers
here at midnight. One was about five
feet, nine inches in heighth with fow-
ing black hair, was dressed in the style
OF cowboy and was extremely nervous.
The other was n red.headed boy, appar-
antly about eighteen. At Sixteenth
street they stepped ou. to the platform
and put on masks. Returning i'm
mediately they proceeded to hold up
the train. They were armed with large
Colt revolvers and ordered NIL hands
up. One OF the first men they under
took to search was Mr.. Tiecho, of the
Morelein Brewing company, OF Cincin-
natl, who with his bride, was en- route
to Europe on his wedding tour. He re-
sisted. and scuffle ensued in which
Tieche knocked the robber down. Al
most instantly the other desperate shot
Tiecbe from the rear, lodging two bullets
in his brain. Ageneral fight followed in
which u passenger named Peter Drake,
OF Cincinnati, was shot in the leg.
THE ESCAPE.
The robbers pulled the bell cord and
stopped the train at Twentieth street,
where they made their escape amid a
fusilade back and forth between them
and Train Collector Zimmerman, who,
it is thought, shot one of them. The
dead and wounded passengers were car
ried on to Charleston. Every possible
effort has been made to apprehend the
lnurderers, but no clue has yet been
discovered. A mask and an overcoat
and two large navy revolvers belonging
TO them were dropped in the fight. 1t
is believed the culprits belong to gang
OF toughs now infesting the city.
Soon alter the above circumstances
Burwell Forgey, living near the scene,
heard noise in his yard, and going to
the door was assailed with volley of
revolver shots, one of which struck him
in the right shoulder, breaking the bone
OF his arm. The desperadoes fled in the
dark without attempting TO rob him.
Both deeds were probably perpetrated
by the same parties, who are evidently
determined not to be taken. The taller
and older robber is described as typi-
cal COW boy, long haired and wearing
Mexican somberero. He had spurs on
! his boots, several reyolyers and bowie
in his belt. The other was red headed
boy in coarse dress and heavily armed.
During the fight in the train the great
est excitement prevailed, women faint
ing, children screaming and everybody
who could were seeking shelter under
the seats. Mr.. Tieche died in Charles
ton this morning.
DESCRIPTION OF THE RoBBERs,
There are many conflicting stories.
Unfortunately the train kept ahead to
Charleston instead of returning at once.
Probably the most accurate account is
that OF Hon. S. Matheson, who took q
hand in the fight. In describing the
robbers to the chief OF police he says:
mo. l was man with very long
black hair, resembling an Indian or
cowboy, weighed about 135 pounds and
was about feet inches, with rather
slim features and plenty Of nerve; coat
a slight black, and, / think, q frock
coat. He carried two long Colts pis-
tolls, about 10 inch barrel, and about II
1 In
captured the two pistols, one Colts
patent, No. S9S. with silver trimmings
and an ornament on the side. The
other pistol is a 40 caiibre, brass mount
ed, trigger guard, no ornaments, six
cylinder, muzzle loader that loads tho
cylinder in the muZz!c and fires with
gun caps.
"No. . was short built boy above 8
feet 2 inches, pretty well built but ap-
parently not SO nervy as No. l. Ho
wore a short sack coat, dark colored
cartridge belt around his waist, Think,
filed with cartridges for the S2-calibre
pistol. He jumped of the train at the
white fenco opposite the @. d o. shops
followed him to the steps OF the cars
aud dispossessed him OF the weapons.
He then made toward the fence and fell
in the ditch. No. is supposed to hGyo
been shot in the breast or shoulders.
He jumped off the forward end OF the
car alter the train had been stopped.
SOME THEORIES.
Both men wore black masks, which
we're put on in tho recess between the
slecpers and the regular passenger
coach. They then entered the car to-
sether, meeting the colored porter.
They pushed him out OF the way and,
strange to say, the long haired man
walked deliberately to the other end Of
the car. where he Was met by
the German, who occupied the seat at
tho forward end OF the car" Mr..
Matheson then described the struggle
and the murder, as heretofore related.
There is u theory that the robbers
supposed the German had in his possess
sion quite a large sum OF money. They
walked from the rear end OF tho coach
10 this front, attacking no one until they
came to him. and there may be much
truth in this theory Tho German was
from Cincinnati and on his way to
Germany. He was accompanied by his
aliianced wife who was go wild with